yeah, it's in my favorites, too. I e-mailed the same person who is responsible for the study of the tires used in the gardens. To his knowledge, there hadn't been any danger and if there was a possibility of snakes wanting to make a home, there would be a few things to counteract it. If you choose to pile the tires for planting, then the inside could be lined to discourage any snakes trying to get inside. Check any and all tires before even beginning to use them. See, I wouldn't have had that concern because we only have little garden snakes around here. In eastern Washington, there are rattlesnakes but I'm on the west side of the state. It isn't the dry flat lands of the desert type of land. Anyway, check tires. Then choose how you plan to use them. The way I want to do is to use only the actual part of the rubber that touches the road. Everything else is cut away. It leaves strips of rubber to work with. The same idea used to make sandles. When the rubber is in these strips and laid out, they're stapled to pieces of wood at intervals, to make a continuous runner, to be set in place. The length, width and height are all a personal choice. Basically, instead of 2x4's running the length of the planting bed, it's flat rubber. One tire width or more high, to make the border around the planting area. That's how I have intentions of using them. I can't imaging a snake wanting to cozy up to that. I think if I had any snakes around like you do, I'd be gardening inside a warm sunny vault of some kind. No way would I be outside any where near that kind of critter. Hope you still try the tire frame beds.

dlm, that is a beautiful bed. I like the linens and the way your bed frame eliminates the need for a bedskirt. Re the first pix - I have that bedskirt and hate it. JCPenny - it is very thin and wrinkles easily, I am thinking of cutting up my old white (quilted) bedspread and sewing it onto the edge of the bedskirt, on the outside to completely change the look. That way, it will have some heft and go better with my new quilted bedspread. My bedspread and shams are white, but the linens are hot pink. I agree with the poster who guessed the item at the end of the bed is a whole piece quilt. It doesn't lay as flat as an empty duvet would. I used to have one of these from my grandmother. It was a blue print with a bit of pink and yellow. Old timey!

HI threegrad, thanks for asking! It's black and it's from Liberty Furniture Industries. I bought it at a local furniture store and it was very reasonably priced. It's not super high quality furniture but I think it's a decent quality, enough for a guest room which is where mine is. Still haven't made anymore progress in that room yet, but I will post again when I do.

Thanks for any help. Would love to know where this simple bed frame is from (with the blue headboard). In Vancouver, Canada if it helps.