Bed Buyer's Guide

If you do not remember the last time you had a good night, could be your bed (not stressful lifestyle) is the guilty. We talked with the best in the beds to obtain this patch on the purchase of a new bed.

1. Investing in quality

Bedworld Nigel Cairns said: "The golden rule is that you pay for what you get. The more you pay for your new bed or mattress, then the quality will be more. A bed will continue to lose comfort and support year after year to buy more than you can afford. A good bed should last ten years.

2. Seven Year Itch

According to the Council of sleep, "Critique" seven years itch "can be a success or failure in many weddings and mattresses. If your mattress is more than seven years is almost certainly that need to be replaced. Decide if you want an open coil, pocket spring, a latex foam mattress with our Buyer's Guide to the mattresses. But first Council held dream MOT conduct questionnaires and to assess the condition of your computer to sleep.

3. Roll

Test bed to sleep in all positions tend to use not only in the back, "said Lucy Benham, assistant buyer John Lewis beds." Place your hand on the lower back and try to move it. If moves too easily, the bed may be too difficult for you, if it is a struggle to move your hand, then the bed is too soft. If you can move the hand with only some resistance, the bed may be just for you. "Sleeping on the bed alone Hotel 4-Poster John Lewis.

4. For ribbons or not?

Adam Black, specialists Bed & Black said: "wood slats are equivalent to place the mattress on the floor. Always opt for a spring base, either a couch or hanging strips suspended from beechwood. Foam mattresses are perfect for mattress slats mattress springs other to grow through the slats in time and shorten the life of your mattress. Their welfare Bed Base (£ 654.75 for a super-king) combines the comfort of a couch with a search under contemporary bed. style and comfort. George Stephen, bedroom furniture Harrods buyer is more accurate. "If you go for the blades, it is recommended to remove the strips of wood, no more 6cms" he said.

5. Supersize Me

"Go for the larger size of the bed capacity," says Black. "The cots are great when you're on the right voice with which you shares, but are usually much smaller than usual. The Council says that a regular sleep four feet and six double offers a space with less than two loops size of the crib. But, warns Toby Ash New Heights ", to consider other furniture you have the room and make sure you have enough space around the bed in the room functional. Select the size of the bed is considering the field to ensure it will not be an obstacle. Feather and Black is looking real bed Highgrove the desire to ensure dreams.

6. Upholstered headboard

"Beds of solid wood will last longer than the tackles," said Adam Black. "Buy Heads are removable padded sense. You can clean and dry clean the covers from time to time and you can always give your room a facelift, updating the tissue of the head. At the end of the bed, Toby Ash of New Heights says "feet tall, can look great in large rooms, high ceilings higher but people can find a foot low bed more comfortable and less restrictive.

7. Keep bed bugs away

sensitive types should opt for a hypoallergenic mattress, this king-size mattress Rockingham to The Conran Shop, which will help asthma and respiratory problems. His anti-mite stop sneezing overnight.

8. Matchmaker, matchmaker

How do you match the mattress on the bottom? "These days almost all the mattresses of quality in place a slatted base as they would on a sofa suspended, "said Black. However, he warns sellers Customers are confused by linking performance of the mattress to a special base to make the sale twice.

9. Guest beds

Client / storage cradle and provide flexible solutions customers during the night. With a little space, it is logical to use the bed as an option for secondary storage. Choose one platinum raised inflatable AeroBed John Lewis.

10. Ready built or flat pack?

Be sure to check with retailers to deliver the bed in a room or if you together. These days there are flat package options that extends far beyond IKEA. Bourne doubled since Furniture123 is simple and elegant.

About the Author

Annie Deakin is an expert furniture and interior design writer who is currently interested in kitchen, flooring and design

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