The Rising Popularity of Platform Beds
Platform beds are becoming more and more popular and commonly favored by young people in cities and college dormitories.
Platform beds are a good way to maximize space, especially if your floor area is very limited.
Most platform beds include storage boxes beneath the platform the further maximize space.
Perhaps the greatest advantage of platform beds is that they are often constructed very simply.
Even those with modest construction skills can manage to build a platform bed.
If you are interested in creating your own platform bed, you need to get sturdy materials together.
Wood, plywood, deck screws, carriage bolts, nuts, washers, wood plugs, finishing nails, lag bolts and lock washers are often used in building such beds. The number and size of the materials depend on the size of the platform bed that you will be making.
You should keep the following in mind when building your platform bed.
First, check out the room. Plot the space that the platform bed will occupy and make allowances for the rest of the furniture in the room.
Now get accurate measurements of the space where you plan to put your bed.
Visit different hardware stores and acquire the needed materials before you start on your project. Make sure you shop around for the best possible deals.
Second, in building your platform bed, make sure that you will be able to get standard-sized mattresses for it. Before you start cutting through the wood that you have purchased to build your bed frame, make sure that you have made allowances for your mattresses. It would be unwise to have a large frame for your platform bed when your mattress is a lot smaller, or have too small a bed frame that causes the mattress to spill out at the sides.
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Health Conscious Travellers Seek Refuge from Bird Flu Through New Chain of Healthy Hotels, Where Stringent Mattress Cleaning is a Prerequisite
(ContentDesk) December 11, 2005 -- Have you ever stayed in a hotel and wondered, who'd been in the bed before you? And How did you know if was clean?After becoming sick after a stay in an unsanitised hotel bed, the now founder of Health Protect International decided to do something about the problem.In a recent survey, Prof. Chuck Gerba of the University of Arizona, concluded cleanliness and safety are amongst guests top two concerns in
with 9 out of 10 people interviewed, saying they choose hotels who follow more stringent cleaning standards.Health Protect International has met this need, with the Inception of the Healthy Hotels Guide. To qualify, hotels must comply with the stringent mattres cleaning standards set by HPI.Guests enjoy peace of mind, knowing their mattress has been cleaned with the HPI four stage process, which extracts, treats and protects the surface and inner layers of the mattress. An Australian company, HPI has the exclusive rights to Safety First Systems,...
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Granite Peak Partners Acquires City of Industry Property For $7.14 Million; Tenant is Spring Air Mattress Manufacturer
Los Angeles, CA (ContentDesk) December 8, 2005 -- Granite Peak Partners, a real estate investment firm based in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, acquired a City of Industry, California single tenant industrial property for $7.14 million. The transaction closed November 4.Spring Air Partners California, the Los Angeles manufacturing facility for the national mattress company, is the single tenant in the 110,000 square foot building on a four-acre site at 111 North Baldwin Park Blvd.The buyer and seller were represented by Chris Thompson of Investment Real Estate Associates, a commercial real estate sales and advisory firm based in Encino, California. "When complicated issues arose Chris was successful in negotiating a mutually beneficial outcome for both parties," says Bruce Savett, a founding principal of Granite Peak Partners in charge of acquisitions. Savett's firm was responsible for selecting and acquiring the property for a private client."Granite Peak Partner's Asset Advisory Services...
Granite Peak Partners Acquires City of Industry Property For $7.14 Million; Tenant is Spring Air Mattress Manufacturer
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A Good Nights Sleep: Choosing the Right Mattress
A good mattress should provide you with optimal support and comfort to help ensure you are ready to start the new day. Following are some key tips on choosing the right mattress for you.Shop at a store that you trust. If you're unsure of where to start, ask family and friends for suggestions.Talk to salespeople who know the products. If you don't get the assistance that you want, go elsewhere.Don't be strange bedfellows. If the beds for two, make sure your partner goes with you.Take the time to test the mattresses out.
