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Obamas Buy Antique Bed From Local Store (MA)
WBZ-TV (Boston) ^
| Jan 17, 2009 4:45 pm US/Eastern
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Posted on 01/17/2009 8:36:39 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie
SEEKONK (MA) WBZ-Boston
The Obamas purchased a bed from Seekonk-based Leonards New England, which specializes in antique and reproduction beds.
A store in Seekonk delivered a king-sized bed to the White House Saturday after the Obamas made the purchase a few weeks ago.
Leonards New England delivered an 1820s, tall post Tiger Maple bed to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
The store, which specializes in antique and reproduction beds, sells beds that cost up to $12,000.
According to the Providence Journal, store officials said they were asked to send photos of the beds in stock for the Obamas to check a few weeks ago.
The exact cost of the bed is unknown.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bhowhitehouse; obama; obamafamily; obarf
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Photo of bed (or similar one) at link.
To: LibFreeOrDie
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:37:58 PM PST
by
GOP_Lady
To: LibFreeOrDie
Not even worth 500.00 to me. But maybe they like it.
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:38:41 PM PST
by
therut
To: LibFreeOrDie
If that bed cost around $12,000, then that money could have been used to take 12,000 people to Mackey D’s and gotten them something from the $1 menu!!!
Shame on the First Family!
/sarc
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:39:08 PM PST
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
To: LibFreeOrDie
I have a bed that is a copy of Lincoln’s.
I have a white house, so it’s in my Lincoln bedroom.
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:39:25 PM PST
by
GOP_Lady
To: LibFreeOrDie
Good taste, whatever else you think of Bam and Shelly.
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:39:28 PM PST
by
ottbmare
To: ottbmare
Good taste, whatever else you think of Bam and Shelly.Then I have bad taste...I think it's plain.
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:42:59 PM PST
by
lonestar
To: LibFreeOrDie
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:43:38 PM PST
by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
To: ffusco
Uh, I put this in Chat so only people who give a damn about chatty things would bother reading it. Have a nice day.
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:47:32 PM PST
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
To: LibFreeOrDie
But, but, but Sarah Palin once spent $15,000 on a bra!
/sarc
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:47:47 PM PST
by
library user
(Rod Blagojevich should have been TIME MAGAZINE'S "Person of the Year.")
To: LibFreeOrDie
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:53:51 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
("Creative License. Take as much as you want.")
To: LibFreeOrDie
Got snotty much? Not exactly breaking news.
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:54:53 PM PST
by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
To: LibFreeOrDie
You can go “have a nice day” yourself, too.
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:56:22 PM PST
by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
To: LibFreeOrDie
I thought the White House provided beds.
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posted on
01/17/2009 8:56:56 PM PST
by
peggybac
(Sexual French Silk)
To: peggybac
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posted on
01/17/2009 9:03:51 PM PST
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
To: LibFreeOrDie
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posted on
01/17/2009 9:07:15 PM PST
by
jbarntt
(Tagline:optional, printed after your name on post): -30-)
To: lonestar
Classic simplicity is the essence of good taste. Excessive ornamentation is difficult to handle, especially if you have new money like the Obamas, and they were wise to avoid it. This bed reflects the tastes of our Founding Fathers and their contemporaries. I may not like the Obamas but I admire whoever suggested to them that they buy a ca. 1820 bed.
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posted on
01/17/2009 9:09:41 PM PST
by
ottbmare
To: LibFreeOrDie
I hope the press keeps me up-to-date on ALL the Obama family activities and acquisitions. I just can't get enough! He's soooooo smart and dreamy and Michelle is just like Jackie O, only prettier and more stylish! And those adorable girls and their light-hearted antics! Please regale me with photos and stories of their adaptation to life in the White House and their new school! And please tell us more about Granny and her tales from the past and “old school” admonitions that’ll keep the youngsters on the straight-and-narrow.
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posted on
01/17/2009 9:09:58 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
("Don't confuse what you got a right to do with what's right to do." Bill Bennett)
To: ottbmare
I was not suggesting something gaudy. I have an antique bed that I like much better--and it's a real antique.
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posted on
01/17/2009 9:19:34 PM PST
by
lonestar
To: lonestar
I think the issue is that it’s rare to find an antique bed that will actually accommodate a king-sized mattress and box spring. So if you want a king-sized bed that looks antique, you usually have to get a repro or spend big money (in the mid-five figures). The article did say that the bed was a king, unlike the double in the photo.
They may also have wanted something kind of Federal looking to fit in with most of the decor in the White House, which of course was built at that time. I kind of like the maple thing they have going on there (or maybe it’s light-stained cherry, can’t tell).
What period is your antique bed?
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posted on
01/17/2009 9:29:40 PM PST
by
ottbmare
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