Let an Elevator Company Carry Your Load

One of these days, some incredible elevator company might just take you to previously unimaginable heights. It may be a division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), but it will give us a whole new "The Future is Now" experience. Yes, one fine day there could be an actual space elevator. Even if it is primarily used as a freight lift rather than a people mover, it will be one of those fantastic examples of how science fiction is sometimes a precursor to actual science.

In the meantime, an elevator company near you may be able to help you with an old school solution to make today a much more convenient time to live. If you are stuck dealing with having to actually hand paperwork back and forth at an office with more than one floor, you will appreciate this every workday. If your kitchen is on the first floor but you prefer to eat in the TV room on the second, you will love this every evening. If your teenager is grounded and refusing to come down to dinner, you will have a brand new method for feeding him or her while avoiding a face-to-face shouting match.

There is nothing dumb about the handiness of a dumbwaiter. It is like a mini freight elevator saving you the trouble of carrying small things back and forth, up and down stairs. Depending on the available space for a shaft, your dumbwaiter can allow you to send and receive file folders, elegant food trays for breakfast in bed, or that one thing you left on the dresser and don't want to run back upstairs for. Just think how much more helpful your partner will be when you ask him or her to send your watch downstairs on a busy morning.

Also, your arms get a nice little workout without the inconvenience of getting to the gym. Sure, you're rarely going to lift or lower anything of a terribly challenging heavy weight. Still, operating a pulley system counts as exercise. Haven't you been meaning to work on your arms anyway? This could even be incentive to bring up the things that were sitting at the foot of the stairs and to bring down the old magazines you keep meaning to recycle.

If nothing else, you can send tea up to your bedroom and feel extra British when you watch Downton Abbey. Of course, if you require much more in the way of assistance in hauling things from one floor to another, forget the dumbwaiter. Until you can send a steamer trunk to the moon, make it easy to get it up to the attic. Call an elevator company and start debating the finer points of adding a regular or freight lift to your home. They may even be able to recommend an architect or general contractor to help you get started.