Have you ever bought your own bed?

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Mengy

Mengy

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I've been shopping this week for a new bed, as I've just painted and carpeted my bedroom and I don't feel like moving my 13 year old bed back in there again. The mattress sags and has plenty of "stains" all over it (I'll leave it at that) and the frame is rickety and worn and not exactly quiet anymore. I've pretty much decided on what I'm getting, a Sealy Posturpedic plush queen mattress and a nice sturdy dark wood bed frame with an arched lattice-style wood headboard. I like it.

But in the course of shopping around this past week I realized something: I've never bought a bed before. I'm 38 years old and I've never bought a bed before. I had the same bed from the time I was 5 until college, then dormed it, then came home to that same old bed for a few years, then moved in with my now ex-wife and I have slept on her bed (the one I am replacing now) ever since. After all I've been through it just strikes me as silly and impossible that I've never had to do this before.

And there are so many things to consider when buying a bed, the choices you are presented with are mind blowing. Plus, nice beds are NOT cheap. Holy Shit.
 
Get a Sommier!

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Get one of those beds with a remote control so you can make it go up and down like on the commercials.

If your bed doesn't have a remote it must be a piece of shit.
 
Actually, this is what I think I'm going with:

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The color matches my beams in the roof, and the open-ness of the headboard will let light from the windows come through.
 
That bed is going to fail the GAF test. It doesn't have a water mattress, it doesn't have a remote control to make it go up and down (and possibly sideways?), and it doesn't have superhero bed sheets.
 
BEDS are not cheap, but just mattresses ain't so bad. A few hundred.

Ah, to be a grad student that constantly moves. I probably should try to find a cheap boxspring and frame since I'll likely be at my current place until I'm done with my PhD.
 
Why yes, yes I have. I went with something similar to the pic on the first reply. It's much better that a "regular" bed IMO.
 
oh hellll yeah. Me and my girlfriend really spent some time and money on finding a bed that was ideal for us. we tried many beds, but especially mattrasses.

If you got some money, go loox for a great boxspring bed with a mattrass that is ideal for your weight and posture.

It's worth it.

a good bed isn't cheap, but it also doesn't have to be crazy expensive.
 
OP thats kind of odd...Im 23 and have had 3 beds now (two of which ive bought myself). With that said *test test test* should be your mantra when looking for a new one.
 
You're putting the bed in front of the window? Bad Feng Shui. Or if not that it's at least stupid and will look ugly.
 
Just remember that there really aren't very many choices. Every store carries the same beds, just with different brandings and different price-points to appeal to the perceived "shopper" at that store. That $2k Stearns & Foster you find in Bloomingdales is probably the exact same as that $500 Sealy you saw at the discount store.
 
I had a waterbed when I was 6.

When I was 15, I bought myself a futon. It was miserably uncomfortable.

When I was 19, I started sleeping on a couch. It wasn't much better.

When I was 22, I bought another waterbed. Blissful glee.

I currently sleep on the floor. Good times.
 
Door2Dawn said:
What is the point of that.:lol
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It looks cool.

Way I would have done it: Have the pool be on the floor below the bedroom, and have the bedroom have a glass (thick) flooring, and have a slide/staircase down into the pool. With an airtight door.

Don't want that mold on your bed, that's just nasty.
 
Yeah, the only awkward part was near the end.

Salesguy: "Hey, you're a young guy, you have a girlfriend?"

Me: Uh no.

Salesguy: Oh, you're a free man, playing the field huh? Maybe yuo might want to pick up this cleaning kit. Works great on protein stains.
 
ChiTownBuffalo said:
Yeah, the only awkward part was near the end.

Salesguy: "Hey, you're a young guy, you have a girlfriend?"

Me: Uh no.

Salesguy: Oh, you're a free man, playing the field huh? Maybe yuo might want to pick up this cleaning kit. Works great on protein stains.
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LMAO...:lol :lol :lol That made my fucking day. Thanks.
 
Bought my bed off ebay :lol
£100 delivered with mattress all brand new and wrapped, comfy as fuck. Next best price was a £80 Ikea jobby or £300+ from all the furniture places. Fuck that!
 
ChiTownBuffalo said:
Yeah, the only awkward part was near the end.

Salesguy: "Hey, you're a young guy, you have a girlfriend?"

Me: Uh no.

Salesguy: Oh, you're a free man, playing the field huh? Maybe yuo might want to pick up this cleaning kit. Works great on protein stains.
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If anyone ever says "protein stains" to me he has absolutely lost me as a customer.
 
Borgnine said:
You're putting the bed in front of the window? Bad Feng Shui. Or if not that it's at least stupid and will look ugly.
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I have to with the way my bedroom is. The only two walls the bed can go against both have large bay windows. The other two walls have large closets and the bathroom in them. My house is full of natural lighting. :)
 
Yeah, just a simple solid wood frame (have yet to stain it though) and a memory foam topped mattress.

