Benefits of NappingGrab a Quick Nap to Recharge, Look Fresher, Feel Better (But Not to Replace A Good Night’s Sleep)There is a distinct pleasure in taking a short nap during the day, and there are several very good reasons to nap beyond it being such an awesome pure and guilt-free experience. According to various sources, grabbing a few winks, especially on a really comfortable mattress and box spring set like our McRoskey byDesign, has distinct health benefits. Continue reading
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Bedroom Design: Keep It Comfortable and CalmingShannon Jue is a Senior Designer with The Wiseman Group, one of San Francisco’s most venerated and recognized interior design firms. Shannon knows about McRoskey through the attentive service the Wiseman Group provides to every client. “Whenever our clients ask for our input on a mattress we recommend McRoskey,” she says. She adds that McRoskey fits in with the custom approach that The Wiseman Group and its design team take with every assignment. “Whatever the project requires, we source it, down to the detail of coasters. We always look for ways to personalize our design.” Why McRoskey? Several reasons. Shannon says this family owned business makes its mattresses locally; mattresses are made to order using quality filling materials including, cotton, wool, natural rubber latex with the McRoskey durable but supple innerspring unit Although there is no formula for design as no two projects are ever the same, Shannon offers these thoughts for creating a pleasing bedroom environment:
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A Holiday Gift to RememberI love hearing and telling stories about how our customers have surprised a family member or special someone with a gift of a mattress from McRoskey.  A McRoskey "mattress" in a box! Here’s a holiday story that is a favorite of mine. A gentleman rushed into our San Francisco showroom on Market Street on Christmas Eve. He was planning on giving his wife a bed from McRoskey Mattress as a Christmas gift. However, since each of our mattresses is made to order, our customer couldn’t actually present his wife with the real deal of the McRoskey mattress on Christmas Day. Clearly under stress, he asked us if we could come up with something fun for his wife to unwrap that would represent our mattress. “Of course!” we said and here’s what we created. We went into the factory and grabbed a small section of innerspring coils that we had made for a mattress, pulled some cotton filling used in the mattress and put it all in a box wrapped with a big bow. Voila! The result? A happy customer and a delighted wife on Christmas Day.
You Just Never Know Where You’ll Find A Loyal McRoskey Customer(take Western Nevada for instance…)  J.T.'s Basque Restaurant, Gardnerville, Nevada Through an interesting turn of events, my McRoskey coworker Tony and I discovered J.T.’s, a most wonderful Basque restaurant in Gardnerville, Nevada. This place and its people are so special we now make a regular pilgrimage to it We learned about J.T.’s Basque Restaurant through its Basque co-owner, Marie Louise L. Marie Louise visited our San Francisco showroom in 2003 to buy a McRoskey mattress. She and Tony, also of Basque heritage, started talking and he was as delighted to learn of her Basque restaurant as she was to be the proud new owner of a McRoskey mattress. Now Marie Louise refers people to McRoskey all the time. Gardnerville is 350 miles from the hustle and bustle of San Francisco and sits next door to Minden and Genoa in western Nevada’s beautiful Carson Valley, nestled against the sheer eastern face of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Since we have started visiting the area we’ve met other loyal McRoskey mattress owners in all three towns. For example, Minden residents Mr. and Mrs. H., own the local airport, and at least eight McRoskey mattresses, one for each of the eight bedrooms of their large home. Also in Genoa right next door, Jonna M. shares this strong connection to McRoskey. As an owner of a South Lake Tahoe motel in the 1960s, she outfitted every room with a McRoskey mattress. An interesting side note — Jonna’s mother worked in the office of the McRoskey Mattress Company in the 1920s. As they say, it is a small world (filled with lots of happy McRoskey customers), indeed. A Comfortable Sofa Bed ? Yes, Really!
The sofa bed often gets a bad rap for its inherent discomfort. However, it doesn’t have to be this way. What many people don’t know is that they can replace and upgrade the mattress in their old (or new) sofa bed. Typically the mattress that comes with a sofa bed does not supply adequate support nor does it protect the user from the metal frame underneath. Here’s the great part of this story. We have a way to make sofa beds really comfortable. Our Innerspring Sofa Bed Mattress is a one-sided mattress that’s specially designed to provide optimum comfort for sofa bed use. It features comfortable filling material and the flexible design of the innerspring unit provides excellent support. To be more comfortable, consumers might consider our sofa bed support panel. The panel rests on the metal decking of the sofa bed mechanism, which helps to relieve the discomfort of the metal bar against the shoulder. We’re happy to measure your sofa bed to make sure we get the exactly right mattress dimensions, at no charge. Made in San FranciscoMcRoskey byDesign: Handcrafted and Locally Made
As with all McRoskey mattresses, the byDesign is locally made in McRoskey’s factory in San Francisco’s Central Waterfront District. (Learn about other local San Francisco manufacturers on the SFMade website). While we use machinery to form McRoskey mattress and box spring components, an impressive amount of handwork and skill is involved to craft the McRoskey comfort. We take considerable pride in attention to detail. For instance, the Sewing Room cuts and then hems all fabric panels. The benefit of hemmed panels is a strong seam that will not fray. While other mattress manufacturers use similar materials and equipment, few to none invest in construction techniques that greatly benefit your investment in comfort. We think our new McRoskey byDesign mattress and box spring with natural filling materials takes our trademark craftsmanship to a whole new level.
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New Bed Created with Help From Our (designer) FriendsIn developing the new McRoskey byDesign mattress, we had ongoing discussions with the design trade to assess what was important to them and to their clients. The goal was not to just create another mattress but to create a solution that addressed their clients needs.
Designers’ wish list for a luxurious mattress included: comfort (of course, what is a bed without comfort?), a locally made product (that was easy for McRoskey with a San Francisco factory), natural materials, visual appeal, quality construction and durability. We gathered this feedback from the design trade through conversations with our best designer customers, along with a written survey sent to all designers with whom we’ve worked. We also received insightful feedback from designers (in groups and solo) when we showed them prototype mattresses throughout the product development process. As with every mattress product we make, we continually seek feedback on ways to make our customers even more comfortable in their (McRoskey) beds. Please email me personally if you have any comments or suggestions. razevedo@McRoskey.com What designers say about McRoskey mattress >>
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What’s So Important About Good Sleep and the Right Mattress?Sleep plays a critical role in immune function, metabolism, memory, learning, growth, stress reduction and other vital functions. So getting enough quality sleep is as important to overall health as good nutrition and regular exercise.
According to Chuck Fulanovich, DC of Palo Alto Chiropractic Offices, choosing the right sleep position andmattress can make all the difference in the world to feeling good overall and minimizing back, neck and shoulder issues. Regarding proper sleeping position, Dr. Chuck says that, in general, most people do well sleeping on their sides with the knees curled up in a semi-fetal position. This position opens up spinal facet joints and can relieve pressure in the lower back. Using a cervical pillow or a pillow designed for side sleeping gives the neck proper support and cradles the head while reducing pressure on the shoulder joints. He adds that several studies conducted recently have concluded that for most people, a medium firm mattress works best. That doesn’t mean, however, that some people won’t do better on a very firm or softer mattress. Personal preference should dictate what works best for you. Dr. Chuck keeps in mind that everybody is different.  Dr. Chuck Fulanovich McRoskey offers several mattress comforts ranging from extra gentle to extra firm so that you can be certain to find the comfort level that suits you best. This selection of comfort levels is only one of the reasons he recommends McRoskey products to his patients and why his family uses them at home (medium firm mattresses and Dr. Mary sidesleeper pillows).
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