Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality

Boutique & Showroom Moving in the Sacramento Valley

Antique cases, floor mirrors, forms and display lighting moved for a small shop or showroom, with your electrician taking down anything wired in.

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Licensed & InsuredUSDOT 3421940 · MC 1416634
Locally OperatedChico + Yuba City
Sacramento ValleyChico · Yuba City · Sacramento

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Planning a Boutique & Showroom Move

A boutique usually has less to move than a chain store and more that can break. The fixtures are often one of a kind: a vintage apothecary cabinet used as a jewelry case, a full-length mirror in a heavy gilt frame, a farm table carrying the front display. A showroom for tile, lighting or home goods adds vignettes, sample boards and fixtures hung from the ceiling. None of it arrived in a carton, and most of it will not fit through a door on its side.

We start with a walk of both spaces and a list of the pieces that worry you most. Each one gets measured against the doors and the turn from the sidewalk, and the heavy or fragile ones get their own carry plan. Your owner or visual lead marks where each piece lands in the new room, so the crew sets the floor in the order your team will style it.

Lighting is decided early. Plug-in lamps travel with us. Pendants, track heads and chandeliers wired into the ceiling come down with your electrician first.

Who usually signs off: Boutique owner or showroom manager, with the visual merchandiser approving the new floor arrangement
Timing that works: Close for as few selling days as possible: pack the back room during the last week, move after the final close, and give the visual team the floor before reopening.

What typically moves

Antique and repurposed display cabinetsDoors are taped shut or removed, shelves come out, and the case travels upright and blanketed.
Full-length and floor mirrorsMeasured against every door first; glass is covered corner to corner and carried on its long edge.
Farm tables, plinths and pedestal standsLoose tops lift off and ride padded; bases are marked to the spot on your visual plan.
Dress forms and display mannequinsForms travel standing and wrapped, with stands and detachable parts bagged together.
Showroom vignette furniture and sample boardsMoved as vignette groups, with tile or finish boards boxed by display wall.
Plug-in lamps, shades and accent lightingShades are boxed separately from bases; bulbs come out and travel in their own carton.
Checkout counter and gift-wrap stationEmptied by your staff, padded and set first so the new shop can take a sale on reopening day.

Access and scheduling

Small shops in older buildings are where the door, not the truck, sets the day. An older storefront in downtown Chico can combine a slim front entry, a step and a rear alley shared with a restaurant's deliveries. We measure the openings at both addresses, look at the turn from the sidewalk or alley, and decide which door each large piece uses before the date is set.

If the new space is in a center or a mixed-use building, request the building's tenant move rules. They often name a service door and set truck hours, and a few ask that our insurance certificate reach them ahead of the truck, which we can send.

Most owners keep selling until the last day. The back room, seasonal stock and spare display pieces can be packed during the final week so the move itself stays short, and the floor goes back to your team as soon as the display pieces are placed.

Protection and handling

One-off display pieces are wrapped in moving blankets and stretch-wrapped over the blanket, never on bare finish. Old cabinet doors are removed when hinges are loose, and glass shelving is boxed and stood upright. Mirrors and framed art go in picture cartons or are padded corner to corner, then carried by two people on their long edge.

Before we load, the crew photographs each styled grouping you want rebuilt, so your visual lead has a reference at the new shop. Small parts such as knobs, finials and form stands are bagged and taped to their own piece.

Merchandise stays under your control. Your staff packs and counts jewelry, glassware and fragile stock, or tells us which cartons to pack under their supervision. At the new shop we place each display on its mark and leave styling and product to your team.

Who does what

Some of this job belongs to other trades. The written plan names each one.

Pendants, chandeliers, track lighting and lit display cases: A licensed electrician removes and rehangs anything wired into the ceiling or walls. Our crew moves the fixtures once they are down and boxed.
Wall-hung mirrors, shelving and display rails: Your installer or handyman unmounts them and hangs them again in the new shop, following the landlord's rules. We transport the released pieces.
Styling, window dressing and merchandise: Your owner or visual merchandiser.

Not part of our work

Hanging, wiring or mounting fixtures at the new address.
Packing high-value jewelry or cash; those stay with the owner.

Around Chico, Yuba City and Sacramento

Boutiques in the Valley cluster in older downtowns, including Broadway and Main in Chico, downtown Yuba City and Old Sacramento, and in newer centers near the Roseville Galleria and in El Dorado Hills. Older buildings bring narrow doors and alley loading; centers bring service lanes and posted truck hours.

The crew that shows up

Two Murdock’s box trucks staged outside a single-story building in the Sacramento Valley

Murdock’s crew carrying a pad-wrapped piece through a tiled entryway

Murdock’s crew rebuilding cubicle panels in an office, one mover on a step ladder

Boutique & Showroom Moving FAQs

Another question? Call (530) 354-8089.

Our display cabinet is an antique and does not come apart. Can it still move?

Usually, yes. We measure it against both sets of doors and the turns in between, remove shelves and any loose doors, and wrap it in blankets with stretch wrap over them. If it will not clear a door upright, we look at another entrance before anyone suggests taking it apart. Tell us about any repairs so we can pad those spots.

Can you move our ceiling pendants and chandeliers?

Once they are down, yes. A licensed electrician removes wired fixtures from the ceiling and rehangs them at the new shop. We box the fixtures, glass shades and crystals and move them to the new space, where they wait for the electrician. Plug-in lamps we can pack and move without a trade.

Can we keep the shop open until the last day?

Most owners do. We pack the back room, spare fixtures and seasonal stock during the final week, and the display floor goes once you lock up on the final day. Your team keeps the sales floor intact until then, and the new shop gets its counter and main displays placed first so it can reopen quickly.

Who packs the jewelry and fragile stock?

Your staff, or our crew working under their direction. Most owners pack and count high-value pieces themselves and move them in their own car. For glassware and fragile gifts, we can supply cartons and dividers and pack while a staff member checks each carton before it is sealed.

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Plan your business move

Tell us both addresses, the building rules you know about, and the dates you cannot move. We will send back a written plan and estimate.

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