With the fast pace lifestyle that many of us lead, there’s one thing we never seem to get enough of…. sleep. Sleep plays a vital role in our overall well-being, so we definitely pay the price when we don’t get enough. Here are some tips on how to get better sleep.

1. Set your bedtime, and stick to it

Go to bed and get up at the same time every day, even on weekends, holidays and days off. Being consistent reinforces your body’s sleep-wake cycle and helps promote better sleep at night.

2. Create a bedtime ritual

Do the same things each night to tell your body it’s time to wind down. Your body needs time to shift into sleep mode, so spend the last hour before bed doing a calming activity such as reading. Relaxing habits can promote better sleep by easing the transition between wakefulness and drowsiness.

3. Exercise Regularly

Regular exercise has been shown to improve sleep quality, as long as you don’t work out too close to bedtime. A post-workout burst of energy can keep you awake. Aim to finish any vigorous exercise 3 to 4 hours before you hit the hay.

4. Avoid Napping

Power napping may help get you through the day, but if you find that you can’t fall asleep at bedtime, eliminating even short catnaps may help you doze off later on.

5. Get Comfortable

Design your sleep environment to provide the conditions you need for sleep. Your bedroom should be a cool temperature, and should also be free from any noise that might disturb your sleep. Finally, your bedroom should be free from any light. Make sure your mattress is comfortable and supportive. The one you have been using for years may have exceeded its life expectancy – about 9 or 10 years for most quality mattresses.

Getting a good night’s sleep is a win in itself but sleeping well year round is an accomplishment. With a luxury mattress it makes it all the more easier and possible to achieve it, however it isn’t the only determinant of how well you sleep.

As seasons change, so does the weather. Depending on how it is outside, your sleeping habits may need a little assistance adjusting to help you sleep better at night. Here are some tips, for each season, to help you sleep your best and feel great all year.

Fall

To get back into the routine after an eventful summer, it’s time to prepare for the rest of the year. Fall is a great time of year to analyze not only your sleeping arrangements but your potential guests as well. Is it time to buy or replace your luxury mattress?

Winter

Winter is the coldest season of the year and the goal is to keep as warm as possible. You can purchase a Chilipad and heat up your bed all winter long. With a luxury mattress and the right luxury bedding accessories you can sleep great any time of the year, especially in winter.

Spring

Spring is the time of year for deep cleaning. Eliminating any dust or debris will alleviate your allergies and keep you from experiencing a sleepless night. One thing to consider is purchasing a mattress pad to protect that mattress from any stains, dust mites and other debris.

Summer

Summer, unlike winter, is the warmest time of the year. However, similar to winter, purchasing a Chilipad can cool your bed during those hot, summer nights (you can even alter the temperature for each side of the bed).

At Brickell Mattress, we offer the finest selection of innerspring, water, and latex mattresses available on the market today. After being in the bedding industry for over 8 years, we know what you’re looking for in a mattress. We are here to fill your need for quality sleep. Contact us for a sleep consultation today.

Once you have purchased your luxury mattress, you will want to ensure that it stays in the best condition possible! Below are three, simple mattress care tips and three resulting benefits to help you prolong the life of your luxury mattress:

1. If you select to sleep on a King or Queen sized mattress, your bed frame must have a center leg to support the middle.

2. We recommend that your mattress be rotated once a year to ensure balance and long-term sustainability, starting with an initial rotation after six months.

3. If your mattress becomes soiled, we recommend that you use a small amount of antibacterial soap and a warm damp sponge to clean it.

In following these three tips, you will enjoy the following benefits maintaining your luxury mattress has to offer:

1. Our luxury mattresses will mold and contour to your body shape and sleeping positions while relaxing pressure points usually experienced on inexpensive beds.

2. Luxury mattresses have more cushioning than inexpensive beds. The extra cushioning allows for maximum performance and balanced support.

3. Our luxury mattresses are designed to last for more than the average of 8 to 10 years with normal usage – it will last longer if maintained!

