Det er en ven, som jeg taler i telefon med ca. en gang om måneden, og vi ser hinanden 1-2 gange om året. Men han er en af de venner, som bare kommer ind af døren, og så kunne han lige så godt have været her altid. De venskaber er ubetalelige.
Vi deler meget af vores syn på tilværelsen og verden i al almindelighed, og så er der emner, hvor vi står laaaaangt fra hinanden - som det bør være i venskaber, hvor man er ærlig, for det er dér man gror, og vi kan diskutere den halve nat. Ikke for at vinde diskussionen, men for at blive klogere på, at der er mange måder at se ting på.
Mine forberedelser var jo mange, fordi min gæstemadras var blevet ødelagt, og det er egentlig den, som denne blog post handler om. For det er den slags gæsteseng (vi taler her om stellet) som ikke laves mere - såvidt jeg ved. Det gør de måske, men så er det sikkert ikke dyrere end at købe en sovesofa!
Men det handler om at bruge, hvad man har. Ikke altid købe nyt, fordi det er bekvemt, praktisk og måske endda billigere. Det handler om at bygge videre på ting, der er her allerede.
Jeg aner ikke, hvor gammel sengen er, men jeg overtog den fra en ven, som ikke behøvede den mere. Stellet er af metal med tyngde i, og jeg elsker den lille detalje med læderstroppen, der holder sammen på den. Jeg synes, at den er rigtig smuk.
Min gæst sov som en drøm på den og den nye madras, og jeg har stadig ikke noget, der fylder mere end tidligere, så - mission accomplished. Jeg er klar til nye gæster.
Han er en meget maskulin mand, så han havde ingen problemer med sove med pink maske :-)
He is a very masculine man, so he had no problems sleeping with a pink mask :-)
As you might have seen from my blog last week, I have had a guest sleeping over.
He is a friend, I talk with on the phone maybe once a month, and we see each other 1-2 times a year. But he is one of those friends, who just comes in the door, and then it feels, as if he has always been here. Those friendships are priceless.
We share the way we look at life and the world in general in many ways, but there are subjects, where we are so faaar from each other - as there should be in friendships, where honesty thrives, because that is were you grow, and we can discuss all night. Not to win the discussion, but to get wiser, and see that there are many ways to look at things on.
As you know, my preparations were many, because my previous guest mattress was damaged, and it is actually that, this blog is about. Because my guest bed (I am talking about the frame here) is of a kind, which to my knowledge isn't made any more. Maybe they are made, but I am sure that the price is of a kind, where you just as well could buy a sofabed.
It's about using, what you already have. Not to buy something new, because it is convenient, practical and maybe even cheaper. It is about building on items, which are here already.
I have no idea about, how old this bed frame is, but I had it decades ago from a friends, who didn't need it any more. The frame is heavy metal, and I love the little detail with the leather strap, which holds it together. I think, that it is really pretty.
My guest slept like a dream on it with the new mattress, and I still just have something, which doesn't take up more space than before, so - mission accomplished. I am ready for new guests.
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