Movin' On - Buying a bed

We have no furniture. We decide that the first thing to buy is a bed.
Beds are changing. Gone is the foot stool that we needed to get into our bed at night. No more huge boxsprings. No more mile high mattresses with soft top on top of soft top. No more bedskirts. We're back down to earth. The platform bed. Headboard attached to wooden bed-form with four sturdy legs. Lots of slats to support the mattress.
The Bay, Sears, the Brick, LazyBoy do not have platform beds.
Pier 1, Urban Barn, Hudson Madison. No luck.
"We may have to start with the mattress and sleep on it for awhile".
Sleep Country has one platform bed. But they have a lot of mattresses and we get a quick lesson in hard, medium and soft.
"Are there any furniture stores in this area?" we ask.
"You could try "John's Bed Barn." We put this address into our GPS. (God bless GPS).
Most of their beds are the platform design so they are right on the mark. "The Sleep Country guy sent us here", we said. "Yes, he's very good at doing that. We really appreciate it".
As we're getting back in the car, we notice another furniture place next door. Nothing prepares us for what we find when we open the front door.
The place is massive and yet tastefully filled with gorgeous furniture! We spend an hour and a half here, and see many things we like - including beds.
Nanaimo/Parksville are very good at supporting local products. In fact, in many places (like the "Bed Barn") they take orders for products, and get the local builders to make them. The customer can't expect the product for at least 6 weeks.
This is not the case in the furniture store I just mentioned. You're welcome to whatever is on the floor and at quite worthy sale prices (although even their sale prices are hefty) I'm wondering if they have the support of the other furniture people. Perhaps their furniture is not "local" enough.
We found another great store. Some stunning pieces and all of them surrounded by bras, panties, and fine clothing! I kid you not. They sell both of these lines of goods and display them side by each in a delightful space. She's from Turkey and designs shoes. She will also come to a home and offer design ideas.
At any rate, that's my update. We're not sure about everyone's "Oh, you'll likely have to shop in Victoria" advice. We don't feel this will be the case.
So far.