This is the new electronic age where humans are largely dependent on machines for their entertainment and comfort. Though these machines are a great boon to us, however, their negative effects cannot also be discounted.

The Starlet Queen Size Bed Frame is the perfect bed to have in the bedroom. The contemporary low platform style divan base with a synthetic leather-covered, high-density foam cushioned headboard stands out with its simplistic elegance, while the solid wood base provides enhanced support and comfort irrespective of the type of mattress selected to be placed on top. The divan has been uniquely designed into two pieces with six, two-inch stoppers providing firm support.

Ever wondered how bed frames came to be the way they look, how they started and they have been transformed?

The Lancet Medical Journal published a report about a study conducted on a random sample of over 300 people in Spain who complained of back pain and the findings revealed that those who used medium-firm mattresses for a period of three months, recovered faster from back pain than those who stuck to firm ones. Thus the myth that firm mattresses help treat back pain gets debunked completely.

We made an exception this week, 2 mattresses were given to a family this week. This family was referred to us by a welfare worker from Singapore’s Children Society. Give their current situation, we agreed internally to give them 2 mattresses. Below is the brief story:

1) It is not what you keep but how you keep it. Bedrooms can have the cheapest furniture and accessories, but that too can look beautiful if placed right and coordinated in an appealing manner. The look of openness with bright sunlight seeping in during the day makes the bedroom cheerful and bright, instead of dull and morose

It has been a long time since I received a marketing email made me LOL. I categorize all marketing emails as spam unless I have dealt with the company before. I usually delete all unsolicitated marketing emails without reading. Yesterday, by chance I happen to read an marketing email from “Punters Way”, you know that little book that “ah peks” carry around especially during weekends around Kranji area.

I am 49 years old, I saw your news article on “My Paper” regarding the “Free mattresses for the needy” and so I would like to be granted with one of those beds due to the financial difficulties I am facing at the moment

Mattresses nowadays comes in all sorts of names, brands, technology, specification, features, materials, combinations and “benefits”. It may seem that you are spoilt for choice when you go mattress shopping. But the truth is, (without listening to the salesman), if you can’t differentiate one mattress from the other, there probably is not much difference.

Below is the story of this week’s applicant :

i just came out of prison on 29 July 2009 after serving 3 year 5 months jail term for drug related offences.I am 25 yrs old and just got employed as an admin.I have changed since then and have become a christian.

Free Mattress Program update.

We have given away the fourth mattress under the Free Mattress Program. This time round we had coverage from mypaper aka wo bao, the coverage would be published within the next few days. So, if you are interested in getting the full story, grab the next few issues of mypaper.

Don’t you feel the bare floors in your bedroom make your room appear plain and incomplete? When you enter your room doesn’t it seem that something is not quite right, but cannot pinpoint what?

The “ooh””, “aah” and “ouch” one hears ever so often with a hand on the back, is becoming ever so common as an exclamation in agonizing pain in the back. Even more usually visible is bent figures, improper gait and holding the back as if for support. Backache has always tormented the human frame but it is becoming increasingly common with the changed lifestyles we all have.

We have just given away the 3rd mattress under Beds.sg Free Mattress program which was launched 3 weeks ago.

If you are not sure what this program is about, you could read this post Free Mattress Program, The Story Behind. In short, we give away 1 mattress every week to the less fortunate or less privileged in Singapore.

Below is the story of the successful applicant this week. In her own words….

Mattress care is neither cumbersome nor time consuming. It can simply become part of the regular cleaning regimen followed at home. The initial phase makes it appear like an added headache, but soon it blends into the household routine. All that mattresses need to be able to last long and well are a few simple measures like: