Looking for a space-saving bed with storage to put in a smaller bedroom?
If the idea of a pull-down bed conjures up images of cramped bedsits, or if a bed with drawers makes you think of tired student divans, it’s time to rethink your preconceptions. Today’s clever bed designs manage to combine style and practicality with aplomb. There are now many multi-functional designs and canny under-bed storage solutions to help you make the most of your space.
Your bed is likely to be the most prominent piece of furniture in your bedroom, so choose a bed type that fits with the style and size of the room.
Make sure to measure your space then decide how large or small a bed you’d like – or can fit – in your bedroom.
Measure your bedroom if you’re moving into a new home, allowing ample space at either side of where the bed will fit to accommodate bedside tables or other furniture.
We carry a great range of space saving beds from Silent Night, Rest Assured, Burgess Beds and Sealy. You can choose from four options; two drawers, four drawers, four drawer continental (2 large and 2 half size drawers) and ottoman beds.
For beautifully made bedroom furniture, look no further than The Old Mill. We have over 30 different collections for you to choose from so you’re bound to find your perfect dream bedroom.
The bedroom is the one room in the house where you can be truly indulgent…it is your own space to relax and enjoy.
Furnishing and decorating your bedroom is without doubt one of the most personal forms of expression that you can undertake in your home. It’s is all about your own personal taste and discovering your particular individual style – therefore, it is almost impossible to offer a hard and fast set of rules.
What is important is that your bedroom reflects you and your personality that’s why we have made sure we have plenty of choice both in style and price.
Think about what you want from the bedroom – is it a cool, calm space or a more dynamic and sumptuous room? Once you know what type of environment you would like to create, you can then choose the right style for you.
Accessories are a wonderfully easy way of bringing colour and pattern into a space and can be changed seasonally to reflect the seasons. For the final touch perhaps add a silk quilt or wool throw in the cooler months and colourful cushions in the spring.
Pop in and have a look at our bedroom collections from Kingstown, Corndell’s Annecy Range, Willis & Gambier’s Malvern Range, SJ units and Welcome.
Bentley Designs is a leading suppliers of quality furniture in the UK and they are dedicated to uncompromising quality and distinctive design.
Their collections are crafted from high quality timbers and veneers that are rich in character and offer a lasting appeal.
Combined with a vast selection of fabrics and superior ironmongery, these collections boast some of the most unique bedroom ranges around.
We are proud to sell Burgess Beds and Mattresses another British family business that shares our ethos of quality.
They have been hand making bespoke luxury beds in England for over eighty years and are very much a family run business making hand crafted, quality beds for the home, hotels, shipping lines and many more institutions.
Tips for choosing soft furnishing and fabrics to bring some personality to your room.
Step 1: Start with a fabric you love and then worry about what to do with it. Whatever you choose, this will form the basis of your colour palette for the room and gives you something to build on.
Step 2: Use pattern to pick up colours. Patterned fabrics are great for dressing up a room and giving it a fresh look.
Step 3: Texture is important when building a room because it adds homely ‘layers’ and movement. It’s also an interesting way to keep the colour palette flowing throughout, without making it too uniform.
Step 4: Take a step back. You don’t want to walk into a room and feel like your head might explode because there’s too much going on. A successful room needs to have balance. Too much of one colour, pattern or texture and a room can look busy.
Experiment and have fun! You can always change it back again.
Corndell is one of Britain’s largest independent cabinet furniture manufacturers. In existence for over 30 years, Corndell makes pine, oak and ash bedroom, living room and dining room furniture, and also imports several ranges in a variety of woods.
Inspired by their home in the Cotswolds, Corndell is passionate about making the finest furniture for your homes.
Benefits include:
Practicality; Corndell will not let you down when it comes to storage capacity and strength.
Corndell is built to take the load.
Durability; Corndell is built to take the rigours of everyday living and family life, and its traditional construction will give many years of trouble free service.
As one of Lancashire’s leading family owned furniture retailers based in Bolton-le-Sands we are delighted to announce that OUR ONLINE SHOWROOM IS NOW OPEN. You will now be able to browse at your leisure 24/7 and make your choice before visiting us at The Old Mill.
The online showroom displays many of products in our living, dining and bedroom furniture collections from brands such as Alstons, Bentley, Corndell, G Plan, Morris, Rest Assured, Silentnight,Welcome and Winsor. Other brands will be added to our online showroom soon, including Sealy Beds and Rauch.
Our showroom in Bolton-le-Sands spans a massive 15,000+ square feet, and showcases living, dining and bedroom furniture and a massive flooring and carpet selection so we are confident that you will find exactly the right product for your home.
When purchasing a mattress, it’s important to keep in mind your body’s unique comfort and support needs, in addition to price. While comfort is essential for a good night’s sleep, many choose to disregard this aspect and focus primarily on the cost of the mattress.
If you are choosing to buy a cheap mattress, are you really getting the best quality? Will a cheap mattress set last as long as a mid-priced mattress set that’s a better fit for your comfort preferences? Remember, you will spend 1/3 of your life in bed, so it makes sense to look at your new mattress as an investment in the quality of your life!
