King Size Mattress

When my snippety sister-in-law poked her nosey nose into my bedroom, she exclaimed that there was no way that we had a king size mattress. We all have one of those relatives that make life really, um, interesting. This statement came as a bit of a surprise for two reasons.

First of all, we do own a king size mattress and second, I didn’t remember showing her our bedroom.And of course, she couldn’t stop herself from making an unnecessary comment about the relatively small king size mattress. Of course, she just couldn’t resist poking her head in our most private retreat to neb around.

The next week, we had the uh, pleasure of seeing my nosy sister in law again. This time we were guests in her home. I decided to give her a taste of her own medicine. I poked my head in her bedroom but I was pretty disappointed to see a king size mattress that was actually bigger than ours.

This whole episode made me a little aggravated. A little criticism is one thing but when you attack a person’s sleeping space you have really stepped over the mark. Actually, I did think that our king size mattress was a little small compared to others. I just didn’t know why.

Of course, she led us down her grand hall to make way to her grand bedroom with her freakishly oversized king size mattress. I was really ready to just go home and plop down on my relatively tiny bed and cry myself to sleep. I decided to do a little research instead.

How could this be, I thought ?

One king size mattress should be the same size as another, right? I wound up keeping my mouth shut for most of the evening, stewing in my jealous steam when my, err, lovely sister in law suggested that we take a tour of their lovely home. The whole thing made me want to toss dessert. I mean at her head.

Evidently, my sister in law invested in a California king instead of the standard deal. As it turns out, not all king size mattress styles are created equal. I went online and purchased a California-sized bed for my home. I also bought some bed raisers to make the king size mattress stand higher than hers.

Queen Size Mattress

Some people try to go out of their way to convince others that there likes or dislikes are the only way there is, I on the other hand think that life would be quite boring if we all liked the same thing and thought the same way. Everyone has there own sense of taste and comfort. What may be beautiful, practical and comfortable to one person, does not appeal to another. Also we would definitely have a problem with supply and demand if everyone wanted the same products and services.

Our first home had a large master bedroom, but the two guest rooms were very small. We had twin beds in each room and that did not leave much room for anything else. My husband and I have been able to afford comfortable homes throughout our marriage. We have upgraded each time we moved to have bigger rooms and more amenities.

When we moved to a larger house we up graded to queen size mattresses in the guest rooms. We have always had queen size mattresses for our bed, and it seemed easier in buying sheets and bed spreads, to have all the same size mattresses.

There are many grades of mattresses to consider when buying one. We did not have a great deal of money to spend on the queen size mattresses in the spare rooms. We wanted to make sure that guests were comfortable, but we did not think it was necessary to buy top of the line.

The sales person showed us two queen mattresses that they had in the warehouse on clearance sale. The manufacture has changed the fabric of the mattress covers for the new models so the old ones are discontinued. There is still a warranty on the mattresses; the only difference is the color of the fabric cover.

The sales person at one of the stores we went to was very helpful in pointing out the features and advantages of each grade of mattress. We explained that the queen size mattresses in the spare rooms would have occasional use only. We estimated four nights a month, which is probably much higher use estimation than we will really have.

We figure that with the occasional use these will get, we will not have to purchase new mattresses for many years. When you are in the market for new beds, especially if they are for guest rooms, check out the clearance items.

The sales person let us know that we could get these two higher quality mattresses for less than the next lower grade. He was willing to include new sheet sets for both beds, if we were willing to take both. The queen sets came with a fifteen year warranty, and that was if you were sleeping in them every night.

We also found that you get higher quality and better prices if you look for mattresses at stores that specialize in them verses a furniture store or department store. Also most mattress dealers are willing to take your old mattresses when they deliver the new ones.


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