And with more guests, we need more beds

One bed works fine in a two bedroom apartment, especially since we made the other bedroom a studio workspace. And whenever we had guests, we'd just inflate the queen-size camping mattress. It worked really well... for the time. However, since we've nearly doubled our square footage, we're finally able to have a real guest room, and since in September alone we'll be having guests for three weekends in a row, it's a room that's definitely going to be used.


So now we're on the search for additional furniture. We're putting our current bedroom furniture in the guest room and have decided to get a platform bed for the master bedroom. My first thought was this platform bed in blonde from West Elm. Daniel and I both liked how low to the ground it was, and it also helped that we had seen it in person in one of our shopping ventures to Atlanta. It really does look as though it's floating, and the the blonde finish is airy enough without feeling too dark.


However, yesterday Daniel and I were browsing Design Public, and I think we found THE bed (from MASH Studios).





The walnut wood really adds a nice richness and depth, but the wall-mounted headboard is what is really fabulous. Powder-coated aluminum doors slide out of the way to provide additional storage (without looking like storage).

Not to mention, Daniel was really impressed by the overall design and craftsmanship (it's definitely a solid piece of furniture).