talk to me about divans and mattresses...

[PunkyBruiser]

I am looking to buy a new king size bed. I've cursed my bedstead almost daily since I bought it so I think I want to go for a divan base and separate mattress, plus I like the idea of extra storage.

Maybe John Lewis? M&S? I don't want to spend more than £1500 in total - any suggestions?

Want to avoid Dreams/Silentnight/etc as have had bad experiences in the past.

Punky, try Warren Evans. Their beds are really comfortable and great value. We bought ours nearly 2 years ago and have had no issues whatsoever. Caveat: ours is a frame bed, but we got the storage drawers underneath as our flat is woefully low on storage.

Oooh interesting, just had a quick look at the website - would you recommend the drawers over a divan base?

Absolutely. Divan beds I've struggled with, tbh, and the drawers always break. Also I find unless you spend a lot on a divan, it becomes v uncomfortable v quickly (mind you, I'm not the lightest lady!)

I love my WE bed, they were recommended to us by good friends, and we can't find anything to fault with it. Plus the delivery men put it all together for you! We've had to shift it a few times since we got it and it comes apart and goes back together beautifully.

The drawers we have sit on the floor, not on runners IYSWIM. They are 3/4 the length of the bed and they are great.

One tiny thing I'd say is there was a teeny bit of sap leakage from the slats, but that sorted itself out within about 6 weeks. Fortunately at that point we had nothing in the drawers.