I know this is a bit of a silly question however, I'll ask it anyway.
I live in the US and have a king size bed with tons of gorgeous bedding that I don't want to pay to replace when I get to Finland. Can I buy a king size bed in Finland? If not, I'm actually thinking about having mine shipped. I know it's silly but my fiancee is very tall and I sleep like a maniac so we need all the room we can get.
Any thoughts?
Bedding
500 Count cotton king sheets cost a tad bit more in Finland that the shipping price to Finland.hiphei wrote:don't ship it, anything you have in the usa can be bought in finland
when you add the cost of shipping, you will end up paying far more
donate it to a friend, place it in storage, give it away, sell it in a garage sale, just don't ship it
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I brought my bed.
1) Finnish beds typically are a combined box/mattress single unit with permanently attached legs that sit very low to the ground. Only a few places (like Sotka) sell "American style" beds with separate box springs. But those are all doubles or queens, if I remember correctly. Most finns put two singles together to get a king. I don't think I've ever seen a king mattress for sale here... hrm
2) The selection of linen styles here is extremely low and typically fall in the primary or dark earth color schemes. They are also very expensive. I typically buy my linens in the US as well to get a set whose design I like.
I think anyone's advice would be to bring as much as you can and don't rely on buying here. It isn't that the quality isn't good - but the selection is very low and the price very high. You'll always end up cheaping out at IKEA and regretting it forever
My Finnish mother in law stayed at a bed and breakfast in San Francisco and now desperately wants a sleigh bed. Poor thing...
1) Finnish beds typically are a combined box/mattress single unit with permanently attached legs that sit very low to the ground. Only a few places (like Sotka) sell "American style" beds with separate box springs. But those are all doubles or queens, if I remember correctly. Most finns put two singles together to get a king. I don't think I've ever seen a king mattress for sale here... hrm
2) The selection of linen styles here is extremely low and typically fall in the primary or dark earth color schemes. They are also very expensive. I typically buy my linens in the US as well to get a set whose design I like.
I think anyone's advice would be to bring as much as you can and don't rely on buying here. It isn't that the quality isn't good - but the selection is very low and the price very high. You'll always end up cheaping out at IKEA and regretting it forever
My Finnish mother in law stayed at a bed and breakfast in San Francisco and now desperately wants a sleigh bed. Poor thing...
We bought our kingsize bed in Hungary (IIRC 2m x 180) and shipped it up to Finland.... first house we rented the bed only JUST fitted in the biggest bedroom and we couldn't open the fitted cupboard doors!!!!!!!!
Generally FInnish beds are quite long (ie 2m) but not so wide. I have quit buying fitted sheets, too complicated - buy flat sheets now instead, makes life (and moving) easier. I bought the quilt and the cover in France but it is UK made. Word of warning, Finnish homes are so warm in winter, don't be tempted to bring a quilt with max tog as you will be way too hot.
Generally FInnish beds are quite long (ie 2m) but not so wide. I have quit buying fitted sheets, too complicated - buy flat sheets now instead, makes life (and moving) easier. I bought the quilt and the cover in France but it is UK made. Word of warning, Finnish homes are so warm in winter, don't be tempted to bring a quilt with max tog as you will be way too hot.
Very true, We have one of those clip together duvets (4.5 tog +9 tog = 13.5 tog together)penelope wrote:Word of warning, Finnish homes are so warm in winter, don't be tempted to bring a quilt with max tog as you will be way too hot.
In the UK We did use both duvets clipped together many times.
In Finland We've only ever used the 4.5 tog duvet.
You guys are terrific.