Hermann house renovation

[iris lilies]

I am 68 years old and for the first time in my life, I bought a headboard for my bed. I never had a bed with a headboard and a footboard that was purchased, although we did make one for our city house but it was not a good effort.

This bed buying saga has been going on for weeks. The thing I really really want is antique, living on the East Coast, and in need of rebuilding. There’s so too many reasons not to buy it.


There are modern versions but all the modern beds are queen size. I do not want a queen size bed in my small bedroom. I currently have a double bed there and it’s perfect and anything bigger will fit but I lose necessary space.


So I was looking at vintage items But a surprising number of beds and headboards manufactured over the past 40 years are still queen-size. I did finally find a headboard that was acceptable —not great, but acceptable.

My bedroom aesthetic is Victorian faux bamboo but since I don’t see much of that around I’m settling for burnt bamboo.

there is a bedroom set out there in the world manufactured just a few years ago that would be perfect, so I’m telling DH that if one of those comes up for sale on the Used market I’m buying it. But I’ve been perusing eBay for months and have not seen the exact right thing.

My current plan is to do a chinoiserie treatment on the walls but I haven’t figured out exactly how to accomplish that.

[JaneV2.0]

I've never had--at least in my memory--a bed without a head and foot board. My next bed will be a stout iron twin sized model, in black or antique bronze, with some art or design elements.

[iris lilies]

I've never had--at least in my memory--a bed without a head and foot board. My next bed will be a stout iron twin sized model, in black or antique bronze, with some art or design elements.

Lady, you with your headboard and footboard are a pretty damn fancy person!

One of the complicating factors in my hunt for a bed is that I’m putting it up against the window. I don’t HAVE to do that, there is plenty of room to flip it and put it at the other end of the room against a wall with no window, but I like this placement because the ceiling is sloped over the bed and it’s like crawling into a cave to go to sleep. It’s very cozy.

So, my new headboard is an open weave of bamboo type material that does not block the light from the window.

Shopping shopping shopping for this is mentally exhausting, ha ha! A first world problem.


Now I’m shopping for pretty things for my bathroom. Currently looking at antique cup holders and an antique French soap holder that screws into the wall.

[JaneV2.0]

My bed now is a pretty fancy iron number, but too big. It's butted up against a slanted ceiling and next to a large window.

Do send progress pix!

[Teacher Terry]

I have always had a headboard. When I moved into my condo I got a new sleep number queen size bed and a beautiful tall upholstery headboard. My bed at the top can be raised so when I get sick I can breathe since I have asthma. I absolutely love it and was worth every penny.

[catherine]

Only since a few years ago have I ever had a bed I bought. All the others were given to me. So some had headboards (my great-aunt's tiger maple four-poster twin beds, and my grandmother-in-law's full bed) and the others were just mattresses on a cheap frame that we inherited somehow . I know I can't have much royalty in my blood because unlike the princess and the pea, I am not that particular about my beds, unless the mattresses are too worn and lumpy or too firm. When I read in bed, I just pile pillows against the wall.

[JaneV2.0]

Here's a headboard for you...

Kirkland Museum bed.jpg

[iris lilies]

Here's a headboard for you...

Kirkland Museum bed.jpg

If thought I could afford that bed, I would turn it around getting it away from the window and change my entire bedroom decor. I love art nouveau and that is stunning!

[JaneV2.0]

If thought I could afford that bad, I would turn it around getting it away from the window and change my entire bedroom decor. I love art nouveau and that is stunning!

I was ready to organize a heist until I realized the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art was in Denver, and not in the next town over from me. Oh well.

[iris lilies]

I was ready to organize a heist until I realized the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art was in Denver, and not in the next town over from me. Oh well.

That bed is worth a jail stint so bring on the heist.