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Take it apart, put it together
Your new sofa is big enough to have a party on, and it’ll look perfect in your new loft. But there’s one problem: It won’t fit through the door. Which isn’t really a problem, because it won’t fit into the elevator either. No word yet on teleportation, but the city of small spaces and big dreams has solved the problem without it. Services like MJS—short-listed by fine furniture purveyors ABC Home—will carefully disassemble your goods and—just as carefully—reassemble them on the other side.

All Furniture Services offers to take apart and reassemble just about anything that takes up space in your home, from heirloom cabinets to intricate chandeliers to exercise equipment. Like similar services, the self-professed “furniture surgeons” at Dr. Sofa will reupholster, reface, repair and otherwise bring new life to your prized possessions in addition to disassembly and reassembly.

Sure, there are some people who’d love to spend an afternoon taking the home gym apart and deftly reassembling it at its new home, and find IKEA instruction diagrams as compelling as Page Six. And there are some people who love a trip to the dentist. Ever made the trip to IKEA, Crate & Barrel or Bo Concept, got home with a van full of loot, and wished you’d brought the nice guy from the stockroom with you? “If your new furniture is ‘ready to assemble,’ but you're not,” Stress Less Assembly will come over and put it all together while you sip a cup of tea and wait for your home décor magazine-perfect kids’ room to emerge before your eyes. The folks at EZ Furniture Assembly offer a similar service, with the motto “If it comes in a box, we can build it.”