Interesting Facts About Bedrooms
To be considered as a bedroom, your room needs to have a bed.
We spend more time on our bed than on any other piece of furniture in our home.
The first coiled spring mattress wasnt invented until 1871.
About 43% of children from ages 3 – 4 have a television in their bedrooms.
A person typically spends a third of their life sleeping.
The amount of sleep we need depends on many factors – especially our age. Infants may need 14 – 15 hours, toddlers 12 – 14 hours, school-age children 10 – 11 hours, while adults may only need 7 – 9 hours.
Many houses in America have at least two bedrooms – one for master bedroom and the other bedroom/s for either the children or guests.
A bunk bed is a bed which its bed frame is stacked on top of another. The most common type of bunk bed is the one which has two mattresses (same size) stacked one directly over the other. A loft bed is a bed similar to a bunk bed but it has no lower bed, freeing floor space for other furniture.
Some studies tell us that bedroom air is polluted up to about 60% times or more in comparison to our living room which is about 30% more polluted than outside air.
Poor ventilation and sealed environment completely can definitely prohibit air curculation and so pollutes and toxin levels in our bedroom air will only increase and never decrease.
The world’s most expensive bed is called Baldacchino Supreme, created by Stuart Hughes – one of the world’s most controversial designers. It costs more than $ 6.4 million.
The Chinese have a long tradition of bed slumber. In China, wooden beds were in use as early as 2,000 years ago (similar to those made in ancient Egypt). Even the four-poster bed is not unknown in China. At that time, Chinese beds were not very comfortable, with matting substituting for a mattress and their pillows were made from stone or wood, carved to fit the neck or head.
According to the principle of feng shui bedroom, our bed should not face directly in front of our door and havingg the foot of our bed in direct line with the door is called the "mortuary position".
In the West, the history of the bed can be first found in ancient Egypt. Their beds look more like couches. Egyptians made no distinction between a night bed, or couch and a day bed; the same item is used for both sleeping and lounging.
We spend more time on our bed than on any other piece of furniture in our home.
The first coiled spring mattress wasnt invented until 1871.
About 43% of children from ages 3 – 4 have a television in their bedrooms.
A person typically spends a third of their life sleeping.
The amount of sleep we need depends on many factors – especially our age. Infants may need 14 – 15 hours, toddlers 12 – 14 hours, school-age children 10 – 11 hours, while adults may only need 7 – 9 hours.
Many houses in America have at least two bedrooms – one for master bedroom and the other bedroom/s for either the children or guests.
A bunk bed is a bed which its bed frame is stacked on top of another. The most common type of bunk bed is the one which has two mattresses (same size) stacked one directly over the other. A loft bed is a bed similar to a bunk bed but it has no lower bed, freeing floor space for other furniture.
Some studies tell us that bedroom air is polluted up to about 60% times or more in comparison to our living room which is about 30% more polluted than outside air.
Poor ventilation and sealed environment completely can definitely prohibit air curculation and so pollutes and toxin levels in our bedroom air will only increase and never decrease.
The world’s most expensive bed is called Baldacchino Supreme, created by Stuart Hughes – one of the world’s most controversial designers. It costs more than $ 6.4 million.
The Chinese have a long tradition of bed slumber. In China, wooden beds were in use as early as 2,000 years ago (similar to those made in ancient Egypt). Even the four-poster bed is not unknown in China. At that time, Chinese beds were not very comfortable, with matting substituting for a mattress and their pillows were made from stone or wood, carved to fit the neck or head.
According to the principle of feng shui bedroom, our bed should not face directly in front of our door and havingg the foot of our bed in direct line with the door is called the "mortuary position".
In the West, the history of the bed can be first found in ancient Egypt. Their beds look more like couches. Egyptians made no distinction between a night bed, or couch and a day bed; the same item is used for both sleeping and lounging.