When it comes time to buy a new mattress, don’t set out to find a cheap mattress first. Rather, start the shopping process by setting price aside and figuring out what type of mattress is right for you because you will be sleeping on it for many years to come. So, instead of searching for a cheap mattress, change your thinking and search for the right mattress at the best value.
Look at the comfort:
Make sure that the mattress you are interested in provides you and your sleep partner with the right level of comfort. We offers a variety of mattresses ranging from very firm to very soft, so there’s a comfort match for everyone. Test out various models and see which best fits your needs.
Look for you ideal features:
From a gel memory foam to a pillow top innerspring mattress, there are plenty of options to consider. Whether you prefer a firm mattress or a mattress that conforms to your body as you sleep, consider which mattress will give you a restful night’s sleep. Shop smarter by knowing the different mattress types and comparing prices on models with similar features.
Look for the right price:
Now that you know what type of mattress may be best for you, you can start thinking about price. Remember that you will sleep on this mattress every night for many years to come, and by now you should stop worrying about finding a cheap mattress and start thinking about investing in the right mattress.
Talk to our bed experts.
Bargain mad Britons could be wrecking their chance of a good night’s sleep because they would rather scrimp on the price of a new mattress – and save on the time needed to try it out.
According to the results of a major, European wide survey* into consumer bed buying habits, the UK tops the league when it comes to lack of sleep. 45% of us claim not to get enough compared to an average of 35% across the rest of Europe.
Yet despite close on half of us feeling we don’t get enough sleep, less than one in 10 Brits have yet to make the link between poor sleep and the quality of their bed or mattress. Only 9% thought the quality of their bed/mattress disturbed their sleep while twice as many (18%) of their more ‘rested’ counterparts in Europe have sussed the connection between good sleep and good beds.
One reason could be that Britons are much more likely than their continental cousins to buy mattresses online (where they can’t try them out first) rather than through traditional retail outlets (where they can). 16% of those questioned in the UK, compared to 12% in Europe said they had bought online.
According to the new study, part funded by the UK’s National Bed Federation, British bed buyers are also more price sensitive than their European counterparts with 52% saying price was important to their purchasing decision as opposed to 45% across the rest of Europe. Indeed 41% of those questioned in the UK agreed that they would only buy a mattress if it was on sale – only 16% of those questioned across Europe said special discount offers were important.
And 73% of bargain-hunting Brits won’t pay more than £750 (1,000 euros) for a double mattress.
Could it be this pre-occupation with price that drives so many Brits to buy online? Jessica Alexander, executive director of The National Bed Federation certainly believes there’s a link: “Online is quite definitely where a lot of budget mattresses are sold and if people don’t try before they buy, no wonder so many of them don’t feel they are getting a good night’s sleep.
“Buying online certainly has a role to play in today’s world and it’s not exclusively the domain of bargain beds – some very good mattresses can be bought on the internet too. But our advice to people would always be to try before you buy so that you can be sure the mattress you are buying is comfortable for you. It’s a very subjective purchase and what’s right for one person doesn’t suit another.”
This ‘race to the bottom’ could also explain the apparent dissatisfaction of many Brits with mattress purchases in the past few years. According to the research, 47% of the UK sample had replaced their mattress in less than five years compared to only 30% of Europeans. Said Jessica: “While we recommend that people should look to change a good mattress every seven years, the fact that so many people in this country are doing it in under five would indicate they were not altogether happy with the mattress they had. Perhaps that’s not surprising if it was a really cheap one which they didn’t even try out.”
The growing shift to online sales could also account for Britain’s love of brands as a buying reassurance. Buying a well-known brand was deemed important by 16% of those questioned in the UK but only by 11% of Europeans.
The main reasons for buying online were: delivered to my door (favoured by 72% of those questioned in the UK as opposed to 64% in Europe); lower prices (69% UK, 55% Europe); saves time (69% UK, 54% Europe).
Plus there’s the fact that shopping for a bed still isn’t considered much fun. Just over half of Brits (54%) and Europeans (58%) said it was.
Europe is also divided by very different preferences when it comes to the type of bed people buy. 40% of the UK sample felt memory foam was the best mattress technology while across the rest of Europe the figure was a much lower 25%.
Over there, latex, is the second most favoured foam, popular with16% of Europeans. In the UK it was only favoured by 2% of those questioned with their second favourite technology being pocket springs (23% of those questioned in the UK as opposed to 14% in Europe).
Said Jessica Alexander: “We have always known that, in terms of construction and design, the UK bed market is very different to that across the rest of Europe and this study further highlights that. It also throws up the rather worrying fact that UK consumers would rather bag a bargain than a good night’s sleep – and that fewer people here than in Europe have made the connection between good sleep and a good bed.”
Talk to our bed experts and find the right mattress for you.
It is what bargain-hunters have always suspected. Some furniture retailers are permanently “on sale”, according to research by Which?, the consumer organisation.
It’s not how we work and never has been. Our policy is to price our furniture and carpets very competitively and then we reduce our prices even further in January and sometimes in the summer as well.
So, if you’re looking for a bargain this weekend it’s stress-free shopping at The Old Mill and we’ve plenty of free parking as well.
View some of our sale items here.