The Big Bed

My husband fell out of bed this morning.

He wakened me with a heavy thump as his feet hit the floor a few inches further down than he'd expected.

I laughed.

We got a new bed --not the box spring and mattress, we still have our set-- but a REAL bed, a Big Person's Bed, a Grown Up Bed with a headboard, a foot board, side rails and everything. I've never had one before. (Except for that bunk bed in the furnished apartment we had in Yellowknife when I was 10 or so).

Sorry for the wonky colour in these photos. It's an overcast day, today.

Ta Da!

It's the Lillesand Bed from IKEA. We went Friday night to check out the new Svelvik to see if it would do.
Our mattress and box spring combination is about 16" tall, so it will dwarf most bed frames. Unfortunately, the Svelvik was no different.

Much to my surprise, IKEA was having a sale on bed frames! 15% off. And the Lillesand on display had a mattress 16" deep, so it was easy to figure out whether it would work. Hard to get in and out of, however.

If you look by the window, you can see the different paint samples I'm trying out. None are contenders so far.

But that didn't worry me. The only thing which concerned me was whether I'd fall through the bars while trying to read in bed. I figured a pair of Euro pillows would solve that problem.

So, after we got the bed assembled last night I ran out to Home Sense and picked up the two Euro pillows and the two shams (Ralph Lauren, on sale, $19.00 each).

I asked my husband, "Do you like the shams? Are they OK? Not too girly?"

and he said, "What's a sham?"



I think they are perfect.


I'm looking forward to purchasing different solid coloured pillowcases for the front pillows to change up the look.


So, I guess I won't be making that headboard after all. I couldn't be happier, really.

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