Allegedly, Minneapolis’s warm season lasts longer than our cold season. So-called facts like this don’t make summer in Minneapolis feel any less precious to those whose summer wardrobes lay dormant for a seeming eternity while unending ice blasts decimate their will to live. Having to use some of...
You’re not alone. Every year, 40 million Americans pack up everything they own and move homes. For many, this means panicked late-nights of shoving odds and ends into cardboard boxes foraged from alleys, quadruple taping them and scrawling “MISC” across the top with the only pen they could find...
Congratulations! Your effective labeling made your Banana Boxes easy to unpack. You don’t have to mourn the loss of any precious items and you’ve got plenty of time to unwind before Banana Box picks up your reusable moving boxes. While you can always let us know you’re ready for us to pick up your...
As every therapist and even this 35 year-old New York Times column says, “friendships ebb and flow.” It’s normal to come in and out of contact with people. That’s why you shouldn’t feel bad about reestablishing a friendship prior to moving, just so you can ask that person for help. Maybe moving...
We’re sorry you’re going through this. Moving during a breakup, especially if you’re moving because of a breakup, is the ultimate microcosm of adult pain. Not only are you forced to handle logistics with a mind and heart shattered by another failed relationship, but your life is literally laid...
You know at the end of a horror movie, right when it seems like everything is going to be okay, the killer’s eyes open and you know that the nightmare isn’t over yet? That’s what it feels like when you get the last moving box into your new home and realize the mountain of work […]
Whether they’re friends, strangers or your parents, roommates can be a challenge. In fact, 100% of roommates are considered annoying at least once during the duration of the time they’re living with others. That means you yourself have driven someone slowly toward the abyss of madness simply by being...
If you’ve followed Banana Box for a while, you know that we’ve got some strong feelings about moving with cardboard boxes. Cumbersome, wasteful, inconvenient and flimsy, cardboard boxes are terrible for moving. That said, we never meant to hurt cardboard’s feelings. While moving with cardboard...
Being haunted by the ghosts of past inhabitants of a home is inconvenient, and can even be dangerous. A ghost hiding important work documents can be detrimental to your career, and levitation can cause injury or even death. Due to the challenges of moving, many people stick around haunted houses long...