Vanessa grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas - the hometown of former US President Bill Clinton. While
she didn't know the former president personally, her home town heritage was all the inspiration she
needed to become involved in local small-town politics in her current place of residence - Trumann, Arkansas.
Finding a king size quilt that actually fits a large bed can be a difficult task. I recently discovered how challenging this seemingly simple buying job really is after making several purchases that yielded disappointing results. It seems that a king size quilt is not always as big as it should be.
My first purchase was at a discount store that commonly carries slightly irregular sizes. I thought that a little misplaced stitch here and there was no big deal. After all, the king size quilt in this store was a fraction of the price of the ones available in your traditional stores.
I wound up returning the king size quilt to the discount store because it was not really the right size. The edges of the quilting lay just above the mattress spring leaving the unattractive underbelly of our large sized bed showing. I was disappointed but returning an item like this is common even at a discount store.
My next stop was a retail giant store that boasts one stop shopping. You can usually find quality items at this kind of store at relatively cheap prices. I found an attractive king size quilt at this one stop shopping store only to run into the same exact problem when I arrived home.
This time the edges of the quilting fabric lay just below the mattress. The unattractive underbelly of our large bed still stuck out quite a bit leaving its awkward presence known. I was getting closer but I still wasn't happy with the look. There were no matching bed skirt and I really didn't want to dress up the room too much.
All I wanted was a traditional look for the bedroom decor. I decided to make another return and another trip to a different type of store. This time, I went to a reputable mall store that boasts the best quality in every product it sells. This had to work. There must be a king size quilt that actually fits a large bed at a store like this.
There wasn't. I knew once I opened the package that the king size quilt would barely reach the middle of the box spring. I just accepted this as the way the king size quilt is made in this day and age. Maybe the manufacturers simply assume that everyone uses bed skirts.
To solve this irritating dilemma, I chose to buy a bed skirt to hide the box spring's metal underside. If I would have done this in the first place, I would have saved a lot of money on my king size quilt.
