in further decorating news

We need to buy a bed. I think we're going to buy something nice (i.e. a step up from Ikea, which has nothing I like) but not as nice as I'd really wanted (when I was 13, my mother gave me a set of post-it notes that read, "I have the simplest of tastes. I only want the best." What I really want is hand-made, cherry, and $3500.) I'm feeling like it's important, symbolically, to get a nice bed, for my marriage. Like we need a shared statement that's about us, not about the kids, because they are hogging up so much energy in our lives.

We're thinking of Sherwood in cherry. We both like the style of Calvin better, as well as the fact that it's solid wood, not solid wood and veneers, but we both prefer cherry to maple. Thoughts?