How to Move a Home Bar

A home bar combines fragile glassware, a finished surface worth protecting, and sometimes actual plumbing for a sink or ice maker, so treat it as three separate small jobs rather than one piece of furniture. Handle the plumbing shutoff first if there is any.

Pro tip: Photograph the bar top's attachment points before lifting it off the base, since some tops are secured with hidden clips at the back edge that are easy to miss.

Watch out: Never disconnect a plumbed ice maker or sink line without shutting off the water first; a line under pressure sprays hard the moment it separates.

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