I spent Sunday alternately working on final layout of the the August issue of Horizons, and moving furniture around.  I’d read at a few feng shui websites to learn the beneficial  placements for a bed after I bought my new bed last week.  The first thing I learned was that I needed a headboard.  The past 10 years, my giant king bed had been positioned in the corner, with a dozen pillows arranged like a large settee.  I was glad to downsize to a double bed.  And since the head of the bed would be angled at a corner, I clearly needed a headboard.

I painted it white

I remembered I had a brass headboard in the shed and I went out to measure it.  I’d had it since the mid 80’s.  I don’t even think I’d ever used it.  I wasn’t surprised it was the exact size I needed.  I had several cans of white paint, so I cleaned it up and throughout the afternoon gave it several coats of paint.  When it’s dry.  I’ll attach it to the bedframe.

I also saw that I had an extra bed frame given to me by my friend Joy a year ago, and I measured to see what size it was.  A single!  The same size as my living room futon.  I decided to move the heavy wooden futon base out to the shed, since I regularly banged my ankles on it.  I set up a daybed atop the frame, with lots of room underneath for the chi to flow.   I wasn’t surprised to find it was the exact size I needed.

In fact, I’ll need four nuts and bolts measuring 3-4″ long to attach it to the bedframe and it’s my guess I have those here as well.

Andrea