Burning Question: Sleep Around?
I think we can all admit that sometimes we get bored by our routines and occasionally feel the need to mix things up a bit. Right?
So that’s why we’re wondering if you guys, like us, ever cheat on your master bedroom and spend the night in another room of the house? Maybe you’ve wanted to test out the guest bedroom before the in-laws visit (is the mattress a dream or a nightmare?). Or a renovation has forced you to find another sleep spot for a few nights (like when our recent floor refinishing drove us to a mattress in the den). And we can’t forget the always fun adventure of camping in your own backyard…
We don’t own a tent, but we did celebrate a recent warm night by sleeping on the daybed in our sunroom. It was a good reminder that twin beds are not designed for two adults and a squirmy chihuahua. And that the sun comes up too early. But it was a little at-home adventure none the less. Enough about us – what’s your sleep around story?
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When we were young, my brother and I had this awesome indoor tent that fit onto the matress of our single beds the way a fitted sheet does. We only had one and we fought over that thing endlessly until my mom made a “joint custody” schedule that involved tearing down the tent and putting it back together every 3 days or so. Seems like a lot of work now that I think back but it was worth it to camp in the comfort of your own bed! I wonder if they make those things for king beds? I see next year’s Christmas list taking shape already!
lol…Well I don’t cheat on my master bed room, but I do get tired of always having to sleep on one side of the bed. My husband usually sleeps near the alarm clock because he gets up first. So Friday and Saturday nights, we switch sides to change it up. We actually really look forward to it. I know..it’s silly but we sleep like babies those nights.
You can find me camping out in my guest bedroom/office, sometimes as much as twice a week! The bed in there has an “egg crate” cushion and it’s soooo much more comfortable than my bed! Of course, I could purchase one for my room but just haven’t done it yet.
Due to an ordering snafu with our master bedroom set, we moved our old bed into the guest room about a week before our new set ended up arriving. So for that week, we got to take our previously empty, newly furnished guest room for a test run before we handed it over to any visitors we might have. I *LOVE* that bed (part of me is still sad we upgraded to a king, even though it too is very comfy) so I was completely content with getting one more week out of it! And now we can say with total confidence that we have very lucky (and well-rested) guests! :o)
Oh and P.S. I just voted — you guys are so close to catching up!!
My hubby of nine years and I love to make a pallet in front of the TV, put in a movie, cuddle and fall asleep…we’ve been doing this since we were newlyweds!
What funny timing – We actually just slept in our guestroom last night! We wanted to try out our new sofa bed. Plus our master bedroom is a converted attic, and it gets pretty hot and stuffy up there in the summer. The main level guestrooms are much nicer, temperature-wise. We’ve also camped out on our couch (during remodeling projects, mostly) and even on the floor when our dog was sick. Always fun to mix things up a bit.
your only 68 points behind!!!!
I must be incredibly lame. My husband and I never stray from the master bedroom – or trade sides of the bed! You guys definitely have me thinking now, though. :)
You don’t own a tent?!!!! And I thought you were so normal!! ;=) That is hard to wrap my mind around, as we currently have three and that is not counting the tent I gave to my sister when we got married. But we fell in love backpacking, so I guess that explains things. We have a one-person tent, a two-person, and now, with a wee one, a “family car camping” tent. But I will say we have fit all four of us in the two-man tent and slept just dandy (exhaustion will do that to ya) – Josh, me, our then 16-month old, and Mocha, our Australian Cattle Dog who is MUCH bigger than Burger (but she sends her greetings). Yes, we have backpacked with a one-year old, but that’s a whole ‘nother story. Straying from the question, sorry, but yes, we WILL be sleeping in our backyard this summer!!!!
Funny question. I rarely cheat on my master bedroom, but the guest bedroom has the bed that was mine before I moved in with my fiance, so I miss it and I do sleep in it every once in awhile. Maybe I’ll do that this weekend :)
We used to switch it up by bringing blankets and pillows into the living room to sleep on the floor (right on the carpet!). We usually watched TV or played video games into the night. Unfortunately, now that we have moved we have laminate flooring so it’s not too comfortable to do that. I miss it a lot!
We havent yet, but we plan on sleeping either on our screened-in porch, or in the backyard (we would have to borrow a tent though) sometime this summer.
I LOVE camping! Even if it’s only in the back yard. And it is so fun to mix it up every once in a while. My husband and I have been known to have slumber parties on our living room floor after we’ve fallen asleep to a movie. Also, I recognize that mountain! (I should since I’ve hiked it before.) That’s Mt. Timpanogos in Utah! Isn’t it so pretty?
Yep, I’ve slept in our guest room with my husband and by myself and love love loved it.
