furniture/bed recommendations?

[mellowtigger]

List of protests and safety suggestions: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1q7labj/locations_of_protest_safety_how_to_help_if_you/

I'm trying to think what to do about the government thugs in Minneapolis and the threat from our Republican Vice President for them "going door to door to find undocumented migrants" (NPR.org) in my neighborhood.

I have very little furniture, nothing that would accommodate anyone besides me. I dislike strangers in my house, and I've avoided them for a decade. Now, however, seems like an appropriate time/use for the added stress of such social involvements.

Q1: Do you have any recommendations for some furniture that above all else is easy to disassemble? I've never bought furniture unless I could pick it up and move it myself. That means I have very little. I don't even own a bedframe, preferring my mattress directly on the floor. Easy to disassemble is a requirement, but non-polluting-or-destroying materials is also important to me. I'm considering the Thuma brand. Thuma's webpage says they use sustainably sourced wood, but they don't really explain details, so it might just be greenwashing advertising.

I intend to buy two TwinXL sized frames. They could both go in the spare bedroom, separately or pushed together, or I could try one of them myself if they remain unused there.

Q2: Do you have any recommendations for TwinXL mattress? Keep in mind that my little house upstairs goes from extreme cold to extreme heat because there's not much proper in-house ventilation. I'm considering either Purple or Nectar brands, but I'm very open to suggestions. Purple markets their Restore Plus version as better for side sleepers like me, with improved airflow, which is important when bundled under layers of blankets during Minnesota winters. That's the TwinXL model that I'm leaning toward buying for myself and the new bedframes.

Q3: Do you have any recommendations for a heated recliner? My old recliner (hauled here a decade ago after someone's relative died and they needed to clear the house) is literally falling apart now, so I need a replacement. If it was heated, then I wouldn't have to repeatedly buy a new electric blanket every 2 years or so. Most brands I see online come with far too many amenities if they include heating. I just want a recliner with heating, that's all.

Comments

[bitterlawngnome]

We have a Purple and it's very comfy.

[mellowtigger]

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll wait a bit to see if anyone speaks up with other options, but I'm definitely leaning that direction.

[threemeninaboat]

Buying used is always the greenest option, but you knew that. Contact your local used furniture guys and see what they have?

[mellowtigger]

I did know, but I had forgotten, so thanks for the reminder. Living without a car has dramatically diminished the range of things that I consider possible in the day-to-day routine. I'll see if there are such stores around here, although as long as they deliver, maybe the location of the store doesn't matter. I did walk this afternoon to 3 houses that I know. Only one answered. We understood each other well as we said things that wouldn't get anyone in any trouble. For the other 2, I think I'll need to write a nice and blandly worded note, so they recognize my house if they know anyone who should want to visit.

Now, to get some furniture so somebody could at least sit somewhere in my house. LOL

[oracne]

A good plan.

[mellowtigger]

I want to say more about that short conversation I had today with a neighbor. I can't for obvious reasons. It highlights how fucked up all of this (gestures at USA) is. That conversation was Nazi Germany levels of fucked up coded conversation for everyone's safety. Even if nothing more happens in my neighborhood, that conversation will remain something that never should have been necessary. I started replaying it this evening in my head, and I drank a beer to distract myself and keep from crying.

[oracne]

It's all awful. But you did a good thing.

[armiphlage]

IKEA mattresses are unreasonably good for the price.

IKEA has a reclining chair made of bent wood (no plastic, just a few metal fasteners) that is also incredibly comfortable and long-lasting, and really easy to transport.

[mellowtigger]

Oh, that's an interesting idea. Did you mean something like this rocking chair? I wonder if it would still work well with an ottoman, like this fixed chair. I wonder if I could find a heated yoga mat of appropriate width and length to fit over both of them. That would make for a rugged combination like I'm seeking.

edit: This mat (or this one) seems the right width, if a little long.

[armiphlage]

The second set is what I had for over a decade. Lightweight, comfortable, and you can pick which cushions come with it.