For those of you who have ever moved into a first apartment, picking out a mattress is one of the most critical furnishings you can get. A mattress can last you ten years of more if it is of good quality, and making sure that a mattress is comfortable is a serious business for anyone to undertake. The wrong mattress can lead to nights of uncomfortable sleep punctuated by fits of wakefulness, and subsequent crankiness at work the next day.
Over the past few nights, I've tried to partake in this endeavor with limited success. My mattress, sadly, is still stiff as a board, and looks to remain so in the near future. Breaking this mattress of its plank-like qualities has become Priority #1 for me, and finding out ways to get this done ASAP is also of paramount importance.
Fortunately, these days we have the internet to provide us with a steady supply of do-it-yourself remedies and advice columns for even the most bizarre topics. If you're ever looking to break in a mattress, eHow.com has a nice article detailing some steps to make sure that a better night's sleep can be had by everyone, and a cozier relationship between man and his mattress can continue. (I'll be trying out some of these suggestions over the next few nights, and hopefully achieve that full night's sleep I've been so desperately coveting. In the meantime, thank God for Maxwell House.)
What are your mattress stories? Let me know what you think. Sweet dreams.
Have you tried jumping up and down on it....seriously? Take it off the box spring and jump away.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a timely topic. How to break a mattress: have your brother-in-law strap it to the top of his SUV and wait by your phone for approximately 5 minutes (the same number of minutes it takes to get to 95.) bye bye mattress. It's been real.
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