What a week! I think I accomplished about 5% of what I set out to on my One Room Challenge bonus room makeover this week, mainly because of my third child – you know, this 15 pound cute and furry one…
She had a pretty major surgery last week and I knew she’d need a lot of my time with extra care but wow – I’ve been pretty much a 24/7 dog nurse since she came home a week ago. I’ll spare you the gross details but let’s just say that it’s been a pretty crappy recovery in all senses of the word! 🙂 Luckily, Hope started to turn the corner yesterday which freed me up enough to knock out at least a little progress on my room! When we left off, this was the situation:
Part of the plan for my space was to replace our small loveseat with a daybed (see my week 1 ORC post {here} for more design plan details) that would do double duty as a hangout spot for my girls and a second bed for guests. I was inspired both by this beautiful loveseat situation from the home of Kristin of The Hunted Interior as seen on her blog {here}:
and by this darling daybed that Ashley and Jamin of The Handmade Home have in their daughter’s room as seen in their fall tour a few years back {here}:
I knew that I wanted something neutral (white, gray, or rattan) and of course stylish and actually came up with a lot more great options than I expected. Before showing you what I ended up with, I’ll share a few of my favorites (direct affiliate links included at the bottom of the image) in case you’re looking for a daybed too! And I made the image below Pinnable in case you want to Pin now to save for later!
My final daybed decision was made after narrowing my choices down to five favorites including this Boho Daybed (found {here})Â – don’t you love it?!
The biggest negative with this one is that it was designed to use with a specific boho daybed mattress and cover that would add some extra $$$ to the cost and that I was guessing wouldn’t be as comfortable to sleep on as a twin mattress.Â
I also love this white Daybed & Trundle (found {here}) and it would actually give us two extra beds instead of one which would be a real bonus!:Â
And isn’t {this fabric daybed} pretty? It comes in beige as well as light gray and dark gray, is priced really well, and gets great reviews:
I’ve also been eyeing this rattan daybed beauty (found {here}) for ages – love it so much!
What did I end up with? I ordered this Indonesian daybed (found {here}). And after putting it together in my space, I’m in love!:
Honestly, the main reason that I went with it rather than one of the other options I was considering is price. I got it on sale and even with the shipping costs (the box this baby comes in is huge and crazy heavy – there was no way it was fitting in my car!), it was a great deal. It seems really sturdy and I love the wood color – it’s a brownish/gray that reminds me so much of the color of our dining room walls!
I’ve got a LOT of work ahead of me this week to catch back up to where I wanted to be on my One Room Challenge makeover timeline but first, I need a mattress and I’m hoping I can crowd source to figure out a winning one! I’m looking for a twin mattress that’s inexpensive but also comfy enough for the occasional guest to sleep on and I found that Amazon has several highly rated ones at very reasonable price points – if any of you have ever bought a mattress off of Amazon and have anything positive or negative to say about it, I’m all ears – please dish it! Â
UPDATE!!! After all of your helpful input and reading a ton of reviews I chose {this mattress} – I’ll keep you posted about whether or not I’m happy with my choice!
I’ll be back early next week with a fun blog post and then again a few days later with my week 3 ORC update so I’ll see you back here on the blog soon! In the meantime, be sure and check out everyone else’s One Room Challenge progress over on Calling it Home {here}.
Just please don’t tell me how much farther ahead of the game everyone else is than me 🙂 #kiddingnotkidding
XOXO,
Quite unexpected and a unique looking daybed! Looking forward to seeing more progress next week!
Thanks so much!
Check out the website sleeplikethedead.com Great information, more than you ever wanted to know! We ordered the memory foam Zinus brand from Amazon and everyone loves it!
What a great site – I got totally sucked in! Thank you!
We ordered a mattress in a box from Amazon. $245 for a king size! It’s the Zinus ultra plush memory foam and after sleeping on it a few months, we love it. I would recommend the Zinus brand and we would purchase again! Hope that helps and I can’t wait to see your room transformation!
That’s super helpful! Zinus is one of the brands I was looking at – thank you!
