Mattress Buying Tips

Hi friends.

 

If there’s one thing you know about me, it’s that I will almost always buy some vintage, well-loved, or just plain old before new.

 

There is an exception to that rule, however.  Mattresses.

 

While we did accept a family hand-me-down mattress soon after we got married (that will be 22 years ago on June 14th!), that was a one time deal.

 

We will be in the market soon for a new mattress for our bed, so I thought I’d share some edumacation I received on choosing a mattress based on my preferred sleeping position.  Which is “start on your side, roll to your back while sleeping, wake yourself up snoring and roll back to your side.  Repeat.”

 

The following is a guest post written on this very topic!  How cool is that? 

 

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The position you sleep in is often a huge factor in regard to the quality of sleep you get. Since your sleeping position affects how well you sleep, it’s important to choose the right kind of mattress. Making the wrong choice can result in sleeplessness and discomfort, and many people often overlook their sleeping position when it comes to purchasing a new mattress or bed.

Dependent on what position you sleep in, different body parts will have direct contact with the mattress, whereas others will not. With that in mind, www.bedroomworld.co.uk has compiled a list of tips to guide you when it comes to choosing the correct mattress for your style of sleep.

 

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Back Sleepers:
Those who sleep on their back might notice that the curvature of the spine is more pronounced in this position. It’s important therefore to have good support for the lower back. Stiff mattresses should be avoided since they push against the spine as opposed to providing the curved support needed by those who sleep on their back. On the other end of the spectrum, it’s also advisable to avoid choosing a bed which is too soft, as it will simply be unable to provide an ample level of back and body support. Back sleepers should opt for a medium-firm mattress.

Side Sleepers:
Sleeping on your side means that your hips and shoulders are in greater direct contact with the mattress, and this can lead to a noticeable build-up of pressure on these body parts. Side sleepers should choose a bed which won’t put too much stress on the hips and shoulders – preferably one which will relieve pressure from these areas.
Memory foam mattresses are ideal for those who sleep on their side as they are generally softer, allowing the body to sink into the mattress. Softer beds will allow for easy accommodation of the natural curvature of the body while keeping the spine correctly aligned.

Front/Stomach Sleepers:
When sleeping on your stomach, the flattest area of the body comes into direct contact with the mattress. With this in mind, it’s a good idea to opt for a bed with a firm mattress. Choosing a soft or medium mattress could lead to suffering from backache, as the spine will take too much pressure as a result of the pelvis sinking into the bed. Those who sleep on their front should also take into consideration the elevation of their head and neck from pillows – too much could also cause neck ache.

 

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Got any more mattress buying tips for me?  Please share in the comments!

 

(all pictures are from my new “Bedrooms” Pinterest board.  Follow along here.)

 

Don’t forget to enter the Shabby Apple Vintage Dress giveaway here!

Vintage Style Giveaway from Shabby Apple

Hello friends!

Happy June to you!

 

Don’t ya just LOVE June?  Here are FIVE reasons to love June:

1. 1.  It’s warm, but not too hot.
2. 2.  No bugs yet.
3. 3.  Graduations and weddings.  So many wonderful new beginnings.
4. 4.  School’s out!!
5. 5.  June is the first month of summer, and winter seems far far away.

Today I have a treat for you.  Shabby Apple would like to give one of you a beautiful vintage style dress to wear to one of June’s many dressy occasions.

 

I love Shabby Apple’s style, the beautiful fabrics, and the perfect way they evoke the vintage clothing feel that so many of us love.

 

Now, I got to pick the dress, so I picked this gorgeous charcoal gray style named Moon River. 

This style is a nice slimming dark color, with a beautiful peplum style.  I heard somewhere that the peplum style can hide a belly bulge.  Ahem. 

 

Not that I think any of you might prefer a dark slimming color or a peplum.  Just sayin’

 

Here’s the description:

Wide boat neck fitted dress with cap sleeves

Available in charcoal grey

Tapered skirt with tiered ruffles at the waist

Stretch sateen

 

Click here for more views of this gorgeous dress.

 

Want to win?  Just leave a comment on this post and tell me to what memorable occasion you would don this beauty.

 

I’ll announce the winner on Friday, June 7.

Polka Dot Patio Table

Hello friends!  It’s been awhile since we talked, but a LOT has been going on behind the scenes here at Reinvented. 

