The Sleep Number Saga

Since Jason and I got married we have been sleeping on hand me down mattresses. When we lived in Kentucky we had my mom and dad's old bed and when we moved up here to Illinois, we inherited his parents old mattress. I am not sure exactly how old it was or how many people had it before us but it was past its prime.

Here is a picture of our old mattress and box springs.

You can see how the mattress is squished down and doesn't hold its form anymore. Well, I was so tired of tossing and turning for 5 hours and then waking up with a sore back. I talked Jason into getting a Sleep Number bed. Mostly, because we have very different tastes in firmness preferences. So we went ahead and ordered it. It arrived and we put it together and went to bed that night so excited to get a good nights sleep.

I wake up the next morning with Jason looking down on me from his inflated side of the bed. (The sleep number bed has air chambers inside instead of springs) He asked what happened. Half asleep I answered, "I am so fat I deflated the bed! It was supposed to be tested fro 1000 lbs!" Needless to say it was a bad day. The next night we switched sides and this time I was the one looking down on a deflated Jason in the morning. Two things came to mind: 1) I am not too fat for the bed! 2) Crap! We have a faulty air chamber.

We called customer service and, since the sleep number beds come with a 20 year warranty, they sent us a new air chamber. One other thing was that I had forgotten to order legs for it. You might have noticed our previous bed was on the floor. Nothing makes me feel more like a hand me down newlywed than mattress on the floor. On the other hand Jason loves the bed on the floor thing. (He is crazy!) I told him unless I am sleeping outside there is no reason to sleep on the floor.


Today both the legs and the new air chamber arrived and we got everything put together. Doesn't it look plush and lovely?! (Bitsie is the queen of the house, if you couldn't tell.) Also, it is amazing how much more settled and adult I feel just having my mattress 7 inches off the ground with those legs. I guess we all have our little things we are picky about.


She kinda looks creepy in this photo but we don't' have many of her so I thought it might be nice to have one and show the new plush pillow top.



This is our bed all made up. I purchased black bed skirt a while ago but didn't have a need for it once we left The Parents house. I was so happy to put it on there and look at the finished product.

Even though our bed really only gets made once a week (after I wash the linens) it is so nice have a wonderful bed to sleep in every night! This will actually be the first night we have both slept on fully inflated air chambers (Jason was a gentleman and slept on the faulty side until the new one came. He would wake up in the middle of the night and pump it back up but still be deflated in the morning-Poor guy!) we are very excited. Yes, that is a Star Wars throw on Jason side of the bed.

I would highly recommend the Sleep Number bed. There are many different models to fit your budget and preferences. Plus, they have convenient monthly payments so if you are like us and can't drop a bundle on a new mattress you can still upgrade. Also, since it comes in pieces, if you are in a house/apartment where you can't get a bigger bed in your room-this would be perfect. Carry up a box and put it together in the room. OK, that is enough free advertising. I just had to share the story from the trauma of thinking I was too fat for the bed to the elation of having it all done and perfect, there ya go!