Big Bed
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I mentioned a few weeks ago that Steve bought us a new bed - a king sized bed. I bought Simon a new double bed at the same time - he'd had a futon in his room for years. Both are really high and our sweet beagle, Reggi, had trouble jumping up on them. So Steve bought 2 sets of pet steps, one for each bed. The nice wood ones run pretty expensive so these are carpet covered Styrofoam but they don't look too bad and seem to work just fine. It still takes some coaxing to get Reggi to use them, mainly because she still thinks she can successfully jump up on the bed. She can do that sometimes, when she's feeling energetic. If she's lethargic and just moving her napping body from one place to another, her hind end just can't hoist itself up over the edge. We tell her we're laughing with her, not at her, as her little legs scramble for purchase. She fails to see the humor.
The linens are one of the "Bed in a Bag" things because A) it was on sale and B) I didn't feel like dealing with buying separate stuff as the bed was being delivered the next day. It's okay, I'm not wild about it. It's a "Trading Spaces" brand. I actually like the other side of the comforter better but then it matches the bedskirt and looks way too matchy-matchy. The colors match our adjoining terra cotta bathroom so the southwest theme continues, more or less.
Which brings me to my next question. Once before I mentioned that I've never had pillow shams before. Shocking, I know. So this set came with the shams but my question is - do I just use regular pillows in them? Old or cheap pillows, right? I guess that's a dumb question but I thought maybe they make something special for use with shams.
That olive green thing on top of the bed is Reggi's dog bed. We put it on the floor next to my side of the bed when we go to sleep. She quite often sleeps on that until she gets cold in the middle of the night (our furnace is programmed to dip while we're sleeping). Then she comes up on the bed with us. She usually crawls under the covers and flounces down right next to my legs. My own personal heating pad. Of course lately, most nights I could do without that feature. But mostly with this new king size bed and it's vast real estate, I don't mind at all. Sometimes both cats will join us at night too. We put the dog bed on the bed during the day so she can gaze out the windows in comfort.
I'm sure this is true for lots of people when they get new beds but I had no idea how bad our old bed was until we got this one. Steve was the one that kept saying we needed new mattresses but I mostly thought he was just angling for a bigger bed. I'm not always the world's best sleeper but I have never slept so good as I do in this bed. I never dreaded going to bed before, but now I can't wait for bed-time! I was waking up every morning with a backache, which I attributed to being overweight and/or Reggi being a bed-hog. Now it's a joy to go to bed and a joy to wake up refreshed.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that Steve bought us a new bed - a king sized bed. I bought Simon a new double bed at the same time - he'd had a futon in his room for years. Both are really high and our sweet beagle, Reggi, had trouble jumping up on them. So Steve bought 2 sets of pet steps, one for each bed. The nice wood ones run pretty expensive so these are carpet covered Styrofoam but they don't look too bad and seem to work just fine. It still takes some coaxing to get Reggi to use them, mainly because she still thinks she can successfully jump up on the bed. She can do that sometimes, when she's feeling energetic. If she's lethargic and just moving her napping body from one place to another, her hind end just can't hoist itself up over the edge. We tell her we're laughing with her, not at her, as her little legs scramble for purchase. She fails to see the humor.The linens are one of the "Bed in a Bag" things because A) it was on sale and B) I didn't feel like dealing with buying separate stuff as the bed was being delivered the next day. It's okay, I'm not wild about it. It's a "Trading Spaces" brand. I actually like the other side of the comforter better but then it matches the bedskirt and looks way too matchy-matchy. The colors match our adjoining terra cotta bathroom so the southwest theme continues, more or less.
Which brings me to my next question. Once before I mentioned that I've never had pillow shams before. Shocking, I know. So this set came with the shams but my question is - do I just use regular pillows in them? Old or cheap pillows, right? I guess that's a dumb question but I thought maybe they make something special for use with shams.
That olive green thing on top of the bed is Reggi's dog bed. We put it on the floor next to my side of the bed when we go to sleep. She quite often sleeps on that until she gets cold in the middle of the night (our furnace is programmed to dip while we're sleeping). Then she comes up on the bed with us. She usually crawls under the covers and flounces down right next to my legs. My own personal heating pad. Of course lately, most nights I could do without that feature. But mostly with this new king size bed and it's vast real estate, I don't mind at all. Sometimes both cats will join us at night too. We put the dog bed on the bed during the day so she can gaze out the windows in comfort.
I'm sure this is true for lots of people when they get new beds but I had no idea how bad our old bed was until we got this one. Steve was the one that kept saying we needed new mattresses but I mostly thought he was just angling for a bigger bed. I'm not always the world's best sleeper but I have never slept so good as I do in this bed. I never dreaded going to bed before, but now I can't wait for bed-time! I was waking up every morning with a backache, which I attributed to being overweight and/or Reggi being a bed-hog. Now it's a joy to go to bed and a joy to wake up refreshed.
posted by Stefani at 10:00 AM
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That is so sweet that Steve bought pet steps for Reggie. I hope he put them on his side of the bed, though! I could imagine tripping over them in the middle of the night. Yep, regular pillows go in pillow shams.
We didn't have any furniture when we returned to the States last year and our budget didn't allow for a really nice couch AND a really nice bed. We chose the bed. Neither of us had ever(!) owned a good bed in our entire lives. There was a king-sized bed in our rented condo in the islands, but the mattress was horrible...I used to wake up with a sore back. We've had our bed for 10 months now, and rarely a night goes by that I don't sigh with delight when I crawl into it. Who knew that having a decent mattress could make such a huge difference in one's life?! :) We got by in the living room for the first six months or so with a wicker set of furniture we bought in the garden dept. at Wal-Mart. It's cute, but the love seat was tiny and the cushions are thin. J diligently checked Craigslist for months...and right before Xmas he scored...a 1-year-old (perfect condition) $700 Costco sofa for $75! So glad we chose the bed and held out for the bargain on the sofa. We still use the chairs from the wicker set (and they look fine with the sofa fabric)...we've stored the love seat in the garage until the weather turns...it's the perfect size for our tiny front porch. Sometimes when you follow your intution, everything works out the way you'd have chosen it anyway. (I should follow it more often...ha!)
It's huge! I'm jealous! With 250 punds of dog we keep talking about getting more bed real estate ourselves ;)
Doesn't have to be the most expensive bed in the world, nor do the bed linens the fanciest, it just has to be completely comfortable for you, to make it a priceless possession.
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