Where to Purchase a Bed?

Beds are bought in three main ways in the UK: from a specialist online furniture retailer, from a high street showroom, or secondhand. Online specialists carry the broadest choice of frames and sizes with full measurements, showrooms are most valuable for testing a mattress in person, and the secondhand market suits frames far better than mattresses. This guide compares all three routes and sets out the checks that matter in each: the measurements to take in the room, the access route from the front door to the bedroom, which figures in a listing are genuinely useful, and how slat spacing and mattress depth affect your choice. It also explains why the bed should be ordered before the bedding and bedside cabinets, how to split a budget sensibly between the frame and the mattress, and the questions worth asking about construction, weight limits, carton sizes and returns before you place an order....