How to people with narrow doorways have big sofas?

[pinkbegonia]

I've bored myself stupid looking at sofas, but think I've finally decided on one from sofa.com.
But reading the instructions but in order to get it in, the height of the back of the sofa has to be less than the door width.
Our width is 74cm which doesn't seem overly small but means we must have a very low backed sofa.
Am I missing something or do lots of people have this problem?

All Ikea sofas are flat pack apart from leather ones. So the back base arms and legs come apart.

The arms come off our Multiyork sofa.

I have to take my front door off to get stuff in.

Ha! I line in Amsterdam and that's exactly how I moved mine!

live

American fridge freezers- same problem.
When i bought mine I was told in shop that the handles come off to make things easier.
He didn't mention that taking the handles off means dismantaling door and that delivery men won't do it

I had to go for a modular one, as we are in a block of flats and the first sofa we ordered would go neither up the stairs nor in the lift.

It's proved a good deal, as being modular means that I can swap the pieces around (I sit on one end, so it gets more squashed than the other), and thus the whole sofa is still looking pretty good years later.

DH had a temper tantrum in Comet when he realised that we couldn't fit an American style fridge freezer in the house. Raged around the shop slamming fridge doors like a toddler. I wish I had videoed him. He was mortified afterwards Talk about first world problems though.

Pivoting works for tables, too. Just turn it on its side and slide. I found that out when I assembled one in the sitting room (lots of space) and couldn't get it past the dog-leg into the kitchen. I would NOT be beaten.

BumpandGrind articulated piano removal machines going up stairs are great. I had an audience of noseyparkers neighbours for mine.

Nabru sofa here too as my door opens straight onto stairs and there would have been no room to swing a sofa. Love it, it's really comfy and I've slept on it loads. I got someone else to build it as well which is even better!

ExH and I had to remove the banisters in our first flat to get the furniture round the corner and up the stairs.

Oh god I'd blanked out the memory of having our American fridge freezer delivered. Basically the guys took one look and went 'nah mate'

We persuaded them to get it off the van, and they advised us what we needed to do (without being prepared to actually do it- don't blame them). We then had to ring round every burly bloke we knew and bribe them with beer.

Got there in the end

If that fucker ever dies, it's coming out in carrier bags

this is one of the reasons I encourage people to use lift-off hinges on their doors.

My neighbour bought an American FF and had to carry it through my garden, and take a fence panel out.

I have subsequently built a shed, so it will have to stay there forever, unless he hires a crane.