Help me pick out a new bed?

[liziz]

With our tax return this year, we're getting a new bed/mattress (the mattress is necessitating the bed, since we just have a basic metal frame right now, and we're planning to get a memory foam mattress that needs a platform or slat base).

In our bedroom, we have our dresser and bedside tables in this color from ikea:


And we have this duvet cover/shams:



Our walls are standard rental off-white, with no plans to change them. 

I'm looking for a bed that lightens things up a little - what is drawing my eye is upholstered headboards/beds in fun shades from light blue>turquoise, but I'm worried about keeping a fabric bed clean, etc. Also, absolute max for something I completely loved would be about $800, trying to stay ~$500.

[liziz]

Jan 25, 2016 17:00:11 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

For a mattress- look at Casper! That's our next goal. Plus there are $50 off codes floating around all over.

Hm. I'll have to do some googling later for headboards. Do you need under the bed storage? For instance, we have two starts at the foot of the bed where our linens live.

I started out looking at Casper, but Leesa has better reviews for roughly the same cost/idea, so I think that's what were going with for now.

We store stuff under our bed (right now in rubbermaid underbed tubs), so we need space, but don't need built in drawers or anything.

[Lola]

There are great upholstered headboards on wayfair.

[Liv]

OMG I'm in love with the tufted upholstered headboards right now! That would be my vote.

[liziz]

Queen...
I don't love the unfinished wood - I'd probably paint it a fun color instead.
Does anyone have experience keeping headboards like that clean? Seems like a dust/dog hair magnet!

[Liv]

Jan 25, 2016 23:45:08 GMT -5 liziz said:

Queen...
I don't love the unfinished wood - I'd probably paint it a fun color instead.
Does anyone have experience keeping headboards like that clean? Seems like a dust/dog hair magnet!

Probably not much upkeep unless a big hairy dog regularly sleeps in your bed. Maybe a hand vac would do the trick every once in a while!

[jnnfrrose6]

Jan 26, 2016 0:17:08 GMT -5 Liv said:

Jan 25, 2016 23:45:08 GMT -5 liziz said:

Queen...
I don't love the unfinished wood - I'd probably paint it a fun color instead.
Does anyone have experience keeping headboards like that clean? Seems like a dust/dog hair magnet!

Probably not much upkeep unless a big hairy dog regularly sleeps in your bed. Maybe a hand vac would do the trick every once in a while!

I'd also check the stain guard situation on them because kids. 

[liziz]

Jan 26, 2016 0:17:08 GMT -5 Liv said:

Jan 25, 2016 23:45:08 GMT -5 liziz said:

Queen...
I don't love the unfinished wood - I'd probably paint it a fun color instead.
Does anyone have experience keeping headboards like that clean? Seems like a dust/dog hair magnet!

Probably not much upkeep unless a big hairy dog regularly sleeps in your bed. Maybe a hand vac would do the trick every once in a while!

A medium sized hairy dog generously lets us sleep in her bed each night, so....yeah....I think it would get vacuumed! Maybe one of the ones with a wood base and a fabric head board.

[Liv]

Jan 26, 2016 10:32:43 GMT -5 liziz said:

Jan 26, 2016 0:17:08 GMT -5 Liv said:

Probably not much upkeep unless a big hairy dog regularly sleeps in your bed. Maybe a hand vac would do the trick every once in a while!

A medium sized hairy dog generously lets us sleep in her bed each night, so....yeah....I think it would get vacuumed! Maybe one of the ones with a wood base and a fabric head board.

hahahaha how gracious of her!!!

[littlemissmarla]

We have this one from Walmart, I lovvvveee it and it was cheap and comes in 3 colors but this is just a headboard screwed into the metal frame.. but your looking for like the whole bed?



www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-and-Gardens-Grayson-Linen-Headboard-with-Nailheads-Multiple-Colors-Multiple-Sizes/35031680

[liziz]

littlemissmarla we need the whole bed so that we don't have to get a box spring to go under a memory foam mattress. But I like that. I haven't checked Target or Walmart.

[mamanorris]

littlemissmarla, we are doing a bedroom swap and a little updating to our room since it's always been mismatched hand me downs. I love this headboard! I'm going to show it to DH.