My Amerisleep AS3 Unboxing Video (Surprise, my voice is ridiculous!) If I can (just barely) do it, you can totally tackle a bed-in-a-box by yourself. Updated 10/15/22 Amerisleep's AS5 was recently featured as the 'Best Soft Mattress in a Box' by Good Housekeeping , with the panel of reviewers noting: Pressure relief for side sleepers Taller than other boxed mattresses Good customer service Amerisleep Mattress Reviews We've been happy Amerisleep customers since purchasing our first AS3 mattress more than 9 years ago. Now we also have an AS2 and an AS4 (the AS3 is still our favorite). Born with chronic insomnia (even as a baby - my family insists I was a nightmare), the struggle to improve my sleep is my life. My husband, the overly-analytical mechanical engineer, was initially skeptical of a mail-order mattress, but he was quickly won over. 2012: Wine glass test, sans wine. I was fairly confident our brand-new mattress would pass with f
A little decorating math...
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= Oooh. (Or "EEK!", if you ask my Nana.)
For my new master bathroom, I've bought pendant lights matching the one above. Sexy Nerd is building my vanity and, per my request, he is going to paint the drawers in a variety of colors to match the lights. The final product should be similar, colorwise, to the photo above, minus all that yucky, boring white.
Me: Cost Plus has cabinet hardware on sale today for 20% off, plus I have a coupon for an extra 30% off on top of that. How many knobs will I need for my bathroom vanity?
Sexy Nerd starts counting to himself, adding things up in the air because even calculating the number of drawers he's building must be done in a super-intelligent, nerdy fashion.
Him: 18.
Me, frustrated that my husband isn't paying attention: No, not hardware for everything. How many knobs do I need for only my bathroom vanity?
Him: Yeah. 18. You wanted a lot of drawers.
18?! Don't tell Sexy Nerd, but I probably shouldn't have been trusted with free reign of designing my new closet and vanity. I may have gotten a little carried away.
Side note: If you're reading this on Saturday, March 11th, the Cost Plus World Market sale is TODAY! Sign up for their emails to get the 30% off coupon. Hopefully, I'll be updating this post later to show off an excessive amount of cute new cabinet knobs.
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= Oooh. (Or "EEK!", if you ask my Nana.)
For my new master bathroom, I've bought pendant lights matching the one above. Sexy Nerd is building my vanity and, per my request, he is going to paint the drawers in a variety of colors to match the lights. The final product should be similar, colorwise, to the photo above, minus all that yucky, boring white.
Sexy Nerd starts counting to himself, adding things up in the air because even calculating the number of drawers he's building must be done in a super-intelligent, nerdy fashion.
Him: 18.
Me, frustrated that my husband isn't paying attention: No, not hardware for everything. How many knobs do I need for only my bathroom vanity?
Him: Yeah. 18. You wanted a lot of drawers.
18?! Don't tell Sexy Nerd, but I probably shouldn't have been trusted with free reign of designing my new closet and vanity. I may have gotten a little carried away.
Side note: If you're reading this on Saturday, March 11th, the Cost Plus World Market sale is TODAY! Sign up for their emails to get the 30% off coupon. Hopefully, I'll be updating this post later to show off an excessive amount of cute new cabinet knobs.