Mattress cost way more than the frame.
 
Don't buy it at Hanes or a big name retailer. They don't have any haggle room. Go to a local mom and pop furniture store - you can almost always haggle with them. FYI they usually apply a 100% markup on furniture so take that into consideration when buying a bed. Mattresses though usually have a much smaller markup - often 30% so it's a lot more difficult to haggle on them - usually you can get it at a flat cost (for example: "I'll give you $500 flat - mattress and tax). Don't buy shit made from pressboard - it's shit - there's a reason it's cheap. Actually you can probably get a cheap solid wood bed if you don't mind finding one used on Craigslist. What else . . . mattresses noticeably increase in quality the more you spend - but you can get a solid Queen sized one for about $500.

I worked off and on in furniture retail for about 3 years so if you have any questions let me know.
 
genjiZERO said:
Don't buy it at Hanes or a big name retailer. They don't have any haggle room. Go to a local mom and pop furniture store - you can almost always haggle with them. FYI they usually apply a 100% markup on furniture so take that into consideration when buying a bed. Mattresses though usually have a much smaller markup - often 30% so it's a lot more difficult to haggle on them - usually you can get it at a flat cost (for example: "I'll give you $500 flat - mattress and tax). Don't buy shit made from pressboard - it's shit - there's a reason it's cheap. Actually you can probably get a cheap solid wood bed if you don't mind finding one used on Craigslist. What else . . . mattresses noticeably increase in quality the more you spend - but you can get a solid Queen sized one for about $500.

I worked off and on in furniture retail for about 3 years so if you have any questions let me know.
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The bed I am leaning towards is kind of at a big name retailer, Raymour and Flanigan. I did some shopping around, but I can't find anything nice for less than their prices on bed frames. Now matresses, I found a few places with better prices on matresses. I am most likely buying the frame at Raymour and the matress at a "smaller" shop.
 
I just bought my first bed about a month ago. I picked up a Select Comfort bed. So far absolutely love it. My girlfriend is actually surprised she likes it a lot too, shes coming from a bed with 3inches of memory foam. It was a little expensive but I have sleeping problems so I wanted to get something that I could fine tune. My parents have had one for years and loved it so I took their word on it. I would recommend one if you have the money. I also really like it because I'm 24 and most likely will be moving around the next few years so it's very easy to deflate and move hassle free.
 
Lionel Mandrake said:
Go all out.
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Or get a hammock. Hammocks are awesome.
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That bed while it looks kind of awesome, and like a Snorlax, is pretty pointless. The hammock though. I agree with that, have a hammock as a second bed. Hammocks are indeed quite awesome.
 
When I moved into my first apartment I hit up the local Ikea and bought a $200 queen sized bed frame. Took it home, put it together and plopped my mattress in. It got the job done for the 2 years I had it.
 
A good mattress is one of the best investments you can make - better night's of sleep, better feelings for your back, etc. Don't skimp on the mattress!
 
Holy crap, I'm almost 30 and haven't ever bought a bed either. When I moved out, I took my bed with me. Later I got a king-sized one from my grandma when she moved out of state to live with my uncle :lol
 
Don't get a pillow-top mattress. They're awesome at first, but the pillow-top means you can't flip the mattress. I learnt the hard way. :(
 
Mengy said:
The bed I am leaning towards is kind of at a big name retailer, Raymour and Flanigan. I did some shopping around, but I can't find anything nice for less than their prices on bed frames. Now matresses, I found a few places with better prices on matresses. I am most likely buying the frame at Raymour and the matress at a "smaller" shop.
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you know you could use that information to your advantage at a smaller store.
 
Ezalc said:
That bed while it looks kind of awesome, and like a Snorlax, is pretty pointless. The hammock though. I agree with that, have a hammock as a second bed. Hammocks are indeed quite awesome.
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How the fuck is snorlax pointless, hes one of the strongest normal type pokemon, in all 5 generations.
 
I bought my bed two years ago.. All I'll say is that at first it feel really weird to actually have a good mattress to lay on. But soon you'll know you just spent a few grand in an extremely good way.
 
Birbo said:
Don't get a pillow-top mattress. They're awesome at first, but the pillow-top means you can't flip the mattress. I learnt the hard way. :(
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Yeah, I've decided I definately don't want a pillow top. I'm getting a plush style instead. The bed I have now is a pillow top, and it's worn unevenly. And everyone I talk to who owns a pillow top says they all do that over time. And I've laid down on a few new pillow tops, and they just don't have enough support or something. I just don't like the feel of em.
 
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