Pack heavy items in small boxes

It’s easier to manage heavy, bulky items when they are packed in a smaller box than a large one, as it minimizes shifting. If you only have larger boxes available, use furniture pads, towels or few small, soft items to fill the...

What should stay?

You have a living room, so if you have a rug, coffee table, sofa, chairs, tables and lamps that fit nicely in the space, then those are obviously staying. It’s a situation where, say, the rug from your old living room doesn’t fit the new room that you will...