I guess I never wrote about our mattress buying adventure. There were signs in the neighborhood that said the local arts school was selling mattresses as a fundraiser.
We’ve needed new mattresses for a long time. I convinced Bob we should go look. If it seemed sketchy we didn’t have to buy anything.
It was not sketchy and we bought replacement mattresses for the upstairs and the downstairs mattress. (I’ve had the downstairs mattress since I graduated from college. I know — it was OLD.)
I wanted to use the opportunity to pull the carpet up in our bedroom. I started that corner in the first photo and there were so many staples it took me half an hour just to clear that little bit. I was very demoralized.
The mattress delivery also wanted us to move our old mattresses. They would haul them off but wanted the beds stripped and the mattresses ready to go.
We could not move the king by ourselves so we got some help. And they helped pull up the carpet, too.
Here’s what the floor looked like — no treatment other than Murphy’s Oil Soap. Can you believe that’s been under ugly yellow carpet for 20+ years? So beautiful. We love it but are still getting used to it.
The beds are here and we are happy with those too.
If all has gone as planned I was in Orleans last week to help Mom. I scheduled these posts and hopefully will have some Orleans shots for next time.
