Ah, it’s finally time to upgrade your floors and restyle your home. It’s time for you to sit back and let your pros that you hired handle it. All you need to do is sit back, relax, and tell them to come in. But wait, the pesky furniture. How are you supposed to move and set your furniture that once filled the room? Today we will help guide you for all you need to know about what to do with your furniture during a remodeling job.

Whether you’re laying a plush new carpet or spectacular hardwood panels, your first step is going to be moving the room’s furniture out of the way. When figuring out how to move all the evidence of your presence from the room to be updated, there are a few questions you need to ask yourself and find the answer to. First, how big is the area that you’re remodeling? If you’re focusing on one specific area, then you’ll be able to get away with a lot more than if you’re doing the whole house at once. If it’s just a single room getting the new flooring treatment, you can shift your furniture into an adjacent room that is not being used at the moment. If you’re placing new flooring throughout the entire house at once, you have a couple of options. You can shift all of the furniture to the garage and park outside, or you can do the flooring in one room at a time, allowing you to shift the furniture from room to room as you go. 

The next question to keep in mind is “How long will the installation take”? This is also important because you’ll need to determine if you’re just placing the furniture temporarily and it can block vital living areas or if you need to make sure that you can still use your various rooms that are storing your furniture during the flooring installation. 

How big your home is is the next important question. If you have way more than enough living space to move your furniture around in, then you’re going to have an easier time than someone who has barely enough space to fit their furniture as is. 

Budgeting is the next step. If you need to pay a mover in order to have your furniture out of the way for the installers to come in and do their job, you should budget that into your overall project estimate. Unforeseen costs can really be a sh0ck to your wallet and can easily be avoided if you pay attention to these questions. Sometimes, your installers include a moving cost for the furniture giving you even more bang for your buck. Reach out today to learn more about what is included in our flooring installations. 

If you’re redoing the floors throughout your home, you can simply move your furniture into a storage unit for the duration of your installation project. Units are rented on a monthly basis which should be more than enough time for a flooring installation and approval.

Beyond focusing on your home’s furniture, there are other things that you need to do to prepare for a flooring installation. Be sure to check back later for a dedicated installation preparation blog post to help you with the next step!