sleepy times are here again.

Last summer we decided to upgrade our sleeping situation. Our previous apartment had been partially furnished, including a bed-frame and mattress. When we moved into our current apartment in Spring of 08, we got Seth's mattress out of storage and threw it on the floor. He had bought it before we were shacking up, and being the practical (read: cheap) guy he is, he had only bought a Full. Fast forward past two years of sleeping on a borrowed Queen sized mattress as a couple and imagine going back to a Full. It was cramped, really really cramped. But we managed to make it work for over a year.

Last July we started researching memory foam mattresses and found one we really liked for a pretty good deal. The recommendation was to put it on a platform or slatted style bed-frame to best support the mattress. We thought, "Hmmm, the floor is nice and hard. We'll just throw it on the floor like we did with our old mattress! It'll be plenty supportive enough. La ti da." The support was fine... what we didn't think of was air flow underneath the mattress. I'd never slept on memory foam before. It not only cradles your body in the comfiest way possible, but it also wicks away moisture. Where does that moisture go? Well, in a normal situation, it would pass through the mattress and wouldn't be a huge deal because it'd be on a bed-frame and would breathe and air out. Not so much, if you haphazardly threw it on the floor like a chump.

This is what happened. It was really not any fun at all. Thankfully we discovered this when we did, or it could have been a heck of a lot worse. No mildew developed on the carpet or in the mattress, just some mustiness and grossness on the underside surface. Nothing that couldn't be fixed by a little time next to the heater and a ridiculous amount of eucalyptus essential oil.

We knew we needed to put in on a proper bed-frame and FAST. Seth's parents stepped in and informed us they'd be spending a pretty generous amount on each of the kids this Xmas and wanted to know what we needed in that price range. We waffled back and forth about a new TV or one of those portable ipod docks with built in speakers... and then felt the smack of the obvious across our foreheads. DUH! Biggest no-brainer of all time.

So they bought us a bed-frame. We poked around online, trying to decide which design we liked best. Originally we had our eye on this beauty, but the more we thought about it, we realized neither of us particularly likes frames with head- and foot-boards. Especially in such a small bedroom that also currently houses our computer desk. So we eventually decided on this simple frame! Since it was such a physically large item that couldn't really be wrapped and also since we were in such dire need of it, Seth's mom had him go ahead and order it right then and there and have it shipped straight to our place. It got here on Friday and I had it put most of the way together by the time Seth got home from work!

And by jove! We love it.