OT: How much did you spend on your last bed? We bought a queen for $2500 last time, now looking at getting a king/split/adjustable. Costco has some nice ones, but can’t really bring myself to buying something over $2500 without laying on it first. Our mattress is fine just want bigger with adjustable head for keeping indigestion at bay.
When we moved into our current house, we decided to stock the master br with all new furniture. Had a yard sale and sold our old MBR suite for $500 or $600, can’t remember. It wasn’t the greatest, but sold first thing in the morning.
Then we went shopping.
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Found out it was going to cost us $10K or so to refurnish that bedroom furniture.
If there is one thing we dont’ skimp on it is a mattress. Our health is way too important. We buy top of the line mattress and box springs. Probably talking $3-4k right there.
I have to say our BR set has held up very well and should stay in style for decades. Not too ornate, not too plain.
A lot of new online mattress companies are offering mattresses for around 1000-1500. I just bought a Purple, but there are many others. Sure they are mostly memory foam, but some are inner spring as well. I like that many offer in home trials and free pickup if you don’t like it.
Josh
I think I’ve come to the conclusion that weight gain is mainly responsible for the indigestion. If i could do a rip van winkle and sleep for 40 days I would probably wake up at my ideal weight.
Our house came with some furnishings, including a waterbed frame with integrated nightstands and a matching chest of drawers in the MBR. Years prior we had done the waterbed thing already and it wasn’t for us, but we liked the furniture so we just bought a king mattress and set it on the waterbed frame.
After about 15 years we decided to replace the mattress in the MBR and after sticker shock, decided to try an Ikea mattress, only to discover that Ikea king mattresses are not California Kings, so we had to send it back. Ended up getting a mattress from some shop on Morena. We didn’t need a box spring, just the mattress. It’s a nice one and we paid about $800 as I recall.
In the guest bedroom we got a queen mattress and box spring from Ikea. It’s the second-from-the-bottom Ikea mattress and it was $299. I liked the mattress so much I bought a second one to put in the RV. That bed is great – I think I like it better than the one in the MBR.
If you find one you like, Ikea mattresses offer a pretty good bang for the buck.
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