bed – The Beehive

As I mentioned in my last post, we’ve been sleeping on a tiny, hand-me-down bed since we got married. Here is a look at our little bed in our big master bedroom. As you can see, we haven’t done much in terms of decorating the place. The curtains were graciously left for us by the seller.

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Here you see more of those fab curtains, and our mismatched dressers.

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And finally a sneak peak at the master bath. Through the doorway, you can see the mirrored doors of Steve’s closet (mine is on the other side). And if you look close, you can see the bathtub reflected in it. Yes, that is fluorescent green paint.

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The new bed we purchased over Labor Day weekend was delivered on Saturday. Saturday morning, I stripped the old bed so they could take it away when delivering the new bed. The delivery window was from 12-4, and I expected to be waiting around until 3:45 or so at least. But amazingly, they were at the door at 12:01, hauled away the old bed, set up the new bed, and were gone again by 12:15. These guys were pros.

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It still has “new mattress smell.” We let it air out with the windows open and the fan on until just before we went to sleep. By then we were tired, so we made the bed a bit hastily. It was like sleeping in a bed from a nice hotel, all plush and cozy.

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Yesterday, Steve and I decided to take advantage of some Labor Day sales and get a much-needed new bed. Since we got married, we have been sleeping on Steve’s old full-size bed, which he got as a hand-me-down. As he is over six feet tall, Steve is full-size all by himself, so for the two of us the bed has always been, well, cozy.

We spent a good two hours in the mattress store, trying out at least 12 beds, and finally settled on a medium firmness California King with a plush top. Learned a few things too. Stomach sleepers, like Steve and myself, should not sleep on a soft mattress because it allows the back to sway, which can cause pain. Also, today’s mattresses are not designed to be flipped periodically (a relief to me, because I hate doing that!). We also had some fun trying out a Sleep Number bed — you can really feel the change in the firmness of the mattress as you adjust it up and down — and a movable bed with some massage action. It was even better than checking out the massage chairs at The Sharper Image.

The only problem with the model we chose is that it is too popular! They had none in stock, which means it won’t be delivered until next weekend, so we are stuck on our tiny old mattress for another week. Boy was it hard to get into that bed last night after laying on all those fancy new mattresses.

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