OT: Bedroom Furniture

[PhilaPhans]

There have been various threads before, but I can't find them right now.

1.) Can somebody remind me what they suggest for a cost-effective, comfortable mattress? I know recommendations are all over the board, in terms of price, where to buy it, online vs. in-store, etc, but I remember that there were some good suggestions.

2.) I live in South Jersey, closer to Philly. If I'm looking for an entire bedroom set to replace my old stuff, would it be best to go to a place like Raymour? Can you get quality stuff from a place like Bob's? Should I head up to Lancaster and check out the Amish? Suggestions?

And ... back to Rutgers football. Beat Wazzu!

 

[Tango Two]

I put in "mattress" in the search and found this:

http://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/ot-mattress-help.10674/#post-203697

How did you search?

 

[RBS05]

A few weeks into our Casper and loving it.

 

[RUJohnny99]

Just buy a Honda accord, then drive it to ikea

 

[Jonas Grumby]

Sleep on a giant slab of London broil. It will start out tough, but after 10 years it should soften up a little. Sleep with the grain.

 

[jay_hq]

Ask the guy at the register of the best pizza place in new jersey. He knows mattresses (and pizza!)

 

[KeithK7624]

Spend the extra 300 and get yourself a good mattress

 

[Block R]

There have been various threads before, but I can't find them right now.

1.) Can somebody remind me what they suggest for a cost-effective, comfortable mattress? I know recommendations are all over the board, in terms of price, where to buy it, online vs. in-store, etc, but I remember that there were some good suggestions.

2.) I live in South Jersey, closer to Philly. If I'm looking for an entire bedroom set to replace my old stuff, would it be best to go to a place like Raymour? Can you get quality stuff from a place like Bob's? Should I head up to Lancaster and check out the Amish? Suggestions?

And ... back to Rutgers football. Beat Wazzu!

Obviously these are very personal choices and highly subjective. My wife and I could afford a nice bedroom set but we prefer to put the money to use in other areas so we bought a mattress we really loved that was on the more expensive side (Serta iComfort series), found a headboard/footboard combo that we liked at the mattress store and then furnished the rest of the room (two dressers and two nightstands) with Ikea furniture. Initially I hadn't even thought about Ikea but friends of ours swore by them. When they moved, I helped them put the Ikea furniture together and thought it was good enough quality, especially for the price.

The long and short of it is we have a really nice, comfortable mattress (I'd also suggest splurging on a memory foam pillow) and surrounding furniture that looks nice but didn't break the bank. We're happy with how our bedroom turned out. Good luck!

PS: almost forgot (the other thread reminded me), ALWAYS haggle when you're buying a mattress and you can usually haggle when buying furniture (although not Ikea).

 

[jay_hq]

a lot has to do with your own body.

i only weigh 140 lb and most mattresses will work for me because... physics.

 

[withoutregard]

go to your local library, go to the reference section and look in the consumer reports index, they did an article on this that was good

 

[PhilaPhans]

I don't know what I tried searching for, but thanks for the link, TangoTwo. That's one of the 2-3 threads I was looking for. I think I'm buying a new guest mattress, and an entire new bedroom set for myself inc. mattress. Probably going to cost 2-3K, but definitely a necessary purchase.

 

[dollarbill]

My Sealy mattress bought at Costco is being delivered this week. Queen with box spring. $618 all in. Took a test drive in the store. $$$$

 

[rutexan84]

Not a good sign: two hours from game time and the top thread on the board is Bedroom Furniture.