Millbrook Mattress

Because it’s Friday and I’m not really in the mood to review the Millbrook Utopia I’ve been sleeping on this week, I’ve decided to take a lighter look at other people’s bedding problems, and discuss the annoying issue of getting rid of a mattress once you’re done with it.

I found this question posted on the Internet while searching for websites related to beds and mattresses:

I’ve got a 10-year old mattress I need to get rid of. Anyone know what I can do with it?

The answers were as follows. Sadly only the first 3 answers were sensible. The rest are just plain daft.

1. Ring up your local council. They will send someone round to pick it up.
2. Phone your council’s ‘cleansing department’ and ask them to come and pick it up. On the morning of collection, throw the mattress out of the window.
3. Sometimes, the company you buy your new bed from will agree to take your old bed away and recycle it.
4. Put on a yellow coat and knock on someone’s door with a clipboard in your hand. Tell the person who answers they’ve won a mattress in a competition, but they need to arrange collection.
5. Get an angle grinder and cut the mattress up into small chunks. Load a couple of these chunks into your bin each week until there are none left.
6. Take it to the tip – preferably with your wife/girlfriend still asleep on it. That way you can kill 2 birds with one stone.
7. Put it outside on the pavement with a sign that reads ‘for sale – £30’. Someone will definitely steal it.
8. Wrap your old mattress up in the plastic that the new mattress came in, and leave it out on the street overnight. In most neighbourhoods, it’ll be stolen by morning.
9. Drop it off at a local art gallery proclaiming it to be ‘Norwegian landscapes – an abstract perspective’.
10. Wait until November then sneak the mattress on to the local bonfire.

While some of these answers are clearly ridiculous, the first 3 are your best bet. You could also try getting rid of your old mattress on Freecycle or speaking with a local charity organisation (if it isn’t in particularly bad condition).

New to the 2009 range of Millbrook Beds is the Planets Collection. This range of 4 divan beds offers a superior sleeping experience at an affordable price. Created to showcase Millbrook’s emphasis on craftsmanship, these beds use the finest quality materials to provide a great night’s sleep.

The Millbrook Neptune

This bed offers the ultimate in sophistication. It includes the following features:

• 3000 pocket springs (as with all mattresses, this applies to the 5FT Kingsize. Smaller mattresses will have less springs and the Superking will have more)
• Natural layers of soft lamb’s wool, luxurious silk and cashmere
• 4 rows of traditional hand side stitching to the mattress borders
• The mattress is lovingly finished by highly skilled craftsmen

The Millbrook Saturn

• The Millbrook Saturn offers 2500 individually hand nested pocket springs
• Luxurious natural layers of soft lambswool
• Pure latex layer provides a sleeping surface like no other
• 3 rows of traditional hand side stitching to the mattress borders

The Millbrook Jupiter

• The Millbrook Jupiter offers comfort and quality
• The 5FT mattress contains 2000 pocketsprings.
• Natural layers of cotton and pashmina provide a comfortable sleeping surface
• 3 rows of traditional hand side stitching provide strength and support

The Millbrook Mars

The Mars is the entry level bed in the Planets range. Like it’s counterparts, the Mars offers comfort and quality, with the following features:

• 1700 individually hand nested pocket springs
• Sumptuous cotton fillings
• Lambswool blended into the fillings to provide a deluxe sleeping surface
• The mattress is finished with 2 rows of hand side stitching.

Sizes

The Planets range is available in 4 sizes:

• 3FT – (90 x 190cm) – Single Bed
• 4FT6 – (135 x 190cm) – Double Bed
• 5FT – (150 x 200cm) – Kingsize Bed
• 6FT – (180 x 200cm) – Superking Bed

A 6FT Zip and Link model is also available.

Storage Options

• In the 3FT Single beds, a non-drawer or 2-drawer storage option is available
• In the 4FT6 and 5FT models, either non-drawer, 2 drawers, 2 drawer conti, 4 drawers or 4 drawer conti options can be chosen
• In the 6FT bed, non-drawer, 4 drawer or 4 drawer conti options are available

Millbrook Mattress - Grandeur Splendour

Recently Millbrook gave us permission to start test-driving their new Millbrook mattress range. Armed with the 2009 catalogue, I placed an order for their featured bed of the month, the very posh sounding Grandeur Splendour divan bed set.

First Impressions of the Grandeur Splendour Millbrook Mattress

As you can see from the picture above, this is an imposing bed. In my rather small bedroom, the kingsize demo bed I received seemed to take up a lot more space than my normal bed even though the dimensions are completely standard.

My first impression was that this was a very high quality piece of equipment. The divan base was well produced – I got the Gold Pocket Designer Divan (there is also a Bronze pocket and Walnut pocket, shown above) upholstery and the mattress seemed very comfortable.

The facts

The Splendour mattress is a pocketsprung unit with 2000 pocketsprings in the 5FT Kingsize. The mattress cover is made from a blend of cotton, silk and wool to provide a soft, almost sensuous sleeping surface.

This Millbrook mattress is finished with 2 rows of traditional hand-stitching on the borders.

Storage solutions are available across the range. In the 3FT Single bed you have the option of no drawers or 2 drawers. In the larger sizes you can choose between no drawers, 2 drawers, 4 drawers and the very clever 4-drawer conti option.

Overall

I am a fan of pocketsprung mattresses and this one didn’t disappoint. If you’re in the market for a luxurious, high quality divan bed or mattress from Millbrook, the Grandeur Splendour is perfect.