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Well. Spoke with decorator!mom.
Turns out a bed, in terms of feng shui, should have a headboard. Who knew?
A headboard represents stable finances. Oh, hee, hmm, yeh, that's very important to me. Also, for stable finances the headboard should be of stable materials like wood or metal (and not, say, wicker).
Solved that question.
She, as predicted, was concerned about moving the daybed (where would it go?). But she also felt that as I was renting the space, it would be my aunt's responsibility to figure that out. Yes, yes, I know, of course, but I'm so happy here that I don't want to put her in a bind.
Decorator!mom doubted the whole bed idea. She felt that to have a larger bed in there I'd have to rearrange the entire space, with the bed where my living room is now, and the living room furniture where the bed is. "The biggest problem is the alcove wall. It'll stick out beyond the alcove."
No, no, I'd measured, and the bed would still fit within the alcove, with a good bit remaining. (It's a 70" alcove wall. A full-size bed is 56".)
"What about your end table?"
"End table?"
"Don't you have an end table?"
"No...."
"I can picture...."
Oh! I'd talked about getting one but I hadn't found one I liked. "I do have a pile of laundry there."
"Ah. I remembered something was there."
She explained that a larger bed would still take over visually.
True, if I bought a normal high bed with a box spring and mattress. "But I'm getting a low bed with an eight-inch futon mattress, so it's the same height off the floor as the couch seat." (Actually, I've decided to go with a six-inch mattress.) The eye will pass right over it.
She conceded maybe, though there came kiss-of-death moment, "Well it's your space...." I could hear she wished she'd kept her mouth shut.
"Nonono, thankyouthankyou. There's a reason I ask for your advice."
So she advised me to pile up blankets and pillows and stuff in the height and width of the bed to help me visualize it in the space.
I've done that. I think it's going to work. It would be big, she's right. But I think I can make it work.
One step at a time though.
Turns out a bed, in terms of feng shui, should have a headboard. Who knew?
A headboard represents stable finances. Oh, hee, hmm, yeh, that's very important to me. Also, for stable finances the headboard should be of stable materials like wood or metal (and not, say, wicker).
Solved that question.
She, as predicted, was concerned about moving the daybed (where would it go?). But she also felt that as I was renting the space, it would be my aunt's responsibility to figure that out. Yes, yes, I know, of course, but I'm so happy here that I don't want to put her in a bind.
Decorator!mom doubted the whole bed idea. She felt that to have a larger bed in there I'd have to rearrange the entire space, with the bed where my living room is now, and the living room furniture where the bed is. "The biggest problem is the alcove wall. It'll stick out beyond the alcove."
No, no, I'd measured, and the bed would still fit within the alcove, with a good bit remaining. (It's a 70" alcove wall. A full-size bed is 56".)
"What about your end table?"
"End table?"
"Don't you have an end table?"
"No...."
"I can picture...."
Oh! I'd talked about getting one but I hadn't found one I liked. "I do have a pile of laundry there."
"Ah. I remembered something was there."
She explained that a larger bed would still take over visually.
True, if I bought a normal high bed with a box spring and mattress. "But I'm getting a low bed with an eight-inch futon mattress, so it's the same height off the floor as the couch seat." (Actually, I've decided to go with a six-inch mattress.) The eye will pass right over it.
She conceded maybe, though there came kiss-of-death moment, "Well it's your space...." I could hear she wished she'd kept her mouth shut.
"Nonono, thankyouthankyou. There's a reason I ask for your advice."
So she advised me to pile up blankets and pillows and stuff in the height and width of the bed to help me visualize it in the space.
I've done that. I think it's going to work. It would be big, she's right. But I think I can make it work.
One step at a time though.