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[camwyn]

Is... is there a reason why a mattress by Martha Stewart or Laura Ashley should be in any way more appealing than another? I mean, they're mattresses. They're not supposed to look pretty. They're supposed to be covered. Unless they come with sheets or a free book there's no real point to "o hai, I has a mattress by a DESIGNER!", is there?

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[tropes.livejournal.com]

Mattresses are ridiculous. Tom and I gave up on traditional ones and bought 100% ikea and we love it.

[camwyn]

I plan on stopping by Macy's tonight to see what theirs are like, since fifty percent off on Wednesday's sale is not to be sneezed at. If they have a mattress that makes me happy, I'm good. If not, one car trip to Ikea is all it takes to test out the alternative.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

If you decide against traditional ones, I have to tell you that the ikea alternative is lighter, thinner, and has no box spring if you go with the slat system. It's firmer than my previous mattress set, but I prefer it. Also: we went with a latex one with no springs or anything, which was awesome. :)

[camwyn]

I haven't used a boxspring in years. The bed I acquired yesterday is Ikea's Aspelund design, and it came with the Sultan ... shoot. Not sure which of the Sultan slatted bed bases it was, but there were two bundles of slats bound together with white ribbony stuff.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

Yes! That is what we have. It's awesome. Boxsprings are so silly.

[camwyn]

I came home from college once and discovered that my mother had for some reason bought a boxspring and installed it on my bed despite it being a platform bed with an essentially slatted base (if by 'slat' you mean 'pieces of particleboard a good foot wide or more'). Serious WTF moment, and not really a sleeping experience I was used to at that point.

[ceitfianna]

Mattress cost far too much, I ended up buying a floor model in the end since everything else just cost far too much. Honestly I tried some of the fancier ones and I think the only difference is the quality of the stuffing and such, which isn't that big of a deal.