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Where is the best place to look on the net for reasonably priced modern style beds like this one:
I was thinking about getting that one as it has the mattress included all for 500 quid, seemed like a fair deal, does £500 seem like the right kinda price?
I was thinking about getting that one as it has the mattress included all for 500 quid, seemed like a fair deal, does £500 seem like the right kinda price?
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Except for Ikea, which has funny sized beds.
We got ours from lxdirect.com which we paid for in interest free installments. The mattress is fine but the bed frame itself is a bit crap - i'd perhaps get a mattress from there (which is where you should be spending all your money) and a cheap(ish) bed frame from somewhere else.
Depends on the quality of the mattress! If it's a bog standard coil sprung type then you could get it waaay cheaper. If it's better quality, maybe pocket sprung or with something extra like latex or memory foam or a pillow top, then you're getting a bargain.
Cheap shitty mattresses are somewhat of a false economy though!
I have to second Ikea too. It's nowhere near high end, and you can probably buy cheaper, but you won't get owt better quality for the price. Their beds are continental sizes, which can cause problems (you'd have to buy both the mattress and bedframe there, and also a fitted sheet - normal ones won't fit properly) but other than that, it's all good. :yippe:
I would go with the Argos one. This one looks like the one you're thinking of and is about £540. I think they go up in price as the mattresses change.
You'd only need to buy the bottom sheet from Ikea, and even then only if you wanted a fitted sheet, flats are fine on either. Continental sizes (the ones Ikea use) are only 10cm longer and 5cm wider than the UK standard, so all your other sheets and duvet and whatnot can be bought from absolutely anywhere.
Also have to disagree than the quality of their mattresses isn't the best - I work in the furniture industry and know pretty much everything there is to know about beds, and yet still chose to buy an Ikea bed set because for my price range, there isn't anything better. If I were wanting to spend £500+ on just a mattress, I'd think differently, but for a budget retailer, they're absolutely spot on.
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As long as you don't shrink regular fitted sheets then you can get them on, you just won't have as much on the underside of the mattress. I'd also say that I like my mattress lots, it's near the top of their range but it's damn good and I love the extra space, you'd be amazed how much bigger it feels.
I am going to close this read now but please feel free to start a new thread if you have any questions or queries.