The Camp and Dorm Mattress Buyer’s Survival Guide – Part III of III
In Part three of our three part blog series we will be exploring the extra stuff contract dorm mattress suppliers offer on their mattresses. The first item to choose from is the type of binding. Your choices are inverted seam or tape edge. (800)-969-4100 Get Quote Now Speaking of bed bugs, mattresses are a prime source of concern when…
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The Camp and Dorm Mattress Buyer’s Survival Guide – Part II of III
Buying mattresses for group living facilities is a big task. Furnishing mattresses for hundreds of sleepers is an intimidating prospect. So how do you decide which type of mattress to buy? Why do the prices span such a wide spectrum from suspiciously cheap to crazy expensive? In Part I of this three part blog series, we compared buying mattresses…
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The Camp and Dorm Mattress Buyer’s Survival Guide – Part I of III
When sleeping large numbers of residents or campers, providing mattresses is a necessity. One glance at Google and it is quick to see that the world of contract / commercial mattresses is complex and pricey. With prices ranging from about $25 all the way up to $200 for each mattress, how do you choose the right mattress…
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Making Group Living Spaces Livable
Any time you have more than one person sharing a living space the lines of functional spaces are bound to start blurring – living rooms can become a place for abandoned shoes and jackets; dining tables can end up collecting mail and magazines; and the bedrooms? Well they just end up collecting everything else! So…
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Three Crucial Tactics for Group Dining Facilities
Group Meals Are an Essential Part of Any Group Living Environment. Whether in a therapeutic or purely social setting, providing the right furniture to make dining comfortable for consumers as well as functional for staff takes a bit of planning. Rest assured there are many tried and true ways to set up your dining space regardless of the size…
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Comfort Has Value in Healthcare Residences
The dictionary defines comfort as “a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint.” But comfort is much more than that. There’s a psychological element to comfort that helps an individual feel taken care of Residences, nurtured and supported. With the busy (and sometimes totally exhausting) routines typical in America, we’ve noticed an…
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5 Creative Ways to Manage Patient Incontinence
Patients and consumers with incontinence create a special kind of demand on staff and direct service providers. Not only is there risk to the health of patient, but cleaning both the patient, furniture and flooring takes the time and effort of staff trying to manage broad responsibilities, incontinence. Furniture can often be ruined by bodily fluids that…
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The Myth of Crate Furniture
Crate style furniture might have been inspired decades ago by excess shipping crate inventories, but what has evolved is an enduring style that is far from its utilitarian roots. Typically constructed from renewable pine, wood crate furniture is warm, inviting and comfortable. Not convinced? Consider the following: Crate Style Furniture is an affordable solid wood product that has…
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Contract Lounge Furniture Buying Mistakes and How to Fix Them
As a leader in the contract seating industry, we hear from lots of people who become responsible for buying the furniture for their facility despite having no real experience with furniture buying. We often ask these buyers if they feel like they drew the “short straw” and we overwhelmingly find that is the expression they find most…
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The Modern Rules of Institutional Furniture
The phrase “institutional furniture” is still used as a broad reference to furniture for group living and health care environments. This phrase suggests high durability and virtual indestructibility, but the phrase “institutional furniture” also calls up images of unattractive, sterile and uncomfortable seating, bedroom and dining pieces. In today’s group living and health care environments, institutional furniture has come…
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