Cluttered bedroom in need of new carpet.

Our carpet fitters worked round the bed somehow (it’s 5 ft). We had to pay them a bit extra. We just moved the bedside tables. Everything else is fitted furniture.

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Calendargirl

5 MONTH OLD THREAD.

Hope it all got sorted.

I saw that but in this case responses may help anyone else a bit worried by having carpets fitted.

blue14

I don't think it's necessary to put things in storage for a new carpet.

You could move the smaller furniture out into the landing or another bedroom. Do you have space in the other rooms?
The carpet fitters regularly fit carpets with the bed in the room.

I agree.
It’s easy to move the smaller stuff and the carpet fitters usually agree to move up to 3 larger pieces of furniture.

5 MONTH OLD THREAD.

Hope it all got sorted.

Arrange the fitting day with carpet supplier; early morning appointment.
Hire a van for two days starting the day before the fitters come

On day one, first load all the junk into the van, followed by the furniture /good you want to retain. Park van on your drive or the street.

Day two; carpet gets fitted. Put furniture /goods back in bedroom on new carpet. The junk is still at the far end of the van.Drive van to dump and offload the junk. Return van to hire Co.

The advantage of paying for storage is that you don't have all the hassle of moving things - the disadvantage is that you have to pay.

We had all the bedrooms decorated and recarpeted a couple of years ago, and it was a nightmare. We slept downstairs for days, whilst I co-ordinated carpet fitters, decorators and furniture delivery, and we moved wardrobes, beds and chests of drawers from room to room. It happened in the run up to Christmas, too. I don't know what I was thinking.

In one of those 'helpful' ways, a friend pointed out that someone she knows had hired removal men to take the beds and wardrobes away, keep them for a week or so then bring them back and reassemble them in the newly carpeted rooms. The advice was of the type that ends a time machine to follow it 😡, but I did store it for future reference. You wouldn't even need to empty the wardrobes, as they can move them full.

If money isn't a big consideration, I think it's a great idea, and sometimes these things cost less than you expect, so it might be worth getting a quote to find out what it would cost.

I know this is radical - but you are after all prepared to shell out quite a bit of money

Do you actually really need the big old bed and wardrobe?
could you ditch them and have a look at..... a slightly smaller, neater, new divan and ditching the wardrobe

and - alternative good quality but not posh storage that best neatly meets your storage needs? High/medium neat shelves, a fitted simple rail clothes storage...

I bet while you are sorting you'll find things that "don't need to come back"

aonk

Last year my neighbour did something similar but with her lounge. She’s on her own. Very active but not up to moving furniture. She got a removal company to put it all in her garage and then put it back afterwards. It worked brilliantly for her. I imagine using storage would be quite expensive. It’s best to speak to the carpet fitter first to see what they want to be moved.

I would imagine the bedroom has been carpeted by now.
op dated August 2025

Last year my neighbour did something similar but with her lounge. She’s on her own. Very active but not up to moving furniture. She got a removal company to put it all in her garage and then put it back afterwards. It worked brilliantly for her. I imagine using storage would be quite expensive. It’s best to speak to the carpet fitter first to see what they want to be moved.

OP was querying this in August last year.

Wonder how it all went?

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I like Aldom's friend's solution - getting a tent pitched in the garden in order to sort out stuff .
I'm finding decluttering slow because anything sets my asthma off and lifting stuff gives me back ache .
I had a massive sort out last Monday and have had asthma and back ache all week .
Next session I'll wear a double mask and lift less !

We're having a new carpet in our bedroom & in the dining room in a week's time. The bedroom's been replastered so everything had to come out, then I've decorated (just topcoat on windowsill to do) so currently empty.
The dining room has a piano in, it's a Bentley, compact but still heavy & they don't like being moved. I intended to, but I'm ringing the company on tuesday to see if they can work round it after reading this thread.
I wouldn't get removal men for the cluttered bedroom, but definitely hire a man with a van to take some of the furniture to tip (although our tip doesn't allow vans).Or maybe BHS charity would collect? It is difficult moving furniture, DH not very helpful & because he's here I don't like asking anyone else.

With Nobs On It - that made me chuckle which I badly needed after the last few trying days I've had. Thank you.

Same situation with my bedroom carpet its started to wrinkle and TBH it’s not stained at all ..never wear outdoor footwear from the stairs up
Most of the carpet is covered by Queen size bed, built in 4door wardrobe and TV unit and small side table ..so keep putting it off ..hope all goes smoothly 🤞🏻

I had my bedroom carpeted recently no problem . The carpet fitters are more than helpful ( ask then first so you will know what they will and won’t do ) as it obvious they have to work around the bed so they just move it to one side of the room , fit the carpet then bring the bed back to other side on new carpet then fit the rest of the room . As regards to any “ clutter “ just sort it out bit by bit every day , put in big boxes and put on landing or spare room and what you don’t want give to charity shop .Then when new carpet is fitted , think how lovely your bedroom will look , all neat & tidy .

I have a similar Nightmare Scenarion

Solution lies in all of the posts

But l think l will just keep cramming the stuff in the bedroom, then down the stairs, through the front door on to the outside communal.path

Then one day. The neighbhours will complain. Get Social Services in. They will probably help.me sort out my stuff or section me to life in a 24 hour Maximum.Security Twilight Home. No worries. Problem Solved

We also have a fitted wardrobe installed over carpet maggs. The fitters simply cut along the edge of the wardrobe and fitted the new carpet to it. Yes it means different carpet inside the wardrobe but that doesn’t bother us.

I got a cheap freestanding clothes rail and used that to decant clothes from wardrobes. I meant wardrobes got a good cleaning and every item was reviewed twice as to where to keep/dump etc.

I need my own bedroom recarpeted but my lovely late husband built the fitted wardrobes over the top of the existing carpet and I'm not sure if a carpet fitter would be prepared to cut it away. Plus he only really left enough room for the drawers to slide over the existing carpet so I'd have to have a thin carpet to replace it. In the end I think I will just buy a couple of nice rugs one for either side.

AuntieE

A cheaper solution, once you have got rid of whatever you do not acutally need or want to keep, would be to buy a couple of large tarpaulins and some tent pegs, or a party tent and move stuff outside into your garden, while you have new carpeting or flooring put down.

You probably do still want to hire a couple of strong youngsters to move stuff outside and back indoors again, but I think it would still be cheaper than a removal company and storage.

Yes, I was thinking that with the holidays, asking your local fb group for some strong youngsters who wanted a little money to help out might be useful

My family and I have often had carpets laid in bedrooms. Carpet fitters are ace at working around beds and furniture, though you would need to clear any boxes or whatever out from under the beds or on top of furniture before you start. It's not too hard to do this though, they're usually portable - you might take the opportunity to thin them out a little too!

There are companies that bring you a small container, you will it, they take it away, and bring it back when needed. It’s used a lot for students going home over the summer and coming back to different student house

www.easystorage.com/

www.bigyellow.co.uk/