Among Friends

[jlkz]

@Shanus 

I read your post and my brain snagged on the comment of " get a good price..."

After selling our mountain place two or three years ago and dealing with DH's initial releuctancd to part with certain items and their price value and then talking with friends over coffees about the value of saving expensive clothing wardrobes and furniture for offspring, all I can say is:

     Do you have the room to save and use this brass bed ?

     Will your guests be comfortable in the queen size bed ?

     If you keep it, will your kids keep it or be burdened with    
          selling, good price or good riddance ?

     Trends change...it may take years for something to  ⭐️

          My friends all thought their kids would love their   
           saved treasures even though the opposite was   
            obvious from descriptions / pictures shared.

It is hard to let go.  After 50+ years, I finally donated my wedding dress to a non-profit providing wedding attire to needy but thrifty brides.  A dress takes up relatively little space compared to a bed; however, the personal meaning and value may be similar.

From your posts, you have been dealing mentally and physically with this major move for quite a while.  You must be tired of making decision after decision and even redeciding the same issue:  in the universe, what is really important.    Again, another decision, I know.

As I have been up to my ears for only two weeks with filling bins for moving to a new condo and remembering the overwhelming decisions with the sale of the mountain place, I am amazed at how simpler " keep / donate " decisions have become.  The " donate " ones make me smile now: someone just starting out or changing paths may fall in love with an item but be unable to buy it new.

I get the space and they get something important to them: Win-Win.

Best of Luck !

[SilleeMee]

Queen for me. 

A king size is too much for me to handle when it comes to rotating the mattress and the topper plus the sheets/blankets are also too much to handle with laundry and storage.

[Rockycoast]

We downsized to a Queen mattress from a King that we had for decades. Don’t miss the larger area from the king at all. More space to put 2 nightstands and walk around the bedroom. We don’t move around that much while sleeping. The smaller size is not a problem.

[ID2]

All queen here. I just can't stand sleeping like I'm the only one in the bed! Hate King beds.

[Meowingkitty]

King all the way. Anything else is just to claustrophobic. In fact when we stay at a hotel we would rather have two queen beds vs one queen just for the room.  We aren't big people but we need to make room for the kitties. We have a king bed, nightstand, tall dresser and regular dresser in the bedroom and there's plenty of room. 

[JYWilliams]

I have a king and I love it. I'm afraid when I go to downsize in house that I might have to down size in a bed.

[Iwantcoffee]

Dh and I sleep on a queen size bed. I don't think our room is large enough to accommodate a king size bed and have adequate space for moving around the room.

Only had a kings size when we rented a condo for a week and I prefer making bed for a queen size.

I think a king size bed is a better choice to share with kids and pets.

[Puppy Lips]

Queen.  But years ago my husband decided to sleep in another room.

He snored.

I liked to watch TV in bed and stay up later than he.

So we are both well rested now, both with a queen size bed to ourselves.

BUT, if we still slept in the same bed, I would have moved to a King size bed.  I would not say we are "big" people either, but I need space to spread out.  I don't want anyone breathing on me or touching me when I am trying to fall asleep.  Plus, there is the dog ........ LOL.

[bikerbabe]

Queen

King is too huge and takes over a room.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

We have a Queen, but want to upgrade to a King. Whenever we travel, we get a king sized bed and just love the extra space......Someday we will upgrade!!!!