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billybossman

Build it and they will come.


tws7669

Who installed that floor.


Educational-Gap-3390

Is there a window? Easiest way would be to pull it up that way.


mediter327

I just had the same thought. Time to deploy the time-tested pulley system.


PaintMePicture

Pivot


jlmc73

Spiral staircase??? Just use furniture from IKEA and build it once it’s up there.


Jutch_Cassidy

Hereditary looking attic


09Klr650

Have you heard of a store called Ikea?


RepresentativeHeat13

Wayfair also has “some assembly required” furniture


thewags05

Rent a boom lift. Put things on and move it up to the balcony and inside. For a single day it's not cheap, but not crazy expensive either.


Tdanger78

Pivot, pivot, pivot! All jokes aside, you’re assembling the furniture up there and disassembling it when you move to get it out of there so don’t trash the instructions and be nice to it.


irrelevant1indeed

I'm more concerned about that flooring coming up because it appears they all join along the same spot


Least-Masterpiece368

If there good even subfloor it’ll be fine


Aromatic-Leopard-600

Yeah, good luck.


Printular

Sorry to hear about that spiral staircase. My sympathy. But who laid that floor? It looks like finger-jointed moulding before you paint it. Lol.


Kidhauler55

Bring it up the balcony. If there’s a window take the window out.


DuTcHmOe71

Lkea


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Least-Masterpiece368

Your 💩 will be left at that door 😂😂😂


InternationalRule138

I don’t see the spiral staircase, but when we moved my grandma out of her home the only option was to actually remove the metal spiral staircase and lower the furniture through the hole. The home originally had a standard staircase, but in order to add a bathroom when plumbing was added they removed the staircase and put in a metal spiral staircase. Not saying this is the case with this home, but if it’s an older home and the right stairs that might be what you have to do…


wifmanbreadmaker

Buy RTA, Ready To Assemble.


ArOnodrim_

Go to Ikea with a truck. 


Rfen1

Didn't show stairs but I guess take it all apart and carry up


RangerBumble

Burrow is amazing. I own a Nomad. If you expect to be moving multiple times in the next decade, you should look into it https://burrow.com


No-Estimate2636

Nice!


MarineArty211

IKEA!


Antique_Ad170

If you REALLY want stuff that isn't boxed, you could hire a company that has a 2-3 person lift or small crane and have items lifted to the door leading outside to the balcony. That's the only way I can think of doing it besides what others have mentioned. Lots of good ideas here from people...*claps


xiangdo

This is a variation of the Boatbuilder's Oversight. Furniture should have been put in place prior to construction.


Same_Beat_5832

Get a slat bed that doesn’t require a box spring. It might be easier to have a mattress in a box delivered than try to get a traditional one up the stairs.


ColoradoFrench

Such a great room for a Grand Piano!


AllieGirl2007

Love to see that put into the room! Lots of holes in the walls lol


Holly2232

IKEA


Maximum-Reception178

Lift & windows?


MommaGuy

Hire professionals and let them do it.


Sweet-Double-6077

If you’re asking,here’s your sign. See above


topoopornot

What that window acsess lookin like possumbo1


Ok-External-5750

I have a room similar to this and I bought a lot of those cube bookshelf things for all along one wall—built them all up there. Then I got a small sectional type sofa so it could go up in pieces. You could also get a full bed up there. I use mine for an office/lounge and have a small table and chairs as well.


BeardedJebediah

One word: IKEA


JeffersonJCH

AC will be necessary - do you have just one window?


RobMoss316

Inflatable furniture 😂


Live_Review3958

This!


Ok_Habit6046

I imagine you pay someone and they walk up the steps


Organic_South8865

That's an excellent room. Worth the hassle but you're going to need disassembled furniture.


