The Renaissance of the humble Bunk Bed

One type of bedroom furniture that appears to be undergoing something of a renaissance at the moment is the bunk bed, whether in Wood or Metal, practical in its use of space and a novelty that plenty of children never cease to tire nagging for - but more often than not they wouldn’t be seen dead in one by the age of 14!!

We recommend that no child under the age of 6 years should sleep on the top of a bunk bed, please check the mattress height on that top bunk doesn’t exceed the marked level of height to stop anyone from falling out.

It’s worth pointing out that over the years we have sold plenty of bunk beds for adults too, not all are up to the task, but the Lunar Bunk for example is more than adequate for the task of squeezing a few burly builders into a bunkhouse or barracks.

Some variations along the lines of the bunk theme are available with high sleepers like the Bedsitter bunk and Study Bunk, sofa bunks like the Twin Futon, giant bunks like the wooden 3 sleeper bunk and the re invention of an old classic, the cabin bed in the form of the wooden Guest Bed in our J range, to give a few examples.

Memory Foam Mattresses for a Comfortable and Memorable Sleep

Memory Foam, or to give it its technical name, Visco Elastic Foam, was until recently the newest innovation in bed manufacture and is still the most significant in many years of development.

True memory foam is a water based product, and as such doesn’t retain heat as much as Dunlopillo latex would because it allows air to pass through it.

When first used in bedding, memory foam was used in hospitals and nursing homes to combat problems caused by bad circulation such as bed sores or rheumatism and it is now making an impact in the domestic bed industry. It aids circulation because unlike springs or conventional foam, visco elastic memory foam puts almost no pressure against the body because it deforms rather than compresses or moves.

When you lie on a memory foam mattress it moulds itself around your body shape, returning to its original shape much like latex or reflex foam, only Memory Foam returns to its original shape more slowly as it is reacting to both your body temperature and weight, this means that you should move around less at night giving you a more restful sleep.

Most mattresses of this type have a defined sleeping and non sleeping sides, making them non-turn, this would include the combination style mattresses that contain conventional coil springs or pocket springs as well as the visco memory foam.