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Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, all you have to do is call – for Junk Removal

Published on February 3, 2012 in Furniture Pick Up, Old Furniture Pick Up, Spring Cleaning, junk hauling, junk removal, summer cleaning and trash removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .
It’s an unavoidable fact of life that, no matter how hard we try to keep up, junk happens. It starts small: a cardboard box or two that you keep promising yourself will get recycled someday. Maybe a broken computer or television set that you haven’t managed to dispose of properly or a defunct car battery. Then the holidays begin, and it’s all downhill from there. Sound familiar? If it does, try not to stress! We all fall behind, no matter what the season, and when the piles begin to form, it’s easy to feel like you’re up against an insurmountable task. Whatever the problem, though, there’s a simple solution to those ever-increasing stacks of out-of-date magazines and damaged DVDs–hiring a junk removal company like Junk King can get you back to your life without spending days sorting through the mess.
The holidays were a great time to have family and friends come to visit. It’s a season of giving, and as satisfying as giving or receiving the perfect gift may be, by the time the New Year came around, it’s a fair bet that you started to build mountains of wrapping paper where your living room used to be. Giant cardboard boxes and Styrofoam packaging are a space-consuming mess, along with everything from used plastic dishware to the pieces of the vase your adorable nephew managed to knock over five minutes after arriving. Leaving piles of bags and a moldering tree lying at the curb is an irritating mess, not to mention an eyesore. Rather than allowing the leftovers of 2011 to give you a migraine, it’s worth the extra cash to call the professionals, so you can get back to concentrating on 2012.
As we all know, junk accumulation is also a seasonal event.  After you’ve weathered the winter and spring is in the air, it’s a tempting time to throw open the windows and indulge in a good spring cleaning. Even the most organized household can acquire outdated coupons and piles of clothing that’s damaged or a little “behind the times.” If you’re a gardener, it’s time to break out your mulch and your trowel–and before you know it, you’re dealing with piles of empty bags, unwanted items and even furniture that you just can’t find a place for. Bags of yard waste, like branches, mulch or clippings, will keep piling up through the fall–and running them to the city dump is time consuming even if you’ve got a vehicle that can handle it all.
Any time of year, it’s inevitable that messes will pile up. From used Halloween decorations and yard clippings to holiday gift wrapping and dried-up Christmas trees, there will always be times that standard garbage removal just won’t cut it. Rather than allowing yourself to be buried in bags and piles, or leaving the mess on the curb, why not just skip the headache? Across the country you can hire Junk King’s hauling pros, who can get rid of the mess quickly and easily, allowing you to get back to enjoying the season, whatever it may be.

Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, all you have to do is call – 1-800-995 JUNK – for the best Junk Removal service in the business.

Your Guide to Good Summer Grilling – Junk King Style

Published on June 15, 2011 in Furniture Pick Up, furniture removal, get rid of junk, junk king, junk removal and summer cleaning. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , .
Summer grilling is a process, not an event. If you want to do it right and enjoy it throughout those hot, summer months of July and August, there are certain things you should do in May and June before summer gets here. If you haven’t done them yet, it’s time to get going. For a good time this summer, you’ll want to started by getting your patio or yard ready for the guests you hope will not only arrive at some point, but stay because they are comfortable and content at your home. There’s more to achieving this than just serving good food.
Begin by placing yourself in the position of your prospective guests. Look around your yard and see it as if you’re encountering it for the very first time. Does it look appealing to you? As someone who lives there, you may have gotten used to having clutter lying around, even ignoring certain corners of the yard, driveway, or garage, but are guests going to be able to do the same? Won’t they be turned off by the mess and feel uncomfortable the moment they enter your domain? You might want to think about cleaning all that out before barbeque season begins.
Put all the clutter in one pile and call up Junk King to get rid it – it’s as easy as that. Mow the lawn, wash the patio, and take out the trash. If your lawn or patio furniture is old and beaten up, haul that off too. New furniture is cheap and it will make your grill area look much better to your guests, not to mention offer more comfortable seating and dining spaces. People want to sit in clean chairs and eat off clean tables. The best way to ensure that happens is to buy new furniture and wash it down thoroughly after every barbeque. If it’s not in a covered area, you might want to bring it in when it rains so it lasts longer and looks better when you have guests.
Is your grill a few years old? Grills have a tendency to look worse than they are after years of exposure to the elements. Like patio and deck furniture, new grills are not expensive. You can get a good gas or propane model for around $100 and it will last you many seasons. Get rid of the old grill, add it to the ‘junk removal’ pile and buy a new one. You don’t want your guests looking at the device you’re cooking on and feeling unsafe or queasy about eating the food that comes off it.
Speaking of food, what are you going to feed your guests this year? Hot dogs and hamburgers are great for the kids, but what are the adults going to eat? Plan some meals that are different, and make sure you include dishes that are healthy along with all those charred pork and beef recipes. Chicken is good, and so are vegetables and turkey burgers. Don’t knock them until you try them. Mix a few of these in with your other barbeque favorites and you’ll find they’re more popular than you think. Be different, have fun, and enjoy your summer barbeque season.

