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Whichever type and size of bed you choose, you will probably have to reconcile yourself to the fact that this piece of furniture will cost more than you expected. It is a major investment and one you might not have thought about in years, so the price is bound to come as a shock. Even so, bear in mind that even a top quality model will wear out in about ten years, so  make a mental note to examine it periodically to make sure it is still in good condition. You will get more wear out of your new bed if you take a good a care of it, so follow a few simple rules to keep it at its best.

• Never put a mattress directly on the floor. It needs proper ventilation so if you want the exotic effect of low bed, raise it slightly by placing it on a plinth drilled with large holes.
• Don’t leave the protective wrapping on a new mattress or divan base. When you sleep on it, the warmth from your body traps moisture inside the bag and leads to a damp bed, mildew and eventual rotting.
• When you get up in the morning, throw the bedclothes back so the bed can air for at least 20 minutes. This will get rid of some of the dampness that may have accumulated during the night.
• Don’t make a habit of sitting on the edge of the bed – pressure concentrated on the same small area weakens the edge of the mattress and the base.
• Turn the mattress over and swing it round the bed to reverse head and foot ends every week for the first month, then at three-month intervals to help the filling settle evenly. Try not to bend the mattress when you do this (and make sure when you move house the movers do not roll and tie it to cram it into the van).
• Check your hot water bottle frequently to make sure it has no leaks. If a young child or an incontinent adult is to use the bed, protect it with a rubber sheet.
• Don’t let children bounce up and down on any bed. It is dangerous for them and very bad for the mattress.
• Clean the bed every few months with a soft brush to remove dust and fluff. Don’t use vacuum cleaner unless your mattress is made of foam since this can disturb the filling of mattress.

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Beds are such a standard piece of furniture in the home that often we pay far too little attention to the type of design. Because a good night’s sleep is crucial if your body is to function properly, make sure you choose a quality bed that is not only comfortable but also gives you the right kind of support for tired limbs.

With many pieces of furniture you can save money by being imaginative, by improvising, restoring and generally ‘making do’, but when it comes to the important question of choosing a bed, there are no short cuts. After all, you spend about a third of your life there. A poor quality or worn-out model can lead to chronic backache, tiredness, tension and a general inability to function at your best, while a good quality bed, chosen to suit your needs, should cradle your body gently so the muscles can relax and allow you the deep and restorative sleep that is so important to your physical and mental well-being.

How long is it since you examined your bed closely? Does it feel lumpy and matted? Does it sag in the middle? Can you feel the springs? Have the edges lost their firmness? Is your divan base soft and uneven? If any of those symptons are present, you should buy a new bed. When that arrives, never put the old one in a child’s room since it can impair the correct development of bones and muscles. Try to avoid putting it in the guest room, this can be very unfair on visitors. You should throw it – and its divan base – away; you will be wasting your money if you put a new mattress on an old divan. They are made to function together, so if the base is saggy and lumpy, the new mattress will very soon look the same. Avoid getting a second hand bed, even if it belonged to your best friend. When you consider you lose 50 litre (or 10 1/2 gal) of moisture and about 500g (or 1lb) of skin cells into your bed every year, you will realize that, apart from leaving you with a bed moulded to someones else’s body, this arrangement is incredibly unhygienic. Read the rest of this entry »

Because the bedroom gets less frequent and less demanding use than many other areas in the home, you do not have to be quite so practical in your choice of floor, wall and window coverings and therefore you have a much wider range from which to make your selection.

On the walls
You should not need to wash the walls in your bedroom and, unless your home is very damp, you should have no problem with moisture at all. This means you can choose flat or silk paint or any sort of wall covering you like, from the cheapest paper to luxurious materials such as suede, felt, hessian or silk. Try using fabric as a wall covering, fix it to narrow timber battens at the top and bottom of the wall and at intervals vertically. Printed sheets and cotton bedspread are a good size and quality for this treatment and they are likely to be much cheaper than fabric bought by the metre. Cork and wood panelling cost most than paint or most papers, but they both absorb sound efficiently and make excellent insulator against cold.

Paint or paper the ceiling to match the walls; this gives a cosy feeling and helps to lower a very high room. A darker coat of paint continued down to picture rail height will have the same effect, but be careful of using a very dark shade since this will make the ceiling seem to recede. For an exotic effect make a canopy by attaching long lenghts of cloth to the ceiling rose and drapping them over the room to ceiling to wall angle.

On the floor
There is strong case for laying fitted carpet in your bedroom even if the rest of the home has to do without. Because this room gets less use than heavy traffic areas such as halls and living rooms, a cheap ‘light domestic’ grade will be perfectly adequate and make a remarkable difference to your personal comfort as well as improving both heat and sound insulation. Read the rest of this entry »