Each of us knows how important good sleep and sleep are to a person. In a bad sleep deprivation, the whole character of a person changes, he becomes grumpy, clumsy, and forgetful. For parents of young children in particular, sleep, or rather its lack, is often a very topical issue.
Good sleep is facilitated by a regular rhythm of life and good sleep hygiene. A good mattress, blanket and pillows can also have a big impact on the quality of your sleep.
It is seldom thought that the majority of mattresses, blankets and pillows on the market are made of polyester, or plastic. So we spend a large part of the day sleeping in plastic and breathing it. Sounds pretty harsh, right?
It’s worth investing in sleep
In our family, we noticed a significant difference in the speed of falling asleep and the quality of sleep when we decided to get a futon mattress made of natural materials a little over a year ago.
We have also gradually switched to natural materials such as wool, cotton and linen for pillows, blankets and other bedding, and the difference is huge. Sleep is calmer and the body feels fresher after dreams, as natural materials do not make the sleeper sweat in the same way as synthetic fibers.
Before we switched to a cotton pillow, our five-year-old was a hot dog, sweating his pillow at night and kicking the blanket off his head. After switching to natural materials, sweating has been significantly reduced and there is no need to turn the pillow to the dry side in the middle of dreams.
Finnish handicraft already in its third generation
When making the purchase decision for cotton blankets and pillows, I did research and ended up on Futonnet’s website, where I spotted the cotton pillows and blankets of the Finnish Quality Blanket .
Quality Cover is a Tampere-based family business that was founded in 1952 and has passed from father to son over the years in the third generation.
Domesticity and ecology are important values for Quality Coverage.
– We definitely want to keep the manufacturing of the products in Finland, because domesticity is an important quality criterion and a competitive advantage for us. We make products only to order, as needed, and we try to use all old fabrics before ordering a new collection. Fabric cutting surpluses are also sold as carpet wefts.
Quality cover stands out from other competitors with quality and precise craftsmanship. Large customer groups for the company include furniture stores and futon stores and online stores all over Finland.
– We still make everything by hand in Finland. We are also able to make all of our products to the customer’s own dimensions. For example, the demand for mattresses of special dimensions and shapes for boats and motorhomes has increased. We don’t even try to compete with the cheapest raw materials, we invest in quality in material choices.
Once a customer, always a customer
Lautapeitte has a lot of loyal loyal customers who recommend the products to their friends and this way the company gets new customers.
– 100% cotton duvets and mattress toppers have been on the market for decades. They are durable and are made of a natural material that breathes, unlike synthetic fiber blankets. Cotton is an ideal material for itchy skin and can therefore also be used by those who are sensitive to wool and man-made fibers.
The company thinks about the future with moderate certainty and has no ambitious internationalization plans or world-conquest dreams.
– We hope that production will continue as before so that we can continue to employ people. Small brick-and-mortar furniture stores, i.e. places where our products are sold, are decreasing all the time. On the other hand, online stores in the industry have already appeared quite comfortably and sales of cotton products in particular have increased as a result.
