A bed is a bed is a bed

Lori’s blog inspired to me post about another “bed” in the family. This one is about 40 years old and still in use. (frame, bed, mattress, and box springs—all original) It was purchased in 1970 for the then 20-month old Troy. His sister, Lisa, was due to be born and needed his crib. To guarantee that Troy wouldn’t fall out of the new big-boy bed, we put it in the corner of the room with the head board opposite the end wall, and then used a side rail. It worked great.

When Julie came along, Lisa graduated to the twin bed. And it continued down the line: Julie, Joel, Brad, Lori. Disclosure: Lori, being the baby of the family happily stayed in the crib until she was approximately 3 ½ years old. We just put the side to the crib down and it looked kind of like a day-bed. But once Lori graduated to the bed, she stayed with it well into her teen years. We did change out the head board to make it more “teen-ish.”

Lori - 1987

1981 - Walnut Creek - Brad leaps to the "bed"----------------1984 - Lori in her new big-girl bed

And then there were grandchidren----When Lori moved on to a queen-sized bed, our sweet original bed became the grandchildren’s bed and continues in use today, as demonstrated by Lydia and Afton.

We have no plans of putting this bed out on the curb. Great-grandchildren, it will be right here for you.

Original tags still in place; spots and stains from 40+ good years of use



Note: The mattress stains are covered with a good mattress pad, as well as a comfy egg-carton and we’ve heard no complaints from the grandchildren.