• The plethora of discount retailers out there offer you no better deals or sales specials than you can better every day at Jarrettsville Furniture.  I hate to toot our own horn, but it's just the truth.  In fact, we've priced ourselves against Internet-Direct dealers and we are even lower than they are, plus you know exactly what you're getting and what's inside the bedding we sell you.  We deliver and set-up your new bedding and remove old bedding free of charge, which isn't easy to do these days with $4.85 per gallon diesel fuel costs.
  

• You probably never think about the shock absorbers or struts in your family vehicle until you take a ride in your best friend's new car.  All of a sudden you realize that your car isn't giving you the ride that it did three years ago.  Reason?  You've simply and gradually gotten used to the ride of your car even though it's suspension is slowly going downhill.  It's the same with bedding.  People commonly shop for new bedding after they've been to the Hilton in Nassau and discovered that the sleep they got on the hotel's bed there gave them the best night's sleep that they've had in years.  
  
  What tourists probably don't think about is that the big hotel chains change their bedding typically every two to three years.  Granted, their bedding gets a lot more use and abuse than yours does, but a good, quality set of name-brand bedding should last you 10-15 years or more.  Buy the best that you can afford.  You are on that bed about one third of your life, so don't skimp in this area of your necessities.  And today, the better quality bedding sets have unconditional 10-year warranties and many come with an additional 10 years at pro rata.  Divide a minimum of ten years into your cost of the bedding.  Chance are it will come out to less than a dollar a day.  Remember, you paid a lot more than that to sleep on that hotel bed per night. 
  
  
• Beds are a bit different now than they were a few years ago.  Most new bedding sets contain everything that's important to your sleep and health in the mattress alone now, with very little in the box spring, if it's actually a spring system at all.  Many box springs serve little more than being spacers between the bed rails and the mattress. The good news is that you no longer have to flip or turn the newer mattresses,  Frankly, most of the new, latex king mattresses weigh over 250 lbs.; not a chore you'd look forward to, believe me.  
  
  
• A result of the above fact is that newer mattresses are much thicker than your old 9-inch one is or was.  And while that means you have to invest in some "deep pocket" linens, its contribution to your good night's rest and well-being is far more valuable to you than the cost.  
  
  
• Bedding and, in particular, the mattress serves to major purposes:  (a) to support your spine in a proper alignment as you sleep, and (b) to offer you a top, comfort layer depending on your personal taste before your body descends to the support layer.  That's the secret of bedding in a nutshell.  A Support Layer and a Comfort Layer.  Now you can apply this now-exposed bedding mystery to your own purchase of new bedding.  Find the comfort layer that is pleasing to you, and possibly your significant other, and then couple that to a support layer that is best for your longer-term sleep time.  You'll generally find that similar, if not the same, support layers are available with numerous top or comfort layers.  Top, comfort layers may vary from practically flat and very firm to several-inch, thick, cushioned "pillow-tops."  Fine quality manufacturers, such as Sealy and Stearns & Foster offer a generous array of these combinations for you to choose from.
  
  
• One last thing you should know:  Box springs now come in regular/standard height (typically 9.5 inches), and "Low Profile" height (usually about 5 inches high) to help compensate for the thicker new mattresses.  Combined with the height from the floor of your rails (that part that supports the bottom edge of the box spring), you total mattress, box spring and rail combination shouldn't exceed 30" for most average-height people.  30 inches is the height of almost all dining tables, if that will help you to visualize the overall picture. The "low profile" box spring option can remedy the problem of having a bed that's awkward or nearly-impossible to get into because of excess height.

These pictures below may help you to see some of the basic options in today's bedding.

  
Bedding Set with a "Pillow-Top" Mattress

Bedding Set with a "Plush-Top" Mattress

Bedding Set with a Very Firm, Flat, 
Comfort Layer Mattress