My husband bought our futon right before we met. We have had it over 15 years and finally decided to exile it to the family room and turn it into a couch and get a REAL bed. This has been quite an odyssey and was extremely stressful. I hope my three part story helps others get through this tough process.
We love our futon and did not want to get rid of it. We had used it briefly as a couch before and how wonderful it was to be able to lie down completely and watch TV. We think of that short time of TV-watching bliss quite nostalgically. Now we were going to make that happen in our rec room for good!
Believe it or not, my husband carried this monster of a mattress home on his back when he bought it all those years ago. Here is it covered by an over-sized mattress cover, we could never remember how big our bed was. Down the stairs it goes.
No, our family room does not normally look like this, LOL. Here my husband is cleaning up behind the couch, moving things around like puzzle pieces. Our original idea for placement ended up being a complete and utter mistake which threw me right off. I had no idea how we were going to make this work. Thankfully my husband is a fantastic problem solver.
It seems simple but trust me, this took some time to come up with. Now I have enough space to do Wii (if my shoulders ever heal) and yoga yet we can still lay down in front of the TV and veg. It was interesting to experience just how resistant I was to change. I am good with big changes like packing my life up and leaving but when it comes to the house and my rituals, um, no. Not good at all.
Where I sit on our regular TV watching couch is one of the few spaces of comfort for me and I needed it to stay the same. Thankfully my husband is very thoughtful of my happiness and instead of completely re-arranging the room, he put the couch in there in a way that made us both happy.
Unfortunately, this was the easiest part of the bed buying experience. I thought I was prepared for the financial investment in buying a bed but it turns out, I wasn't. Thankfully my stubbornness and pickiness were once again rewarded but that my friends, is another story. More to come!
4 comments:
I am really interested in this series. Since leaving my ex-husband I have not had a real bed of my own... I have slept on couches (not fold outs, just plain couches!) and air mattresses before getting my futon. I still long for a time when I have a real bed, as I worry my futon will not stand up to much more (already the mattress is getting less supportive) but the idea of buying a bed is scary becuase of how HUGE the cost is for the mattress!!
Reg is a gem, there's no doubt about that. And I hate bed-buying -- the whole process is one big flim-flam job as far as I'm concerned.
after my divorce and moving back to Ohio from Colorado.....with my son who was 7 years old at the time...when we finally got a place of our own I too did not want to fork out the money to get beds for both of us...or much furniture. I bought 2 queen size air mattresses which we slept on for over 6 months (on the floor) and we loved it. BUT heading into winter I figured it was then time to invest in beds. I was fortunate to find a local place who sold me queen sized DOUBLE-sided pillow top mattresses for 199.00 each and free delivery! I even ended up buying the headboard, frame, and footboard as well from the same place for a good price too. Now we love our beds....the big expense was very difficult for me to accept!
Can't wait to hear the rest of your mattress/bed journey. We had to make that big investment 6 years ago, shortly after my hubby had his back surgery. Our cheapie mattress just didn't cut it anymore. I've been sleeping like a baby ever since:0)
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