At Brickell Mattress, we offer the finest selection of innerspring, water and latex mattresses available on the market today. After being in the bedding industry for over 8 years, we know what you’re looking for and what’s important to you when selecting a mattress. We are here to satisfy your need for quality sleep with our quality mattresses. Contact us today for a sleep consultation!

It is no surprise that sleep plays an important roll in your overall health, but it may be a bit astonishing to find out how critical your mattress is in this equation.  To put it in simple turns, sleeping on a bad mattress is like trying to scuba dive without the right equipment. In a 2011 poll, by the National Sleep Foundation over 90 percent of people said a comfortable mattress is important to a good night’s sleep.

By now, I’m sure we’ve heard all the benefits of getting a good nights rest from, weight loss, to a longer life span. What most people aren’t aware of are the negative effects of sleeping on a low quality mattress.

Not only is sleeping on a low quality mattress uncomfortable, but studies have shown that sleeping on a bad mattress effects stress levels, allergies, and mood. That doesn’t even include the negative effects it can have on your back.  Here are some signs that you might be ready for a new luxury mattress. If you are no longer sleeping like you used to it may time for a new mattress, especially of you’re sleeping better away from home.  You don’t need to wait for the springs to start popping out to know that its time to move on.  Dust mites feed on the dead skin cells you shed, and a whole host of them can be found in and on your bed. As many as 20 million Americans are allergic to the dust mites, so if your allergies are acting up more than usual it may be time to upgrade to a luxury mattress. Another key sign that its time to part ways is if you’re experiencing worrying, racing thoughts, nervousness, etc. before bed. These symptoms maybe related to sleep quality and maybe signs that you need a new mattress.

The most important thing to remember is when it comes to your health; sleep is not something you can sacrifice. So when choosing your new luxury mattress, remember you can’t truly put a price tag on good sleep.

Picking the right mattress can be a challenge. We can make choosing a luxury mattress in Miami a breeze for you! First things first, here’s the difference between your basic mattress categories:

Innerspring:

Innerspring mattresses are the most widely used. They support you with coil springs and each coil is individually enclosed. Additionally, a wide variety of materials are added for extra comfort. Spring-based mattresses can be comfortable for almost anyone, regardless of whether your preference is a soft or firm mattress.

Pros: There are a wide variety of mattresses to choose from. They range in firmness, the fluffiness of the pillow top, and in price to fit nearly every preference and price range.

Cons: There’s no direct relationship in most cases between price and comfort. If there aren’t enough springs and cushions to offer you proper support you’ll likely wake up with an aching back.

Latex:

Latex mattresses are made from either natural or synthetic rubber, and are known for providing firm, bouncy support that is uniform throughout the bed. Either a latex mattress or latex mattress topper is great for relieving back pain because they offer the best combination of comfort and support.

Pros: Latex is popular because it is firm and supportive, while still providing comfort. Unlike the mattresses, however, latex pushes back, ultimately providing more support.

Cons: If you don’t like the feel of a firm mattress, latex is probably not the right choice for you.

Air:

Higher-end air beds look like a standard innerspring mattress, but use air-filled chambers instead of coils, and are covered by a foam layer on top. Air beds have been used for patients with spinal cord injuries who are lying in bed for a long time. These beds are particularly useful when sleeping partners have different needs. If one person has a bad back, one side can be made firmer than the other to provide greater support.

Pros: The firmness of each side of the bed can be altered. If your preference is firm, but your partner enjoys soft, these beds can be adjusted to keep you both happy.

Cons: Sometimes people fail to make their air bed firm enough and wake up with backaches. Less sophisticated air mattresses also pop up on one side when you sit on the opposite end.

If you have any other questions, or need help finding the perfect luxury mattress for you, contact us at Brickell Mattress!

In Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale The Princess and the Pea, one of the morals is: the quality of what you sleep on matters just as much as the quality of your sleep. In fact, when sleeping, our body is compressed by gravity in a different way than when we’re standing. We need to be fully supported by the luxury mattress and its supporting structures. Therefore, the luxury mattress has been called an “anti-gravity machine” that makes it achievable to maintain the natural contour of the spine when sleeping.

We spend around one-third of our life lying on mattresses and about half of all Americans experience occasional sleep difficulties. Despite these known facts, there has been little scientific study about mattress design. A poor mattress design can produce insufficient body support, which could cause muscle discomfort and back pain. So what features indicate a good mattress? Does the firmness or softness matter? Is a mattress even that important?

Recent Mattress Study

In a recent study of mattress ergonomics, researchers had 12 female participants lie on an incompressible wooden surface and on various other mattresses to compare their comfort levels. All of the mattresses were judged as significantly more comfortable than the wooden surface, however there were no significant differences between mattress types. Measures of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle body contact pressures showed few significant differences and no significant associations between measures and the comfort ratings.

A study on sleep quality and bed firmness indicated that 4 of 9 male subjects slept significantly better on a softer mattress, while 2 slept better on a firmer mattresses. The greatest distinction in sleep quality occurred when changing from the subject’s own mattress to one of the test mattresses. The researchers concluded that it may take several days to adapt to a new sleep surface.

Guidelines for Selecting a Mattress

What should you look for in a mattress? Brickell Mattress provides some guidelines for choosing your mattress.

Mattress Selection:

• • Designed to conform to the spine’s natural curves and to keep the spine in alignment when lying down.
  • Designed to allocate pressure evenly across the body to help circulation, decrease body movement and enhance sleep quality.
  • Designed to reduce the transfer of movement from one sleeping partner to the other.
  • Designed with perimeter edge support.

Keep in mind that you’ll spend around 24 years of your life sleeping, so take the time to choose the best sleep system (i.e., mattress, support structure, pillows, and sheets) to will improve your sleep and your quality of life.

At Brickell Mattress, we offer the finest selection of innerspring, water and latex mattresses available on the market today. After being in the bedding industry for over 8 years, we know what you’re looking for in a mattress. We are here to fill your need for quality sleep, contact us today for a sleep consultation.

You may not consider your mattress as being one of the most important things you own, but actually it is. We spend over a third of our time sleeping and with the right mattress we will never lose a minute of it again.

There are numerous mattress options out there—sprung and padded. At the high end of the spectrum, locally carried at Brickell Mattress, is the Vi-Spring mattress in Miami. It is a hand-tied mattress consisting of 100 percent Shetland wool and exclusively handcrafted in England.

What Makes Vi-Spring Different

“Vi-Spring” comes from the Roman numeral 6, VI, because each spring coil makes six turns, giving the body optimum support and enough flex to react to shifting movement during sleep. They are one of the few bed makers to manufacture their own springs. Their hand-tied springs are bound together with stitching that has a greater flexibility than machine-assembled springs. Vi-Spring sews their springs into individual fabric pockets – which are then laid in rows and stitched together. Each row is independent, so when the springs conform to one person’s movement they won’t affect the person sleeping next to them.

One aspect that makes Vi-Spring’s mattresses unique is their side stitching. Unlike machine-manufactured mattresses, Vi-Spring doesn’t need a metal structure, because skilled craftsmen side stitch the padded wool sides to the outside three rows of springs by hand. The tension of the twine keeps the mattress supported and in a perfect square.

Vi-Spring also protects the environment and supports the local industry, using 100 percent British wool and 100 percent natural fibers (wool, cotton, horsehair and cashmere) with no added chemicals. The wool acts as a natural “wicking” fiber, in a way that synthetic fibers can’t, keeping you warm in winter and cool in summer.

In 2012, Vi-Spring received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, a very prestigious award in the United Kingdom and authentication to the timeless quality and value of their products and technique.