Hi John and Sherry!
Greetings from the suburbs of Philly! Long time fan but first time commenter (although I entered a few giveaways, I never posted a burning question response). My hubby and I actually have a tradition revolving around sleeping in other rooms in our house. Immediately following the closing on our first home back in 2006, we drove right over to our new furniture-less abode and celebrated with a “carpet picnic” complete with champagne, strawberries, and of course, our beloved Pointer mix, Cooper. (Our Realtor actually left him a gift basket of his very own full of doggy treats!) We turned our picnic into a full blown slumber party, just like you and Sherry did, even though we had a perfectly comfortable king size bed back at our apartment. Since then, that is how we have celebrated Valentine’s Day, and some of our anniversaries. Today actually marks our 5-year anniversary, and we plan to make fondue and watch old movies – and end the night camping out in our newly renovated basement! (I promise to send pictures when it is 100% photo-op ready!) These little mini-staycations are virtually cost-free and super exciting. I think that it is the slight swerve away from routine that recharges our batteries and makes us appreciate our house so much more! Love the blog and all you do – keep up the amazing energy and great work!
My husband and I live in a small stone cottage in an olive grove by the sea in Greece. Every year in August a horde of friends and family descend upon us for about two weeks. We just turn the entire house into sleeping quarters for the guests, move the living and dining areas out to our outdoor terrace and move into a tent under a tree. For two weeks we fall asleep to the sound of the sea lapping aginst the shore, owls hooting in the distance and the August moon hanging like an immense globe in the sky. We love it. So much so that we have plans to build a tree house and maybe sleep in it all summer!
We have been forced to be nomads so often during our short 6-month marriage that now that we have our own master bedroom and amazing Tempur Pedic mattress, we relish it. I do still house-sit fairly often and just LOVE coming home to my own bed.
we’ve camped out on the living room floor for a movie night….and in the backyard on the trampoline with our boys. under the stars, lots of giggles lol!
Vida – Your cottage sounds postively romantic!! You should definitely post pictures, I’m so jealous ;)
OOoohhh! I love camping!!! I’ve never been camping in my back yard (but if that were my view you can bet I would)!
And voted – AGAIN!!!
You guys are catching up in the voting!!!!
We used to fall asleep on our porch from time to time while watching the summer thunderstorms. It was so peaceful and airy… until people walked by and the sun came up too early. We lived in an apartment complex and never seemed to remember that the waking up part made us grumpy because the falling asleep to the rain was so serene.
I love to sleep around our own house! My favorite, by far, is on the roof. We have a roof deck with city views, so we’ve pulled the bench cushions down, thrown down some sheets, and enjoyed the cooler breezes up there.
PS … I noticed you’re moving up in the ranking on BHG … you’re about to take over!
We sleep in the basement in the summer.. we say, “We summer in the Man Room” (the name for our basement family room)
Rally cap time!!!! Come on everyone VOTE VOTE VOTE!!! John and Sherry are catching up.
Oh, I am liking the BHG numbers I am seeing! wah-hoo!
Some of our favorite nights are spent “camping” on the air mattress in the living room. We don’t have a yard and our deck is too small for it, so we pull aside the coffee table and park our selves right there. The best part about living room camping is the ability to snuggle under a down comforter with fresh popped popcorn and a nice glass of red wine…mmm…maybe we’ll do that tonight!
An old boyfriend and I used to sleep on lawn chairs on the roof of my apartment building back in the day when I lived in Los Angeles. It would get so hot and of course, the 1920s brick charmer I lived in had no air conditioning to keep us cool. But there would sometimes be a slight breeze on the roof at night. It was really romantic, actually, and I am glad you stirred up the memory for me.
When we were having wood laminate flooring installed in our den and master bedroom we ended up on the futon in the office/guest room…with all the furniture and two 65 lb. dogs! It was not a comfy week as far as the space goes but the futon was very comfy! Now that we’re re-doing the guest room, I think we’ll end up sleeping in there some time soon! I also want to sleep under our covered patio :)
I just voted again and noticed you’ve made up ground! WOW! Let’s keep voting people!!
Does falling asleep on the couch count? If so, I cheat on my master bedroom ALOT! Otherwise, we have had to camp in the living room before. We liked it so much, we slept there an extra night for fun! Yea, that’s our idea of fun..ha!
We tried making a pallet on the floor one time to fall asleep watching movies. We totally regretted it the next morning when we were so achy! And when our daughter was a newborn for the first 12 weeks we slept in our guest bedroom so that we had less of a distance to go feed her during the night, plus it just felt better being so close to her. She didn’t dig sleeping anywher other than her crib, so bringing her to our room didn’t work. But all in all, nothing beats your own bed!!
