Archive for October 2008
Day 118: After looks a lot like Before, with a little more plastic
Went to Red Hook Ikea and got an encasable sofabed and new dresser (mine unfortunately began falling apart shortly before bed bugs).
How things look on Day 118:
Bedroom:
Living Room:
I found a cheap vinyl encasement from Bed, Bath, and Beyond in New Jersey, 9″ high, full-size, that ended up fitting the sofabed mattress perfectly. (Couldn’t find anything more shallow than 13″ in the 6th Avenue one in Manhattan.)
Day 99: Tidings of Comforter and Joy
In New York, I somehow got into the habit of using a down comforter year round – I like the way the bed looks with the comforter pulled over, like a giant pillow (and it just seems naked without), and usually when the a/c is on at night in the summer (as it always is) it’s too cold for just a sheet or a light blanket.
The down comforter got purged the weekend before my first treatment in July, and I replaced it finally on October 7.
National Allergy has a comforter encasement (that looks much like a pretty duvet cover) for around $100, but I went the cheap route with a $50 Wamsutta cotton comforter with polyester filling, no encasement, from Bed Bath and Beyond. I will just stick it in the dryer if I get reinfested. If I had more cash on hand, though, I would have bought a nice down comforter and get the National Allergy cover.
