This is a meandering journey of a post, so make yourself comfortable. We mentioned in this side table post that we traded our queen-size bed for a bigger king-size one. The reason might seem obvious – because it’s bigger, duh! – but as for why we happily sailed through over 17 years together without wanting one – and then suddenly pulled an about-face last fall… well, it essentially boiled down to: “the things we do for our dog” (more on that in a second).

We also had to carefully plan how we’d squeeze the biggest bed we’ve ever owned into our smaller bedroom. And we had a big realization about larger furniture in a smaller house (it’s probably not what you think!). Plus we had some fun with photoshop.

bed frame | nightstands | lamps | pink sheets | pillow | rug | ottomans | curtains

When we told one of our friends about the change, they were stunned – neigh, SHOCKED – to hear we didn’t already have a king bed.

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