 

Good stuff.  Positive change. 

 

Stuff I will share about over the next few weeks.

 

Man, we’re going to have f.u.n.

 

Speaking of fun,  I’ve got a funtastic trash to treasure project to share today. 

 

 

 

My latest adventure started with this here yellow and rusty metal table.  I bought it at the Rural Society Antique and Garden Show earlier this month.

 

Our first journey as new friends was to the back yard for a much needed bath with a steel wool soap pad.  We all look fresher after a little exfoliation, don’t ya think?

 

After we had gotten to know each other a bit, out came a can of colonial red spray paint.

 

Aaannnddd some fabulous accessories.

 

 

As in vinyl polka dotted accessories cut with my under-used and much neglected Silhouette machine.

 

So cute, huh?  And yes, I was so going for an imperfectly beautiful look. 

 

She’s just perfect with my low maintenance, high plastic chairs from Lowe’s.

 

I think that she, my magazines and a wine glass will be inseparable this summer.

 

Got any trash to treasure projects you’d like to share?  E-mail me at reinventedkb{at}gmail.com and your project could be featured here on Reinvented! 

Trash to Treasure, The Patio Edition

Good morning!  Come on in and have a seat, I’ve got some cool stuff to show you. 

Need coffee?  Okay, get that first.

Have you been working on cleaning and sprucing up your outdoor space like I have?   I’d really like to add some color and whimsy to mine, so I’ve been pinning away some great ideas.
Follow my Pinterest board “Patio Possibilities” here.

Since I’m all about repurposing, re-doing, and upcycling, I also have several ideas pinned to my “REINVENTIONS” board.

Projects I’d like to tackle this spring/summer.

Like this stamped silver whirlygig from Finding Home.

Whirlygig is one of my favorite words.

Love love love the Bible verse detail on the silverware.

These garden treasure jars I saw on hometalk are way cool.  All you need are empty glass jars (jelly, spaghetti sauce, whatever), scrap wood,  and clear glass “beads” from the dollar store.  

Upcycling at its finest, and almost free.  My favorite kind of project.

I am DYING over these bike planters.  Wow.  Must find cheap old bikes that wouldn’t mind becoming planters…

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You won’t believe this one.  Patio lights from a tuna can, pvc pipe, a dollar store vase and candle.  Get. out!

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Here’s another awesome yard ornament idea, a dragonfly fashioned from an old table leg and ceiling fan blades.

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It sounds like a trip to the Restore is in my near future.

Which project is your favorite?

Guest Post—Fun With Fabric

Good morning all!  I have a guest post to share today with some fun options for home décor fabric. You know how I love me some fabric…

Curtain Fabrics Aren’t Just for Making Curtains
The term curtain fabric is a generic name given to material which is suitable for making soft furnishings for your home, namely window dressings such as curtains and drapes. However, curtain fabrics can be used for more than just making curtains. They can be used for all manner of other soft furnishing projects around the home.


With regard to window dressing, fabric can also be used to make roller and Roman blinds, tie-backs for curtains, it can also be used to cover pelmets, often referred to as a lambrequin or catonniere, and make valances.


(Kimm here, sorry to interrupt, but isn’t this carnation fabric SOO PRETTY??)

Move away from the windows and fabric can be used to make cushions and even carry out lightweight domestic upholstery such as foot stools, recovering dining room seat pads, chair slips for both the living and dining room.

(me again, sorry,but this would be fabulous on dining room chairs…)

The trend for bed canopies is another great example of how curtain fabrics can be used in the home. From the simplest form of canopy which is made by draping a lightweight fabric over a basic frame to the more elaborate canopies and curtains for four poster-style beds where curtains and canopies have been used for centuries to provide privacy and warmth in the bed chamber.
Easy home-craft projects can include lining a pretty wicker basket or covering a food tin for storing knick-knacks and jewelry in, to the more complex patchwork designs made into gorgeous bedspreads and quilts. Large scatter cushions and bean bags are easy to make and form informal seating which compliments other fabrics within a room.


