Does the idea of buying Christmas presents send you into a panic spiral? Perhaps you’re overwhelmed with the options and unsure if you’ll find a meaningful gift among the shiny baubles and easily-broken toys that stock store shelves. Maybe you don’t have the funds to finance the Christmas of your child’s dreams. Or you’re simply fed up with consumerism and ready to refocus on the spirit of the season. Whatever your reasons, Mr Junk is here to help. Take your Christmas from overwhelming to meaningful with these low-cost Christmas gift ideas from Mr Junk.

3 Low-Cost Christmas Gift Ideas

1. Family heirlooms. If you’re looking for a more meaningful Christmas gift this year, look no farther than your attic. It may seem too easy to give your daughter hand-me-down furniture, but the love and history behind the gift only increase its value. Sort through antique couches and tables, heirloom jewelry, and artwork you’ve been storing for that living room redesign that never happens.
2. DIY Gifts. DIY Christmas presents sometimes get a bad rap, but if you put time and effort into the gift, it will be well received. Cut down on Christmas consumerism by getting in touch with your artsy side and giving your family and close friends hand painted Christmas ornaments, refurbished junk furniture, or any one of a million craft ideas from your Pinterest board.
3. Acts of service. Not a packrat? Not crafty enough for DIY gifts? Acts of service make a wonderful Christmas present for busy moms, working friends, and grandparents who aren’t mobile enough to tend their property as well as they’d like. Clean out your dad’s tool shed, remove those unsightly shrubs your mom always complains about, and help your grandmother sort through her piled up clutter. When you’re done, simply pile the junk in a corner and call Mr Junk to haul away the mess.

Doing a pre-holiday cleanout? Call Kennesaw’s favorite junk removal service, Mr Junk.

As a business that’s makes a habit of sifting through metro Atlanta’s greatest trashes and treasures, we feel uniquely qualified to talk about what a difference a little perspective can make. Just as sandpaper and a fresh coat of paint can turn one family’s old coffee table into another couple’s central piece of furniture, a step back from our lives can show us the beauty of the day-to-day.

No matter how you’re celebrating Thanksgiving this year, take a moment to sort through what you’re most grateful for in your life. It could be family, friends, delicious food, or simply a few days off work to get a jump on your Christmas shopping. Take a moment to relish the simple pleasures in your life. There are plenty more to come!

Happy Thanksgiving from Mr. Junk!

Relocating is difficult enough when you’re moving to a comparable sized house across town. If you’re changing states or downsizing, moving homes can be downright daunting. Get ahead of moving stress with these simple downsizing tips from Mr Junk.

Reducing Home Expenses

Living near Atlanta gets expensive, no matter what zip code you call home. Downsizing to a smaller home or apartment helps families save cash by reducing their rent or mortgage, lowering their utility bills, and providing less space to fill with useless junk. Families who are downsizing can save even more money when they plan ahead. Before relocating to a smaller home, sort through your accumulated odds and ends, appliances, and furniture. Sell, donate, or haul it off before the move to save on moving fees and storage expenses.

Getting Started on Downsizing

• Make a list of what you need. How many people will live in your new home? How many beds, chairs, and linens will you need? Do you have a family member who can’t make it without the coffee maker? Take an honest assessment of which items you can’t survive without before packing up your stuff for the move.
• Make a list of what you want. Your grandmother’s wedding pearls will definitely make the cut, but what about that necklace you never wear? Take stock of the sentimental items, practical home supplies, and stuff that’s just taking up space in your home. Separate items into categories like donate, give away, and recycle.

Have extra stuff you don’t want to store? Call Mr Junk to haul off old computers, furniture and appliances, or useless junk that’s taking up space in your garage.

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Whether you’re relocating for a new job, augmenting your bank account by getting rid of unneeded space, or selling your empty nest, downsizing your home creates a to-do list a mile long. Make the move easier by checking off these downsizing tasks well before moving day.

3 Simple Ways to Downsize

1. Start big or start small. No matter how far away your move is, it helps to have a place to start sorting. If your move is just a few weeks away, it’s probably best to start with big ticket items like furniture, comforters, and appliances. If you have months before your move, start small by organizing and boxing up one closet at a time.
2. Toss junk now. There’s some stuff that no one has a use for. Toss these junk items before you move: old clothes, CDs and cassette tapes, forgotten books, DVDs you never watch, old clothes, sporting gear, kitchen gear, and garden tools.
3. Make more than one sweep. Sometimes it’s hard for us to disengage. If you’re having trouble letting go of antique furniture, your first KitchenAid, or an old painting you won’t have room for, set it aside and come back to it in a few weeks. Sometimes a little time is all we need before we’re ready to pass a treasured possession to a close friend.

