Beds – your most important piece of furniture
Beds are crucial to a healthy lifestyle – don't stint when it comes to choosing yours.
What's the most important piece of furniture in your home? In terms of looking after you and keeping you healthy, it's almost certainly your bed. Why? Because we spend around one third of our lives in bed and because the time we spend sleeping is the time our bodies use to regenerate and grow.
Beds for all times of life
Having the right bed is important all the way through your life. The quality of the beds you sleep in will have areal impact on how you perform during the day:
Children – whilst most of us are seduced by the bright colours and inventive shapes and designs of children's beds, many of us forget how important it is that a child is actually properly supported while they sleep. The growth hormone tends to go to work at night, and a comfortable, relaxed child is the best environment for it to do its job properly.
Teenagers – teenagers probably spend more than one third of their teenage years in bed, but there's a good reason for that. The many changes that are happening to them physically, together with the pressure they are often under at school means that they need a lot of good quality sleep in order to keep on top of their busy lives. What's more, research suggests that teenagers who get a good night's sleep are more likely to absorb what they've learned during the previous day, making beds an excellent study aid too.
Working lives – for the duration of our working lives, we rely on getting quality sleep at night so that we can function properly the following day. For those people who have high-pressure jobs or are required to work long hours, or who cover night shifts, it's important that our beds are comfortable and supportive when we need them. With experts recommending that you change your bed every 8-10 years, you need to be thinking about having around 4-5 new beds and mattresses during your working life.
Retirement – when retirement comes, we need beds that are particularly supportive, particularly if we suffer from joint or muscle problems. Looking for beds that can offer us greater versatility in terms of getting in and out, or that can be raised to a better position if we suffer from breathing problems is important, and choice of mattress can be influenced by how much we sleep and how often we toss and turn at night.
Snug memory foam mattresses are designed and manufactured with your best night's sleep in mind. All the mattresses are available online and direct from Snug only and our aim is to give you the best-performing mattresses and the best customer service available. Our memory foam mattresses are hypo-allergenic, temperature sensitive and come complete with 5 or 15 year guarantees. You can shop online straight away, or call us on 0800 0277017 if you need help with anything.
