Home Bed & Mattress Care Guide: Bed Care

Bed and mattress care guide

Caring for your bed is a breeze with our handy video and top tips below.

Bed care

Upholstered Beds

Looking for more quick tips? The Daily Care tab has loads of useful info to take the fuss out of furniture care.

How to make your bed last longer

As well as providing support to your mattress, a bed frame can bring designer style to your bedroom. Here’s our advice for making sure your bed frame looks good for as long as possible.

Keep your bed away from heat

Keep your bed away from heat

Whether your bed frame is upholstered in leather, covered in fabric or made out of wood, it’s a good idea to keep it away from radiators or out of direct sunlight – just as you would do with any treasured piece of furniture. Heat can damage wood surfaces and sunlight can cause upholstered and wooden furniture to fade.

Check the spacing between the slats

Check the spacing between the slats

Be sure to regularly lift your mattress and check the spacing of your bed frames slats. To ensure that the mattress’s weight is evenly distributed over your bed frame’s base, they should be no more than 7 cm apart. Body weight and movement can cause even connected slats to become misaligned, so be sure to keep an eye on this.

Tighten bed frame connections

Tighten bed frame connections

Make a point of checking your bed frame’s fixtures and fittings every few months. It’s important that all screws and connections for castors, feet, linking bars and the headboard are completely secure and fully tightened. Loose connections can put undue strain on a bed base and cause unnecessary damage.

Avoid overloading divan drawers

Avoid overloading divan drawers

Divan base storage drawers and ottoman bed compartments are designed to accommodate only lightweight items like pillows, bedding and clothing. Using them for heavier items like books and shoes can damage drawer runners, cause drawers to jam and compromise bed bases. Need more storage space in your bedroom? Take a look at our bedroom furniture collection.

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