Wear comfortable clothes and be ready to lay down.Assess each mattress on its comfort, support, durability, and space.A firm mattress doesn't have to feel hard to touch. Firmness is determined by the design of the mattress.Plan on buying a complete set - the mattress and the foundation (boxspring). Placing a new mattress on an old foundation will impede the performance and reduce the useful life of the mattress.Shop for the best value, not the lowest price. A quality...
A Good Nights Sleep: Choosing the Right Mattress
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Tips for buying foam mattress.
Most of us have been using spring mattresses for years and we have been accustomed to it. When it comes to changing the mattress we start thinking of buying a latex or memory foam mattress and start asking queries as to which one is the best.
Latex is a white liquid collected from rubber particles in the rubber making process. The liquid is then made into foam and is used to make mattresses. Latex is a natural product and provides the best support while sleeping in any position.
Latex mattresses are anti allergic and dust resistible.
While you toss and turn at night, you will feel very comfortable and won't feel any pressure when you turn to your right and left. The very important feature of latex is, it keeps a person warm in winter and cool in summer.
Latex is manufactured by beating the liquid rubber and converting it into foam and putting the liquid into a mold. Then CO2 is passed on to the rods in the mold and heat is...
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New Buying Guides For Latest Trends in Mattresses
In the last few years consumers have been inundated with a slew of new sleep options.
Enter a showroom now and a consumer is faced with a daunting array of choices
? not only standard spring beds, but now air beds, latex mattresses, and the growing arsenal of memory foam beds using the foam originally developed for NASA.
In response to growing customer confusion, Healthy Foundations has developed and just released a series of consumer buying guides on these new specialty mattresses.
These buying guides include
The Guide to Memory Foam, The Memory Foam Mattress Buyer's Guide, The Latex Mattress...
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A Guide To Air Beds
People hear the words "air beds" and instantly think of those rather uncomfortable plastic mattresses that are often used on camping trips.
But air beds are so much more than that!
In the most common of terms, an air bed is a mattress that contains air bladder chambers, filled with air to provide support, rather than the coil string systems that are traditionally found in mattresses.
Did you know that air beds were originally created for use in hospital and medical environments, as they provide a higher level of support and reduce pressure points on the body?
There are several reasons why people select air beds over conventional mattresses.
Chiropractors claim that air beds are good for people with back and back support problems.
For couples, dual adjustable air support chambers provide each partner with just the right amount of back support and firmness on one side of the bed without disturbing the other partner's sleep.
A Guide To Air Beds
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Top Ten Reasons to Buy a Natural Latex Mattress
1. Latex mattresses are a natural, biodegradable renewable resource:Beginning on plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia, latex is sap milked from rubber trees in a manner not unlike collecting maple syrup. Local workers harvest the liquid latex and prepare it to be processed.
The liquid latex is then shipped in drums to locations in Europe and the United States where it is manufactured into mattress cores and toppers, as well as pillows. Unlike Talalay processed latex foams, natural latex has no added petroleum or other chemical additives making it a truly all natural material.
Being a 100% renewable resource, as well as biodegradable, natural latex does not have the taxing effect on the environment as other conventional bedding material. 2. In bedding, natural latex provides support where it is needed most by contouring to the body's natural nuances: It relieves pressure points, particularly at the shoulders and hips, and it allows for better circulation with less tossing...
Top Ten Reasons to Buy a Natural Latex Mattress
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All You Need to Know About Murphy Bed Hardware
The Murphy bed, once the best way to fit into a small one-room apartment, has become a clever way to expand the functionality of a homeowner's living space?allowing a room to become a home office or studio, while, at the same time, to be a bedroom for the occasional guest. The cabinetry surrounding the bed can be as ornate or simple as the homeowner prefers, and can utilize any variety of wood, but the hardware that makes the unit a Murphy bed is basically similar in purpose from one bed to another.
Murphy bed hardware performs the same function, no matter how old or new the bed is. This hardware supports, moves, and positions the mattress, allowing it to be easily pulled into place horizontal to the floor for use, or lifted, bedding intact, to hide in its recessed cavity, safely locked away.
Buying the Murphy bed hardware as a complete kit is the logical way to complete the creation of a custom Murphy bed or to refurbish an old one. The kit will consist...
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