We arrived in Whangarei on October 5 with ten suitcases. For now, since my husband is on work exchange, we are living in a fully furnished home while someone is living in our place in Canada. Once the exchange is over my husband plans on going home to sell our house, our electronics and pack all of our personal belongings into a container.
We have been thinking about what we absolutely will bring over and what to buy here. Our kitchen table and cabinet, our bedroom set and a couple of antique pieces are very special to us and will be in the container. Our plan was to purchase a ton of kids furniture from IKEA for our three children for their bedrooms. (it's easy to pack when it's boxed and you just can't get it here!) obviously I am going to bring my dishes, cutlery, kitchen stuff, our personal treasures, trampoline, and most decor items.
I am curious if any of you would recommend I should specifically purchase anything in Canada to take in the container because a) I can't get it here or b) I might get it here but it would cost a fortune!
A couple of things I was thinking of are a trailer/caravan for camping, my kitcheanaid mixer (which is invaluable to me and I think an adapter would make it work fine) plus all the attachments- which are crazy expensive here. Any appliances ( I think you can get large refrigerators here but mine back home is huge compared to what we have!)??
Or is there anything that people often wish they had from Canada that I can bring several in the container?
To be honest we are really living the simple wonderful coastal life where most material things don't mean much when I have my family, however, if we are filling a container I don't want to have any regrets!
Thanks in advance!