You all have seen my day bed in my living room.
Like you couldn’t miss it if you tried thanks to the million photos I have added of my living room (somehow) on my instagram. Haha, it’s been my photo muse, my cushion showcase studio, my candid cat photo background, best friend on a cold night, pass out place- for me and umpteenth others after a good session of untamed drinkage- and ofcourse, a place to while away with the cat on my feet when everything’s done and dusted. But for a place that sees so much of us, it was very uncomfortable.
And somehow, changing to a better, comfortable mattress- although burned at the back of my mind- never came to fruition!
But it was just a Mattress Of Time
A third of our lives is spent on our bed and yet it’s the last thing on our mind when we set out to decorate our homes. Honestly, I am guilty of this too. It was not until last year that I changed my bedroom mattress when my hands started to ache badly and realized that’s probably where I should have put my money first. And eversince I changed that, I wanted to do away with the mattress in our living room chiefly on grounds of comfort but also in terms of form. As I like to call it, the three mattresses- from our spinster and bachelor years- that made up our day bed- kinda coagulated in places giving us a terrible lumpy seating experience. Plus, it had kinda shrunk so the bedding- no m atter how tight you’d tuck- would always look uneven and weird. The center had puffed up because we used to sit on the sides and it looked like a weird blister of sorts which wouldn’t budge. Haha, seriously. Charge me guilty.
But then Harry and Meghan got married and sent a present
Yeah, like friends of mine you know. So I had gone ahead and ordered the mattress from Hush a week before {They kindly sponsored this to me} and it came to me on a perfect day while I was rearranging the coagulation-cotton under my derriere to find a comfortable seating to watch the royal wedding. Atleast I got to watch half of it in this beautiful mattress with a ‘cuppa tea’. Like the extreme outer crowd who got their own lunch, I got my own mattress. Beat that for a fan.
A little about our mattress
A leveled bed is so underrated! You’ll know if you’ve had India roads like bed all along, you will. Anyway, to be honest, it’s quite overwhelming to choose a mattress given the plethora of options available today but I know for a fact that a day bed should be two things-
A. Comfortable
B. Should be able to protect your spine. Because it’s a space that’s generally used for lounging, reclining and seating in common rooms, it’s important that it holds your form.
So the Memory Foam mattress from Hush was a good choice for us. We looked into the composition a bit. 3 layers- A top layer of temperature sensitive memory foam helps reduce tossing and turning by up to 80 percent compared to ordinary mattresses, a mid layer of high resilience PU foam lends comfort and softness to the mattress and a supportive base layer of rebounded foam ensures that the natural S shape of your spine is maintained through the seating or sleeping position. Plus it gives you 5 years warranty against manufacturer defects. It was more than enough for us.
And yet, I wanted to wait for more than a month to tell you that its awesome. Why? because I had to be 100% sure that its what you want. Using it, I wondered why I didn’t do this before because it changed the lounging experience by miles. Its so soft to touch and contours so well with your body- it’s really, really comfortable. Although we were playing #WhatTheFluff here but you can see how beautifully the mattress contours. Look into those fluffy paws making pretty dents on the marshmallow-cream mattress. We love it!
By the way, just so you might to keep a check list for choosing a good mattress, here are 10 things that you need:
When to buy a new mattress
You know it’s time to let your mattress go when
a. It forms a dip when you lie down
b. Your partner wakes up when you toss and turn
c. You toss and turn a lot and have disturbed sleep
d. Your hands and back starts paining
There are a whole lot of mattress to choose from today but a hybrid or combination of latex and memory foam works the best for me. You can choose 100% memory foam which contours to your body giving you relief from pressure point aches. A good one helps in keeping your spine aligned.
Hybrids are the most common and have a half and half of inner spring + Memory foam or Latex + memory foam which gives the much needed “Hotel Bed” like bounce and also protects your spine.
Choose a company that you feel is reliable and offers good guarantee on it. This post is sponsored by Hush Mattress and we have a 5 year guarantee on it.
Alright then. Off.
The clothes must come off the line because it’s looking like it’s going to rain cats and dogs.
I hope its cats, Muzu will be super excited
Rukmini XO
