Duvet or Not Duvet? That is the Question...

OK... Now we've got our bed but no pretty covering.

Another decision.

Because it is a platform bed, a bedspread wouldn't do. We had to look for a comforter. We looked high and low at Target, Walmart, Macy's, Ross, Sears. Art and I just couldn't agree on anything. We wanted to keep our Master bedroom simple. Very simple. We finally found a comforter we could live with but it was dry clean only. When I checked around at all the dry cleaners in the area, they said it would cost between $35.00 and $55.00 to clean a king comforter. And I really would like to clean it before we use it so we decided to think about this some more.

Ummmmm...


Well gigi-hawaii just happened to do a post about choosing a bed covering. I wrote a comment about our problem and somebody came out with a great idea. A duvet cover! I never considered doing a duvet because it's so hot in Hawaii. The thought of down would make me sweat.

Well, I went to Ross and found washable polyester comforters that I could use with a duvet cover. The comforters were only between $29.00 - $39.00. Not bad.

Then I saw this duvet cover on Overstock.com. I liked it. Art liked it. Normally, it costs an arm and a leg to have things shipped to Hawaii. However, since we plan to be in California soon, I can have it shipped there and bring it home to Hawaii with us.

That's the beauty of blogging. There are so many great minds out there to help you think outside of the box... or covers, so to speak.

Bedtime Thoughts

(This is a photo from a catalog. It's not our actual bedroom. I wish...)

I hate making decisions. What's even harder is to persuade Art to follow along after I've made the decision. He does get a teeny bit testy saying that I'm asking for his opinion when I've already made up my mind.

Well... We're slowly furnishing our home and we need some bedroom furniture for our master bedroom. I'm thinking I'd like to get a King sized bed. We've always had a Queen but I figure we're at that time in our lives that we could enjoy something rather frivolous like a King size bed... if we can get it up the bend in the stairs someday.

Art thinks the sheets will be too expensive, that it's too big and unnecessary... etc....and we don't need it.

So we went to Homeworld to check out their King sized beds. That's when I found out there were more decisions to make. Sheesh! There's the California King and the Eastern King! Good grief! Donna, our sales associate informed us that the California King is 72 X 84 while the Eastern King is 76 X 80. So Art says, "The California King is for taller and skinnier and the Eastern is for chubbier, shorter?"

Donna said, "Hunh?"

Donna then said it's harder to get Eastern bed sheets in Hawaii. I checked online and read that the Eastern King is the regular King sized bed. I'd better go check this info out also.

Ah well... with the Presidential campaign going on, Hurricane Ike wreaking havoc, I know this is a silly thing to write about. However, with our DSL going kaputs and giving me only moments of being online I decided to just write whatever was crossing my mind right now.

We didn't buy the bedroom set. There wasn't anything we really liked. I'm just waiting for Art to think it was his idea all along.