Need to Raise Couch by About 4"
Hey ya’ll. So I have a nice sofa bed that I just bought – use it more as a sofa than a bed, but it’s nice to have options. It looks great – kind of mid-century, a nice grey color, very simple… only one problem. I have baseboard heating which is preventing it from going…
Hey ya’ll.
So I have a nice sofa bed that I just bought – use it more as a sofa than a bed, but it’s nice to have options.
It looks great – kind of mid-century, a nice grey color, very simple… only one problem.
I have baseboard heating which is preventing it from going back against the wall.
Now, feng shui aside, I’m not asking for opinions on where in a room a couch should go – it’s a very narrow apartment and it “needs” to go flush against one of my walls to work.
All I need to do is raise the couch about 3 inches (maybe a bit more), but hopefully in a classy way that doesn’t look ugly.
Any suggestions?
thanks!
There are lots of sofa legs out there to choose from. Midcentury? Try Outwater, Doug Mockett, Hafele (I’m sure there are many more), they all have catalogues on line with product dimensions. Find one you like and switch them out. You probably don’t need much more than a screwdriver (a drill might be useful).
You can get “lifts” at a place like Target that are usually used to raise beds to allow more storage underneath. They are not attractive (mine look like inverted brown plastic cups) Hiding them with a skirt will ruin the streamlined modern look you’re after. I’d remove the legs if they screw in and have new ones made, of wood or metal or salvaged something.
But wouldn’t pulling the sofa out from the wall a few inches allow the hot air to still circulate?
Well, if you don’t have room for the normal feet to touch down, you probably don’t have room for risers, which would look terrible (not classy as you say) anyway. You could possibly build some kind of platform but that sounds like more work than it’s worth, and might not look good in the end either. Sorry, but you probably just need to buy a new, smaller couch for the space. CB2 has mid-century type daybeds if you’re into that look.
Dave, I’m picturing a crippled cross dressing Civil War veteran standing over a subway grate….
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So exposed wood legs or is there a “skirt” around the bottom?
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