The Eye of Kris

Believe it or not, we slept on the bed last night.

After two days in the garage, the smoke smell is completely gone, but there is still a smell from the Odornix that I used to remove the smoke smell... doh! I was going to let it sit in the garage another day, but then we realized that we have things going on just about every evening this week, and if I didn't spend the time to put it together last night, I would probably have to wait until next weekend. Not wanting to lose the use of our garage and our new bed for nearly a week, we decided to go ahead and put it together last night and give it a try. Hopefully, the smell (which is much less offensive than cigaret smoke) will fade in a week or so and we'll have a normal, neutral-smelling bed.

In retrospect, I think I probably should have just put it all out in the garage to let it air out without any sort of treatment. Who knows if that would have really worked, though, or how long it would have taken.

You're probably wondering how it slept, right? Well, actually - pretty good. I've heard it takes a few nights to get used to this kind of bed and really get a feel for what your "sleep number" is, but I think it was at least better than our old bed on the very first night. I woke up feeling pretty well-rested.

The one "feature" that is missing from this bed is the pillowtop. I was originally hoping to get a pillowtop version, but since this one was available locally I was willing to compromise on that point. After putting it together, though, it looks like the pillowtop option is something we could easily add (the top of the bed zips on and off), so I may look into that.

I guess I would say that it appears the bed will be worth all the trouble, provided that the current smell actually does go away. I hope we don't just get used to it and then become those people who don't notice the funny smell in their house...