The bed room is sage green, the bedspread grey with purple orchid blossoms on it

My bed room contains one six drawer dresser with a mirror over the top, one queen bed with a sleep number mattress (my sleep number is 90, my husband’s is 75), two nightstands with drawers and a standing chest.

On top of the cherry chest is a TV with a built in DVD player. All are in cherry and are Ethan Allen shaker style. The nightstands both have glass lamps on them and the shelve under the nightstand contains books – lots of books, favorite novels by A.S. Byatt and Jane Austen, books on raising children, books about historical events.

The bed is a slatted sleigh bed, with graceful curves. I fell in love with the bed the first time I saw it, and my admiration of its lines has never diminished. Above the bed is a hand dyed silk wall hanging.

The bed room is sage green, the bedspread grey with purple orchid blossoms on it. And from out my window you can see the river. The reason I have this furniture is that when I first got married, my husband took up playing Magic: The Gathering. Read more »

I purchased a regular crib and other kids furniture at the local super center

When my daughter was born in 2004 I purchased a regular crib at the local super center. It was just a pine color crib, made by Graco, and it was not expensive.

I purchased the matching 5 drawer dresser to go with it. At the same time I also purchased a small rocking chair with small ottoman. This chair was also quite inexpensive, costing us around $100.00 at the time.

You definitely need a rocker when you have a newborn, for feeding, etc. When my daughter turned 3 I decided it was time to buy her a “big girl” bed.

I went to every single furniture store in our town but nothing seemed to be what I wanted for her. What I was looking for was a bed that she could use until her teen years. Good quality and looks were very important to me rather than price.

I casually browsed thru a Pottery Barn catalog while waiting at my pediatrician’s office and I saw a bed that caught my attention. I asked the girl at the desk if I could take the catalog home and she said there wasn’t any problem. So I did.

When I got home I immediately started going thru the furniture section. I saw this bed and that was it for me. It is white, single bed, the headboard and foot board has slates (I do not know how to describe it any better) and then each corner has like a poster with a ball on top. Read more »