Things we had to leave on the porch: -1 dresser -1 queen box spring (tempurpedic--are they different than regular box springs?) -3 bookcases
The bookcases are NBD. And I know there is the option of a split box spring, if those would even fit. But the dresser is stumping me. Anything that would fit is realistically too small for what I need, and I don't want the entire family to be doomed to ikea furniture forever. My dad wants to see if it's possible to disassemble the dresser, but this wasn't a "forever" dresser anyway...
I've done some poking around about "ready to assemble" furniture. It looks like some major companies offer it (crate and barrel, maybe room and board?), but there doesn't seem to be a clear, searchable way to determine which pieces these are (unless I'm missing it). Does anyone have any experience with this? Or other suggestions?
It's killing me to have my mattress on the floor and nothing to unpack our clothes into
Post by lasagnasshole on Feb 24, 2014 15:24:22 GMT -5
For the box spring, you can saw the boards in half, fold the box spring, secure with bungee cords, take it up the stairs, and use a 1x4 to put it back together.
Ask me how I know.
You can google this. I think Instructables has a step-by-step guide for it.
Hoisting through the windows is also a possibility if your windows are large enough (ours were not).
For the box spring, you can saw the boards in half, fold the box spring, secure with bungee cords, take it up the stairs, and use a 1x4 to put it back together.
Ask me how I know.
You can google this. I think Instructables has a step-by-step guide for it.
Hoisting through the windows is also a possibility if your windows are large enough (ours were not).
Ask This Old House just did a segment on how to do this.
Post by lasagnasshole on Feb 24, 2014 15:25:49 GMT -5
Give your dad's idea a go on the dresser. If it doesn't work, you're in the same boat you are now. If it does, problem solved! That was our attitude toward the box spring.
DH is ALL OVER the idea of slicing up our box spring, so that may happen. I guess we have nothing to lose there, since it's unusable at the moment anyway. I have visions of it not working out so smoothly though
But, say we disassemble the dresser, and do get it up the stairs. Eventually I would want a matching bedroom set... what then?
ETA: I guess I'm asking if anyone else had bought new furniture for an inaccessible stairway, and how they went about it.
For the box spring, you can saw the boards in half, fold the box spring, secure with bungee cords, take it up the stairs, and use a 1x4 to put it back together.
Ask me how I know.
You can google this. I think Instructables has a step-by-step guide for it.
Hoisting through the windows is also a possibility if your windows are large enough (ours were not).
Ask This Old House just did a segment on how to do this.
For the dresser, did you try standing it on its end and bringing it up vertically? Unless its longer than 7 feet or your stairwell ceiling is super low, that should work.
For the dresser, did you try standing it on its end and bringing it up vertically? Unless its longer than 7 feet or your stairwell ceiling is super low, that should work.
I had an ikea dresser in my 20s. I would prefer not to again
The ikea hemnes line is actually not that bad, from furniture you put together standpoint.
L has a Hemnes bookcase we like (one of the one that didn't make it up the stairs, but we can disassemble that one no problem). But for a long-term dresser, I guess I want something better than that, you know? We plan to be in the house for a long time. I don't want to always have to have subpar furniture...
Would you be willing to go the other direction and maybe look at some older pieces? I find some of the pieces my mom has from my grandparents is smaller depth even though the pieces themselves are normal height/width.
The ikea hemnes line is actually not that bad, from furniture you put together standpoint.
L has a Hemnes bookcase we like (one of the one that didn't make it up the stairs, but we can disassemble that one no problem). But for a long-term dresser, I guess I want something better than that, you know? We plan to be in the house for a long time. I don't want to always have to have subpar furniture...
FWP, I know.
I kinda feel like you're going to have to decide what's most important to you, here: if you want large furniture, you may need something that requires assembly (or vice versa).
That said, most of the furniture in our house is either secondhand or from Ikea-like retailers, so obviously I don't place a massive amount of importance on furniture. Couches and our dining set are really the only exceptions.
L has a Hemnes bookcase we like (one of the one that didn't make it up the stairs, but we can disassemble that one no problem). But for a long-term dresser, I guess I want something better than that, you know? We plan to be in the house for a long time. I don't want to always have to have subpar furniture...
FWP, I know.
I kinda feel like you're going to have to decide what's most important to you, here: if you want large furniture, you may need something that requires assembly (or vice versa).
That said, most of the furniture in our house is either secondhand or from Ikea-like retailers, so obviously I don't place a massive amount of importance on furniture. Couches and our dining set are really the only exceptions.
Long term, I want something that will offer good amount of storage with decent quality.
I feel like we might have to go the ikea route in the meantime, if we can't disassemble and reassemble what we have.
What I really wanted was a couch! Stupid stairs thwarting my plans.