Lentiq Jewelry

The jewelry in this Lentiq has been handcrafted for you. All jewelry is made of the finest sterling semiprecious and precious stones and beads available. If you have something in mind and don’t see it in the Lentiq, please contact us.

Our company has been creating beautiful jewelry and makes reasonably priced beaded, pearl and wirewrapped jewelry that will match all of your outfits and take you anywhere. We carry sterling silver jewelry and cubic zirconia incredible jewelry for your shopping pleasure. This jewelry makes great gifts and each piece comes in a beautiful box ready for a bow. We work hard to keep our prices reasonable and still give you the best quality and most incredible looking jewelry you will find anywhere.

Choose any jewelry you wish and, if you don’t find what you want, email us and we will be happy to design beaded and pearl earrings, necklaces, and bracelets jewelry just for you. There is no extra charge for custom designs since they are all custom designed. We want you to be as happy visiting the Lentiq as we are presenting it to you.

Homeplace Group Introduces New Sleep Lab Adjustable Bed™ Mattress Models at Furniture Market

HomePlace Group, Inc.’s SleepLab™ adjustable electric beds have added Dual Comfort mattress technology to the mix which enables the end-user to flip the mattress over for a different comfort level.

In addition to the Standard 312 mattress, Dual Comfort SleepLab Mattresses™ are available in variety of innerspring coil counts or all Talalay Latex. Standard or Heavy Duty configurations are readily available to meet all needs and challenges.

The SleepLab Adjustable Bed™ is available as three models for in-home or sleep lab use with a variety of choices to meet all needs. According to Scott Parker, the product manager, “the Dual Comfort mattress technology gives sleepers the choice to easily change the comfort level and really, you are getting two mattresses in one.”

SleepLab 600X™ adjustable electric bed provides exceptional comfort, flexibility, durability, and value for sleep labs, and hospitals throughout the U.S. The bed and accompanying mattress are rated for 600 pound capacity and both are covered by the manufacturer’s warranty.

Equipped with an unprecedented lifetime warranty on cold-rolled steel frames, our SleepLab 600X™ beds also feature heavy-duty motors ensuring many years of use; robust rolling casters with locking capability and quick-change components using plug-in connected printed circuit boards instead of wire nuts. The SleepLab 600X™ Adjustable Bed is already in use at prestigious hospitals and sleep centers.

The SleepLab 500X™ Adjustable Bed is a new model introduction which offers complete control of your sleeping position. This model provides a Wall-Proximity design which means that the headboard or wall remains at a constant distance from the wall as the bed articulates. Weight management in an adjustable bed is an important consideration and the SleepLab 500X performs better than most. The Queen Size bed has a 500 lb. weight capacity and the Dual King has an 800 lb. rated capacity.

The SleepLab 500X™ Adjustable Bed is not only comfortable to sleep on; it is beautifully designed and crafted. The frame is powder coated for durability and made under ISO 9000 Quality Control Standard. The bed offers removable legs that do not require the use of tools to assemble. Because these beds are designed to look like an ordinary mattress and box spring, they will fit any Sleep Lab décor.

The SleepLab R/T™ Adjustable Bed Frame is an affordable solution for folks who are required to sleep in a Reverse Trendelenberg or Trendelenburg incline position. The SLEEPLAB R/T BED™ frame is designed to elevate the bed exactly as a physician prescribes, without use of awkward solutions, such as 6″ blocks stacked under the base of your headboard.

This bed is designed for people with severe acid reflux who have been advised by their doctors to sleep with the head of their bed raised; they want the bed flat, but the entire bed is slanted. The use of this bed in Sleep Labs assists in producing the desired results. Designed for Sleep Labs, but ideal for home use.

HomePlace Group has exclusive distribution of this product and offers mattresses, adjustable electric beds and parts specifically designed for sleep lab, hospital, and consumer needs. All SleepLab Beds include Standard Pillow Top mattresses as a standard feature. Quantity discounts are offered on all HomePlace Group products.

HomePlace Group SleepLab mattresses have earned glowing reviews from physicians, sleep labs, patients, and staff professionals. The SleepLab Adjustable Bed™ is already in use at prestigious hospitals and sleep centers. Some clients include: Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, Emory University Sleep Center, Novant Health, Provehotel, S.A., Mivasa Worldwide, Inc., Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, MCG Health System, Houston Hospice and Palliative Care Systems.

Beyond beds and mattresses, HomePlace Group supplies sheets, pillows, pillowcases, headboards, night stands and more. HomePlace Group offers turnkey solutions for sleep lab, hospital and consumer needs. They ship to almost anywhere in the contiguous 48 states via freight. Onsite installation supervision and training are also available.

HomePlace accommodates special orders. Don’t hesitate to ask, HomePlace Group will customize your order to meet your needs, including items from mattresses to bedding, pillows and supplies.

