I had been meaning to post this yesterday, but I couldn’t get a decent enough connection over Coffee Bean’s wi-fi network to upload stuff. Anyways, this is the one of exactly three pieces of furniture currently taking up space in my apartment. Because of the French-windows, I had to have this thing custom-made; it doesn’t have a headboard and is only about a foot off the ground. As you can see, it’s simple as hell; about the only interesting detail is that there’re two drawers built into the foot area. The whole thing cost PhP8,000 to have built and delivered, which is just a little less than what you would pay for a similar queen-sized bed frame from your local department store. (I spent a good deal of time looking around and found that most of the decent ones started at PhP10,000.)
Once the bed had arrived, I started shopping for bedsheets and pillows. I have to say, the Rest & Relaxation industry is a pretty complicated place for a first-timer. The quality of a given bedsheet (and hence, its perceived value) was decided not only by its looks and its manufacturer, but by the ratio of cotton used, the average number of threads and (apparently) how generous the saleslady happened to be feeling that day. Being a semi-responsible shopper, I found that I could not simply decide to get a particular sheet without first benchmarking all the various factors involved in its cost. Eventually I settled on a 232-thread, Japanese-made, 100% cotton package for PhP1,900 (which included 2 pillowcases, a blanket and the fitted bedsheet). And it actually looked pretty cool too.
Meanwhile, the pillows themselves had their own unique attributes. I found that (apart from the size of the pillow) I had to choose between anti-mites, anti-dust, water-proof, moisture-proof or hypoallergenic properties; goose-feather, ball-fiber or alpaca-wool stuffing; whether I slept on my stomach or on my back; and whether I wished to retain memory of my dreams or not (seriously!). The pillow possibilities were apparently quite vast. After a good long time I went with one anti-mites, ball-fiber back-sleeper, and one moisture-proof, hypoallergenic goose-feather, which cost me PhP500 and PhP350, respectively. The decision-making process was aided considerably by the fact that they were both on sale at the time.