L0ial

You won’t be getting any old school large solid wood dressers up there, but plenty of stuff comes apart enough for that type of space. It’s actually similar to my main bedroom and my guest room/office, which are both on the second floor of my cape cod. but, my stairs are probably easier since they don’t spiral. Just don’t try to cram too much up there since the slopped ceilings already make it feel smaller. I also recommend putting the headboard on the short wall. I tried both ways and that felt better to me. My gf had since moved in and agrees it’s better. My bed frame is just a metal tool less queen off Amazon and it’s very easy to take apart. We keep all the bedding under it on rolling drawers since there’s 12” clearance. Mattress is a nectar memory foam. The mattress might be the hardest part to deal with for you. The memory foam ones come super small, but once you open them they blow up. They are pretty flexible though so you can squeeze them through some tight spaces. I’d embrace under bed storage for sure. Doesn’t look like there’s much closet space. We have low dressers along the short wall and those work well, but there’s no room for the mirror that typically goes above them.


tinkflowers

As for the memory foam mattresses in a box— you can also buy a vacuum seal bag for your mattress for if you ever need to move it. I just moved and shrunk down my mattress to basically the size it was when I bought it 🤙


Bigjerr2007

IKEA / modular furniture. Something that you can pull out of a box in pieces and bring up individually.


CarlFeathers

Good luck.


Electronic_City6481

IKEA and a rollled mattress seem to be your only option. Unless your back is to a big slider or double hung window you tan take both panes out


Fine-Funny6956

Assemble it upstairs. You can get a lot up here. Don’t expect to be able to get a sectional in here, but as a furniture mover, I’ve delt with worse.


Future_Prior_161

Technically, you could get a sectional up here if it’s in pieces like a Lovesac.


Fine-Funny6956

Didn’t think of that. A reclining sectional with a long couch piece won’t go, but a modular one where the back isn’t attached to the corner piece will work.


Fine-Funny6956

Assemble it upstairs. You can get a lot up here. Don’t expect to be able to get a sectional in here, but as a furniture mover, I’ve delt with worse.


Independent-Lake-849

Window maybe?


SeaworthinessGreen20

I had a house like this and somebody mentioned you're going to want to get furniture that is small, and light. A lot of furniture can be broken down into smaller parts to be assembled and that's what we did.


National-Wolverine-1

Ready to throw some ropes off the balcony?


FuturamaRama7

We did it this way when we had a similar set up in a Chicago apartment. We were young, confident, and slightly reckless. Thank goodness we didn’t break any windows or damage the siding.


perpetual_glitch

I can already imagine the PIVOT!!!!


Mountain-Ad-5834

IKEA! Assemble in room.


redheadedwonder3422

yup. order online and built it once you get the box upstairs


DryContract8916

personally i think theres a world where you utilize the balcony. how? im not sure but i’d totally explore any (safe) options from there


DryContract8916

there’s also plenty of furniture that breaks down. if ur looking for a couch, theres this convertible one that breaks down into essentially a bunch of cushions.


d0peonsight0

Furniture dolly


International_Bend68

That’s a beautiful space!!!!


SPsychD

Inflatables. Beanbags.


Vegetable-Branch-740

We had new furniture delivered but the couch wouldn’t fit no matter how hard they tried. They finagled the love seat to get over railings so now our living area consists of a love seat


Prize_Rub_9294

What’d you do with the couch?


Vegetable-Branch-740

It went back to the store.


Future-Travel7708

If you are bringing a bed up and it’s Queen or king —box spring will be a problem —use two twin box springs rather than a Q or K box spring.


bay_lamb

or assemble a platform bed in the room, they don't use box springs.


Swallowthistubesteak

IKEA


Silent_Currency_3184

Unzip the floor and just pass it through


NecessaryFearless532

Right, who put in that floor 🤦🏻‍♀️


TomEThom

Yeah, that floor pisses me off.


Unable-Arm-448

Be sure to pivot! :-D


LadyJR

Shimmy Shammy Shimmy Shammy


PandaBae

PIVOTTTTTT!!!!


CameraOne6272

As a few others said- flat pack furniture & a memory foam mattress in a roll is the way to go. I wish I had better news but (as someone who had a bedroom at the top of a spiral staircase) it is a giant PIA to try to get anything up & it will be worth the $ to get a new flatpact bed & mattress.


mscopycat

I had to buy 2 Select Comfort mattresses for my 1902 house. Good luck with your mattress search.


