Tempurpedic

Check out this cool mattress-less bed!  (although we are about mattresses only, this is way too cool…)

The Ammique body suspension system does away with the traditional mattress using a suspension system of thousands of small capsules to support you instead. The system provides a bed free of allergens and is said to be the cleanest bed in the world.

via luxist

Even at Christmas time, some homes are not spared from accidents caused by mattress fire. But as these homeowners learn, throwing snow at the burning mattress isn’t enough to keep the fire from damaging property further. In fact, snow doesn’t put it out.

Firefighters arriving at a home on King Edward Street just before 10 p.m. Sunday found the homeowner had used a ladder to carry snow into a second-floor bedroom in an attempt to extinguish a smouldering mattress.

“I guess they discovered a fire in the mattress and they were trying to use the snow to put the fire out,” said district fire chief Terry Gardiner.

People who are fond of keeping their money at home, specifically under the mattress, may now avail of this smart card from VideoKall. Aimed for use by migrant workers, what it provides the consumer is the ability to save money securely and without having the need for a bank account. The smart cards may be purchased for US $3 at VideoKall vending machines. The cards have slots where money is placed and this may be deposited back to the machine, with the owner providing personal details. Smart Cards maybe used for international transactions and is replaceable when lost or stolen. It is essentially geared towards electronic banking for the poor or the mattress banking customers.

This is an indication of how bad bed bug infestation is in some parts of New York City. New York Shitty took photos of an assortment of mattresses disposed on the street side one night, and in just one night - we should stress. Some of these mattresses are covered in plastic and carton, perhaps because it has been infested with those pesky bed bugs.Says New York Shitty:

HIGH POINT — The 10 bedding specialty stores were the shining stars of this year’s Top 100 with a combined sales gain and store growth that markedly outpaced every other subcategory of this year’s list. The group is typically a top performer, but this year the bedding specialists outdid themselves with a 19.8% sales increase to $2.96 billion from $2.47 billion and a 12.1% gain in store count — up a net 266 stores — to 2,462 units.Those results clobbered the combined Top 100’s 6.6% sales increase as well as the percentage growth for every subcategory on the list, including the Top 10, which grew sales 9%, and the single-source store networks, which grew sales 9.6%. No. 12 Select Comfort is still the largest of the bedding chains as sales grew 15% to $735 million. But this year, the spotlight turned to No. 28 The Sleep Train, which posted the largest percentage gain (up 70.6% to $344 million) and the greatest net change in store count (up 79 stores to 200 units) of any Top 100 company. Those results also propelled the Citrus Heights, Calif.-based retailer up the Top 100 ranks by 13 spots from the previous year — tying none other than No. 51 1800mattress.com, formerly referred to as Dial-A-Mattress, for the biggest leap among all stores on the list (outside of newcomers).

Ahhh…kids. They always fight about who gets to sleep on the top bunk. As a child, I’ve also experienced that. My siblings and I would always try and outdo and outwit each other when it comes to who gets to sleep on the upper deck.

But the lower bunk need not be ignored. Some parents try and make the lower bed more appealing by making it a bigger area and adding all sorts of bedding accessories, including toys, there. You could also put a softer and more comfortable mattress on the lower bunk, to encourage kids to choose that area over the top bunk. It might put an end to all the arguments.

Ireland’s Clery Department Store is making bed buying an easier task with their new online bed store. Featuring subject areas like ‘Advanced Mattress Metrics’, ‘You & Your Bed’, ‘How to Buy a Bed’ and ‘Love Your Linens’ as well as tons of information on care, maintenance and tips, the online shop is literally a one-stop shop for all your bedding needs.

Clery offers delivery all over Ireland and they also take care of disposing your old mattress.

via Selectabed

Lead guitarist Michael Einziger, from the very popular California rock band Incubus, had us build a Tri-Pedic to fit the shape of his unique media room loft area that allows the comfort of sitting and playing the guitar while watching his favorite movie, as well as the ability to lie back and get some much needed blissful sleep.

This is so interesting. And so cool! Of course, if you have the means to pay for it, why not right? Blissful sleep indeed!

The New York Times sits with H. Thomas Bryant, chief executive of today’s most profitable mattress manufacturing company, Tempure-Pedic. Below are some excerpts to the interview:

Q. Your company is not even 20 years old?

A. That’s true; we’ve been in the U.S. now for 13 years. It’s taken us quite a while to establish a business and a brand and start growing. About six years ago, when we started our distribution into furniture and bedding stores, we started advertising more aggressively.

St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVDP) based in Oregon, has established a mattress recycling program facility in California believing that the progressive state may be interested in this waste-management solution.

Disposed mattress amount to about 350,000 yearly and with this facility, SVDP can recycle about 200 mattress a month. These are mattresses that they can resell for cheap or donate to low-income families.

SVDP is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides housing and care to many individuals, as well as the preservation of the quality of life and the environment.

via PU2PU