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I love my bed and hate to be parted from it. However it is actually quite uncomfortable with a very old mattress that you can feel the springs through as I can't be bothered to ask my landlord for a new one.

So what is your perfect bed like? Four poster, water, futon? Duvet or blankets? Satin sheets or Egyptian cotton?

― Emma, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

my futon, nuff said.

― Ed, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My bed is great. After years of a shit one with a giant sinking bit in the middle my parents decided to splash out on a new one. It's way out of proportion to the rest of my tiny room which makes it even better. It's also quite good for sleeping in. It's got two duvets on it at the moment, I got cold last night and robbed another duvet from some other bed and there was noone there to stop me. Of course then I slept too well and wokr up at 10, I made into work for 11, two hours late. Now I'm doing nothing cos its MY LAST DAY.......in this dump.

― Ronan, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah, Ed, 'nuff said. Futons are DUD. :-)

― nathalie, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Four poster. Firm matress. Linen sheets. Satin pillowcases for reduced face creasing. Witney Blankets. Princess.

― Nick, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You want a princess in your bed? Any one in particular?

― Emma, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nick, you're just a big softy aren't you, not even remotely in monster territory.

why can't you get bed chillers for the summer? You can get electric blankets that heat the bed up, but I like a nice cool bed in summer.

― chris, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like Davids and ours. It comes from ikea .

― anthony, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I sleep under a sheet in summer....doesnt everyone? That solves the problem anyway.

― Ronan, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

not when it's really hot and the bed is warm when you get into it. My best solution so far has been to place a fan at the end of the bed.

― chris, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I want a bed made from a nordic sled. or a Chippendale Chinese bed.

― anthony, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sarah, you get a bed from your landlord?

― Samantha, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh dear

― Ronan, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Assuming Sarah = Emma then yes my landlord is the one who buys the furniture including replacing things that are bust including my crappy mattress.

I had a boyfriend once who 'accidentally' called me Sarah instead of Emma. Grrr.

― Emma, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

1. It's got me in it.
2. If by "four poster" you mean any proper bed then yes, that.
3. BOTH
4. satin sheets?? this is all beginning to sound a little Playboy. Cotton. I like them regular old school drawers.

Futons are crap. Ask me why.

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sorry Emma. :) I haven't lived anyplace where the landlord provided furniture that's why I thought that odd. Our bed, queen sized, suffices. Except when the dog gets into the bedroom while we're at work and makes himself at home. grr.

― Samantha, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hurray for our landlord! Tracer a four poster bed is one with four, well, posts, one at each corner, holding up a sort of canopy over the bed like they had in the very very old days.

― Emma, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This is getting exTREMEly Playboy. Tho I imagine I wd love one of those beds.

(responding to no one): futons are crap because they try to be 2 things at once but don't do a good job of either.

Real beds and wool blankets are best. I am obviously becoming a total fogey.

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I use my futon solely as a bed and it's well comfy.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I just think it's tragic. All this potential transformability gone for naught.

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Beds = classic. Being in bed = classic. And I didn't even mean it like that, o filthyminded readers, either. I'm a big duvet fan, I hate it when it's too hot for duvets because for some reason if I don't have a nice thick duvet pulled up to neck level I can't get to sleep for ages. Having said that, Witney blankets are very nice and fluffy indeed, and I'm not just sticking up for local product, either...

Hotels tucking all the sheets and blankets etc in really inextricably tightly, reminiscent of hilarious "apple pie bed" trick = DUD. I want to move my feet! I need to pull the bed coverings up so they cover my shoulders or I won't be able to sleep! Wahh!

Oh, and I like just normal beds. Not too rock solid, please. Ta. Prefer not four-postered, either. Waterbeds and airbeds = dud, and I've only slept on a futon once but it was quite comfortable. I've never slept on satin sheets, cotton are fine as far as I'm concerned.

― Rebecca, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Perfect bed for me is one which my feet don't stick out of the end.
We have a restored, Victorian brass bed which is my wifes pride and joy. Fortunately for her she is petite so has no problems with protruding plates of meat. Me I have to sleep diagonally, grrr.