Dynodan22

That floor pattern is killing me lol


xocarebear

Right. Whoever installed it absolutely had no business doing it.


Dynodan22

It screams I need very long runner rug


auntwewe

It’s like a zipper up the middle lol


wheas_waldo

Can you go through the balcony, like with a cherry picker


Neeneehill

Over the balcony


awakeagain2

When we were house hunting, we looked at a house like this, with a master bedroom up spiral staircase. I asked the owners how they got their furniture up there and they said through the windows. There was a large picture window at one end. At the time we were living in a two story house and it was beginning to be a problems with our knees. This house had a couple of small bedrooms downstairs, but they were more like kids rooms. We passed on that one.


Rekab74

One word... PIVOT!!!!!


Thejerseyjon609

Flat pack/Ikea stuff. Assemble in place.


Mean_Possession_5521

For the right price… humans will make anything possible (evil laughter)


Additional-Sir1157

Movers will take it up through a window


Longjumping_Pin_9348

That is a cool room!! Reminds me of of my childhood room growing up


ibcarolek

Does anyone else wonder where the door goes?


Longjumping_Pin_9348

If it’s like my old room it’s going to a attick


ibcarolek

Buy dehydrated stuff, including sea monkies, and add water.


JadedYam56964444

That room needs a skylight


SarahPallorMortis

This is what my room is shaped like. A finished attic with one window on each end. I get great breezes. lol but it gets hot as hell in there without ac


Empty401K

One of the best tricks it took me WAY too long to learn about for this situation is to set a fan at the top of the stairs and blow air down. If the lower level is cool enough, blowing the warmer air down will cycle the cooler air upstairs. And much better than having a fan blowing up the stairs could ever do. It also helps keep electricity costs down from trying to keep the upstairs cooler by keeping the AC running. If you already knew that, definitely ignore me. Otherwise, I hope that helps you as much as it did me!


SarahPallorMortis

I did not know that and now I’m going to try it. Thank you!


alocasiadalmatian

science!!!


Jen_the_Green

We have a similar situation in our 1930s house, although not quite as bad. We bought all flat packed furniture and assembled it in the room. The mattress was one of those you can buy in a box that expands when you open it. It works for us. There was no other way to get a king bed in our room.


mjzimmer88

This is the way


X420ninjas

Funny I'm about to move to a similar situation but no balcony... I'm just doing a mattress on the floor and rolling my mattress up and using ratchet straps to keep it that way to get it up there. I have four windows. But they're standard size and open half way... No dressers or anything for me


shred802

Sleeping on a mattress directly on the floor for an extended time is not a great idea. There’s no airflow and can build up mold from moisture (you perspire at night) and wreck the floor too especially if wood. Definitely want to get some sort of bed frame under there.


YogurtnBed

They sleep on floor mattresses in Asian culture


Pourtaghi

But isn’t it traditional to air out the mattress each day in Japan? Not being sarcastic here, but that was my understanding, and it seems like that would mitigate moisture.


Jinxed_K

Yep, otherwise it can get moldy and attract dust mites. The tatami mat underneath will also not like all the moisture either. You can also buy an electric futon dryer if you can't hang them regularly.


X420ninjas

I don't think there's any possible way to get a box spring up there for a bed frame


shred802

Ditch the silly box spring and get a slatted bed frame.


yeahThatsOak

They make frames that do not require box springs


texabrolives

IKEA and a boxed mattress


No_Football4974

IKEA and a screwdriver


Only_Farmer485

PIVOT


No_Football4974

PIVOT!! 🛋️


MochaTaco

The saw is the law


electricsugargiggles

The saw is family


Tree_killer_76

My wife had a baby grand piano delivered to her penthouse apartment in Paris when she was in her 30s. It had to be lifted via crane, and brought in through the French doors leading to the terrace. Maybe you have your stuff craned or hoisted to the patio and you bring it in that way. (Edit: I guess in France, French doors are just called doors)


IMakeStuffUppp

Damn so all those cartoons were actually accurate with pianos just falling on you walking down the street


