The New Beds

The new beds were delivered this morning. The fellows came within the time frame the company arranged, and two very nice fellows brought in the beds and assembled them. It took them the better part of 45 minutes, and they were experienced at the job.

I love the beds, they are more comfortable than the box springs we had, and the drawers are large and operate smoothly. Attila had an afternoon nap on his new bed, and said the mattress feels just a little bit firmer than it was before. I will be trying out my bed tonight, and I am really looking forward to it.

The beds are solid pine wood, with the exception of the mattress support boards, which are a very heavy, solid composite. Attila says the beds are made out of Southern Pine, he can tell by the aroma of the pine. He spent a decade working with various types of wood, and he is familiar with this type of pine. The beds were manufactured in Chesley, Ontario; we always try to buy locally manufactured items whenever it is practical.

The additional storage space under the bed will make a very big difference in this tiny house. I plan on keeping my off-season clothing in these drawers. It isn’t practical to keep clothing I wear daily in the bedroom, as Attila sleeps in there all day when he is working nights, and I won’t go in because I don’t want to disturb his rest. I keep my daily clothes in the spare bedroom, where I have access to them all day long.

This is wrapping paper I found on the bottom of a drawer, used as a drawer liner in an antique dresser belonging to Attila. I wonder what era it is from, it certainly isn’t recent.
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Attila waiting for me to fetch the pea! We deicded that using the box springs on these new beds was not practical, for obvious reasons.
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The new beds in situ. These beds are extremely solid, and heavy, and very, very comfortable. The bedroom is almost complete now, just one more wardrobe to assemble! One day this bedroom will be completely white, the floors will be red pine planks painted white. Of course we have to gut the room and update the wiring, the insulation, vapour barrier, and drywall before we paint it white and install the new floor… and then there is the new window that needs to be installed. All in good time, for now we are quite cozy.
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WendyNC

The beds look wonderful. Having proper sleep is so critical and what get storage space.

WendyNC

Darn. That was supposed to be “great” storage space.

crochetlady or Lee Ann

Great luck with the beds! And that storage space is to dream for!

I like the use of the Santa paper a drawer liner!

Stubblejumpin Gal

Great to see the furniture and the room, but I am most thrilled to get a proper look at that man of yours!

TopsyTurvy (Teri)

I agree with Gal, it’s great to finally see a pic of Attila. Hello, Attila! It’s good to see your pleasant face!

Wishing you all the best with your new beds. I’m glad they’re comfortable. Seeing you talk about the renovations you intend for your house make me tired, though – for myself that is. Our house has aluminum wiring and an electrical panel with fuses, so we really need to do the same thing – but, oh the work! And the cost, since we wouldn’t replace the panel ourselves, for sure. Just one of a million things that needs to be done.

Love the Christmas wrapping paper in the bottom of the drawer. I might be wrong but for some reason I’m drawn to saying that paper is from the 60s, or at the most very early 70s. It just looks so innocent but has lots of mobility in the Santa faces. Reminds me of cards from my mother that I still have from that time period.

TopsyTurvy (Teri)

DH says he thinks that the Santa paper might be from the 50’s to 60s. It makes him think of the Coke commercial Santas of that period.

Bex

I agree with Teri’s DH, I’d say the paper is from the 50’s… looks like our wrapping paper from when we were kids then.

Love the beds! So much storage! Such a good choice.

Hi Attila!

WendyNC

Back to add my vote on the wrapping paper as most likely early sixties. I’m not sure my mother didn’t have some of it!