(you can just imagine how I feel about this one…)

Curtain fabrics can also be used as a wall covering or hanging. Once again this is not a new interior design concept. Famous designers, such as William Morris, made and used beautiful printed fabrics to cover walls. The process is ideal for DIY buffs and those who love a challenge, but the end result can look and feel fabulous. One great advantage to using fabric to cover walls is that it can be removed far easier than most wallpapers when it's time to redecorate. Fabric starch is used to give the fabric stability or another method is to use a sugar syrup solution.



(cover an unsightly wall in a nursery with this one, or upholster a screen as a room divider, so cute!)



Fabric wall hangings, screens or panels are an effective way for people to hide walls that aren't in perfect condition or for those who are restricted to the amount of alterations and redecoration they are able to make in a rented home.

These are just a few of the uses for curtain material and fabric, the possibilities are only as endless as your imagination and interior design prowess.
Thanks for visiting today!  I’ll be back tomorrow with some awesome Trash to Treasure Finds for your garden and patio!

Five Favorites on Friday—Blogger Homes

Hi everyone!  I’m posting my Friday Favorites a little early, cuz tomorrow I’ll be here

 

With my friend Shannon, from Vintage Restyled, having fun, selling beautiful wares, meeting as many of YOU as we can, and making cool announcements. 

Come see us, we’d really love to meet you!

 

Anyway,  tonight I thought I’d share some of my favorite blogger homes. 

It’s no secret I LOVE home bloggers, and I LOVE their houses…

but these are some of the abodes that I’d live in if I could.

 

And I mean that in a totally noncreepy way.

 

1.  Ashley and Jamin’s house at the Handmade Home.

Why do I love this house?  It’s full of beautiful color and handmade goodness.  And a fantastic collected over time look.  Exactly how I want my house to look.  Only I want it right now.

impatient, much?

 

2.  Lindsey’s house at The Pleated Poppy

 

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Are you seeing a pattern here?  I see similar colors, and the collected look.  My favorite thing about Lindsey’s house is the sense of whimsy and fun.  She’s not too serious about her house, and I heard once that some people get way too serious about their décor in some crazy quest for perfection.  Ahem.

 

I REALLY like fabric garlands.

 

3.  Edie’s house at Life in Grace.

 

O.M.G., her bedroom.  And her boots.  And those walls.  and the headboard.  The combo of whimsy and sophistication is out. of. this. world. 

 

The kitchen…swoon.

 

4.  Dana’s house at House Tweaking. 

 

 

Dana lives in the Buckeye State with me, so I’m kinda partial to her. 

Well, you know, not exactly with me…

although that would be okay…

 

there I go being creepy again.

 

She has the coolest modern cottage taste, I love everything she chooses.

 

THIS is where she does laundry!

 

5.  Last, but certainly not least, is Kari’s house in Kentucky at Thistlewood Farms.

 

Creepy or not, I would pack my bags tomorrow if Kari invited me to wake up every morning in her delicious home.

 

I would make us granola every day with some beautiful cereal bowls from this butler’s pantry.

And I’m pretty sure my sleeping bag would fit right next to that cute little ottoman.  I’d be real quiet, and not make a sound until the sun beamed through those beautiful windows…

 

Good grief, I’ve GOT. TO. STOP.  

Have a great weekend!  I’m hoping to have great pics to share next week from this weekend’s sale.

 

See you then!

My Weekend

Hi all, Happy Sunday!

What have you been doin’ this weekend?

 

I’ve done a LOT of this

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Used a LOT of this (new to me, but I really love it.)

 

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with these

 

from here.

 

Now I realize that NONE of these are totally cool ways to spend a weekend, but when I actually have a weekend free to catch up on chores,  I get a LOT of satisfaction from knowing that my house is reasonably clean.

 

If that means you think I’m weird, then…

 

It’s about time.

 

WANT TO KNOW WHAT I’M DOING NEXT WEEKEND??

 

OMG, this event is way more exciting than Lysol and purple rags.  Even the fly lady’s purple rags.

I’ll be here!  With my friend Shannon from Vintage Restyled.

She’ll be selling her beautifully restyled furniture and decorative items, and I’LL BE HELPING. 

Seriously, that moment needed all caps.

 

Just look at this stuff.

 

 

The hardest part for me will be helping and not buying.

You may have to pry this cabinet and all of the ironstone she plans to put in it from my cold. dead. fingers.

 

Wow.

 

Please please please come and see us!