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How to Buy Sheets

Are you ready to find a luxurious set of bedding that will make you feel completely pampered, or are you more the practical type looking for something that will be durable yet comfortable? Buying sheets today requires a lot of decisions. There are choices to be made about thread counts, weaves, fibers percale, Egyptian cotton, green alternatives and more. Here is a quick guide to what you need to know when you are buying sheets. Material Pure cotton sheets can be strong and soft. Cotton breathes well, so you’ll feel cool and dry, especially in the warmer months. Easy care … Continue reading →

How to Buy a Bathroom Scale

Is one of your New Year’s Resolutions to lose weight? Do you have a good scale that will help you with your goal? Today’s scales have so many different features, including calculators for body fat percentages. Do you know which features are most important to you? Read on to get the skinny on how to buy a bathroom scale. Analog or Digital? An analog scale is the traditional scale that we all grew up with. You step on it and the dial responds to the pressure of your weight until the pointer reachers the right number. Analog scales do not … Continue reading →

Choosing Your Mattress Type: Part 2

In Choosing Your Mattress Type: Part 1, I introduced the four different types of modern mattresses. They are: Traditional Inner Spring Mattress Air Mattress Foam Mattress Waterbed In the previous article, we tackled the first two types. Now it is on to the remaining two types of mattresses; that is, foam mattresses and waterbed mattresses. Foam Mattress A foam mattress operates differently from either an inner spring mattress or an air mattress is that it generally forms one solid surface instead of having an inner support system. There are two type of foam used, regular latex foam or memory foam … Continue reading →

Choosing Your Mattress Type: Part 1

I remember when choosing a mattress was a matter of making a choice between hard and soft. Nowadays, there are so many great choices, and choices within choices, that it is enough to give you bed spins. When it comes time to choose a new mattress, you first want to narrow it down to which type of mattress you need. There are four general types of mattresses today: Traditional Inner Spring Mattress Air Mattress Foam Mattress Waterbed In this series, I’ll share some information on all of them to help you make the right decision. For this first part, we’ll … Continue reading →