Different bed and mattress solutions

These days TV adverts, magazines and the internet are packed full of different offers on beds of every conceivable type, style and design.

Beds are sold in general furniture stores and departments stores, and also in bed superstores and through an ever increasing number of online stores. Many manufacturers now sell beds and mattresses direct via the internet and the number of sellers is more than equalled by the variety of bed types on display.

Which is the best type of bed is always open to debate and with options that include different types of bed frame and different types of mattress. Ultimately the choice is almost mind boggling.

When it comes to the bed frame or bed base, the main choices are between the divan base and the bed frame.

The frame has an open framed structure whilst the divan offers a boxed bed support where, more often than not, drawers provide a place to store bedding, duvets and quilts under the bed. The divan can have 2 or 4 drawers if it is in a double or king size format.

The bed frame has no storage, but it comes with attractive aesthetics that make it a visual focal point. Frames are made from wood or metal and sometimes fabrics can be used on head and foot boards.

Mattresses can come in a vast range of models. There are springs and a number of derivations of foam that range from manmade materials to natural processed latex, and then there are combinations of two or more of these components.

Most people who buy a divan buy the base and mattress together whilst those who buy a frame tend to buy the mattress separately.

Big sellers in the mattress showroom are the visco elastic memory foam mattress and the pocket spring mattress, often with a memory foam layer at the top. Budget mattresses are often made from lower quality foams or continuous wire coils and the quality is not as high.