The Great Bed Adventure, Part Two.

 So, it's here, and it's 6:30 pm and I'm ready to go to bed. I can't of course, the dogs will need a bedtime potty no earlier than 8:30, but then we will all go enjoy the new bed. 

I did test it briefly of course, but I had stuff to do so I didn't dare get too comfortable, lest I fall asleep. 

Because last night was not good. And it left me seriously questioning my Apple watch, which claims I got nearly 8 hours of sleep with only two disruptions. It lies. It is a lying liar. 

I was going to sleep on the couch, but when the old bed left, the dogs were deeply confused. I realized that I wouldn't get a minute's sleep on the couch with two small dogs vying for every available square inch, because OMG MOM! SOMEBODY STOLE THE BED! 

So I set up the air mattress I have on hand for the occasional Kid sleepover. Last time we fired it up was the week the Prince was born, when her overnight with me turned into several days.  It has been in the back of the office closet since. 

I dragged it out and set it up in the space where the bed had been, and coaxed the dogs that it was safe to sleep there. At least it afforded more space for none of us to get any sleep.

It's a very nice air mattress, one of those taller ones with the built in inflation - deflation pump, but yeah, I'm officially too old to sleep on an air mattress. The dogs hated it too, because it was noisy! Every time anybody shifted, it softly sighed and/or farted. Even the ancient mattress, though old enough to be haunted, at least was always silent. At one point I rolled over (fart sound) to see Eddie's head up, like he was on duty. I patted him and told him it was okay, that's just this bed, and he put his head down and slept a bit. 

Then I worked half the day. I took the afternoon off because at this point I hadn't had a decent night's sleep in two weeks, and I got a lot of small random house things done while waiting for the bed delivery and setup. Again, two very nice young men wrestled it up the stairs and set up the base and showed me the buttons on the remote, which is truly a no-brainer. 

 I made the bed and gave the settings a quick whirl to be sure I understood it, yes, no brainer. 

And I absolutely hated those legs, and the lack of a headboard. Mostly the legs though. It looked so institutional. 

I knew nothing about what styling things worked with an adjustable bed, so I Googled bedskirts that work with adjustable beds. And I discovered that  I already owned one!  

The ancient bedskirt from the ancient bed was so old, when I removed it I discovered that it was discolored by the sun on the window-facing side. So a few months ago I bought a cheap wraparound bed skirt. It also worked on the old bed frame with the new mattress that failed. When I totally changed plans for the adjustable bed base I assumed that bed skirt was $20 down the drain. But hey now!

The Google told me that a wraparound bed skirt will work just fine with an adjustable base, and I swear it looks better on this bed than the old one. It hangs perfectly, and I've tested it with the bed's motions and it doesn't move at all. I did not stage this photo for the internet because I'm tired and lazy, so the bedspread is uneven and wrinkled, and there's a dog in need of a haircut asking why we aren't in bed yet. It was 4 p.m. His hair will get cut on Friday.

The bedskirt helps so much, but it still definitely needs a headboard. I've ordered the brackets to attach one, and here's a tip: my first search took me to Amazon, where they do indeed sell universal headboard mounting kits, for over $50.

The actual Tempur-Pedic website had the kit for my model base for $25.  It'll be here tomorrow, though I'm still shopping for the headboard. 

And as I'd hoped, the loyal old Ethan Allen bed frame went to a happy new home. 

 

 I put it on the neighborhood Facebook page (we are blessed with a sane and well run FB page here) and had three takers in 15 minutes. I disassembled it myself and hauled most of it to the garage, though my daughter and FSIL stopped by to take the headboard and footboard down the stairs, it took 5 minutes. Today a neighbor showed up with her minivan, put the seats down and had it loaded up and off to its new life in minutes. I will always miss it, but when I elevate my head to watch TV in bed I will somehow get over it.

The great bed adventure has concluded.