Showing posts with label natural futons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label natural futons. Show all posts
I guess if you've found this blog entry then the subject of safe, comfortable sleeping is important to you? Well, here at Futons247 we have been watching the popularity of our CottonSafe natural, chemical free, bed mattresses growing each month.

Our CottonSafe futon bed mattresses pass the UK fire regulations by making use of naturally fire retardant materials, a fabric weave of organic cotton with wool quilted onto a natural lambswool layer meaning no need for any of the standard bedding industry chemical back coating treatment.

Due to its hygroscopic nature the wool element of the fabric increases the ability for it to breath allowing good ventilation. This keeps the cover fiber warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The increased ventilation also reduces the growth of bacteria naturally keeping your mattress hygenic.
The anti-static and dust free properties of this combination of natural materials also help increase its hypoallergenic properties allowing for a natural night’s sleep.
If, like us, you are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of what we are surrounding ourselves with in our homes then have a look at CottonSafe products on our website.
Just an update to keep everyone posted on the progress of our excellent CottonSafe Natural Futon Mattress products. You may be aware by now that in our quest to give our customers choice we can now offer our customers an alternative to the, rather strange and outdated, UK fire regulations. 


If you're concerned about what you are breathing in as you sleep you may wish to steer clear of certain foams and, above all, the chemicals used to spray coat many things in our everyday life, specifically the mattress you are sleeping on! Under UK fire regulations all furnishing items need to pass strict UK fire regulation tests which means 'back coated' chemical treatments. Fortunately we now have available the CottonSafe fabric, a blend of Organic Cotton and Wool quilted onto a layer of pure lambswool which is naturally fire retardant without the need for any chemical additives.


So if you're looking for a healthy sleeping choice visit our website for full details at www.futons247.co.uk or feel free to call us to chat about healthy sleeping options.



The long awaited CottonSafe fabric is now available from us here at The Futon Shop. This excellent new fabric is a weave of Organic Cotton and Wool which is then quilted onto a Pure Lambswool giving it inherent natural fire retardant properties without the need for any Chemical Treatment.......yes, thats right, NO Chemical Treatment, giving you a safe and comfortable sleeping environment.

The CottonSafe fabric is available only on our bed use futon mattress products and we can offer a choice of fillings, again using lambswools, woolfelts and cotton rich fillings along with an option for pocket springs to 'soften' things up if you wish.

Visit our Natural Futon Mattress Choice on our website for further details.

At last there is an option to the seemingly pointless UK furnishing regulations that demand that we all sleep on fabric that is back-coated with chemicals just on the 'off chance' that we should fall asleep whilst smoking! A bit of a throwback to the seventies I would say!

Anyway...now there is an alternative in the new Clear Choice pocket sprung bed mattress that has been developed by Cambridge Futons down here in Devon which combines a special mix of pocket springing, wool, pure lambswool and an alternative polyester fabric covering to ensure that UK fire regulations are met without the need for chemical back coating thus giving you a 'Clear Choice' of what you are breathing in as you sleep.

Follow this link to our website for more details: Clear Choice Chemical Free Bed Mattress.
We've been selling these great little mattress protectors for years now and, having used one at home, must say they are an excellent addition to use with your futon mattress.
The Morpheus Mattress Protector is manufactured with pure cotton fabrics and filled with a quilted cotton fiber inner, i.e. everything is cotton! The benefit of this is that you can wash the mattress protector at a high temperature thus killing off all the nasty bugs that like to make their home where you sleep which is useful if you have any issue with bed bugs or house dust mites. We also like the mattress protector because it gives you a natural sleeping surface free of man made additives, all in all a good choice to help with healthy sleeping. The Morpheus is available in a choice of sizes from our website, follow the link below:

http://www.futons247.co.uk/mall/departmentpage.cfm/Futons247/_65379/1/Futon%2520Mattress%2520Choice


I know I'm always 'banging on' about the subject of organic and natural futon mattresses but this subject is getting more important as time goes by.
The first big question is what is the difference between organic and natural? Well as I understand it a futon mattress with natural fillings and fabrics would mean that the futon is manufactured using materials that are free from artificial interference, i.e. free from man-made fibers and any chemical additives, this is truly what we should be sleeping on.
For a product to be truly organic the fillings and fibers should have a link from the origins and sources of the animals, plants or ground they were grown on or in! Now this is a tall order and I do wonder if any of the people posting that they have 'organic' futons should, in fact, be using the term 'Natural' instead?
Anyway, I think we should all pay more attention to what kind of mattress we are sleeping on and I'm please to say that here at Futons247 we can offer a couple of Natural Futon Mattresses of varying degrees of firmness and filling choice. Check us out.

Natural Futon Mattresses
We've blogged before about the desire to expand our range of futon mattresses that use chemical free coverings and natural fillings and are now pleased to say that we've expanded our range to offer a choice of sizes and fillings in futons for everyday bed use and we will also soon have available a chemical free futon for use on three seat style futon sofabeds, keep checking the blog for updates.
The biggest development in this type of natural futon mattress is the use of the totally natural wool and hemp weave fabric for the mattress cover thus taking away the necessity to have FR treatment. This type of fabric is quite expensive pushing the price of the futon mattress up, but, in our opinion, this is a small price to pay to achieve a chemical free sleeping environment. The Natural Futon Mattresses are offered, for bed use, as either the DeLuxe Natural Futon Mattress featuring two central layers of coconut fibre / latex coir or the Traditional Natural Futon Mattress which uses a traditional mix of lambswool and woolfelt. Follow the links to our website for full details.

Natural Futon Mattresses
To say I'm 'chuffed' would be an understatement....we've been looking at the ways to produce a completely natural futon mattress for some time now and have finally found the combination of raw materials to suit; it's taken some time and the result is not cheap but, in our opinion, if you're looking for a natural bed mattress, this will tick the boxes.
The Natural Futon Mattress uses a special covering fabric that is entirely natural being a weave of Hemp and Wool, then the fillings use a wool and cotton mix and natural coir bonded with latex; nothing added, simple as that! The quality, and make-up, of these materials ensures that the mattress conforms to UK fire regulations without the need for additives which has to be a great step forward. Of course, as previously mentioned, purchasing raw materials of this nature does not come cheap and this is reflected in the price, however, we are confident that the Natural Futon is competetive with alternative natural mattresses available in the UK.
For a full specification just follow the link below to the Futon Shop.