Tempurpedic

As most everyone is aware, Vera Wang is most renowned for her gown designs, particularly her wedding gown creations. But not every person probably knows she also designs a line of luxury mattress and these was launched early this year (in partnership with Serta).

The Wall Street Journal has recently done an interview with her and below are the excerpts:

WSJ: Isn’t the business of selling mattresses and other home goods fundamentally different from the business of selling designer gowns and apparel?

I’ve come across quite a few websites with instructions on how to build a proper bed frame. There are really many ways to do this and here’s a guide to a bed with a “proper” wood frame. You can read it all on  this site.

Careful with those reclining mattresses, especially with kids around. I don’t mean to dampen the holiday spirit, but this story should serve as a reminder and warning to families everywhere:

In a freak accident earlier this month, a 4-year old boy died when his head got stuck behind a reclining bed. When reps from the National Consumer Affairs Center went to the house to investigate, they found that the mattress moved without even touching the Recline button. Dangerous!

The father found his kid with his neck wedged between the mattress and headboard on December 9th.

Via TokyoMango

Found these practical mattress tips from Daytipper, a site that provides common sense advises on many areas of sensible living. Tip #2 is actually something I personally tried and I have to say that it does works! Our mattress smells heavenly; and the trick helps us sleep better too. And for this, that entry deserved a YES vote from me.

UK Bed Supplier, Mattress Next Day is providing bedroom accommodations for next year’s Britain’s Top Model, a popular TV series where unknown mannequins compete with each other to win an exclusive modeling contract. Says Mattress Next Day’s  director: ‘I am delighted to be teaming up with the search for Britain’s Next Top Model. We have long believed our mattresses help clients to awake feeling refreshed and rejuvenated so I’m sure they will help the winner on their wait to a lucrative career with one of Europe’s elite modelling agencies.’

A mattress add-on capable of cooling and heating your bed, this is essentially what the Chill/Pad is designed to do. Temperature is adjusted via a remote control and may range from 60-100F. The pad guarantees to keep your electric power to a minimum, so it also is an energy saver.

Below is an explanation of Chill/Pad’s patented technology:

ChiliPadTM technology uses water instead of air to generate a wide range of in-bed temperature adjustment. Similar to the semi-conductor technology that cools your computer, water passes by the chip and depending on the direction of electron flow the water is cooled or heated. The water flows through soft coils in the mattress pad actively adjusting the temperature of the surface.

According to this report, while good sleep lies on the quality of the mattress, comfortable and peaceful sleep also depends on the kind of sheets used.  Apart from cost, thread count, materials, design and pockets are the things to consider in buying bedsheets.

If deciding gets confusing, then touch and rub it, he says. “Does it feel nice? If you feel it, and it doesn’t feel that soft and you think that if you wash it a couple times it’ll be OK, that’s not the case.

Here’s a mattress cleaning system that will clean your mattress getting rid of those nasty bed bugs out there.

Hygienitech’s® Mattress Cleaning System is based on a powerful, specially engineered portable cleaning device that generates incredible suction and high frequency pulsating waves, combined with a germ killing UV-C light* to pulverize and extract the dust mites and other harmful debris that have accumulated in the mattress.

The older the mattress is, the worse the contamination. And it doesn’t matter how often you change the sheets or even if you’ve tried vacuuming the mattress yourself, there could be millions of dust mites along with other harmful bacteria and contaminants deeply embedded.

Designed by Emaf Progetti, this Sommier divan is fitted with a forma mattress, characterized as self-shaping and made with breathable materials.

The foam mattress has:

You can purchase this and learn more about its composition and materials via Unicahome.

Tempur-Pedic International Inc. , a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of mattresses and pillows, unveiled a marketing program that highlights new television advertising designed to broaden the company’s consumer reach.

Relying on exhaustive consumer and industry research, Lexington, KY-based Tempur-Pedic’s integrated brand campaign will emphasize the connection between sleep and wellness.

Developed by The Acme Idea Company, Norwalk, CT, the campaign uses the tagline “Welcome to Bed,” positioning Tempur-Pedic products as “night time therapy for body and mind.” The specific benefits of comfort, pain- and stress-relief provided by Tempur-Pedic’s patented pressure-relieving material are also highlighted.