I hear ya girl. We had one that had to have emergency surgery last week too. Fortunately, and surprisingly, he has done so much better than originally expected. They are a lot of work I tell ya. Glad she is doing better.
Oh no – how scary! So glad to hear everything is ok now!
We bought the Spa Sensations memory foam mattress for our sons’ room in our cabin and they’re very comfortable! We went with the 10″ and bought bed slats from Amazon for underneath.
Thanks so much for the recommendation Stacey – I appreciate it!
I too have a 10″ spa sensations foam mattress- or rather, had one for my guest room. My daughter liked it so much, she took it for her bedroom and then my son asked for one for his bedroom. It’s very comfortable. They’re also available at Walmart with better prices than Amazon sometimes.
Thanks Janet! So great to know!!
I hope your third baby continues to be on the mend. I love the daybed you chose.
Thanks Jess!
This mattress is not cheap, but it is perfect. I have had fibromyalgia with awful aches and pains in all my joints until I slept on natural latex. You can buy a Taalay topper (online) for cheaper than this full mattress. You can google taalay toppers and you can find the full mattress at sleepponlatex.com. Hope this gives you an area to research before buying. You won’t regret either purchase.
Linda I appreciate your input so much! It might be a little more than I want to spend on the daybed, but I need a new mattress for our master bedroom sometime soon and this could be a good option!
Google Dixie delights zinus mattress to read her blog review dated August 29, 2017.
Will do! Thank you!
I bought this one from Amazon at the beginning of last summer for our cottage, and I can’t recommend it highly enough!! I can barely go into our bedroom during the day because I desperately want to get back in bed! 😉 It is unbelievably comfortable and doesn’t get hot, as I’ve heard some do. I spent hours researching and this is the one I finally decided upon… Live and Sleep Resort Elite 10-Inch Firm Cooling Gel Memory Foam Mattress and Luxury Pillow
So helpful! Thanks Sara!
Love you choice Kris! I’m glad my daughter’s daybed made it to your list (#8)! I’m doing my master bedroom this ORC and so excited to follow along, especially knowing how smashingly good your room ALWAYS turn out!
That daybed is a great choice – so pretty! Can’t wait to see your bedroom makeover Vel!!
Good Morning, Kris:
First, I want to thank you for inspiring me weekly. Your beautiful eye seems to have no limits! I wanted to pass along a little lesson I learned just a few weeks ago. I rented a car to take my daughter, a NYC college student, to the Brooklyn IKEA to shop for her new four-roommate apartment. We bought everything she and her friends needed because this was a one-time trip. The downside: too many items to fit into the car, especially the fold-out loveseat/sleeper in a gigantic, heavy box (sound familiar?). We thought we would have to pay the pricey $100 delivery fee, when a friendly IKEA associate recommended taking the parts out of the box and fitting each piece into the car wherever there was room. Voila! It worked like a charm. We got everything home in one trip, avoided a shipping charge and waiting around for a delivery, and everything got assembled the same day (albeit at midnight!). If you haven’t already done something like this before, I hope you’ll find it helpful in the future. Thanks for all of your tips and I look forward to what’s in store for the rest of the year (especially the holidays!). All the best, Judy
Judy, thank you! Both for your super sweet words and that great tip – I will definitely be using it!!
I got Zinus on Amazon as well. Twin for my 5-yr old’s big girl bed. Loved it so much we just got a queen one for the guest room. Can’t go wrong with the price and quality.
Thank you so much! Seems like Zinus is so well loved by everyone who has gotten one!
I have no doubt your room will be lovely – as they always are! My favorite photos usually have Hope (and sometimes one of your beautiful girls) in them – I’m so thankful she is beginning to feel better! Our pets are most definitely one of our family members!
Patty those are definitely my favorite photos too! 🙂 I’m so thankful that Hope is so much better this week!!
I have this same daybed. Found it on a local buy/sell/trade group for a steal as well. We found a mattress actually from Walmart online that was delivered for free and good reviews. I then bought the world market mattress cover. We don’t use it as a bed as it sits in our sunroom as a reading nook.
What a lucky find!! Thanks for the tip for checking out Walmart online for mattresses – I wouldn’t have thought of that!