...and then we sawed our bed in half.

Step 1: Remove staples and box spring cover.

Step 2: Saw box spring in half.

Step 3: Fold bed in half.

At this point, you may be wondering why we cut our bed in half.  Practice for future work in divorce law?  As a magician?  Unfortunately, the truth is not so exciting.  

It turns out that our the stairway to our basement isn't tall enough for a queen-size bed spring.  Our first thought was to build a new platform for the bed in the basement, which would avoid needing to make it downstairs.  Then, while searching for ways to make one, I came across a bunch of articles titled, "How to cut your bed in half."  I was intrigued.  It turns out, not surprisingly, that we weren't the first people to have had this problem.  

The next step was to convince Renee, as we actually had a person lined up from Craig's List to buy our box spring.  At first, I think she pictured me grabbing a chainsaw and hacking the bed in half.  But, once I showed her my plan...well, you can see the results.

Step 4: Rebuild the box spring with new boards.

Step 5: Reattach cover.

Complete!  Hopefully our guests enjoy the queen-sized bed.