The most interesting piece of furniture in our bedroom is the bed itself. When I first laid down on the bed, I thought oh my! someone forgot to take the cardboard off of the mattress before they made the bed! But when I looked under the sheets, there was no cardboard. This bed is incredibly hard, and it's supposed to be that way. Apparently this is common in Asia. Now I know you're thinking that you've slept on a hard mattress before; not so. Maybe you've slept on a firm mattress, but not on a Thailand-hard mattress. Would you like to simulate this yourself? 3 easy steps: 1) find a concrete floor. 2) put down your best 2 blankets. 3) goto sleep. I'm serious. This mattress is so hard, we often wake up sore in the morning. We're not complaining, mind you; at least we have a bed.
The furniture in our bedroom, indeed in nearly all the house, is pressed board. Apparently it's all the rage right now in Thailand. Personally, I don't care for it. But it is inexpensive, and I think it's also termite-proof.
If you look above the wardrobe, you'll see the A/C unit. Each room in the house has its own unit. Like the living room, there many, large windows in the bedroom to maximize airflow. So far we've slept without any A/C at night, using a giant floor fan to keep us cool. There's also a small balcony, right behind where I took the picture from.
The master bathroom has most of the amenities you would expect in the States: sink with cold (but not hot) water, a shower (with cold and hot water), and a real toilet (no squatty potties here, thank goodness!). The entire thing is tiled, which makes it easy to clean. There's not an enclosed shower or tub; the shower curtain (on the left side of the picture) is simply pulled across one part of the bathroom to form the shower. We use a squeegee to push most of the water down the drain; the heat does the rest.
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