Bed Buying Guides & Advice

We spend around a third of our lives in bed, yet most of us keep the same mattress and bed frame far longer than we should. Because a mattress wears out slowly, it is easy to get used to the dip in the middle or the creak when you roll over. In this guide, our bed makers in Birmingham share the 12 most common signs that it is time for a new mattress or bed frame, how long each should last, and what to look for when you replace them. Published 20 October 2026 by Hush My Bed, Birmingham The qui …

Waking Up Sore? 5 Signs It’s Time to Switch to a Pocket Sprung Mattress Do you wake up feeling stiffer and more tired than when you went to bed? It is a frustration many of us face, yet we often overlook the most obvious culprit hiding right beneath our sheets. While traditional open-coil mattresses move as a single unit—creating that "roll-together" effect and pressure points—a pocket sprung mattress is engineered differently. By housing individual springs in their own fabric …