| Before you go out and buy a new bed set you | | | | sleep well at night. If you do not have good support |
| should take some time to the different components | | | | you will toss and turn and can wake up stiff. Lack of |
| that make up the modern day bed set. Knowing this | | | | proper support is the main reason for people not |
| can save you lots of time and money when shopping | | | | sleeping well at night. |
| for what some consider as one of the major | | | | There are several types of mattresses available: |
| purchases in life. Considering that we spend about | | | | Traditional Coil These mattresses have individual steel |
| one third of our lives in bed sleeping we want to be | | | | coils inside them to provide spinal support and are the |
| sure and pick a bed set we will be happy with. | | | | type of mattress most people are familiar with. |
| Most bed sets are based on the same time proven | | | | Memory Foam This mattress is made from a special |
| design: | | | | visco elastic heat sensitive foam that gets softer as |
| Bed Frame | | | | your body warms it up providing just the correct |
| The bed frame is what holds your box springs and | | | | amount of support where and when you need it. |
| mattress in place. Many modern frames are | | | | Water Bed These use large bladders filled with water |
| constructed of wood or metal with the higher quality | | | | that use a baffle system to provide support. They |
| frames able to accommodate several different | | | | must be heated constantly as they are too cold to |
| mattress sizes. Be aware that frames made for | | | | sleep otherwise. |
| larger size mattresses need to have a center support | | | | Air Bed Another newly popular mattress is the air |
| bar to prevent sagging. | | | | bed. Like a waterbed the air bed is filled with air and |
| Box Springs | | | | many of the more expensive models have remotes |
| The box springs are usually purchased along with a | | | | that let you control the firmness of both sides of the |
| new mattress because they are made to work | | | | bed separately. |
| together as a complete set and if you are in need of | | | | Padding |
| a new mattress the chances are you also need a | | | | The final layer of the bed is usually made from |
| new box spring. Some think this is made up by the | | | | cotton, wool or memory foam and is the main factor |
| bedding industry to increase profits and if you are so | | | | in determining the comfort rating of the mattress. |
| inclined you can often find mismatched sets for a | | | | Firmer mattresses will have less padding and softer |
| much better price than a matching set. | | | | mattresses will have more. The softest mattress |
| If you were to look inside your box springs you see | | | | available today is the pillow top mattress and is |
| a set of wire coils that are made to provide just | | | | getting to be very popular. |
| enough support but not so much that the bed would | | | | There you have it. You now know the different |
| be sagging while you were in it. | | | | parts of a bed set and can go shopping with |
| Mattress | | | | confidence knowing that you are armed with the |
| The mattress is the part of the bed that provides | | | | knowledge to pick the perfect bed set for your |
| the majority of the support your body needs to | | | | lifestyle. |