There’s a great thrift store here in the area where we live – lots of older furniture that the Germans don’t want anymore. In this particular store, there is a lot of the 1940s – 1960s-era blond wood furniture that I just love.
John and I have been waiting to get a bed until we could either A) justify the expense from Thomas Moser (we just can’t seem to get there, though) or B) find an old bed that we love. In the meantime, we’ve been sleeping with the mattress directly on the floor…and it’s been a really crappy night’s sleep every night for about a year and a half, let me tell you.
On Saturday, I dropped off Dosie and Spectre at their beauty parlor appointment and to pass the time, I drove a couple towns over and skulked around, looking for a deal. I walked past a king-size platform bedframe with two endtables – for sixty-five Euros! I didn’t have room for it in the car – or I would have walked out with it.
I went back today with John, he said, “I like it,” and we loaded it all into our two cars.
Now that it’s in our bedroom, and our mattress is springy and high off the ground, well, we more than like it.
We’re thrilled.
“Thrilled” is not the word I’d use to describe our former bedfellow, however.
February 11th, 2013 at 23:59
Can’t you get him a.doggie ramp? Love, aunt sara
February 12th, 2013 at 08:09
Ha Ha, yes, Aunt Sara, we could…but it is so much more comfortable without our customary “dog blanket” – I don’t think we will. Plus Dosie is enough of a companion these days. At nearly 18-years-old, she is the priority.
Love you! Holly
February 13th, 2013 at 15:28
…and for anyone else who noticed (like my mom) John told me we needed to switch the endtables…as you’ll see in the picture the drawer handles should be closest to the bed. The way I had it initially set up was backwards. (!)