Oldy bedroom furniture, narrow stairs, help

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We've recently moved into a period property that's been renovated beautifully, but we're having a tough time buying furniture.

The kids have ikea and similar which is fine for them but we wanted something nicer in the master bedroom. But we have 2 problems...

1. My husband and I don't have the same style. I like wooden, vintage, or limewashed oak style. And he likes modern, not wood.

1. Our stairs are narrow with a tight corner so furniture needs to be flatpack or small / medium.

Ideally we'd have wide drawers for the 144cm space but I can't see anything.... perhaps 2 narrow drawers side by side??

Any suggestions. I'm going mad with my search.

Auction rooms? Get it made by a carpenter? Look on Freecycle?

I'd see if you can get it built in if you can run to that.

I like period furniture in a period property, so I’d be looking at auctions- you’ll find things are surprisingly cheap and if they don’t work you can resell for what you paid. A lot of period furniture comes apart - they had the same issues with stairs in the past as now. (In contrast I think very modern art works brilliantly in older houses.)

I would avoid anything built in unless it’s completely unobtrusive.

How would it be if you lifted furniture up and over the banisters? We've just got a 214cmx90cmx60cm unit down stairs with 3 turns and low ceilings (think of Ross and Chandler in friends, trying to get the sofa around the corner). We literally lifted the whole thing over the top banister and into the void, then dropped it slowly to the floor.

Also worth checking the windows. We had an old property with sash windows which could be removed to get furniture in and out!

Diverting somewhat, it’s cheap to get over large furniture at ground level through a window, by paying a carpenter to remove it temporarily.

I don't know what your budget is or style, but there's quite a lot of you Google '144cm wide drawer unit'.

https://www.therange.co.uk/furniture/bedroom-furniture/chest-of-drawers/corona-low-3-plus-3-wide-chest-of-drawers#8876695

https://www.oakandmore.co.uk/products/francis-oak-and-soft-green-painted-wide-chest-of-drawers?meta=Pmax&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22848321999&gbraid=0AAAAADx4dm-2ac1w2dAlN70UoaTcxKwjA&gclid=Cj0KCQiA7fbLBhDJARIsAOAqhsefGBdzJGuc32un-lgUAGqSKnmZrraXRd1aF9k__njFYvKD8AIdueoaAq6mEALw_wcB#selection.color=11169

"Our stairs are narrow with a tight corner so furniture needs to be flatpack or small / medium."

Not necessarily. They had big furniture in the period your house was built in (Victorian?), and ways of getting it up tight staircases. For example, I have a wardrobe from back then, it was described as a knockdown wardrobe - it comes to pieces. You lift the top off, then all the sides and doors can be lifted out of the groove in the base that they fit into. It can be taken up a narrow staircase / tight corner quite easily then, and reassembled in the room. Similarly with bedframes, they come to pieces.

We brought beds and wardrobes in through a front bedroom window when we moved, removal men were absolutely fabulous taking the window out, hoisting everything upstairs and putting the window back. Could that be an option to avoid really limiting what you can go for?

Separate bedrooms