Whether you're relocating or just rearranging, moving heavy furniture is a big job. Use these simple techniques to move heavy, awkward items without wrecking your back, your house or the furniture. How to move heavy furniture by yourself - use your head, not your back.
14 Tips for Moving Furniture
![Carry Tall Items High and Low](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH13SEP_MOVFUR_02.jpg)
Carry Tall Items High and Low
Here are some other hacks for moving heavy furniture!
!['Hook' Chairs Around Corners](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH13SEP_MOVFUR_03.jpg)
'Hook' Chairs Around Corners
You should use furniture anchors after placement of the moved furniture.
![How to Move a Couch: Stand Couches on End](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH13SEP_MOVFUR_05.jpg)
How to Move a Couch: Stand Couches on End
![Furniture Carrying Straps: Shoulder Dolly](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH13SEP_MOVFUR_06.jpg)
Furniture Carrying Straps: Shoulder Dolly
P.S. These are our top picks for furniture-moving dollies to help get heavy jobs done.
![Furniture Carrying Straps](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH13SEP_MOVFUR_07.jpg)
Furniture Carrying Straps
![Don't Carry or Drag—Slide](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH13SEP_MOVFUR_08.jpg)
Don't Carry or Drag—Slide
![Protect Furniture With Blankets and Plastic](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH13SEP_MOVFUR_09.jpg)
Protect Furniture With Blankets and Plastic
![Make a Mattress Sling](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/FH13SEP_MOVFUR_10.jpg)
Make a Mattress Sling
![Cut and Fold a Box Spring](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH13SEP_MOVFUR_13.jpg)
Cut and Fold a Box Spring
![Plan Where It Lands](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH13SEP_MOVFUR_15.jpg)
Plan Where It Lands
![Take the Back Off a Recliner](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH12APR_HEASTU_01.jpg)
Take the Back Off a Recliner
![Take Apart What You Can](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH12APR_HEASTU_03.jpg)
Take Apart What You Can
When you're lugging a sofa through a doorway, remember: You can always make it a few inches smaller by removing the feet. The same principle applies to any piece of furniture you need to make sleeker or lighter: Take off any and all knobs, drawers, shelves, racks and legs.
![Remove Your Door Stop Molding](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH12APR_HEASTU_05.jpg)
Remove Your Door Stop Molding
![Ramp It Up (and Down)](https://www.familyhandyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FH12APR_HEASTU_06.jpg)
Ramp It Up (and Down)
Use lumber, scaffold planks and blocks to create ramps to maneuver items.