Redesign Your Home for the Summer

Published on June 3, 2011 in Furniture Pick Up, interior decoration, junk king and junk removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .
Here’s a suggestion. Go through your house and throw out all the useless junk that’s accumulated over the winter, and then rearrange the furniture before you put the air conditioners in the windows. You will find that you have more actual living space when you’re done. Most folks don’t realize that their high traffic and sitting rooms are more cramped than they need to be. If you’re like a lot of homeowners, or even renters, you probably have favorite corners and closets that you use for quick storage or for when you want to put something aside until later. It’s later. Is that something still there? Don’t you think it’s about time you got rid of it?
People are creatures of habit. We get used to certain layouts for our furniture and have specific routines when it comes to storing or disposing of unwanted items. Some people are pack-rats, keeping everything, whether it will have a future use or not. Others are just not motivated to move things downstairs to the trash barrels. If you’re either of those and your house has reached the point where the junk is pushing you out the door, give Junk King a call to take it all away for you.
Where do you begin? You might want to start with the room that’s most congested. Take all of those boxes and move them to the bottom of the stairs and then out to the sidewalk. If the box has been there more than two years and you haven’t opened it, there’s a good chance anything inside it is something you don’t need. Don’t get caught up in the sorting. Take a brief look (because you know you have to) and then get it outside. Once the room is clear, vacuum the rug, close the door, and move on.
Do you have clothing you haven’t worn since high school? Nostalgia aside, do you really think it will ever fit you again? Even the skinny you as an adult will never be that small again. Keep your old leather jacket or letterman sweater if you want to reflect back, but get rid of the rest. The kids won’t wear them either. You know better. Find a used clothing box in the neighborhood or call Junk King to recycle or dispose of it. That separation anxiety will only last a few minutes until the truck is out of sight.
Now that the boxes and old clothes are gone, what’s next? You’re already seeing more space and thinking about new arrangements for the furniture. What can you do to give your home even more room to grow again? How about trashing the old appliances that you’ve been procrastinating about fixing? New ones are more efficient and you might even get a cash rebate if you act now. There are state and federal programs that pay you to upgrade, but only for a limited time. Get rid of them now along with everything else you need to throw away. Then start moving your furniture around. When you’re done, it will look like you moved into a brand new home.

Get Rid of Your Old Furniture To Prepare for the Future

Published on January 14, 2011 in Furniture Pick Up, Pick Up Old Furniture and furniture removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

One new technology on the horizon is a holographic telecommunication system. This isn’t like having a web cam on your computer, but going more “Star Wars” with your phone calls. In order to pull off a true hologram, you will need around 16 cameras strategically placed around your living room to capture the complete 3-D hologram image. Quick: look around your living room. Are you ready for sixteen cameras to capture that scene? Do you even want that background showing up on the internet?

This holographic program could be the wave of the future which means that whenever someone calls they’re going to be seeing exactly what state of tidiness your home is in. For many people, that could be a very scary proposition. All of this might be getting you thinking that it’s time for a change starting with your furniture. For a living room make-over, you’ll need to get rid of the old furniture and the best way to handle that task is by bringing in a Furniture Pickup company like Junk King.

You might think all you need to do to spruce up the place is a fresh coat of paint. Merely taking down a picture that has hung on your wall for years could reveal the necessity of a paint job. However, even the brightest new coat of paint won’t hide the fact that your furniture has seen better days. Let’s face it; you wouldn’t even be reading an article like this if the notion of getting rid of your furniture wasn’t somewhere in your mind. This is your golden opportunity. Hiring a local furniture pickup company takes all the stress out of getting rid of your unwanted junk. Don’t stop the work at your ratty sofa or stained coffee table; you can also toss out those crumbling book cases or the IKEA bureau that wasn’t put together right. You know the one!

