...how to move this piano I spontaneously purchased?

Congratulations, me! :) I saw a free piano on the community webpage and didn't get to it in time. Damn. Then I saw one for $300 at this vintage furniture thriftshop place, A World Through Rose Colored Glasses. But it wasn't tuned and I wasn't mentally prepared and that one got sold, too. THEN I went to buy reclaimed wood at the Rebuilding Exchange and they had a piano! For $250!

I have this secret little change purse that I stash $20s away in as "mad money" for occasions like the time I went to Alinea or this piano, so that way I can't judge myself and it doesn't hurt. :) It's like FREE MADNESS!!! It makes me feel like a high roller, because I'm like, "Sure, I'll drop a few hundo, nbd." Anyhow, I bought it. Immediately. I didn't quite realize there were different sizes of uprights, but on Quality Piano Moving's estimate site, I guess I bought the smallest real piano possible. My pitch to the third moving company I contacted (QPM seemed super nice, but $230 wasn't left in that mad money wallet): "Okay, I bought the smallest upright piano sold, the warehouse it comes from has a ramp, and I live only 1.5 miles away and only THREE stairs DOWN in a garden apartment and I promise my bigstrongboyfriend will help you." $160.

I haaaaad been thinking of renting a baby uHaul and trying to wheel & deal since it's like, what? 2 hours? 1.5 miles? I bet I could get a few friends. Plus this video:



But that might still be like $80? Then I was like, "Well. This is a thing not to screw up." So instead of half-assing it, I'm 3/4 assing it by getting this guy, his truck, his supplies, his dolly, etc. So that happens tomorrow... will update. :X I've also heard that after being moved, they might go out of tune. We shall see! Congratulations me?

...how do I erase (peel off) my childhood interior design choices (stickers)?

Soooo when I was little, my parents bought me a really nice, solid wooden dresser. While my mom tried to make sure I took care of it, my dad was definitely the more indulgent. When I entered the Bermuda Triangle of little girl sticker phases, he let me "just put one sticker on". Sure. One sticker.

Now that I'm an adult who has her own apartment but can't afford decent furniture, I figured, "Why not dust off that old dresser, paint it up all super cute, and be all fancy chic?" Reduce, reuse, recycle! Just about, ohhhh, 1,584 stickers to get off first. So here's some how-to:

-Nail polish remover, thanks Huff Post!

-Peanut butter?? Mayo? WD-40, and basically anything with oil, allegedly. Hmm. Gross.

-White vinegar (I had a roommate that 'cleaned' everything with this. Seems like a Catch-22.)

-Lighter fluid? This seems like a terrible idea.

-Goo Gone (oh, really? The goo remover removes goo? Ohhhh thaaaaanks)

By far the most similar question and useful answers came from Metafilter, which I hasn't consciously heard of. People copped to things that made me feel better, too. :) ("To remove 30 year old Star Wars stickers from an old painted wooden door...")  So I stopped there, and decided to just scrape the damn things off with a scraper and use nail polish remover on whatever was left. I'm painting and sticky-wallpaper-ing it anyhow. So the pre- is up above, and I'm not quite at "post" yet... will update soon.

Oh, the spatula irony.