Choosing your bed may not seem complicated, but the variety on the market today causes us to pause and consider. Gone are the days of plain old beds....welcome the days of diversity in comfort, not only in beds, but bed dressings!
Apart from the usual rectangular beds, you can find round beds, square beds and heart-shaped beds. In fact, you can order a bed in pretty much any shape, but then you'll deal with unusually shaped bedlinens. There is a much larger selection of comforters, duvets, etc. for your standard shaped beds.
You also have bed-controlled beds to raise the foot or head to suit your fancy, beds with televisions in the footboard or clocks and stereos in the headboard. There are also beds with built-in tables, bookshelves and lighting.
SPACE-SAVING BEDS: If you are short of space then take a look at a Murphy bed, which folds up against the wall and into a closet if desired. It is raised and lowered by a spring-loaded counterbalancing system.
Then there are sofa beds and sofa chairs which are suitable for studio apartments or dual-purpose rooms.
Bunk beds are great if you need two single beds and don't have the room. They are more suited for children, though not for tiny tots and come in styles ranging from the very simplest to more elaborate creations which are as much play frame as bed. You can also take them apart to use as single beds when the children get older and want their own room. You can get bunk beds that even fold up against the wall when not in use for further space saving.
Another space-saving solution when a pair of beds is needed for occasional use is the single bed that conceals another bed and mattress underneath. The lower one is fitted with castors and has spring-loaded legs that bring it up to full height.
Dressing the Bed
Since the bed is generally the biggest piece of furniture in a bedroom, your dressing clearly sets the tone for the whole room. Whether you're looking for basic items such as flat or fitted sheets, duvet covers, valances and pillowcases, or extras like cushions and throws, quilts and comforters or drapes and hangings, there is a large choice. Manufacturers offer a wide variety of makes, colors, thread count and patterns and coordinate bedlinens and curtains to make it easy to put a pretty room together.
The classic choices for sheets and duvet covers are Egyptian cotton, which looks crisp and cool.
If all the available choices are confusing, the following should help you decide.
a) Side sleepers require the firm support that synthetic or very highly stuffed pillows provide
b) Back sleepers are best suited with medium pillows, like those filled with soft down or soft synthetic
c) Stomach sleepers need soft pillows such as the softest down.
When shopping for down, check the "fill power" (volume of space that 30g/1oz of down takes up). The higher the fill power, the better the pillow's resilience. Goose down is the best; it can last from five to ten years, while synthetic pillows last one to two years. Pillows should always be covered with a pillowcase of the tightest-weave Egyptian or Pima cotton or cotton percale that you can afford.
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