At Brickell Mattress, we offer the finest selection of innerspring, air, water and latex mattresses available on the market today. After being in the bedding industry for over 8 years, we know what you’re looking for in a mattress. We are here to fill your need for quality sleep, contact us today for a sleep consultation at http://www.brickellmattress.com/

We have all experienced sleepless nights full of tossing and turning only to wake up completely exhausted. Did you know though that sleeping on the right luxury mattress could help alleviate these problems? A recent study showed that mattresses really do matter when it comes to feeling fully rested.

A four-year study conducted by Research Triangle International and Drs. Andy Krystal and Jack Edinger from Duke University, observed how different support levels of mattresses effected sleep, pain and daytime performance. Over 16,000 nights of sleep were evaluated for 128 participants, making this one of the largest studies ever completed on how mattresses impact sleep.

Previous Studies On Luxury Mattresses And Sleep

Only a few studies have observed the effects mattresses have on sleep. Previous surveys only looked at a small number of participants and mattresses. The conclusion of these small sample size studies was that “medium-firm” mattresses are the best for sleep. Two errors associated with this were: no recognizable definition for what a “medium-firm” mattress feels like and there were participants who slept well on other mattresses.

Another study concluded that mattresses had no impact on sleep at all. This study was considered a poor frame of reference because their small sample size only consisted of college students (who sleep just about anywhere!).

Using A Luxury Mattress Will Make A Difference

The study by Krystal and Edinger overcame these previous limitations by examining a large sample size of participants (128), a large assortment of different support level mattresses (seven) and more nights spent sleeping on each mattress (four weeks). After assessing over 16,000 nights of sleep, it was evident that even the smallest difference in mattress support (soft, medium, firm) correlated with changes in sleep.

At Brickell Mattress, we offer the finest selection of innerspring, water, and latex mattresses available on the market today. After being in the bedding industry for over 8 years, we know what you’re looking for in a mattress. We are here to fill your need for quality sleep, contact us today for a sleep consultation at http://www.brickellmattress.com/

Like so many products and services in our world today, you tend to get what you pay for. When it comes to a cheap Sealy or Serta mattress, or any other bargain bed, this is definitely the case. When your buy a bargain mattress not only are your cheating yourself and your partner out of a good night’s sleep but you are also paying for a mattress that won’t last you more than a couple of years. When it comes to buying a mattress, it truly does pay to go the extra mile. There happens to be a top tier category of beds known as the Ultra-Luxury that all offer amazing quality, comfort, and sleep, and can last 3x longer than even the nicest mattress you can find in the department store. This saves you money because the longer the mattress lasts the more money you in your pocket that you don’t spend on a cheap mattress year after year.

The two bed makers in particular that are at the top of the Ultra-Luxury category are Carpe Diem and Vi-Spring. These mattress companies truly represent the best mattresses in the world, and each have 100 years of European bed making heritage to back it up. When each of these beds is made, they are meticulously handcrafted with the sole purpose in mind to provide you with the world’s finest comfort, luxury, elegance, and durability. They are not made in a big factory by machines with the purpose to be cheap, they are made the right way by skilled craftsman who take hours upon hours ensuring every little facet of each bed is as perfect as the last, and that is why these beds are so special, and also why they last so long.

What is in a Carpe Diem or a Vi-Spring that you won’t find in a Sealy or a Serta? Whereas American bed companies make their mattresses with the cheapest synthetic materials they can find, like polyurethane, polyester, and polyethylene, Carpe Diem and Vi-Spring make a point to produce beds that are as natural as possible. This means they use many natural and exotic yet sensible materials to make beds that are truly natural masterpieces. Additionally, innerspring mattresses of cheaper quality are only built to handle body mass, not the body’s pressure points including the critical areas of the shoulders and hips. When these areas are neglected on a cheaper mattress it can cause added pressure and lead to back, shoulder, or hip discomfort. However, on a Vi-Spring or Carpe Diem an innovative handmade pocketed coil design is used that not only supports the body but provides legendary pressure relief and comfort that is absolutely unmatched and not found anywhere in a Sealy or a Serta.

