A new addition to the #16-68 FAMILY

Choosing mattress is actually the most headache process of furniture hunting....





I grew up in a humble 3 room flat, shared by my parents, my 4 other siblings and 2 aunts. Can you imagine how we managed to squeeze into this kind of floor area? Anyway, it was made possible with TILAMS( malay for thin small mattresses ). The boys would all form up 3 tilams joined side by side and sleep together

I remember sleeping in such kind of conditions until i was like 15 years old, when dad finally got a new flat in WOODLANDS in 1995. Even so, i still remained bedded on normal THICKER tilams ( but at least we have bed frames for our mattresses ). I spent my sleeping moments on this kind of condition ( Dad had many mouths to feed at that time, and only Eldest bro was working ), all the way until now.

It has been easily like 20 odd years of "humble sleeping", and i must say that i really couldnt get used to latest bedding technologies.

A few months before, BEDDING AND MATTRESS was just a way you get your sorry body to lie down and sleep for a better day...

LATEX layering, Memory Foam, Pocket patented springs and plush wool/ geese feather layering...These are technical jargons that easily stupefied me for the past few weeks of shopping in Furniture mall, IMM, Trade Hub, Eunos Kaki Bukit and even Sungei Kadut. The initial first few days of trying beds felt indifferent, because it seemed like EVERY bed worthy of a place in the boutique could send me off dreamin.... My dearie was almost quite frustrated because everytime when she tried to seek my opinion on beds, the only comments i could give was: OK THIS IS HARD, or THIS IS TOO SOFT...Opps!

After some vigorous mattress trials in sungei kadut and Furniture Mall, beach road, i started to have a better appreciation of the various designs out there in the market. We finally got a VERY VERY VERY GOOD DEAL from SLUMBERLAND-> The SLUMBERLAND ROYAL EXCELSIOR QUEEN bed!!!!

Here are the details. I will try to explain what each feature does.

1. Its a 12 inch bed. Very thich woh, just like the thick thick french toast you crave for with a cuppa and morning sun

2. The surface of the mattress is 100% cotton. It adds to this plush feel , and cotton generally lowers down body temperature ( try imagining wearing cotton tee vs those dry fit tee when you are really sweating in the hot sun and you will understand my analogy )

3. Above the mattress is layered with a section (about 2 inch i reckon) of natural latex. Natural latex is a kind of material that possesses natural ability to ward off evil stuff like your dust mites and germs.

4. The bulk of the mattress is cushioned by pocketed springs. This particular combination of pocketed springs WITH latex layer ensures that
a) Your latex layer allows your body contours to go in sync with the mattress
b) The pocketed spring is there so that as you flip from side to side, you have a equal and opposite feel to your motion, and the mattress actually helps your body to " gradually " sink into a particular pose in comfort

5. Most importantly, this bed is quite sturdy i.e when your partner flips like a dolphin on your left or right, you can still get maximum undisturbed sleep. Very stable!!!!

To add to the seemingly good features of this particular bed,

1. It comes free with very nice bed frames, and 2 normal pillows with a mattress protector

2. Instead of the shelf price of 2.5k, we got it for $1998!!!! No delivery charges some more!!!!

3. 15 year warranty!!!!

Sorry, this time i dont have pictures of this bed. Anyway, images of beds cant tell you much on its comfort.

Yeah another item on our furniture list CHECKED!!!!!