Yesterday was a very interesting day, and it was a bed day.
On marketplace we noticed that a place nearby, the Grouse Nest off Gillespie Road in Sooke, was selling off some old furniture and one particular bed caught our eye, mainly because it had solid wood baseboard and headboard, the bed spring was covered up by a mattress, so we had no idea what we would find.
The Grouse Nest has been many things over the last 100 years, a massive waterfront mansion and out buildings, 80 acres now but has been much bigger in it's history, well worth checking out on the internet if you have the time. It was a home to millionaires, a resort (more than once as it burnt down) and over the last few years has been a refuge for displaced Ukrainian refugees, unfortunately the owner recently died and it is now up for sale again, hence the estate sale.
There were two beds, serving as a basis for a much larger bed, once we had uncovered them, this is what we found, rock solid bed frame, tool free design and an intriguing bed spring arrangement as can be seen. As we had a future need for another single bed, we bought the frame and transported it back to the house inside the Acura.
We were not sure about the bed spring and just bought the frame, however, after some consideration later we drove back to the Grouse Nest and picked up the extra bit, the lady had also found an unused Sealy Posturepedic mattresses in the storage area, so we picked that up too. It was quite the exciting (if that is the word for it) drive back home with the bed spring and mattress strapped onto the roof rack, the bed spring being a significant weight and the mattress was flapping at the front as other drivers tried to push our speed on the highway, impatient people, wanting to get places faster.
I tried to do some research on the design of that bed spring, it does seem to be potentially a hundred years old, perhaps they were used for servant's beds back in the 1920s, quite remarkable to be in such good condition and a high quality, solid wood and steel bed with a lot of life left, try buying something like that from the Brick nowadays and expect it to last.
All safe and sound in our house now though, it was an odd thing, we had not realised that a bed day could make you feel so tired.
