Murphy bed<\/a>, mounted into the wall and made to look like an armoire<\/em>! I’m not inclined to chalk that up to anything particularly “southron” so much as flat-out surreal. You’ll have to keep a picture in your mind’s eyes of that horrible realization that my bed was hidden away vertically, followed by a Poe-like scene in which I was nearly crushed by the descent of said bed.<\/p>\nOh, with the regrets, dear reader. I’ll try to make it up to you with a field trip to Cracker Barrel before I leave.<\/p>\n
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