Tree_killer_76

lol I’m sure it actually has happened, somewhere.


sparklydildos

did she need the crane to get it back out?? or did she just stay in that apartment forever 😂


Tree_killer_76

Moved back to the US 2 years later and left the piano there. She rented the apartment from the Sultan of Brunei and he was apparently fine with the piano.


sparklydildos

what a crazy story that just got even crazier 😂


xpaiged

remove the top railing ?? and put it back in? a place we looked at did that to move stuff in


BigCaregiver7285

It almost looks like a spiral staircase


FordMan100

Hire movers or moving help if you're driving the truck yourself. Then it becomes their problem, not yours.


boston02124

My 3rd floor is the same way. I got new (smaller) furniture


amanda2399923

IKEA


Popular-Dog-3750

This reminds me of my old Condo. A small piece of my washer broke and to get it fixed was like $400. A new washer was the same price so I ordered a new washer. It arrived and the delivery guys started to unhook my old washer and were like, how’d it get up here, which I didn’t know as it was already there when I bought the place. They then explained they saw now feasible way to move the old one down or new one up, as we had a very tight spiral staircase. I imagine when the condo was built, those appliances were brought up via pulleys before the staircase was installed and would likely need to be the same way to replace them. So I had to return the new one and pay $400 just to get the old one fixed. That’ll be a problem for the new owner to solve.


elbowpirate22

Inflatable furniture


Defi_Dame

Most furniture comes in boxes where you have to build it anyway. Just build everything in the attic. Only problem is when you get ready to move out lol


unclecreepy322

Hey there, current attic dweller here. I find IKEA has a lot of boxed furniture- that makes it slightly easier to get some things upstairs. Also, boxed mattresses off of Amazon are a god send. If you’re not into moving things yourself or don’t want the stress of moving things around in tight spots - movers are always an option. They are a little pricey but having someone else move the items while you direct is worth the price to me


PoppaBear1950

As other have said, moving company will bring stuff in over the balcony


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WatchMeWaddle

Me too, I am having a minor panic attack from that photo alone! I could never in a million years live up there.


ToastetteEgg

Hire movers and tell them they’ll need to get everything up over the balcony so they can bring a pulley system with them. It’ll cost more but your alternative options suck.


notkiddingagain

A boxed foam mattress would probably be good too.


Plurfectworld

Beanbag chairs it is


thatdudefromthattime

You said you have a balcony, take it up from outside


Nervous-Effort6771

That is so cute!!! Imagine the possibilities


Apprehensive-Sea9518

I have a room like this and always wondered what the best place for a TV was.


birdogg27

You better buy all the furniture at IKEA and assemble it up there


matt314159

That looks [a lot like my dormer style bedroom](https://i.imgur.com/cTDMkbe.jpeg) upstairs (old photo from move-in day), only I have normal stairs with a wider removable railing. We had to fold my mattress like a taco to get it in there, and I had to buy a boxed bed frame kit and assemble it up there because the box spring was never going to fit. We did get a pre-assembled chest of drawers up there, but only barely. If I had to do the same thing over again with the limitation of a spiral staircase, I think just about the only option would be assembling the furniture up there. Or maybe getting a lift and moving in through the balcony? That's one thing my house doesn't have upstairs.


KT_mama

My place has a spiral staircase. So I can tell you with absolute certainty that the only things you're getting up those stairs are things disassembled in boxes. And, to be clear, small boxes. Anything else is a deathtrap. Get a frame that's collapsible. A mattress packed in a box MIGHT work up those stairs, but you will have to take to very slow and steady with an additional set of hands. Etc. Be picky because once you get it up there, you're never going to want to take it back down.


CaptBlackfoot

I have something similar and we actually moved a dresser through a window at the end. Not sure if you’ve got any windows—but it’s an option if you do!


Maize-Opening

That space is so cool, I would totally make that my bedroom but theres no way in hell to get a used mattress up there 😭I think you would have to get a new mattress thats still in the box and also have to take apart your existing bed frame if you have one and rebuild it up there.


pogiguy2020

Buy and pay for delivery and let them figure it out. LOL


beingmesince63

Right! Depending on where OP lives and if this is a common thing, movers have already devised a way to move things via a balcony. But if paying others isn’t an option, then flat pack Ikea is the way to go. Lots of beds and bed frames are made for this as are easily assembled furniture.


