WE BOUGHT A BED

We were busy last weekend playing musical mattresses and selling things on Craig's List.  We finally selected a new mattress!  Thank you all so much for your input a few weeks ago, your suggestions were really helpful.  You all love your Tempurpedics!  However, several mentioned that they were hot and we don't want that AT ALL, and they are quite pricey!  We considered a nice coil/foam topped mattress, but were told that in a few years manufacturers won't be using coils at all anymore, and will be moving towards strictly foam.  I told Ray I felt like we'd be buying a VCR in the DVD age.  We selected the Serta iComfort Insight mattress, not as pricey as the Tempurpedic and it is made with a foam core and a top layer of a memory foam/cool gel mixture. It's not the top of the line but there's a definite difference between it and a traditional mattress.  We've slept on it for several nights and it feels really good, although it's supposed to take around a month to fully break it in.  I've started collecting bedding...whew!  There are lots of parts and pieces to get when you completely change mattress sizes.

My favorite sale at Dillard's was last weekend, so I picked up a coverlet with shams and a dust ruffle for a steal.  The dust ruffle may not stay, but for around $10 it will work for now, or I might doctor it up a bit.

This is all WAY neutral for me, but I'm hoping it's a great foundation for some color to come.

One problem, the mattress and box springs are much shorter than our old bed, so the dust ruffle drags the ground.  I'd like the bed to be higher so it will look a bit more substantial.  I'm considering trying out these plastic cup-type risers to add some height.  Has anyone ever used them?  Did they work well?  I'm planning to make an upholstered headboard so we'll just be using a metal bed frame underneath.

I couldn't resist showing you this purchase from the sale either.  After all, Emerald IS the color of the year!

And clearly, I need to dig out the can of spray-tan.

In anticipation of our new mattress, we made some changes .  We took our old queen set to my mom's house and brought back the full set that she didn't want anymore.  We put that in Caleb's teeny tiny room, so we sold his twin bed, mattresses, and desk.  They were practically sold within 15 minutes of listing them!  And, my wood queen bedframe sold the next day.  So yay!, we have nothing left over hanging out in the garage, and I have a pocketful of cash to do some shopping for our new room.  I heart Craig's List.  We're planning a trip to Ikea in the near future so I'm excited about getting some pieces for my son's room (and maybe a few other things too).

OK, that's it for today.  See you tomorrow with whatever project I finish up today!