How To: Move A Couch Around A Tight Corner

updated Jan 2, 2023
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In a classic Friends episode, Ross convinces Chandler and Rachel to help him move his new couch up a few flights of stairs in lieu of paying the delivery charge. A hand drawn sketch and a few “pivots” later and, of course, the couch is stuck in mid-rounding-the-corner. When moving your own furniture, there are a few ways of getting your sofa around those tight corners.

After polling a few people and researching what expert movers have to say, here are a few tips that you can use on Moving Day. And if all else fails, a window, balcony and just buying chairs may be your answer. Of course there is always paying that delivery charge.

How to move couches and large furniture

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)

(Title image via Friends Season 5, Episode 16)

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  • Moving Furniture via Mass Transit
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  • Earth Friendly Moving