The Estate of Things

lovely pair of twin beds. They are mahogany and were upholstered in Fortuny fabric, although not recently and not by me (just to clarify). It is just the two headboards. The pair is $500.00. I saw the invoice for these beds and they were $2500.00. 

Please email me at sarah@theestateofthings.com if you’d like to discuss.

Don’t they remind you of this?

or even a little of this…

The beds are amazing and I wish I had room for them or my Mom was using them as I had intended for her to.  But she bought 200 year old, hand carved twin beds from Germany instead. I prefer these personally.

I’ve hatched a plan, its a plan for my bedroom.

Great right…wrong.

Wrong because the plan for my bedroom requires that I get all new furniture and my husband Dan would freak out if he knew I was even entertaining the thought. I have so many other incomplete rooms in my home that need much more attention than the bedroom. It’s totally ridiculous really. But it’s all Ethan Allen’s fault.  Ethan made this bed, the Quincy.

You might’ve seen it in the Ruralist category in House Beautiful in the Dec/Jan issue but I loved the Quincy before HB declared it Ruralist cool. Apartment Therapy talked about the irrational fantasies the Quincy invoked, so its not just me. Its comforting to know I’m not alone.

And yes, I know that there is probably an antique/vintage bed I could pick up for much less and paint black, I’ve considered that possibility too. Trust me, every old bed I see with traditional yet graphic curves, I imagine it black.

For now I’ll have to stick with what I’ve got which is this,

Twin beds is something that we are seeing a lot of whether it be in a shared bedroom for kids or a guest room, we previously posted about the twin invasion here. But I recently spied something that was a little different, a spin on the twin bed lineup.

What do you think about this concept? Would you rather have separate headboards?

Has anyone else noticed that twin beds are everywhere?  Some for kids, some for guests.

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