One step closer to domestic happiness

[dryfter]

I have just spent a thousand dollars on, essentially, a bed. (bed/mattress/pillows/quilt/etc)
Part of me is thinking that it seems too much for what it is.. and the other part of me is really looking forward to sleeping on a decent bed for a change! :)

Comments

[the-elyan.livejournal.com]

Nah - a decent bed is a prize above rubies.

Even if you only use it for sleeping in...

[halofour.livejournal.com]

mmmmmmsleeeeeeep

[tephramancy.livejournal.com]

No such thing as too much money on a bed. Enjoy it!

[kevinhains.livejournal.com]

a good quality bed and a comfortable couch are really investments... you will never ever regret it...probably the 2 most important things in a house

[h-u-m-p-y.livejournal.com]

I agree with all them.

Plus, it's only about 400 quid, innit ;)

[kittylyst.livejournal.com]

That is a perfectly reasonable amount of money to spend on a bed.

The last bed I bought was 800 quid, and I consider it a bargain, as it's the most comfortable bed I'd ever slept in (although there are a couple of hotel beds which have come vaguely close).

[chrysaphi.livejournal.com]

What he said. Even down to the price of the bed.

[she-rambles.livejournal.com]

Please don't ruin that fancy bed with cheap linen!

[wintrmute.livejournal.com]

Scarily, the sort of beds you get for a grand aren't as fancy as I would have thought. It's decent, but the actually-fancy ones were $2000-3000!
I think I've bought decent linen for it *shrug* I'll find out I guess. It wasn't cheap, anyway.

[xfesty.livejournal.com]

there's actually one problem with a good bed: they're hard to get out of in the morning. :)

[purplegril.livejournal.com]

That's really not very much for a bed amd mattress. Mine (which I'm waiting to have delivered right now) will be that if you included the cost of the mattress, which I already have. Except it pounds, not dollars. And it wasn't particularly expensive.

[wintrmute.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this bed and mattress was certainly closer to the cheaper rather than expensive end of the scale..
The $200 mattresses were *horrible* (erm, kind of like the one I had in London) but the $400 ones are decent. You can spend LUDICROUS amounts of money on mattresses if you want to though - like $9000! I really couldn't tell much difference between $400-500 ones and $5000 though, so figured I'd save the money for now :)

The bed is nice.. solid and I like the wood and metal use, but also can be deconstructed to be moved without much hassle as well. I figure I can always upgrade that in a few years if I buy a place and thus don't expect to be moving for a while.

Am so looking forward to it though! I've been sleeping on spare beds, couches, sofa-beds, etc for six months!

[binarydistort-n.livejournal.com]

Well my last mattress alone cost $1500, so you got a good deal!

Did you end up gong to fantastic Furniture and that area at Northland?

[gothbabe.livejournal.com]

Agreed. A decent bed is worth it. Slept recently on a friend's new mattress that cost £550 and was out like a light for 9 hours straight. Hope you get the same experience with yours ; )

[monted.livejournal.com]

Go on, get a latex mattress :p
I agree with the populace, you can't spend enough on the damn things. How much of your life do you spend in it?

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Does your new bed help with insomnia?