Link $369

Just FYI. We had a Select Comfort mattress (the company name before they changed to Sleep Number), that was very old, but worked well for us. Last year when we upgraded to a king sized bedroom set, we went to look for a new Sleep Number mattress. Nothing is basic anymore. Even their least expensive mattress is quite costly, with many unnecessary bells and whistles. We ended up buying a conventional mattress, which we are happy with. YMMV.

My close friend and her husband got a king sleep number bed and love it. They are definitely $$$!

@nicole__ - thanks for the link. For this purchase I need to see it in person - not going to buy sight unseen online. I do think for the most part you get what you pay for and that is awfully inexpensive.

@jb1586 - good to know. What kind of conventional mattress did you get? Did you buy it at a bricks and mortar store? I've been looking at those too and they are much less expensive. I'd be fine with conventional - just not the trendy foam thing.

The pump and motor are now built into the "box" springs and don't sit on the floor anymore. Because of this, you need to buy their base which is pricey. We were going to replace ours in the fall but a not very fancy one with the padded bedframe on close out was going to be over 5K i believe. We bought a traditional mattress instead.

Okay @RNmomof2 zone 5 - now I'm heading down the traditional, conventional path. What kind of mattress did you buy? I've been looking at Sealy and Serta and they are pricey as well but at least don't require you to buy the base if you have a platform bed. I can see why Sleep Number is a troubled business. The article I read said people are no longer willing to pay their exorbitant prices. Count me among those people.

I cannot think of the brand of mattress we bought a few years ago. We have a metal bed with an adjustable base. The adjustable base is also a platform. I will say that mattresses seem much thicker now days! We have a firm and I do use a foam mattress pad and neither of us have felt it is hot (and we live in the south). It is covered with a mattress cover. We love the adjustable base.

As for furniture, I have never liked having a matching set. We have the metal bed and oak antique pieces (armoire - my husband outfitted to hold a tv and built shelves where I store mainly blankets and coverlets, dresser with mirror and a small table in front of a window. I can use that as a vanity and/or plant stand LOL). To offset all the wood (the metal bed is deep bronze, so basically brown), we bought two matching nightstands and had them painted cream/off-white. Everything (other than the bed), is high quality, solid wood. Just our preference. My MIL still has a bedroom "set" and my parents always did. : )

We bought a hybrid mattress and have been happy with it. It is much thicker than an older mattress which I was concerned about. The mattress is probably firmer than we (I) were used to but it's fine. The place where we got it from has a year switch out policy if you don't like the mattress.

We had an upholstered headboard mounted on the wall. I bought a wooden bedframe from Ama*** and we are very pleased with it. It is very sturdy and went together in a snap.

Bed frame

I have had several comforters on the bed and I just let them hang down over the edge of the mattress.

I know THIS isn't what you want...but...the neighbors and I BOTH own THIS sleigh bed. It only has a mattress. The wood looks Very nice in person....and we've BOTH owned it for 5 years with no problems. $249 BY Ashley There just isn't much to them, which is the low cost. We both spent money on the new mattress. That's important! I purchased a Sealy pillowtop mattress. LINK

We haven’t had a chest or anything with drawers in our bedroom since early in our marriage. All clothing is kept in the closet and we’ve used mostly California Closets (in one house a custom carpenter) to outfit the closet with as much drawer space as we need. This frees up the bedroom for a sitting area including a sofa and bookshelves, reading lamps and a coffeetable. We have enough room to dress in the closet and the bedroom is far more functional for it.

Nothing in our bedroom matches but I like to think it all goes nicely together. We have an off white French caned headboard that we continued to use when DH had back problems and we got a king mattress on box spring bases. One nightstand is a distressed painted white finish and the other is my mom’s vintage Baker tea server, also French in white with green and yellow bits. The sofa is upholstered in two plaid fabrics and the chair is a solid green velvet. Our coffeetable is a painted chest in shades of green and off white. At one end of the sofa is a revolving round library table in a fruitwood finish (holds books and photos) and at the other end is a bronze metal table with twig legs. One of the sofa fabrics is also stationary curtain panels, and the windows also have natural woven roman shades. Very eclectic, pieces chosen for beauty and utility, interesting and (I think) pleasing combination.

Tina Marie - I like solid wood furniture too - that is what our 80s bedroom furniture is. I've recently purchased some Amish made pieces (not bedroom) as that is the only beautiful quality wood furniture I could find. I have considered that for this bedroom but would prefer something less expensive and more immediately available if possible. I've done the antique thing all my life and at this point I'm ready to move on from that. I'm even parting with some pieces that have been in my life since childhood. All my relatives are dead so no one's feelings will be hurt - something that always concerned me in the past.

@nicole__ I've never purchased anything from Wayfair - just can't wrap my head around the idea that they offer 11,396 storage beds and some astronomical number of everything else. I wonder how much it costs to return a bed if you don't like it.

@Kswl - I'm mostly a function-oriented person vs. esthetic - you would probably be appalled at my simplistic decor. 😊 For us the function of a bedroom includes a bed for sleeping, nightstands for lamps, phones, ipads, etc. and furniture for clothing storage. We just don't sit around in our bedroom - lots of other spaces we prefer for that. Our new house has nice closets (his and hers which I LOVE) with built-ins but not of the size that would store all of our clothing. That's all we'll have though until I get some bedroom furniture so this is my first priority.

