Some DIS-assembly required

Sunday we tackled what could have been the most difficult thing we've done yet. Such and undertaking that none of the guys doing the work on the house thought it possible. Nobody thought that just Chris, Greg and I would be all that it took to move our 300 pound vanity up stairs and into place. Luckily Chris ordered one that came in one complete piece. I've always hated assembling things and moving them around with ease. Every piece of furniture we own that came "some assembly required" I've cursed. "Who uses allen key's this much?" "Why couldn't this just come in one piece, I could move it." Well, luckily we were able to get something that needed to go up stairs and turn the corner at the landing. Something that was too heavy to turn because we couldn't get it up over our heads. Something that almost knocked me onto the boxes of crystal and then landed on top of me. Finally, something that didn't require assembly.
This giant vanity actually required DIS-assembly. Dis-assembly of the house, well, really just all the railing and banisters running up the stairs. This could be the first time that the lack of house remodeling worked in our favor because those railings from the late 80's just require a socket wrench and some elbow grease. About a 1/2 hour is all it took, and the railing came off. Then, we pretty much went straight up.....to the landing. 10 total steps, till it was standing on it's side with the 3 of us just staring at it in amazement. That's when I said to Chris "I'd say it's still a 50/50 chance this thing is getting upstairs." There were really 3 options we were faced with, sell it, install it in the living room and just run the plumbing out there so our master bath was on the first floor, or get some towels to protect the wood and just go straight up. Option 3 is what we went with. So Greg and I got on the bottom of it, Chris up top, and we just tilted and slid it up and then swung it over so the whole thing was now upside down balancing on the spot that the banister usually is attached. We quickly ran upstairs, slid it to the floor, and off we went into the bathroom. I don't think that any of could believe that it would actually get up there. It's been over 24 hours and I'm still amazed that nobody died getting it up there. We owe Greg big time, so we volunteered to just go over to his place and move furniture around for fun just to make up for it. In between stages, we managed to get some pictures, I wish we had a 4th person to document it in action.

First railing off, as you can see on the wall, we're a little indecisive about wall paint colors


Second railing coming off


Got it to the landing, this was the point that just stared at it in silent amazement. As you can see Greg has his arm up on the spot that we would eventually drape towels over and slide the entire thing onto


Now we're cooking with gas! This puppy is in, I firmly believe it's jobs like this that spawned Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. Those beers tasted so good once this was done!