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 space.

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...