What is a divan bed?
A divan bed is a mattress with a fabric covered box style base that it lies on. The base can be improved with different feet, chrome feet, shepherds castors, or smarter fabrics, link bars, and spring edge tops are often extra.
TipsHow big is a queen size bed?
In the UK, we have a small single 75cm, a single 90cm, a three-quarter 120cm wide, double 135cm wide, king-size 150cm and a super king 180cm wide. A queen size is a label used by other countries and can vary in size depending on the country you are in. Browse Dial-a-Mattress' range of bed frames and find your ideal queen size bed today.
TipsWhat is an ottoman bed?
An ottoman bed is a bed with a lift up top that the mattress lies on. These come as either bedframes, or divan bases. They usually have gas filled struts that assist with opening and closing the lid.
TipsWhat is a sleigh bed?
A sleigh bed is designed with a headboard and a footboard, normally these are solid in style in either wood, or fabric, and often have a sweeping style similar to a sleigh.
TipsHow wide is a double bed?
A double mattress is approximately 135-140cm wide and 190cm long, most bed frames are wider and longer than this because the double size refers to the mattress that is due to sit on it, rather than the size of the bed itself, which can be wider and longer due to style and thickness of materials used, such as thick corner posts. Many bedframes are 10cm longer and 10cm wider than the mattress, some of more than this, some are less.
TipsHow much sleep do children need?
Children of different ages require different amounts of sleep, and even within these rough guidelines, each child is different, some may need far longer than others. Babies up to around 4 years of age should be getting up to around 14 hours a day, but this can be at night and during daytime naps. Small children up to 5 should be getting anywhere between 10 and 13 hours of sleep a night.Children 6 - 13 require between 9 and 11 hours of sleep. Teenagers should aim for a minimum of 8 hours of sleep a night.These are ideals as stated by professionals who have studied the impact of sleep on the average individual amongst these ages. We know that there are a number of circumstances which can turn these into an impossible reality. Creating a routine in your household to help to aim for at least the minimum optimum sleep time can help to improve the overall health and wellbeing of the family within your home. Creating a routine and a cut off time for technology or play can help to reduce the brain's activity to ensure that it switches off early enough to get a good night's sleep. With small children, reading to them at night over allowing them to watch TV can help them to switch off and enter a deeper sleep, which might mean that the parents are treated to a full nights sleep instead of being woken up during the night. The time your child spends active throughout the day can have an impact on how much sleep they will require. Increased levels of activity throughout the day can leave you finding your child settling down to sleep earlier and not stirring until the morning. For the best night's sleep for your little ones, head over to our Kids beds and treat them to a new, exciting place to lay their head. Head over to our blog for more information on getting your little ones off to sleep.
TipsHow to choose a mattress for back pain
The right mattress for back pain varies depending on the individual. One that is perfect for one person's back pain, may work the opposite for another. The best way to address the back pain, is to find the right mattress to support you. For example, sleeping on a hard floor will offer very rigid support, while sleeping on a pile of soft pillows will offer very little support at all. Typical advice recommends that an orthopaedic mattress is the best option for individuals that suffer from back pain. However, this might not be the case for your circumstances. A good supportive mattress should mould to your shape while you sleep, while offering support, rather than just soft moulding. For example, a smaller individual who sleeps on their side, would find it extremely uncomfortable to sleep on an extra firm mattress as it would not contort to their body shape. Whereas a softer or a memory foam mattress would mould to the right shape, offering fuller support. Where two individuals share a bed, both need to be taken into consideration, and ideally either a mutual ground or a mattress that reduces the movement felt by the other person such as a pocket sprung or memory foam mattress where the movement is contained. Ensuring that measures are taken in your daily life and routine to reduce the risk of back pain can help you to get a good night's sleep even if your mattress isn't quite right for you. Include regular exercise to help improve the quality of your back muscles can help to reduce back pain over extended periods of time. Head over to our blog for more information on choosing the right mattress.
TipsHow can you get to sleep in hot weather?
Finding yourself struggling to get to sleep, or indeed stay asleep during hot or warm weather is a common issue. Regulating your temperature during the night is not so easy when the weather outside is warm. By taking measures to cool yourself or the room down you can significantly improve the quality of your sleep. The first place to start is where possible, open windows. Allowing the fresh air to circulate in your room will cool the space during the night, while allowing you to breathe better. Adding a fan in front of an open window can help to push the cool air into the room. If you can't sleep with the window open, look at investing in a small aircon unit. These are much quieter than fans and should cool the air better.Make sure you swap over to summer bedding. This means packing up the 14 tog duvet, along with the fleece bedding until the temperature drastically drops. On hotter nights, swap out the duvet completely and opt for a nice light cotton sheet. Above all else, you can also look at investing in a cooler - feel mattress, such as cool gel, cool memory foam or cool touch fabrics.As with any time of year, sleep is easier if you live a healthy lifestyle. Regular exercise, healthy eating and limiting alcohol will all help you to improve your nights' sleep. For more information on our range of cooling mattresses head over to our mattress page today, or you can contact a member of our team today.
TipsHow much sleep do you need?
How much sleep we need is impacted by our age and an assortment of health conditions. Babies up to around 4 years of age should be getting up to around 14 hours a day, but this can be at night and during daytime naps. Small children up to 5 should be getting anywhere between 10 and 13 hours of sleep a night.Children 6 - 13 require between 9 and 11 hours of sleep. Teenagers should aim for a minimum of 8 hours of sleep a night.A standard healthy adult should aim to get between 7 and 9 hours of good sleep a night. These are ideals as stated by professionals who have studied the impact of sleep on the average individual amongst these ages. We know that there are a number of circumstances which can turn these into an impossible reality. From parents of small children who appear to not sleep at night, to teenagers who stay up all night on games, it can be difficult to see how these hours are achievable. Creating a routine in your household to help to aim for at least the minimum optimum sleep time can help to improve the overall health and wellbeing of the family within your home. Creating a routine and a cut off time for technology or play can help to reduce the brain's activity to ensure that it switches off early enough to get a good night's sleep. With small children, reading to them at night over allowing them to watch TV can help them to switch off and enter a deeper sleep, which might mean that the parents are treated to a full nights sleep instead of being woken up during the night. Check out our blog regularly for any tips you need to get to sleep.
