The bedroom has to be one of the most important rooms in any house. It’s certainly the room where you spend the most time. Most of us spend about a third of our lives in bed. If you add that up over the course of an average lifetime, that’s about 25 years. That’s a huge amount of time and makes you realize how important it is to have a good bed where you feel comfortable sleeping.Perhaps unsurprisingly for such an important part of life, the bedroom and the bed has played a big part in the history of TV. One of the most famous double beds to ever hit our screens was that of Morecambe and Wise. Eric and Ernie used to set a lot of their sketches in their bedroom, which for some reason they seemed to share on a platonic level.
It’s funny to think that TV producers were for many years weary of showing people sleeping in the same bed. On legendary TV show I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball and real life husband Desi Arnaz were shown sleeping in two singles, for fear of a scandal. How things have changed. The same was true for much early TV throughout the 20th century. So, in a way, Eric and Ernie were trailblazers.
Other famous double beds include Del Boy’s leopard and zebra hide monstrosity (could it have been any different?) that occasionally featured in Only Fools and Horses. Much of BBC One’s long running My Family was also filmed in the bedroom (not in that way) with Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker desperately trying to come to terms with family life from the sanctuary of the bedroom.
It’s a simple fact that double beds play an important role in the lives of couples. To ignore them or pretend they don’t exist on TV just seems a little strange. Thankfully, that all seems to have changed.
Back in the real world, it’s so important to make sure your bed is providing the support you need. Getting a good night’s sleep is vital to our overall health. If you’re not sleeping well it can affect every aspect of your life. That’s why we offer a great range of beds, including mattresses, frames and bedding. Check out our range of double beds and think about when it’s time to make an upgrade.
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