As you take stock of what furniture you might want to toss out, you could discover a lot of other items that can go as well. Forget saving up for a yard sale; it’s time to toss out the trash. As long as your bringing in a professional crew of haulers let them really clean out the clutter. What shape is your garage in? Any spare tires laying around? Engine parts? Rusty fenders? All of that can be removed with your furniture. Are you really holding onto that stuff for sentimental reasons? Toss it away!

Hiring a professional furniture pickup crew makes all the difference when it comes to how your house will be treated. The workers you invite into your home should be bonded and insured. They shouldn’t be day laborers who will disappear after work. After all your old junk is gone, you can really get your home camera ready. We might be a couple of years away from the hologram telephones, but there is no reason why you can’t get a head start.

For the best in furniture pickup and removal, give Junk King a call at 1-800-995-JUNK or a book a free on site estimate online.

Furniture Pickup – Get Back to the Basics

Published on November 22, 2010 in Furniture Pick Up, Pick Up Old Furniture and furniture removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

The NBC Nightly News recently featured a series of stories entitled “Back to Basics.” In those reports, folks from all around the country described how they were pairing down their lives to just the bare necessities. In one extreme case, a young man managed to get rid of everything in his life that couldn’t fit into two suitcases and a moving box. That is taking the idea of back to basics to extreme lengths.

What about your own life? How much clutter are you surrounding yourself with? What would it take for you to get back to basics? This doesn’t mean tossing out everything you own, but what about the stuff you’re holding onto for no good reason other than you can’t do anything with it. Usually, this means old pieces of furniture that have served their purpose, but now need to be taken away. That’s when you should call in a furniture pickup team to help you get back to basics.

The furniture we bring into our homes always starts out with the best of intentions. It could be a brand new matching sofa and loveseat that perfectly compliments the rest of the living room. It could be an inexpensive table picked up at a yard sale. It can also be a firm mattress. Years later, the only thing that matches on the sofa and love seat are all the stains from spilled food. That yard sale table has buckled. And that once firm mattress is now a lumpy mess.

If you’re lucky enough to replace those kinds of items, often the old furniture finds a new home. This could be in the basement or out in the garage. Old furniture ends up hanging around because it’s just easier to tuck it away then haul it away. However, if you hire a furniture hauling crew it can be gone for good!

When we think of furniture movers it’s usually the type we hire to go from house to house. They’ve got the big truck and they’ve got the muscles. It might seem silly to hire professional movers just to get rid of a sofa, but consider the alternative. You’ll be stuck with that sofa until your next move. Is that really something you want to live with? Of course not.

You could always try to borrow a friend’s truck to haul it away, but then you would have to borrow a couple of friends also to get it into the truck. Once an old piece of furniture is loaded up on a truck would you know where to take it? You don’t want to just dump it by the side of the road because that’s not good for the neighborhood and you could be slapped with a fine. Those furniture haulers will know just where to take your old furniture – a recycling center.

Junk King will be happy to remove your old furniture in an affordable, efficient and eco-friendly manner.  Simply call 1-800-995 JUNK to schedule a free on site estimate.

What is an Efficient Home?

Published on November 17, 2010 in Furniture Pick Up, junk removal, organization and organization tips. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

When people think of the word efficient they most often think of automobiles.  In a variety of recent car commercials, vehicles have been titled ‘efficient’ to tout their power, gas mileage and storage space.   One of the more memorable recent car commercials shows off a mini van that has seats that can be moved around, certainly making the vehicle more efficient as far as its use of space.

What do we think of in terms of an efficient home?  One interpretation of an efficient home could mean a family that runs very smoothly – family is out the door, dinner is on the table and the kids are put to bed like clockwork.  Another meaning of an efficient home could be one that uses the available space very well.  For example, the ancient art of ‘Feng Shui’ concentrates on organizing your home to maximize the space available.

Optimizing the available space at home can be done in several ways.  One is to move around furniture to different places.  Perhaps a sectional couch fits better across the room in the corner.  Maybe a plant gets more light if it is moved onto a counter top in the kitchen.  Perhaps the big flat screen TV provides better viewing angles if it is moved to the other side of the living room.  Although re-organizing furniture and household items can often be like a game of ‘Tetris’ – it is also a great way to better utilize your home’s available space.

Another way to make the space in your home more efficient is to simply get rid of the extra clutter.  There aren’t many homes out there that don’t have a bit of useless junk that probably isn’t doing more than collecting dust.  Although we all love to collect items – there is a fine line between holding onto things we like and hoarding.  As shown by a variety of popular hoarding tv shows, Americans are particularly fond of holding onto piles and piles of useless junk.

