Changes at Smoky Mountain Tower - part 1

Phyllis and I went to Gatlinburg last week for a very fast trip. The main purpose was to replace the queen sofa sleeper at Smoky Mountain Tower. Somehow, the frame had been bent by a guest to the point where we couldn't close the bed. Then it got worse and we couldn't open it!

The solution? Not another sofa-sleeper. They never are as comfortable as we wish (although we had just replaced the mattress a few months ago), and the mechanism is obviously subject to a problem. So we decided a better approach is a daybed with a trundle - you know, one of those beds that slides under the daybed.

The decision was a lot easier than the execution. Because the sofa sleeper was in the Tower Room - four levels up. If you've been following us for awhile, you may remember that we got the sofa-sleeper up to the Tower Room by hauling it up from the outside.

The only way to get it out was the same way. We took the metal guts out first. Then we just took everything out on the deck...


...and threw it down to the driveway!


The guys from Carl Hatcher Furniture who delivered the daybed loaded it all in their truck and took it away.


In our next post, we'll show you how the daybed got up to the Tower Room and what it looks like. Of course, you can see it first-hand when you stay at Smoky Mountain Tower!