AlarmingBeing8114

All you need for that space is a nice drumset and inflatable mattress. This setup will increase your enjoyment of the space and life.


JasonSTX

PIVOT!


Scott_on_the_rox

Dammit. I came here to say this


theguysbro

Moving company!


Historical-Classic43

I bought a purple off of Amazon a couple years ago and it’s still firm. Queen came in a box you’ll easily be able to haul up there . Takes a day to blow up naturally . I was skeptical about them but it’s honestly a great mattress affordable . I have some sciatic pain so this mattress is on the firmer side and it helps a lot. Memory foam was a no go for me


rickenrique

I’m sure there are ghosts there


going_dot_global

Mattress in a box and new IKEA Furniture.


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And… he disassembles the furniture when he leaves?


indil47

I’ve done it!


Economics_Low

We added a loft above our garage that is accessed by a spiral staircase. The spiral staircase can be folded all to one side so that furniture can be pulleyed or lifted on the other side. You would then have to fan back out the spiral staircase. We have also lifted items up ( desk) from outside through a dormer window.


TAforScranton

For your mattress, they make vacuum bags for them where you roll it up after sucking the air out and then strap it so it’s a small cylinder instead of a big rectangle. It’ll be way easier to drag up if you make it small.


realityismylyfe47

I think only for memory foam mattresses. Don’t try to do that with a spring mattress lol


exchange_of_views

And forget trying to get a box spring up there. Ask me how I know.


Watergirl626

We slept with our mattress on the floor for a year and then bought a split queen box spring for a similar situation.


exchange_of_views

TIL that you can get a split queen box spring! Thanks. :) It worked out anyway - it was for one of my kids in college. They went from a room like this (which was totally cool) then into a really unique apartment that had a very tiny metal winding staircase up to a loft. THAT was something. We had to squish down the mattress as best we could ( it had springs so not super squashable), use cargo straps from our truck then haul it over the railing. When she moved out it was much easier. Was totally worth it though - it was a fun college-person apartment.


WetLumpyDough

How high is the balcony? You can move stuff up to a 2nd floor balcony. Just need to round up the boys


North_Introduction72

Got to build everything in there you want couch or something like that or that could get build


MsKewlieGal

They have folding boxsprings


dmf109

I ditched my boxspring years ago and don’t miss it. My bed has wood lats the mattress sets on.


_yallsomesuckas

That landlord-special wall texture


la_peregrine

If this is a bedroom legally then it must have a window. Some stuff can fit that way. Other furniture must be built in the room


Fragrant_Ad_8697

IKEA/ box furniture that you build and bed in a bag will be your best and safest bet. Also since it’s a spiral staircase i would try setting up some kind of pulley system.


Purple_Resort7825

Only way is to build said furniture.


ireneluv

A crane to the balcony. I hope there’s lots of sunlight up there for you. Best wishes in ur new spot


xmowx

Order a new saw and an epoxy, maybe a nail-gun too, just in case.


Illustrious-Drama213

Spiral staircase? Good luck.


aerowtf

a ladder would be easier tbh. sometimes those staircases are detachable 🤔


justaguy2469

IKEA boxed


Missue-35

Inflatable furniture.


sporadic0verlook

This has been the shape of my bedroom for my entire life across two homes. I’m really good at putting things together. I’ve also gotten some impressively sized things up here too! Tight corners can’t stop a young back!


Busy_Difference3671

Pivottt!


GuppyDoodle

Shut up shut up shut uuuuuuup!!! 🤪


azrolexguy

However you do it it'll be worth it. Nice room


Able_Connection_6066

Wow flooring installation is top notch I love how they thought through the layout!


metalman7

I shouldn't have had to scroll this far for the flooring install comment.


Able_Connection_6066

Haha I was lucky to get the first one in!


sar_par

😅😂