Our bed consists of our mattress and box spring placed on cinder blocks. There, I said it. I’m not proud and will be the first to admit my ghettoness, but let me explain:) I have always had issues with beds. My double bed I had as a single girl would always come off the rails and land me in the floor in the middle of the night. Perhaps it was my lack of talent in putting it together that was the problem. Then we got our king mattress that we have now and just put in on the floor at first. When we moved to Knoxville and into our house that was built way before the age and era of too much clutter, we needed the storage underneath so what did we do, added the cinder blocks!
The cinder blocks are taking their toll on the boxsprings so we are definitely in need of a new bed. I wanted a more understated modern looking bed though, not the traditional 4 poster that is so prevalent in furniture stores here in Tennessee. So, in came Ikea. I have been drooling over this bed and trying to find a way to get it since we don’t live near one and I didn’t want pay huge shipping. So, when my mom called from Ikea today on her way home from Wisconsin today and asked if we needed anything….guess what I said!!!!??? So, this is on its way to me crammed in their Explorer as I type. Thanks mom for being my Ikea delivery gal!
Oh honey, I don’t find it ghetto at all to use cinder blocks. I have just a boring ole’ frame for my bed. (I got rid of the headboard/footboard long ago.) Being a minimalist I hate lots of knick knacks, furniture, just junk laying around. Wanting to leave as light a footprint on this earth as possible I try to wear things out instead of thinking I always need new stuff and I try to own things I need and can use as a tool instead of just buying something frivolous or because it’s “the trend”.
That bed looks cool but if it were me, I’d just add a couple extra cinder blocks, LOL. But I hope you get your dream bed. Good luck.
Congrats on the new bed! Hopefully your mom will help put it together! lol
love the bed! Isn’t Ikea the greatest? Eric and I are planning a trip during my time off from work.
It’s a little crazytown at the store on the weekend.
I love Ikea, that bed looks amazing, hope you get it put together easily.
easy buy, easy delivery, easy assembly…ikea is a great store to hang in and will go back. we got some cool bed lamps for 7 bucks…awesome glasses…very awesome dog beds…all needed with a great coolness factor. look foward to my next visit