Sometimes I stay the night at my boyfriend’s place. But he prefers his bed “firm” and I like my like a cloud. I don’t sleep well those nights and usually have a headache the next day. Just recently (last week) bought a new bed and am totally glad I did. Memorial Day weekend I made him stay at my place for 4 nights in a row!
I just voted and am so excited to see how close you’re getting to first place. Go Young House Love!!!
I have a stupid question, but how are you all getting profile pics to show up with your comments?
Hey Kristi,
Just head over to http://www.gravatar.com and register with the e-mail address you use to comment here. It may take a few hours to update, but before you know it your photo should show up next to your comments. Hope that helps!
-John
I’ve always wanted one of those charming 1920 bungalows with a sleeping porch overlooking the shores of Cape Cod. Hmmm… maybe one day :)
BTW, I had HGTV on today while I was cleaning house and just as I was walking through the family room to go get the vacuum, I saw you two youngsters on Rate My Space :) It was a nice surprise, haha
We sleep in the guest room at least once a week (it’s a nice room) and I spend about 3 days a week in there as I work nights & it has blackout blinds. That’s my must-have for my guests – a black-out blind!
We live in PA but have a future retirement home in Palm Springs, CA. We only get there twice a year and when we do, if the weather cooperates, we end up sleeping on our very comfy chaise lounge chairs out by the pool. Bugs like mosquitos are not a problem in the desert. If we are there during a hot spell the nights can be in the 70′s or 80′s and sleeping outside under the stars is not only beautiful, it allows us to keep the A/C off in the house!! Now we just need to get a lounge chair for two!!
Just recently my husband asked if we could switch side of the bed for the night. I just couldn’t give it up! It would feel too weird.
And then of course there are those nights when the hubby snores so loud it could wake the dead. It has crossed my mind a few times to go try out the guest bed. Not yet though.
When our new queen bedroom set arrived, my hubby and I were still waiting on our mattress delivery. So… we camped out in the living room — he took the couch, I took the loveseat. We were pleasantly surprised at how well we slept! However, I definitely couldn’t switch sides of the bed… I’m a creature of habit that way.
I just voted and it’s a 68-vote gap. Getting really close!
The first 2 nights in our new apartment, we slept on the living room floor because we hadn’t moved any of our furniture in. It was fun starting out married life with a slumber party! :)
I find it amusing that in this day we consider it a novelty not to sleep in our bedrooms. I have a love of touring older homes from the Victorian era. Many were built with sleeping porches for those nights when it was too hot inside the house. Usually they would be positioned on a corner in order to catch a cross breeze.
These screened porches were typical outfitted with woven wicker beds, night tables and chairs. I have seen some which were complete with paintings on the walls and other accessories.
Currently my favourite alternative sleeping place in my condo is on my sofa. There is too much traffic to facilitate a good night’s sleep on my balcony unfortunately.
Yes I love to sleep around. We use to have living room camp outs on Friday nights. We have also slept on a inflatable mattress on the kids’ play fort. But boy do I love my own bed.
Come on people we are making head way on the vote! Lets win John and Sherry so “DIY dough” so they can show us some more cool projects!
Hilarious lead in. That was great. Though by remodeling the Stone House we’ve been on an extremely long sleep around.
I just voted in the BHG contest and John and Sherry are in first place! Woo hoo! Let’s keep them there!
Wahoo! Thanks so much to everyone who’s voting for our porch project over on BHG! It’s still definitely not in the bag but we love the little boost as of late and hope that the trend continues! There are only two more weeks so we’d reeeeally appreciate any and all votes you guys would like to give to us until the close of the contest on June 12th. This is gonna be a nail biter!
xoxo,
Sherry (& John)
Oh sure… especially when it gets to be 90+ degrees in the upstairs of our house, and there’s not a breath of wind during the night.
We’ve slept on mattresses in our basement while refinishing the upstairs floors, and in the family room.
Sleeping in a tent in our back yard sounds best of all, though, especially since we could haul out some single mattresses, blankets, pillows, and be super comfy!
We had neighbors once who had a raised back deck with the only access being from inside the house. They hung mosquito netting, moved their bed outdoors, and spent most of the year sleeping outside. They only got drenched a couple of times… heh.
just voted too! good luck!
Generally do not sleep around as DH doesn’t like to and I just don’t like sleeping without him. Nor do we switch sides, that would be too strange. But… I have not slept in our bed for about the last three months! Save the occasional night here and there. I have discovered how comfortable our sofa is on my (then) 9-mos-pregnant body and now cuddling with a newborn who likes to be up every couple hours. Comfy, but I can’t wait to get back to my own bed. :)