@KSWL, I so agree about the drawers in closet. We have that too, but I like the "look" of a dresser and mirror. We keep more odds and ends in it. We do have two chairs in our bedroom, but no need for a sitting area with a sofa as our bedroom is off the great room and we also have a small den. It's only the two of us.

@3katz4me I'm sure you will find something. We have long loved antiques although we have only ONE family piece! We love antiques and love the hunt for each piece as well. Good luck on your search and be sure and share what you find!

We got our mattress and an adjustable base, at Raymour and Flanigan, a furniture chain in the northeast. The mattress is a Beautyrest Harmony Lux plush mattress. We are very happy with it.

With the whole family sharing the bed, do you have any thought of moving up to a king size? If you did that, you could get a split king, two extra long twins put together. Then you each can have the mattress firmness you prefer. I LOVE my adjustable bed, for reading in bed, or if I had a TV, watching TV, I would imagine.

@Olychick - yes I mentioned in the original post that we are going to give it a go with a king but will try to keep it simple with regular vs. split and nothing adjustable.

Oh, sorry, I missed that!

Since brown furniture is still kinda out, if you like traditional furniture, you can find very good quality used/antique things at deep discounts to retail.

Just an example, a king sleigh bed, walnut. https://www.vendio.com/stores/stenellainteriors/item/-beds/61455ec-baker-milling-road-kin/lid=49626890

@mtnrdredux_gw - thanks mtn. I don't love super traditional but I'm cool with brown. I have been looking at local used sources online but haven't found anything yet but I'll keep looking. There is a nice consignment furnishings store in the area and I've been in there a couple times so may find something there. I just can't take months to get the bedroom done unlike the pieces I need for some other rooms.

I've recently purchased some Amish made pieces (not bedroom) as that is the only beautiful quality wood furniture I could find.

I have considered that for this bedroom but would prefer something less expensive and more immediately available if possible.

I've done the antique thing all my life and at this point I'm ready to move on from that.

I do think for the most part you get what you pay for and that is awfully inexpensive.

I've been looking online but everything looks like fake wood - gray and weird white and brown finishes.

After I posted I looked back and saw you don't want "antiques;" not sure how you are defining that though. The bed i posted is 20 yo.

It seems like you are leaning toward an upholstered bed. With a dog, that would be a problem where they rub against the base, which over time would dirty it. That is why we didn't buy one. Would cats dirty it? Would a cat scratch it? If not, Id look at CB2 or PB for decent quality. It sounds like you don't want to spend too much or too little, not exactly sure where that lands but the quality from those two is fine for upholstery IMHO.

For case goods, if you want immediately available, inexpensive yet quality and in a "not weird" finish, again pre-owned is your best bet.

don't love super traditional but I'm cool with brown.

So what style were the Amish pieces? What style do you like best?

PS Omg that bed!

@mtnrdredux_gw - for me antique = 75+ years old. 20 years - no problem but I'd want an entire bed including the mattress for less than nearly $5K. My cats wouldn't be a problem for an upholstered bed. I'm more concerned about humans leaning up against the headboard over time. I'm hoping once I get the POA info for my new place that there might be some kind of private online buy/sell function. I've seen lots of nice furnishings in real estate listings and no doubt some of these people are downsizing.

There are slipcovered headboards, you might like that idea.

ETA - I replaced a Queen brass headboard in Maine with a padded headboard (for comfort) and ordered a chambray piped slip from here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/697986924/headboard-slipcover-natural-linen-custom?ref=yr_purchases&variation0=1105418864

Spied these nice looking beds at High Point Market a couple of years ago. Maybe you would like something like them.

Our mattress is 33 years old. It's still pretty good, but I remember how tough it was when we first got new mattresses.and had to deal with the change.

Whenever we've been in an Ikea, DH is always laying down on their mattresses and prety sure when we replace ours, we will get Ikea. This is strictly for the mattress. I hear they are really pretty good- something to consider possibly. No suggestions for the headboard.

The average lifespan of a mattress is seven to 10 years

Our sleep number mattress is about 30 years old and still fine which is a big part of the reason we wanted another one. I really need to go look at some options in person.

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I think the older mattresses had a lot more longevity to them . LIke everything else, they don't make'em like they used to. We do flip and rotate our mattress (not as often or on schedule as should be, but I understand that mattresses now are only usable on one side. I could be wrong and hope I'm corrected.

3katz I’m sure your bedroom will be lovely! my point in describing our setup was that nothing matches— not a single thing matches the exact finish or wood species or color or material of anything else. We have furniture in our bedroom that is wood, painted wood, metal and upholstered. There’s no need to restrict your choices to all one wood finish or style or period. That said, if you start with the bed I would suggest one with a padded headboard and order a slipcover later for it from a vendor like the one Mtn linked to. That gives you something to sleep on in a neutral color, the ability to change it, and a good starting place to add almost anything.

@Kswl - that's exactly what I'm thinking - a neutral fabric bed and I never thought about a slipcover. That's a great idea - thank you @mtnrdredux_gw - queen of slipcovers! There's a great consignment furniture store in my area where I could likely find the other bedroom furnishings I need in time. I do like an eclectic mix and as long as I have a bed I can make do for a while without the other stuff. i really should stop obsessing about this until I get there in January.

3katz, our select comfort (sleep number) mattress is over 30 years old as well. it is now in our guest bedroom, and except for needing to replace an air chamber (a painter stepped down hard on it, causing a leak), it it’s still great, just the wrong size for us now.