Wordless Wednesday

New Mattress Sale!

The Futon Shop Announces Their January Mattress Sale: Investing in a New Mattress is Complicated, Throwing Away That Old Mattress is the First Step to a Healthier Life

The Futon Shop's January mattress sale provides solutions to a better night sleep. Finding that right mattress is imperative for a proper night's rest.

Is it time for a new mattress?

The average American lives seventy-one years and sleeps one third of their lifetime!

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 26, 2013

The Futon Shop knows that nothing is worse than sleeping on a bad mattress, especially if the average American lives seventy one years and sleeps one third of their lifetime. It is critical to find the right mattress to sleep with comfort and most importantly for one's health. The Futon Shop's January Mattress sale offers a variety for anyone's comfort. Too many times a bad mattress creates back pain, insomnia, poor sleep habits, fatigue, and even allergies and asthma.
According to consumersreports.org, there is no set formula when to get a new mattress, but there are a few signs. Here are a few examples that consumerreport.org says to look for: one may wake regularly tired or achy, tend to sleep better away from home, or the mattress looks or feels saggy or lumpy.
One of the biggest problems with a bad mattress is pain. This is a common problem when it comes to sleeping on a bad mattress. Bad mattresses that are old, saggy, poorly designed, or not the right fit for the consumer's back preference can cause many back, neck, shoulder, spine, and muscle pain. The Futon Shop, a specialized manufacturer in green mattresses since 1976 suggests taking your time and testing out many mattresses before picking the right mattress.
Also, a bad mattress can be the cause of insomnia and poor sleep patterns. According to the National Sleep Foundation, insomnia is the most common sleep complaint among Americans. If the mattress is too soft or too firm, this can create a night of tossing and turning. If the mattress is too springy or the memory foam creates night sweats, the results are lack of sleep and nightly sleep aggravations. The contemporary bed-time story by The Better Sleep Council suggests that two-thirds of Americans lose sleep due to stress or some form of insomnia. The Futon Shop’s Essence Collection Latex and Wool futon mattresses ensure comfort and support for a restful night sleep. Wool added to any mattress helps one’s body control temperature during sleep. During the winter months wool keeps you warm and during the summer months keeps you cool. Because wool wicks away moisture, you stay comfortable and dry throughout the night. Our American grown wool is not only eco-friendly, but the added spring like effect is added for support and loft to any futon mattress.
Fatigue is a result for the above two problems. If one is up all night tossing and turning from an uncomfortable bed or in pain all night from the firmness or a spring popping out from an old mattress, then fatigue will be just around the corner. Long term fatigue can be detrimental to one's health. Fatigue is often explained as a lack of energy associated with tiredness and can sometimes cause difficulty with normal daily activities, leading to problems with attentiveness and concentration. So it is very important to find that right mattress and replace ones old mattress so fatigue does not take over.
Asthma and Allergies are two very dangerous side effects of an old mattress or a mattress that is not healthy for someone with sensitivities. An old mattress that has absorbed dust mites or can trigger allergic reactions and asthma symptoms from other materials. The Futon Shop makes a variety of hypoallergenic mattresses, with no pesticides in their cotton, as well as offers latex mattresses. The Futon Shop offers a line of mattresses that have Natural Latex in their mattresses and one hundred percent Virgin Wool futon mattresses that are hypo-allergenic, mold and mildew resistant, with no motion transfer and most importantly chemical-free. The Futon Shop also recommends using their organic mattress pads if one suffers from allergies or has an extra sensitivity to irritants. The Futon Shop’s Organic mattress pads protect against dust mites, which irritate the lining of the airways of lungs which affects mostly children and consumers with allergic reactions, asthma or skin diseases.
About The Futon Shop: The Futon Shop has a strong commitment to our planet, our country and towards bringing the best organic and eco-friendly futon, sofa bed & organic furniture options for the health and comfort of their customers. Their mission is to produce the best eco-friendly/chemical-free Organic and Natural futons, organic mattresses, futon covers for sofa beds, futon frames, and platform bed frames that promote better healthy living and a good night’s sleep for all. Since 1976, The Futon Shop has been the leader in American made premium natural mattresses.

Weekly News Reel

The Futon Shop News Reel




1) Best Sleep Habits

2) Those nightcaps might affect your sleep more than you thought -- and not in a good way.

3)  people prefer sleep over sex by a 3-2 margin

4)  Obama Talks Going Green

5) 26 States to Consider Toxic Chemicals Legislation in 2013

Wordless Wednesday

MLK SALE

TFS News Reel

 The Futon Shop's News Reel



1) F.D.A. Offers Broad New Rules to Fight Food Contamination

2)  Would Exporting the Natural Gas Surplus Help The Economy, or Hurt?

3) Sleep Disorder Study On Children

4) The Power of Rest and why not to take sleeping pills

5) Keys to a restful night sleep

Wordless Wednesday

Ask And You May Receive!

The Futon Shop would like to hear from the Customer.


What do you like on our website? In our Store?


What would you like to see or buy from us that we do not have? What are we missing? What woule you like to see more of as for price, color, variety, size, style, product?

 The most important factor to The Futon Shop is the consumer. Sometimes either salespeople do not tell managers what customers are asking for, or the requests fall through because of busy schedules, but this is an important subject. I will ask a few times a month.

Please take the time to let us know what you are thinking.

First New Years Tip on Going Green

Happy New Year!

2013 is here!!! Lets begin the new year a little greener



First tip of 2013: Eliminating chemicals out of your life





1) Find Organic Options:
-Look for things without pesticides. Cotton covers 55% of the world's cultivated land yet uses 75% of the world's insecticides, more than any other single major crop. There are shops out there that are keeping up with what the consumer's demand. If your favorite shop (grocery, clothes, or even a mattress store) does not have any organic options you can ask your favorite shop if they have organic options. You might just get some more options or the owner may be able to order it for you.


Other great reason to farm without pesticides:

• Protecting surface and groundwater quality (eliminating contaminants in surface runoff)
• Reduced risk in insect and disease control by replacing insecticide with the manipulation of ecosystems
• Long-term prevention of pests through beneficial habitat planting.
• Conservation of biodiversity
• Eliminate the use of toxic chemicals used in cotton
• Organically grown crops also yield soils with higher organic matter content, thicker topsoil depth, higher polysaccharide content, and lower modulus of rupture; therefore reducing considerably soil erosion.

 EPA's list of a few dangers of pesticides:
 The health effects of pesticides depend on the type of pesticide. Some, such as the organic phosphates and carbamates, affect the nervous system. Others may irritate the skin or eyes. Some pesticides may be carcinogens. Others may affect the hormone or endocrine system in the body.

A Birthday! Baby Alexander turns one!!!

The Futon's Shop's little addition Alexander turns One!