It’s interesting that you can’t just pick up a chest to move it somewhere else—while keeping everything inside it. I agree this would make it easier. And I assume if it had things inside it, you wouldn’t be able to sell it.
I did notice something interesting, however. You can put a chest inside another chest. This gave me some Divinity: Original Sin 2 vibes. Unlike that game, I hope that if we end up being able to move chests with content, they don’t allow an infinite regression of full chests put inside other full chests …
I’d also like to be able to move and rotate chests (and other furniture) I’ve already placed without having to pick them up and place them again from scratch.