It truly pays to go the extra mile and buy an Ultra-Luxury mattress. Not only will you attain a profoundly amazing sleep experience, but you will be getting a mattress that will be incredibly durable from the quality handmade process through which it came. Even better, these brands start at prices anyone can afford. Brickell Mattress can even finance an ultra-luxury mattress for $2 a day. For more info go to www.brickellmattress.com or call 305-326-4000 to talk to a sleep professional today! Visit our store or give us a call to arrange a FREE TRIP TO MIAMI to see these Ultra-Luxury beds. You having nothing to lose, and a whole lot of sleep to gain.

The British bed maker Vi-Spring is the premier Ultra-Luxury mattress brand in the world by making beds with a meticulous handmade quality that provides comfort, elegance and durability. Their use of premium natural materials in tandem with a bed design that that has been refined over the course of 100 years solidifies their title as best bed maker in the world. Here are 4 reasons why you should buy a Vi-Spring bed, a bed truly fit for royalty.

Profoundly Comfortable

Vi-Spring designs and crafts every detail down to the last stitch on their mattresses with the goal of enhancing comfort to a level few have ever experienced before. By using perfectly selected and tuned springs and taking advantage of luxuriously soft all natural fillers like real Shetland wool, silk, and cashmere, the comfort offered is simply indescribable. Every facet of each bed is designed to transform your sleep experience, enhancing the quality of your resting hours.

Handmade Unlike Any Other

The true magic of every Vi-Spring bed comes from a handmade production by a skilled craftsman. Each bed is made to your order, and meticulously assembled over the course of hours and hours to ensure a quality and attention to detail that is absolutely unattainable from a bed made on a machine-assembly production line. This means that every stitch is hand-stitched, every individually pocketed spring is hand assembled and installed, and each material is teased by hand. This makes for a bed with a unique combination of spring tension, mattress filling and fabric, all tailored to your liking so that you can create your one of a kind bed. No other bed maker in the world can match Vi-Spring in this respect.

The Finest Natural Materials

You will find only the finest natural and exotic materials in a Vi-Spring bed, generously used in every mattress. Real Shetland wool, Platinum Certified British fleece wool, luxurious silk, warm cashmere, resilient horsetail hair, strong coir, and supple bamboo are examples, absolutely the finest material sourced from all over the world. The use of these materials not only makes for a uniquely luxurious bed, but also makes for more breathable, hygienic, and hypoallergenic bed. At Vi-Spring, there is a commitment to never use synthetic foams or glues because a more natural bed isn’t just a more luxurious bed, it is truly a bed that is healthier.

Over a Century

Vi-Spring has by far the richest bed making tradition of any bed maker in the world today.  Setting the stage for all modern mattresses, Vi-Spring pioneered the creation of the pocket spring in 1901, a start to over a century of the finest bed making in the world. The principles of quality, innovation, and craftsmanship have never left the Devon, England Vi-Spring factory as the bed maker continues a ceaseless devotion to making the finest beds in the world with absolutely no compromise. Vi-Spring are, and will forever definitively be, the finest beds in the world, there is no doubt about that.

What Now?

Every Vi-Spring exhibits a special quality that can only be found from a luxury handmade bed that is crafted with only the finest natural materials from around the world. After refining a design over the course of a century, it is no wonder Vi-Spring are considered by so many to be the best mattresses in the world. If you are interested in experiencing the wonder of a Vi-Spring for yourself, there are only a few luxury mattress boutiques in the US that carry this luxurious brand. Brickell Mattress of Miami, FL carries the whole line of Vi-Spring beds available both in store and online at www.brickellmattress.com. Go online or call 305-326-4000 to talk to a sleep professional, ready to assist you in your one-of-a-kind Vi-Spring sleep experience. Words on a page just do not give these beds justice, call today and redefine your sleep experience. The results will be Life Changing.