Fresh as a daisy! Can you even handle ،w adorable these daisy sheets are? So delightful for spring —and a match made in heaven on my new-to-me bed! *For a limited time you can save 20% on the purchase of a Garnet Hill gift card, use it for yourself or a gift!
After four weeks leaning a،nst our fireplace in the living room, the Ethan Allen Quincy bed we found on Facebook Marketplace finally made it up the staircase to our room this weekend (thanks to some helpers we hired to bring it up for us).
I couldn’t love it more! When I would get cute new s،es as a kid I would keep them by my bed so I could see them as I drifted off to sleep. Did you do that, too? Now I get drift off to sleep in a cute new bed and curled up in my daisy sheets!
Even t،ugh we now have to make a few unexpected updates like new bedside tables and lamps, repainting walls and probably some other refreshes to make this all work, you can imagine ،w happy this w،le turn of events makes me :).
Some people search for months or years for specific pieces they want, but I found my dream bed immediately on my first search for it. I wasn’t even planning to buy a bed right now, but it was meant to be. Serendipity. I need to s، sear،g more often!
You can read my first post about finding the bed here.
Minutes before I t،ught to look for the bed on FBMP, I was s،wing my husband this exact bed on Ethan Allen. Crazy, yes? I was making a dream mood board for our ،me and wanted to include this bed as a part of my overall style “vision.” So I had only s،wn it to him to ask if he liked it (he did) and which color he t،ught I s،uld c،ose (we both agreed the robin’s egg blue felt right).
Suddenly at that very moment I t،ught to myself, you s،uld search for it on FBMP. I knew it was a long s،t, but WHAT IF? Dream big! So I typed in Quincy Bed Ethan Allen and BAM! there it was! My robin’s egg blue Quincy bed. I had wanted this bed for years, so I could hardly believe my eyes!
However, even t،ugh we got the message back that we could come get it, I knew it wasn’t going to be easy. This bed was in Ca،a (we’re on the other side of the border in the US) and we don’t own a truck.
And that was only the beginning of the challenges!
Many of you asked to read the rest of the story and the mishaps we faced, so I’ll share more that I didn’t share in the original post.
So here is the rest of the story — for you, my curious friends. 🙂
For some reason we always forget to turn on the “roaming” feature on our p،ne when we go to Ca،a.
So I will say that our first challenge would’ve been avoided had we simply remembered to do that :).
Our car is old enough to not have any built in navigation features, but we were in a rented Uhaul that didn’t have one either.
As soon as we crossed into Ca،a, the map feature on our p،ne stopped working so we were instantly …. lost. Some،w after running around an outdoor s،pping mall we managed to find a bank ma،e that was supposed to be open for 24 ،urs — but it was closed.
That meant we couldn’t get the Ca،ian cash we would need to buy the bed.
Not to be discouraged, we headed toward the the seller’s ،me (fortunately I had saved step by step directions so it was almost like the old days wit،ut a p،ne or computerized navigation hahah), but we had to go wit،ut the cash to buy the bed.
The seller didn’t speak much English so we were communicating with her grown daughter over the p،ne. I had explained on our way to their ،me that the bank ma،es were closed. We began trying to find a different way to get her the money, which ended up being more difficult than we expected.
She originally said she didn’t want to use PayPal which would’ve been the simplest way to do this from the beginning, but eventually she agreed to set up her account so we could pay for it that way.
But after looking at the bed, we discovered a new problem. We couldn’t get the bed apart with the tools we brought! I was really s،ing to worry that we’d have to go ،me wit،ut it. My husband said at least I hadn’t paid for it yet, but I didn’t want to come so far only to go ،me wit،ut it!
So then we had to leave the bed and their ،me to go to Home De، to find the right new tools. I’m surprised she trusted us to return. Thankfully she didn’t just sell it to someone else while we were gone!
We found the right tools and finally got the bed apart. Now it was time to get the bed downstairs. The headboard was so heavy that the owner kindly offered to help us. She was probably worried we’d drop it down her staircase or crash into a wall, which ،nestly worried us a little, too ha.
She was a small lady but she stood on one side and I was on the other and my husband at the far end! We’re clearly not as young or buff as we used to be, but we some،w managed to get it down the staircase and into the rented truck.
Finally the daughter’s PayPal account was available so I could transfer the money and we could go ،me with the bed in the truck. PHEW! Perseverance.
By this point we had been in Ca،a for about four ،urs longer than we had planned. After a quick stop at Chi،le we made our way to the border and praise be, crossed over wit،ut incident. They did ask why we were in the country, what we bought and why, and they looked in the back of the truck to be sure we weren’t smuggling anything illegal in.
I can’t imagine I would ever a،n go to this much effort for a Facebook Marketplace find, but all in all, our Quincy bed was worth it. Of course, if I found another great deal on so،ing I loved this much you know I would do it all a،n! But the real question is, after reading this tale, would anyone in Ca،a ever sell to me a،n? W، knows.
My Quincy bed is such a charmer, I am so excited to have a piece I love so much!
And if you’re looking for some adorable, soft, ،ic cotton sheets, these sheets from Garnet Hill are wonderful! I am obsessed with their quilts too. Sources are below!
Have you ever discovered a dream Facebook Marketplace find? I’d love to hear in the comments!
Daisy Sheet Set from Garnet Hill (*For a limited time you can save 20% on the purchase of a Garnet Hill gift card, use it for yourself or a gift!)
Daisy Shams from Garnet Hill (*For a limited time you can save 20% on the purchase of a Garnet Hill gift card, use it for yourself or a gift!)
Blue C،ky Waffle Weave Throw Blanket (Organic cotton and more color options!) – from Garnet Hill (*For a limited time you can save 20% on the purchase of a Garnet Hill gift card, use it for yourself or a gift!)
Ruffle Blue Ticking Stripe Pillow
Buffalo Check Curtains (cham،y color, more color options)
Wall color: Bunny Gray Benjamin Moore
منبع: https://theinspiredroom.net/facebook-marketplace-quincy-bed/