The Workshop Fit · Highly recommended
A long Sullivan is a long job when it is taken apart on the spot, in your home. With the Workshop Fit, the Sullivan comes to our workshop before it reaches your building. We take it apart indoors, on a clean carpet, then bring it in and put it back together on a visit we schedule with you. Have Maiden Home send it to our workshop, or tell us where it is waiting and we pick it up. The Workshop Fit →
The On-the-Spot Fit is still available for any Sullivan. Send the Sullivan's link to the AI Quote Tool to see the price of both.
What makes the Sullivan different
Maiden Home sells the Sullivan from 60 to 120 inches wide. Every size is 40 inches deep and 34 inches high; only the seat gets longer, and from 95 inches up it gets two center legs. It has one long bench seat cushion, loose back cushions, sloped arms and removable maple legs, and it is handcrafted in North Carolina. With the legs off it stands 29.5 inches high. All of this is from Maiden Home's own product page and size sheet.
Source: maidenhome.com, The Sullivan Sofa, checked October 25, 2026.
What decides the fit is the base. On the long Sullivan the back and both arms stay joined as one long piece, and the base under the seat is the deepest part of the sofa. That base is what has to get around the turns.
How we take the Sullivan apart
On the 115-inch Sullivan, the base came off. What comes off on yours depends on your route. When the base has to come off, we flip the sofa upside down, take the upholstery off from the bottom, and separate the base from the back and arms. The back and arms stay together as one piece. That piece is about as long as the base, but it is shallower front to back, so it turns where the base can't.
If the base still won't make a turn, we shorten it: we lift more upholstery off the base frame, measure it against the tight spot and cut part of it off. Everything goes back together inside in reverse, the joints are joined with steel and wood to strengthen them, and the upholstery goes back the way it was. Each joint we cut holds just as strong as before.
A 115-inch Sullivan on the Upper East Side
In October 2026, the delivery crew could not get a 115-inch Sullivan in. The building had a big elevator, but it was only about 100 inches tall inside, so the sofa could not stand up in it. Staircase B turned right away on the first level. Staircase A went straight up, but the service hallway on that floor was two right turns, one right after the other.
A sofa this long has more to take off: more staples, in layers. Under the black cover were two more layers of fabric before we reached the main fabric. We found the best places to separate the base from the back and arms, seven or eight of them.
The back and arms made the turns easily, because they are shallow front to back. The base was the problem: just as long, and much deeper. We tried it up staircase A, and it couldn't make those two right turns; staircase B couldn't work at all. So we brought it back down, lifted more upholstery off the base frame, measured it against the elevator and cut a quarter of it off. The cut piece stays partly attached, so we taped it back, and the base went up in the elevator.
Then it all went back together in the apartment. It was a long job that ran late into the night, which is why we highly recommend the Workshop Fit for a Sullivan this long.
"From my experience in thousands of homes, apartments and basements, the staircases and pathways are what give you trouble, especially where it's mainly apartments. Most staircases won't have enough space to make those turns. On this 115, we had to take it apart twice: the base off the back and arms, then a quarter off the base. At 84 or even 96 inches, I don't think we would have had to cut it twice, or in nearly as many places. That's why I'd call this a highly recommended Workshop Fit. Otherwise you'll be waiting on us for a while. Would you rather be there waiting all day while we work, or go do what you need to do and know we'll arrive with it already taken apart, ready to go in, at a scheduled time that suits you best?"
Julian Iragorri, owner of Sofa Era
If it doesn't fit
Maiden Home's own terms, checked November 1, 2026: a piece that can't be delivered because of sizing or fit is final sale, and its furniture warranty does not apply to it. A piece returned within 30 days of delivery is refunded minus 25 percent and shipping. A piece altered in any way after delivery is also final sale and outside the warranty, which could include taking it apart.
Sources: maidenhome.com/pages/faq/returns-exchanges-cancellations and maidenhome.com/pages/warranty, checked November 1, 2026.
Before you order
Maiden Home's New York store is its Meatpacking District flagship at 34 Little West 12th Street. Measure the whole route before you order: building entrance, elevator or stairs, hallway turns and your own apartment door. Our doorway and hallway guide covers the measurements that matter most, and we work across Manhattan. Check the route with Will My Sofa Fit?, and send the Sullivan's product link to the AI Quote Tool to see your price range before you order.
What it costs
- Your price range: send the Sullivan's link to the AI Quote Tool. Your final price is confirmed from your photos before you book.
- The Workshop Fit: double the On-the-Spot price. Stairs and tolls are added once, not doubled. Store pickup anywhere in the five boroughs is included.
- Stairs: free up to three flights, then +$25 per flight.