It depends what your looking for and how much you want to spend. Pottery Barns iron beds, (really most of the companies that I looked into) are made of hollow tubing, and cast iron, not solid iron. There is a big difference in weight, sturdiness and beauty when you compare solid iron to hollow tubing. But then solid iron costs more. I searched for a long time for an iron bed that didn't squeek and jiggle and felt solid. I ended up with a Claudio Rayes bed. It was the best quality and value that I found for solid iron, and it's a knock out beautiful WOW type of bed. Everyone compliments me on it. But a king runs around $1500.00 I had to save my pennies, but it was well worth it. :)

Jean_gallo, I had the same idea myself! We think alike. The vase looks like one of those big, commercial size, (gallon?) jars that hold olives, pickles and cherries and the like. You can buy coloring for glass that is translucent at most craft shops. It is for making "stained glass" crafts. You can use it inside a glass item and even use a sponge or cotton ball on a stick to "reverse paint" smear the vertical lines that the one shown has. BTW, I have an identical vase in blue (using zinc oxide) that I bought around 20 years ago. I see ones like it all the time at Homegoods and TJ's in various colors.

FWIW, fall may be better time to go than now. It was never a problem before the economy took a dive but they changed the stores format a couple of years ago, cutting back on at least half of the inventory. They only seem to stock up in fall and spring. It seems they use summer and winter to get rid of holiday & seasonal items and just let the normal inventory wain while pushing the other stuff. It doesn't get restocked much at all and when it's gone, it's gone. I took the hike to our local store last week to look for dining chairs. It's an hour north of here and pretty much all the store had going on was the summer clearance and a large stock of bigger sized furniture pieces. The bedding area was almost completely empty, the sheets has all sizes in only white, the colors are almost gone. Shelves for quilts and duvets, lamps and drapes are also pretty much cleared out. Bathroom accessories, only 1 shelf as opposed to several rows. They also used to have several rows of chairs & bar stools, now they're just lined up against the back wall. This is the second year this has happened, so maybe it's the new normal with the economy. It was sure a trip wasted for me. :c( Just thought I'd give you all a heads up...you may want to call and see how their inventory is before you decide on a date to go.

It might be just a matter of whether you like the oversize look, like in Jay's photo. OP: Do you share the bed? Are the two of you always fighting over the covers? Then maybe bigger is better. BUT--the flip side: In the winter months, I have a duvet that covers the side pieces of the bed, and I thought that would be good -- extra "blanketing"=extra warmth. Its a duvet for a smaller-size comforter. But it really does tend to overwhelm me, and the look of the bed. It's flannel, so I get overheated with that much more fabric. Also, it is a BEAR to shake that duvet out in the morning and get the inside comforter's bunched-up parts (on the sides) to get back to where they're supposed to be. There are devices to keep the corners in place (inside laces, velcro, inside buttons, et.), but not so much for the sides. The full-size duvet, for me, verges on the unmanageable to get it back in place, flat, to make the bed look nice again. (It also doesn't help that I have a ceiling fan above the bed--I've bumped it a few times!) So unless your husband/significant other usually helps you make the bed in the morning, that'd be something to think about. I think you have a lovely bed, beautiful wood, and I would want to see a bit of the side rails.