[header] How to rearrange furniture without help [title] Disassemble the furniture as much as possible. [step] Heavy pieces should be taken apart if possible to lighten their weight and prevent pieces from falling off while you move them. Remove shelves from bookcases, cushions from sofas, drawers from dressers, and hutches from desks, for example. 
[title] Protect delicate pieces of furniture by wrapping them. [step] Some pieces of furniture may have fragile or delicate parts, like the glass top of a coffee table or the doors of a china hutch.