Full Packing and Fine-Art Crating
The houses out here are full of things that cannot be tossed in a box and hoped for the best — oil paintings over the mantel, a marble-topped console, a chandelier in the entry, a wine collection in the cellar, antiques that have been in the family longer than the house. Full packing with us means our crew packs everything, from the kitchen down to the last drawer, and custom-crates the pieces that genuinely need it. You do not lift a box or wrap a single plate. Our senior fine-art mover builds crates by hand for the fragile and irreplaceable items, and the rest of the home is professionally boxed, padded, and labeled by room.
What Full Packing Covers
We bring the materials — double-wall cartons, dish packs, picture and mirror boxes, acid-free paper, foam corners, and bubble — and we pack the whole house. Dishes and stemware go in cell dividers. Books, linens, and pantry items are sorted and labeled. Lamps, clocks, and decorative pieces are individually wrapped. For the high-value items, we do not improvise: oil paintings get art crates with floating interiors, marble tops are braced flat in custom crates, chandeliers are wrapped arm by arm and boxed, and wine is packed in insulated, divided cases so the collection travels stable.
Why On-Site Crating Matters in the Hamptons
A lot of damage to fine pieces happens not in transit but in the rush of a busy summer load-out — a painting leaned against a wall, a marble top carried on its edge. We crate before anything leaves the room, here in Southampton, not at a distant warehouse. That matters even more on a long seasonal haul down to Florida, where the piece rides for days. And because we handle the COI and the access in the same visit, the packing day and the move day run as one coordinated job, not two outfits tripping over each other.
Who This Is For
Anyone who wants the whole job handled — estate owners, second-home owners closing for the season, and busy families who would rather not spend a week wrapping glassware. If your home holds art, antiques, or a wine collection you would never want to risk, full packing and crating is built for it.