So how do we get rid of all that unnecessary clutter?  The first step is to have a reality check and take stock of what’s really important and what is unnecessary.  This can be done by dividing items in your into three piles:  “sure-things, would-like-to-keep’arounds, and toss-aways.”  Try using post-it notes around the house to designate items into these three categories.

Now comes the hard part – getting rid of those sometimes clunky items for good.  Although you could do it yourself, you’ll risk throwing out your back and ruining your car interior trying to haul those items away.  Your best option is to give Junk King a call at 1-800-995-JUNK.  Junk King provides affordable, efficient and eco-friendly hauling services so that you don’t have to live with all that clutter.

Post Halloween Clean Up

Published on November 1, 2010 in Furniture Pick Up, Old Furniture Pick Up and junk hauling. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Halloween has come and gone, and very likely has left your home in a state of disarray.  You may have spent the past week putting together elaborate costumes for your kids (or yourself).  Depending on your level of enthusiasm, some of these costumers may have involved intense manual labor, including sewing, carpentry, welding and/or pyrotechnics.

Perhaps you threw your annual Halloween bash, complete with heat-sensing jack-o-lanterns and autonomous remote-controlled scarecrows to better haunt party-goers.  Even if you went low-tech with orange easter grass and a steamy witches’ cauldron – there probably was quite a mess waiting for you when you woke up the next morning.

Your annual Halloween ritual is sure to be followed by the annual post-Halloween clean up.   This could involve getting sticky candy goop off the floor and picking up every little wrapper and piece of discarded orange paper.  Some of the bigger tasks could involve hauling out carts of trash, costume parts and furniture that might have been damaged by the mess.

Although it doesn’t sound like a fun time, your post-Halloween cleanup could provide for a great opportunity to fix up your house.  After all, Thanksgiving is right around the corner and getting your house in proper order could impress your guests even more than a perfectly roasted Turkey.  Think about moving around some furniture, redecorating rooms for the holiday season, and even throwing out some old items.

Your Halloween party may not have damaged any of your furniture, but your cleanup will certainly let you evaluate some pieces of furniture in your home that are standing on their last leg (literally).  Imagine how great it would feel to replace those old items with brand new sets including couches, end tables, lamps, dining rooms tables and chairs. That Thanksgiving-day football game would certainly look better on a brand new flat-screen HD TV.  Think about hauling out that old boxy set and replacing it with a slim, lightweight, high-tech television.

Although you can probably handle the goop-pickup and window washing part of your cleanup process, you may need professional help for the larger items.  If you’re planning on redecorating and replacing any old pieces of furniture, there is sure to be some heavy-duty hauling on your task list.  Don’t risk throwing out your back or disfiguring the trunk of your car; simply hire a professional junk hauling service like Junk King.

Junk King is efficient and eco-friendly; recycling near to 60% of all hauled materials.  Simply call 1-800-995-5865 or book online to schedule a junk hauling appointment today.

The Three States of College Transition

Published on September 23, 2010 in Furniture Pick Up, Old Furniture, Old Furniture Pick Up, Recycling and junk removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

In a variety of ways, college kids can generate a great volume of junk.  Whether they are leaving home for the first time, changing their dorm rooms, or moving out of  their first apartments, there always is a ton of waste left in their rear view.  These times of transition are often very hectic, both for the kids involved as well as their parents.  I’d like to take a look at the ‘three states of college transition’ and how the waste left behind can potentially be put to good use.

1.  Home to Dorm Move

The transition of an 18 year-old to their college dorm can leave their parent’s home in a state of disarray. First of all, their old room is in limbo: should it be transformed into a guest room, exercise center, study, or entertainment mecca?  The old bedroom is not the only affected area of the house.  There are pieces of furniture, old toys and clothes, TVs, bikes, hobby sets, as well as ping pong and pool tables that will no longer be used by the college-bound freshman.

It’s left up to the parents to navigate the waters from here.  The first step is to take inventory of everything that will no longer be necessary – the clutter and junk items.  The next step is to plan what do with all of the extra room.  Is new furniture required?  Is a total redecoration in order?  The final step is to figure out how to haul away all of that junk.  Many of the old clothes and toys can be donated to organizations like the Salvation Army.  Larger items can be sold for reuse if they are in good condition on a site like Craigslist, or otherwise hauled away to be recycled at the proper facilities.

