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[colliemom4]

When I was a teen my best friends mom had a huge feather bed and we'd always beg her to let us sleep on it because it was so comfy. That being said, I know nothing about feather beds

[ennui1]

On 5/29/2014 colliemom3 said:

When I was a teen my best friends mom had a huge feather bed and we'd always beg her to let us sleep on it because it was so comfy. That being said, I know nothing about feather beds

That's all you need to know.

[Snowpuppy]

My grandmother made her own featherbeds and she started with her own feathers from the farm. They were part of her dowry during The Great Depression.

Hers were thin, maybe 1" or so thick and hand sewn. I remember buttons being sewn in the baffle style.

We did sleep under them or piled them on top of an old mattress to make it more comfy. Think down blankets.....just with feathers.

I wonder if grandpa thought she was quite the catch.

[Mominohio]

I think the life of a feather bed will vary depending on several things. First, the quality of the item, and NN has offered many different levels of quality over the years. Second, how much weight and use it gets. A small person who sleeps alone will cause less wear and tear than two large people sleeping on it. Third, the humidity of your room, and how much you perspire on the bedclothes. More humidity and dampness, less life.

We had them on our beds for quite a few years, and quite frankly, I'm so very glad to be rid of them. They need constant "puffing" up, and to get the dust out and freshen them, I'd have to take them outside and hang them over the clothesline and shake them out good. I liked to do it on really cold winter days, as I felt it freshened them some. After awhile they "thinned" out in the middle, and in general were more trouble than they were worth. I had them because we couldn't afford a really good new mattress, and once we could, I've never looked back. Doing away with them has simplified the bed making process, and the bed looks much more tailored without it.