― Billy Dods, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My mattress lies on the floor. I have no bed. I don't have pillowcases on my pillows. And there is a spring coming out of it that always injures Ramon and once ripped my pajamas pretty badly. It goes nicely with my dresser, which has one drawer that has collapsed into the one below it and another that won't close. I call it my ghetto furniture. I think it'll catch on.

― Ally, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Beds = RESTING PLACE OF THE GODS. And as such I have a damn cool Ikea woodframe queen-size I wouldn't give up for the world. Dark blue flannel sheets = heaven.

I guess a perfect bed would involve the right people in it besides myself, but I won't go there.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm getting satin sheets as of tonight. That will KICK ASS, especially when the spring tears up the sheets badly and we laugh as our blood from our scratched backs stains the lovely shiny white. I wish I could do everything from my bed.

― Ally, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My bed's not that great. I'd like to move the frame and put the mattress on the floor so it would take up less room (it's a twin bed) but that's too much trouble. I don't care about sheets or blankets as long as I'm warm enough (although I do like white sheets). I never want to get out of bed in the morning but I do not like to go to bed at night.

― Maria, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My perfect bed is one that is high enough to put all of my boxes of junk underneath - and I prefer a futon mattress to a spring or foam one. And it needs a cat on it or in it too.

― Tabs, Saturday, 22 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I feel validated that Ally of all ppl does the bed spring thing: I had a mattress in the 80s which had three or four razor-sharp broken springs in it and I "had to" sleep all bent about to miss them, and sometimes woke with the sheets all spotted with tiny little smears of blood. But I didn't "have to" at all — I just never thought to do anything about it. When I thought," Hey, I,'m allowed to buy a NEW mattress," it was a real d'oh/slaps forehead moment. Afterwards I thought of these as the Real Self-Hatred Years, esp. as no one else ever seemed to have done anything like it. But I am not alone after all!

― mark s, Saturday, 22 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

can't you just turn mattresses over to avoid broken springs? or do they stick through from both sides?

― m jemmeson, Sunday, 23 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I feel validated that Ally of all ppl does the bed spring thing

Wait, what does that mean?

Anyhow, I never thought to flip it over :)

― Ally, Sunday, 23 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Last night I slept on a very thin mattress on wooden boards without a decent pillow and i cannot bend my head down or back now. (that never happens camping, so what went wrong?) i changed my mind. my bed's incredible.

― Maria, Sunday, 23 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I never thought to flip it over

One MUST rotate one's mattress or else face "deep valley" hammock syndrome and progressively unpleasant mornings.

To ensure even wear, rotate the mattress periodically. The more you turn the mattress, the longer it will last. When a mattress is new, turn it head to foot every two weeks for the first three months, and flip it over once a month. Continue to rotate and flip the mattress once a month thereafter, and rotate the box spring once every three months. Most people forget about the box spring, but it acts as a giant shock absorber for the mattress; if you rotate it, the springs will wear evenly and the mattress will last longer.

I mean clearly people will label you as insane. But it's a small price to pay for the Perfect Bed.

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Surely you are more likely to do your back in attempting to turn a big heavy mattress than you are by sleeping on a slightly lumpy bed?

― Emma, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dude, yu're only going to wear a groove into the bed if you sleep in the same spot every night. Who does that?

― Ally, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This is too weird.

Last posting I spotted by Tabs made me think it was my friend - who's the only Tabetha spelt with an "E" I've met. Plus she mentioned being tone deaf, convincing me it was her to the point of calling her over in the office to see if it was and she denied furiously.

And now there's a cat reference. She adores cats so: Tabs, who are you?

― chris, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hi Chris,

Sorry, I'm not you friend Tabetha but I do love cats! I live with a big, black cat called Kuro who has orange eyes.

My name is actually spelt Tabitha but I have to use tabether for email addresses/logins etc. because someone else has always taken tabitha. Because most of my communication is done via email, many of my friends think that my name is actually spelt Tabether.

― Tabs, Tuesday, 25 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A huge relief: t'other is boss and ex, so appearance here would've been v. bad. Nice to meet you.

