One of the things I have been on the look out for at the local thrift stores is a box spring mattress that REALLY has springs in it. Not because I really hope to have the WORST sleep ever, but because I want to use the SPRINGS in something. I don't even know WHAT I WANT TO USE THEM FOR... I just want them, OK? This summer, while I was out at the Myrtle Point City Wide Garage Sale, I spotted a mattress on the curb, with a FREE sign on it!! So of course I snatched it up...
EXCEPT THAT.
I had the kids...
and my friend Kerin...
and it didn't fit in the VAN with all those BODIES in there...
BUT
I have a friend in that town... (who shall remain nameless since I don't know if she'd like you to know exactly what town she lives in...)
This friend just HAPPENED to be at her father's garage sale just down the street from
THE MATTRESS.
So I shoved as much of the mattress as I COULD...
into the back of the van and over the top the back seat and the top of the boy's heads...
(yes. I made them scrinch down so I could shove SOMEONE ELSE'S mattress over them)
and drove very slowly (with the back of the van open too) back to the father's house.
Poor man. He really didn't have a choice...
and proceeded to ask him if I could leave SOMEONE ELSE'S mattress at his house until I could come back without people and get it.
Turns out that friend who will not be named was going to be passing my way a couple days later, and she dropped it off so I didn't have to drive back.
See?
With friends like that, how can you NOT pick up SOMEONE ELSE'S mattress off the side of the road?
Once I have a moment, I'll take that sucker apart and show you all the SPRINGS I own now!!
This glass who knows what... with really cool writing on it!!
And all those tiny doll arms!! Just WAITING to be put to good use. This is my favorite shot from the batch I took.
BUT HEY.
When you just spent the afternoon figuring out how you're going to keep SOMEONE ELSE'S mattress...
you really don't have a lot of room to talk...
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7 Comments:
Gotcha beat my dear :) My Mom and I drove 6 hours with the legs of an iron bed stuck out the windows, in the summer heat of the South. Oh yeah, that was one cool bed we found. ALthough you do have me beat with the FREE part. I can't top that!
You always make me smile...and the story of the mattress over the boys heads...just made me laugh!!! No whatcha going to do with those springs!!! I just adore finding the perfect JUNK!!!! Not JUNK to me but TREASURES!!! Love that little glass with the writing on it!!! Have a great one and keep searching for the PERFECT FIND!!! :)
Once again you Rock with your honesty and what you do...Love it..Ive had trips like that...and load up over the kids...ha ha...its a story for them to retell later and laugh...Have a great weekend...wanna know what you end up with the mattress springs lol..
Smiles,
Sonia ;)
My son would totally freak out if I came home with a old used mattress and there would be no way he would let me put it anywhere near his head. Now it is so something I would do if it was something I wanted LOL I once dragged home this huge tree branch from the other side of town cause I really needed it! Love your story Rachel. Great finds too!!
Remember how grandma and grandpa drove all the way from Northern California to Southern CA with that huge slab of redwood in their VW van and Lance lying on top! I tell ya, it's in our blood :D
It takes a very dedicated artist to salvage an entire mattress as you did! Just remember even though I was taking up valuable room in the car I *did* help move that mattress around!!1 So that means I still get to go next time right?!!?!
I can't wait to see what you make with those springs.
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