2.  Dorm to Apartment Move

This second state of college transition often occurs when a student moves off-campus to their first apartment.  This means they will be buying their own furniture for the first time (another time to use Craigslist).  This also means they won’t need a lot of that ‘dorm only’ equipment that their parents helped them buy a few years back.  This includes shower caddies, mattress pads, mini-fridge / microwave combos, plastic drawers as well as a number of other novelty dorm items.  Although some universities help out with getting rid of all this junk, for the most part the fledgling apartment dweller will be required to dispose of everything on their own in a responsible manner.

3.  Apartment to Real World Move

This final state of transition happens when a college student moves out of their first apartment into the ‘real world.’ This could mean another apartment closer to a (hopeful) new job, moving in with a significant other, or transitioning to a different city.  No matter where life is taking them, this newly minted member of the workforce will be required to deal with quite a bit of apartment junk that has accumulated over the past few years.

This junk could include an old, heavy couch-set split among roommates, large boxy Televisions, Ikea-bought dining room furniture and old mattresses that certainly won’t make it to the next apartment.  With a new job on the line, our ex-student most likely won’t be fully ‘with it’ in terms of making plans to get rid of all of these items.

In fact, for any and all stages of college transition, students are going through a hectic time in their lives where they probably aren’t spending much time to think about what they are leaving behind.  That’s why hiring a professional, affordable and eco-friendly junk removal service can make all the difference in making a smooth transition. No hassles, no worries, and a guarantee that all of those useless items find their way to the proper recycling facilities.

5 Pieces of Old Furniture Likely to be Found in Your Home

Published on August 7, 2010 in Furniture Pick Up, Old Furniture, Old Furniture Pick Up, Pick Up Old Furniture and junk removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .


For those of us who own a house or apartment, furniture is a very big part of our lives.  The type of furniture in your house decides the atmosphere that you spend most of your life in.   This means furniture is what you look at, what you sit and sleep in, and what you use on an everyday basis.  It’s pretty clear – furniture plays a big part in our lives whether we like to admit or not.

This is why it’s so difficult to get rid of old furniture.  You’ve spent all those years spending everyday with a piece of furniture, when the time comes to get rid of the item it can often be quite difficult.  You might make excuses for years, but eventually the time comes when that old piece of furniture needs to get hauled out to bring in the new.  Here is a list of five pieces of old furniture that are probably sitting around your house right now that you need to get rid of:

  1. Arm Chair: We all know how great a good ole’ armchair can be.  It could be lazy boy recliner in front of the TV, or a padded rocking chair by the fireplace.  This is where a person can sit down, read a good book, look out the window, or tell a story.  This is the chair that feels ‘just right’ because you’ve been sitting in it for so long.  Some of the best memories of our lives have been told from that old chair.  However, if anyone from the outside looks at your old chair they can see it with open eyes: it has rips along the side, stains on the surface, and splinters on the wood.  It’s time to get rid of that old chair.
  2. Bed: We spend one third of our lives sleeping, often in a bed that we’ve had for nearly a decade.  That old bed can provide the perfect respite after a long day’s work. However, because of many years’ use, the bed is starting to break down.  It isn’t providing the back support it used to, and it creaks in the middle of the night and often wakes you up.  It’s time to get a new, better bed that will suit all your needs.
  3. Family Couch: The old family couch is the centerpiece of every home.  This is where your family gathers to watch TV, chat, read the newspaper, or play games.  There are a lot of great memories on that family couch. However, the couch has been through new children, puppies and wear and tear, making it look like something out of ‘Mad Max.’  It’s time to find a new centerpiece to your home.
  4. Piano: Pianos last for quite a while.  You might have gotten the baby grand when you moved into the home, and it’s been there for fifteen to twenty years.  Your whole family has gone through a set of lessons on it, and you can tell from the sound.  Although you can retune a piano to have it fixed up, eventually worn wood and mechanics can permanently affect the sound quality.  Perhaps it’s time to pick out a new baby grand, or even a great sound electronic piano.
  5. Pool / Ping Pong Table: These classic basement games can be found in homes across the county.  Pool and Ping Pong tables have provided countless hours of fun for your family in friends, from day long tournaments to one on one grudge matches.  However, old equipment can really start to affect the quality of the game. Those bumps in your pool table and chips in your table tennis table can cause more than a few plays to go awry, as you’ve likely noticed.  New tables have drastically gone down in price lately, so it’s the perfect time to pick one up.

Make sure you don’t hurt yourself trying to haul these heavy old pieces of furniture out of your house. Junk King can efficiently and affordably pick that old junk up for you. Call 1-800-995 JUNK or book online to schedule a free on site estimate.