― chris, Tuesday, 25 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Boss and ex? That sounds difficult. My ex tried to join one of the yahoogroups I am a member of. I had to have stern words to stop it from happening - I felt my style might be somewhat cramped by much- hated ex's presence.

BTW - All the other Tabitha's I know spell their names Tabatha, I've not met a Tabetha before.

― Tabs, Tuesday, 25 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Ally of all ppl" ie someone pleasingly militant abt her creature comforts = the opposite of me in my mid-20s, when i was an INSANE HAIRSHIRT YEAR-ZERO TALIPUNK HERMIT, and all comfort a spirit-softening eevil. Broken bedsprings = the whipscourge to my bleeding medieval back (ps I am exaggerating but only somewhat)

― mark s, Tuesday, 25 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Mine's a sweetheart really, it's just the privacy thing and perhaps her cottoning on to how little work I do.

― chris, Tuesday, 25 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have a clever bed which is a single most of the time, because my room is narrow, but when Ally C comes to stay I pull the magick second bit out from underneath, put up the legs, zip the mattresses together and we have King Size. Good, eh?

― Madchen, Tuesday, 25 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've always been really impressed with beds that are so high that they have desks and wardrobes under them.

― Tabs, Tuesday, 25 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two years pass...

Revive!

― Nicolars (Nicole), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Ronan even speaks of duvets here!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

A perfect bed needs a perfect pillow, and i just recently got one of those Isotonic pillows with the dents in them that feels all cool, foamy, sturdy, and dreeeeeaaaammmmy

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:40 (twenty-two years ago)

My bed currently has my fucking huge suede coat thrown over the bit where my feet go, to keep them double-warm.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)

a perfect bed has someone else in it who wants to take a nap with you.

mmmmm. naps.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

my bed is a queen-sized four-poster that the previous tenant built in the bedroom, about four and half feet off the ground. it is totally rad except for two things: drunkenly/sleepily falling out is hazardous, and as it's a bit old it's getting a bit rickety. i fear it collapsing onto the ancient hardwood floor, which would no doubt buckle and send me into the apartment below.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)

a perfect bed has someone else in it who wants to take a nap with you.

You'd need a nap? Shame....

Gotta appreciate Tracer's description, though. Ultimate bachelor perfection.

Perfect bed for me? Just on this side of firm, with many soft, squishy pillows to sink into covered by a warm feather duvet (as I tend to curl into the fetal position, somehow)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)

--Low to the ground (My futon roXor!)
--Pillow(s) with appropriately Sarah-ish pillowcases (a vintage pink and white one and two red and white ones from Ikea these days)
--An extra pillow to put over my head for daytime naps
--Several random books and CDs
--My beloved red and blue sleeping bag for warmth
--An Asian boyfr--I mean what?

― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

The one I am in on the weekends.

― Allyzay, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I need one that is the size of a swimming pool and have it filled with satin pillows.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)

We bought a brand new bed only weeks ago. We love it so.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 03:33 (twenty-two years ago)

My bed is pretty much a perfect bed for now. Queen size with 3 pillows of varying degree of softness, white duvet, green velvet blanket, white sheets and a laptop with a wireless connection.

― Carey (Carey), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 03:39 (twenty-two years ago)

My bed is a mattress on top of a box-spring on top of...the floor. It is too big for my room (or the room is to small for it. take your pick.) But all beds are still classic.

― mouse, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

You'd need a nap? Shame....

hush you. NAps are good things. Naps with someone who wants to nap with you ever moreso.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

eight years pass...

spending the day in bed with a brief visit outside to go to the shrink is a real testament to the prowess of age, wisdom and clarity

― surm, Thursday, 13 September 2012 20:00 (thirteen years ago)

o wait this thread is about actual beds

well i need a headboard, and some new sheets tbh

― surm, Thursday, 13 September 2012 20:01 (thirteen years ago)

four years pass...

Any recommendations for guest beds? (ie. fold-up/fold-up beds for the rare occasion anyone stays over)

― djh, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:11 (nine years ago)

http://amazonas.eu/en/hammocks/rio.html imo

― Wes Brodicus, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:37 (nine years ago)

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