Bedroom nightstand & new bench clashing
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Comments (49)oceanna, Two words: reciprocating saw. :-) Move as much as you can into another room, cover everything else with dropcloths and/or old sheets, and have at it. We've had to take furniture out in pieces a few times. About 10 years ago we had an enormously-heavy sleeper loveseat from the 60s that DH and his two brothers somehow bent the space-time continuum to get up into our third-floor apartment (top floor of a mid-1800s three-flat), but there was NO way it was getting back down. We disassembled it with a crowbar and hammer and hucked the pieces out the window, which really confused the downstairs neighbors. :-) It was a pity that we had to render it unusable for someone else when I would rather have put it out on the curb as we lived in a very poor neighborhood and it would have been snatched up in a matter of minutes even in its worn-out state, but it had become pretty much unusable for us too and the apartment was far too small to blow that much space on something that couldn't be used - the living room was just barely big enough for one full-size futon couch (moved in and out disassembled), one chair, and a tv stand! That was it! Anyway, if you detach the plywood-box section from the headboard (and footboard if there is one), it is more likely that the headboard(/footboard) could be removed intact and reusable - if you post them on Craigslist, just specify that they are extremely heavy so people should be prepared to bring along help. Cut the plywood into smaller sections that can be moved, although a circular saw would probably be easier for that part. If you/your son aren't up to doing this yourself, hiring a handyman (through Craigslist? heehee) to do the cutting-up and lugging shouldn't be too awfully expensive especially if you don't go through one of those dreadful overpriced franchises. You'll have some cleaning to do in the bedroom but it's better than being stuck with furniture items you no longer like and cannot get rid of. I do know what you mean, BTW. Two houses ago we had a very large master bedroom (or at least very large to me, small compared to some folks'!) and purchased secondhand a 6 piece bedroom set, all pretty large pieces, which fit the room quite nicely. I got quite bored with the matchy-matchy thing and when we moved it did not fit at all into the new house's smaller bedrooms and couldn't really be divided up between rooms. A Craigslister got a nice bargain, since we just needed to get rid of these things that were crowding us out....See MoreBedroom - Nightstands Match or Mismatch?
Comments (7)I used a smaller round iron table in my last house on the other side of the bed. I liked the airy feeling of the iron table but it seemed smallish/feminine/frilly compared to the other massive pieces in the room. Unfortunately, I only have room for a smallish/narrow piece in this space. Though, maybe I could find something bulky but narrow and that might work. Dianalo - I hadn't thought about the "coolness" of the mirrored furniture. Though, I have seen them in goldish or silvers colors, not only in dark wood. Some of them aren't too pricey so I wouldn't care if they "go out of style". With the light wood, I know I can't just buy a dark piece and put it in there, I have to find something that blends with the light wood. Maybe something painted would work, or just live with one nightstand and one light, though, it would not be balanced....See MoreHelp with nightstand!
Comments (14)Do you need two nightstands? If not, consider a nice floor lamp, perhaps in an antique gold to go with but not match the set. Something like one of these maybe: https://www.google.com/search?biw=1319&bih=902&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=Ahl4XPTbGI_y-gSvn5-4CQ&q=gold+floor+lamp&oq=gold+floor+lamp&gs_l=img.12..0i67j0l4j0i7i30l5.22152.22152..31182...0.0..0.68.68.1......1....1..gws-wiz-img.bAf3zDaSoFA But I agree with others; sets are not the best. Still, you did buy it and (I hope) love it. So if you do want or need a nightstand and you like the color family of the set, maybe a golden / gold-ish one so it doesn't clash. Something like one of these (since I don't know if you want drawers or not): https://www.google.com/search?q=gold+nightstand&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUuLud-N7gAhX4CDQIHXsOCPcQ_AUIDygC&biw=1319&bih=902 Edited to Add: What about getting rid of the one nightstand (sell it on CL or donate it to your favorite thrift store) and getting two nightstands that are different from the set? You might consider searching out vintage ones that could be the stars of the bedroom. But let them reflect you....See MoreCould this small secretary work as a nightstand / bedside table?
Comments (14)I ended up not getting the upholstered headboard as both the color and condition were not the same as the pictures when I went to see it in person. This weekend however I found a few more pieces from a family that was downsizing, but now I have quite a bit of mahogany. Sorry, I'm just realizing how blurry the picture of the chest is but it's solid mahogany again with a serpentine front. I have 2 bedrooms on the 1st floor I'm wanting to redo so I could split up the furniture as both rooms are about the same size (roughly 12' X 12' with 9' ceiling) with original 1930 wood floors. So I'm thinking it would be good to split up the furniture, and add some rugs and lighter colors to break up the mahogany? I did order this ivory velvet quilt and shams so far for the bed. For paint colors, I was thinking of a pale blue for one bedroom and maybe a green-gray for the other?...See MoreJAN MOYER
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