Call Mr Junk. If you’re moving to a new home, you have too much on your plate to worry about donating, recycling, or trashing your old stuff. If you don’t have a new home lined up for furniture and appliances, let us haul away your castoffs. We’ll leave your junk room clean and swept so you focus on finding the perfect park, best grocery store, or least intimidating gym near your new home.

There’s nothing quite as stressful as moving. It seems like no matter how well you prepare, come moving day you’re overwhelmed with boxes, junk, and deadlines. But with 1 in 5 American families moving every year, relocating years of junk is a problem that won’t go away. Get ahead of your relocation organization by tossing these items before packing up your home.

3 Things to Toss Before a Move

1. Worn or broken furniture. Okay, we get it. That bright, musty, floral-print couch was your first big furniture purchase as newlyweds. But believe us when we say that at this point it’s doing more harm than good. If you own ragged furniture with sentimental value, step back and honestly assess whether you’ll ever polish it up. If you will, do it before you move. If not, add it to the haul pile.

2. Appliances. Chances are you have at least one appliance you’ve been stretching “one more year” for the last decade. If you have a fritzy mixer, a coffee maker that requires daily coaxing, or a borderline dangerous food processor, take the opportunity provided by relocating to replace old appliances with a newer model.

3. “I’ll Need It Someday” Stuff. We all have it. Memorabilia from an old road trip, “collectibles” that still aren’t worth much, clothes from high school . . . if you’ve forgotten it’s lurking in your attic, it’s best to haul it away instead of trying to haul it with you.

Experts agree that waiting until after a move to sort through old junk only increases the cost and hassle of moving. Organize your stuff before you move and call Mr Junk to haul off any junk you don’t want in your new home.

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As junk collectors, we see a lot of junk pulled from a lot of places. Attics, garages, crawl spaces, and storage units could house anything from antique furniture to boxes of broken toys. Disrepaired hot tubs and built-in grills collect rust on back porches. House closets hide any number of disorganized secrets, generating boxes of junk during annual home clean outs. But there’s some junk that’s not obvious to the naked eye. Before you start piling up junk for removal, make sure you’ve taken care of your fall home maintenance.

Fall Home Maintenance Projects

Every fall homeowners spend weekends raking leaves, sorting clothes, and dusting off their heating units. Here are 3 home maintenance tasks to remember this fall:

1. Keep out the cold. Before temperatures drop too far, make sure your home is prepared for cooler weather. Replace old caulking on windows, lay new weather strips around doors, and add storm doors and windows where necessary.
2. Fill in the cracks. Does your home have leaky shingles, peeling paint, or cracks in the sidewalk? Make repairs to your home exterior before the onset of winter to prevent winter damage.
3. Take it outside. Do winter storms leave your yard strewn with broken branches and debris? Do you have a tendency to ignore the garden after Thanksgiving? Is your storage shed overrun with rusting garden equipment? November is the perfect time for landscape maintenance. Winterize your lawn and garden, take preventative steps to limit winter storm damage, and clean out the tool shed so you can greet spring with a fresh, clean look at the garden.

Have you just finished fall maintenance, home renovations, or garden winterization? Call Mr Junk to haul off scrap, debris, and unneeded materials.

It’s easy to get stuck in a customer service nightmare. Sometimes what seems like the simplest option results in days of stressful back-and-forth, extra fees, and lackluster service. At Mr Junk you’ll never have to worry about subpar services. We’re a local business built on the principles of surpassing customer expectations and treating people the way we’d want to be treated. That means low cost junk removal, fast hauling on any project, and “personal touch” services that go above and beyond.

Beyond Junk Removal

Many commercial junk haulers take care of the big problem and leave cleanup to the customer. The folks at Mr Junk don’t want customers to feel the need to clean up after us. When we come to haul organic debris, old furniture, or scrap material, we don’t leave twigs, screws, and dust behind. Our junk removal team picks up the smallest pieces of debris, and we always come through and sweep up after. The only thing our customers need to worry about is what to do with their clean, empty space!

What Do We Do with Your Junk?

After we haul old junk off your property, what do we do with it? Mr Junk cares about the environment and community. That’s why we don’t simply cart your old stuff to the dump and leave it in a heap. Whenever possible, we recycle and donate the junk we haul, giving your old stuff a fresh start!

Want a junk removal service that’s fast, affordable, and customer-first? Call Mr Junk to haul off unwanted furniture, appliances, and debris.