That Military House: Move it, Organize it & Decorate it [Paperback]

Sandee Payne (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 7, 2006

A complete Guide to Moving in the Military. Loaded with tips and techniques to help you during any relocation. Use this book throughout your moving process and while you are establishing your new "home". Includes chapters on: Pre-Move Preparation, Packing and Unpacking, Floor Planning, Organizing, Decorating, Containerizing, Shopping, Painting & Sewing...and much, much more!

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (July 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411676378
• ISBN-13: 978-1411676374
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #889,855 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome, April 25, 2006

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Robert "Rob" (FT. DRUM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: That Military House: Move it, Organize it & Decorate it (Paperback)

Finally someone has taken the time to take the guess work out of PCSing. That Military House is full of great tips to prepare and organize for a PCS move. Then, That Military House gets you ready for the dauntless job of unpacking and making a house a home. Also this book provides organization, implementation, and following up techniques that are specific to a military family move; the book provides tips and guidelines for basic home decoration on a military budget. Thank God for this book.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moving Help...even for "experienced" military spouse movers!, July 17, 2007

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Kathie J. Hightower "Author & Avid Reader" (Nehalem OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: That Military House: Move it, Organize it & Decorate it (Paperback)

It's funny how civilians always seem to think that if you are in the military or married to the military, you are naturally organized. Ha! They also think that after you have a few moves under your belt you have it all figured out. Ha! If that were true we wouldn't all have these boxes we keep moving, don't unpack, never make decisions about. I read this book just prior to our 20th move and learned a number of things I hadn't known before (or simply never thought of.) Sandee's book would have also saved us some big furniture purchase mistakes (i.e. that bed headboard that never fit into any bedroom or up the stairs to the bedroom). Read this book and reread it prior to each move!! Kathie Hightower, coauthor of Help! I'm a Military Spouse...I Get a Life Too!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless and insulting, March 2, 2010

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Jessica Zaret "Zoe" (DC, until the next PCS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: That Military House: Move it, Organize it & Decorate it (Paperback)

If you are looking for guidance and advice on how to get through a PCS move without losing your money, belongings and mind, DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS BOOK. If you are a stay-at-home mom living on post with a network of similarly situated friends and are looking for the same decorating advice you can find in any women's magazine, but printed in black and white on cheap paper, then this is the book for you. Seriously, a color-wheel printed in greyscale? Host a clean up party after the movers depart? Make your own curtains? Who does that? Keep the original packaging for delicate items? What kind of closet space do you have? In my experience the packers will wrap the original box in butcher paper, put it in a carton. Wrap the delicate item in butcher paper, put it in the carton. Wrap other items in the immediate vicinity in butcher paper, put them in the carton. Seal carton, throw on truck.

What I hoped to get from this book was advice on selecting a move date and avoiding the worst moving companies. How about how to monitor four packers who don't speak english in different rooms of your house while simultaneously noting the numbers of boxes going on the truck? How about making sense of the bureaucratic nightmare that is the Joint Personal Property Shipping Office? Maybe advice on how to get through the claims process in less that two years? What I found was ridiculous advice about providing snacks and drinks for the movers and getting a good night sleep before moving day.