Most of my friends are fully aware of my obsession with my bed . I will admit that I have been known to iron my sheets. Yes I did say "iron"! Upon meeting my housekeeper for the very first time and mentioned to her that I require to have my sheets pressed once in a while, she gave me the most disturbed look. I'm not at all surprised by her reaction. It is a bit much,but all of this, and I say this with utmost authority, is worth it when you have but 6hours of sleeping time. Shouldn't one make the best of it? That being said, when I moved to this apt, I had sold my previous bed:a metal canopy bed which I fell in-love with, and had an 8year love affair until my recent relocation to Brooklyn.
I did so thinking that I would want to get a lighter metal finish as the original was in a dark grey natural finish. The stainless steel finish seemed like it would suit the space better. The search thus began with Room and Board.They had agreed to make a custom one for me, but as I pondered the notion of buying yet another metal bed, I began to question it. Do I really want another one given it is all I've ever had.
Then I came across Ralph Lauren's "Rue Royal Bed"in all of its grandeur. It literally shattered every notion in my head of what a bed should look and be like. This made my metal bed seemed rather amateurish at best. I began to do my due diligence and sadly it turns out that the bed is far too big for my space. But I was not willing to accept defeat. I was now on the quest to find the bed that would rival this in its grandeur and glory.
And by accident, I came across the CLEO bed which I found to possess the same quality that I so loved about the ROYALE bed but within the confines of my rather minimimalistic tendencies. I love the the fact that this bed is both classic and contemporary. Handsome and elegant at the same time.
