Everyone wants to have the most comfortable beds to retire to after a long day. A peaceful sleep at the end of a stressful 16 hours is the perfect balm for a



tired soul. But if you have to rest on uncomfortable beds then you can loose valuable sleep and this can lead to a deterioration in your health. Divan beds

are one of the most comfortable means of sleeping well and relaxing.

Divan beds are popular traditionally in the UK. In fact they make up the bulk of U K's bed market. The word came into existence from the box spring when this

technology came into use. The mattress was placed on the top of the spring unit surrounded in fabric and held together with iron sides or a wooden platform

underneath the mattress. The design of beds has changed over the years. From metal and wood bed frames to free standing bedroom furniture with box spring and

wonderful mattress designs - there has been lots of development in the divan setting. They are also less bulky and easy to move on casters. The initial divan

beds were typically 6 inches deep. The trend of deeper divan bases of 12 inches on casters is now the format.

Linen retailers and bedding manufacturers also benefited from the development of divan beds. The divan bed bases have become colored and continental in

style. Continental quilts and quilt covers perfectly suited divan beds as the quilt was designed to flow over the sides and end of the divan beds. At the

middle the trend of deep edges were developed but it soon went out of fashion. The first drawer divan offered base edge springing and relatively shallow

drawers. The divan basses contained as many springs as in the mattresses and were effectively supported by two mattress spring systems. The better quality

divan beds where the mattresses contained individual pocket springs did not suffer as much from roll together but were also soft on the side of the divan

beds.

The development in the upholstery materials also transformed the requirement to bed fillings. As trends changed with colour and filled up with frilled

valances divan beds became more of a fashion necessity than a personal resting place. The introduction of faux suede in cream/beige color developed divan

bases and people's desire to possess one. The initiative with the no turn mattress was to effectively take the upholstery from the underside and place this

on the top side which more or less doubled the comfort layers with very little extra costs. This also allowed a softer surface feel to be offered to offset

the firmness of the platform top divan beds.

The one sided specification transformed the ability to improve the feel of the mattress and created an easy care mattress system where the mattress only

needed to be rotated around on one side to spread the load of typically a heavier man and lighter lady. Divan beds are the perfect tonic for a great nights

sleep. Sample the full range of beds on offer at bedsupermarket.