Beds & Bedding

Types of bed
• Zed- bed- have a base of
stretched springs which can be
folded up into a narrow
rectangular shape, enclosing a
thin mattress. They can be
easily moved and stored
• Sofa cum bed- provide extra
seating by day and a bed by
night .
• Foldaway beds- when rooms
are let more than once in 24
hrs, for meetings by day and
bedroom at night also known
as Murphy bed
 Beds
Parts of bed
 A frame
 A base
 A mattress
 A headboard
DESINGED BY
 A footboard Sunil Kumar
Research Scholar/ Food Production Faculty
Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management,
MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY,
ROHTAK
Haryana- 124001 INDIA Ph. No. 09996000499
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 Bed frame
• Platform frame/ Box
frame (wood)
• Metal frame (Iron)
 Bed Base
• A bed consist of
mattress supported
by a base.
• The base may be
made up of coil
springs, wire mesh,
solid wood or
plywood, slatted wood
 Headboard
Most hotel prefer
headboard to be wall
mounted
Objective of headboard
is to protect the wall
from developing
greasy stains
 Footboard
• Footboard are usually
of the same material
and color as the
headboard of the bed
 Mattresses
• Interior – sprung
Open spring, pocketed –
spring, continuous –
spring.
• Latex or foam – rubber
• Solid – stuffed
• Plastic
• Water
 Sizes of mattresses
Mattresses Size in feet and Size in cm
Inches
Single 3ft x 6ft 3inch 90x 190
Double
 Selection of mattresses
• Firmness
• Construction
• Size
• Softness
• Support
• Appearance
• Ticking
• Quilting and top padding
• Middle padding
• Insulated padding
• Coil count
• Coli configurations
• Handles
• Box spring
 Care and cleaning of mattresses
• Alternately rotating and flipping the
mattress on a periodic basis
• Do not bend the mattress
 Bedding
• Bedding means all the bed cloth placed on
bed such as
Bed sheet, bedspread, blankets,
continental quilt, pillows,
 Bed sheets
• Bed sheets should be long enough to
give a good tuck in , and a good turn
over at the top to protect the blanket
and quilt from grease, newspaper
print, the base of breakfast tray
For single bed of 85 x 190 cm
sheet should be 177cmx 274cm
For double bed with size 135cmx190cm
sheet should be 238x 274cm
For king size bed with size of 182x200cm
sheet should be 274cmx 297cm
 Pillowslips
• Pillowslips will be made of the same
material as the bed sheets
• 50 x 76 cm
 Pillows
• Pillow consist of various fillings, covered with a
strong closely woven materials, ticking, which
was formerly striped.
• Standard size is 48 x 73 cm
• Fillings of Pillows are:
Down, Small feathers, Rubber or Plastic
foam, Synthetic fibres, Kapok
 Bolsters
• Bolsters are
elongated pillow
which stretch the
width used on
divans , settees,
sometime on beds but
now they are not used
on bed
• They act as a support
to arm
 Blankets
• These are available in different sizes to fit
all standard beds. x
• Wool blankets are soft, warm, and wear
well
• It should be light weight for comfort
• Colour varies from hotel to hotel
• Some prefer light colour so the guest may
be impressed by the hotel standard of
cleanliness
• Other use brown or other dark colour so
that maintenance is easier.
• They are little shorter than sheets e.g
177cmx 254cm single, 228cmx254cm
double
• Wool, wool/ cotton, wool/ rayon
 Eiderdowns

• Eiderdowns are filled with down

which strictly should be from eider
duck due to expenses they are often
filled with curled feathers, man made
fibers or other materials
• Approx size : 84cm x127 cm (single)
144 x 127 cm (double)
 Duvet
• Duvet are continental quilt give
warmth without excessive weight
• Filled with down or synthetic fibres
• They are used with bottom sheets
only and to avoid getting dirty very
frequently they used top sheet.
• Approx size : 84cm x127 cm (single)
144 x 127 cm (double)
 Duvet cover
• Duvet covers are large bags of cotton or more usually
polyester/ cotton fabric into which the duvet or
continental quilt is put
• The covers are 135 x 200cm (single)
200x 200cm (double)
 Bed cover / Bedspread
• Bedspread are used to cover the bed
during the day and where ‘turning down’ is
still done , may be removed at night,
folded and put away
• The colour and pattern must suit the décor
of the room, matching
DESINGED BY
Sunil Kumar
Research Scholar/ Food Production Faculty
Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management,
MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY,
ROHTAK
Haryana- 124001 INDIA Ph. No. 09996000499
email: skihm86@yahoo.com ,
balhara86@gmail.com
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