For more information visit the Sleep Lab Adjustable Bed™ website at: http://www.sleeplabadjustablebed.com/ or call toll-free at: 1-800-823-4233.

Sleep-Weary Consumers Wake Up Bed Prices

CHICAGO - Can you put a price on a good night’s rest? Betting weary-but-wealthy baby boomers are willing to do just that, mattress companies are fluffing up their selections of ultra-luxe beds that retail for more than the cost of cars, college tuition and parcels of land.

With a heart-stopping price tag approaching $50,000 — $49,500 to be exact, although the price will climb to $59,750 in April — the Vividus bed launched last year by the Swedish manufacturer Hastens is among the most expensive sold in the U.S.

But the Vividus, which means “full of life” in Latin, is just the latest bed to target a growing consumer appetite for high-end beds made from materials such as latex, flax, memory foam, silk, cashmere, lambswool and hand-tufted horse hair.

“If you could have beautiful, incredible sleep, what’s that worth?” said David Perry, bedding editor of the trade publication Furniture/Today. “The whole idea is pamper yourself, you’re worth it, go for it, live the dream, sleep on a cloud. That has some appeal.”

Since 2000, the market value of the wholesale mattress industry has increased nearly 40 percent, climbing to $6.4 billion in 2005, according to the trade group International Sleep Products Association.

But it’s the luxury market that’s behind much of the trend. Premium-priced mattresses — those costing more than $1,000 — were 21 percent of sales in 2005, the latest data available, up from 14 percent in 2000.

Furniture/Today says the figure may be even higher. According to the magazine’s survey of shoppers, about 56 percent of dollars spent on bedding went for products that cost more than $1,000. That’s up from 37 percent in 2000, according to the magazine’s survey.

Meanwhile, the average cost of a queen-size bed has grown to about $700, up from $600 five years ago, experts said.

But some people are willing to pay much, much more.

Less than a dozen handmade Vividus mattresses have been sold worldwide since July, but customers are increasingly buying “cheaper” models that cost up to $20,000, said Mary Pat Wallace, owner of Hastens’ Chicago store that began selling the Vividus last month. The company opened U.S. stores five years ago and has had a 66 percent increase in sales annually the past four years.

Hypnos, a rival British company that touts its lineage as the official bed supplier to the royal family, sells beds for between $8,000 and $20,000. It expects U.S. sales to continue growing at a rate of about 20 percent a year.

“We’ve been looking for an opportunity to get into this market, but up until five years ago, we didn’t see there was a desire or a need for the upper-end product,” said Adrian Jones, director of sales for Hypnos USA, which has its U.S. factory in Gallatin, Tenn.

But does paying a small fortune for a bed ensure the perfect snooze? It depends who you ask.

Chicago attorney Charlotte Wager, 42, has spent more than $13,000 in the past three years to buy Hastens mattresses for herself and two of her children. Wager said she likes the beds and their 25-year warranty so much that she’s considering buying two more for her older children.

“You want to be able to go to bed at night and rejuvenate and rest and recuperate,” Wager said. “And to me, the mattress is an investment in that.”

Michael King, a mattress buyer for the Macy’s department store chain, attributes the fivefold increase in the price of top-end beds sold by his company to consumers’ heightened awareness of the importance of rest.

“They’re investing more in their home in general and they’re thinking about sleep in a different way,” King said. “It’s connecting health and sleep in one, instead of just looking at sleep as something they do every night.”

The luxury bed sector is poised to become even more important for big-name mattress companies. They see a handsome profit on lower-priced luxury alternatives that can still cost thousands.

The trend has been in the works since the early 1990s when Lexington, Ky.-based Tempur-Pedic International Inc. introduced its memory foam bed.

“Once the mattress manufacturers realized that consumers would pay thousands of dollars for a mattress, we saw other companies rush to enter the market with their own versions of premium bedding,” said Morningstar analyst John Gabriel.

Sealy Corp., the nation’s largest wholesale mattress maker, unveiled 36 new models earlier this year — nearly three-quarters of which sell for more than $750, the company’s standard for a premium product. Sealy beds, including the high-end Stearns & Foster line, can sell for $4,000.

Sealy’s treasurer Mark Boehmer said the Trinity, N.C. company expects about one-third of its future growth to come from its higher-priced offerings.

At Serta International, a Vera Wang-branded line announced last year has helped the private company post double-digit growth. The mattresses, which include aloe vera “enhanced” fabric, sell for up to $4,000. And this month, the Hoffman Estates-based company also will begin selling its “Serenity” collection — springless beds made with latex that will cost up to $3,000. Plans are also in the works for more expansions to the No. 2 bedding brand’s premium and luxury lines.

“(Customers) aren’t as sticker-shocked as they might have been three to five years ago,” said Maria Balistreri, vice president of brand management.

But to people like Wager, it’s all about the slumber.

“It’s more than just a bed,” she said. “What you’re buying is a peaceful night’s sleep.”

On the Net:

http://www.hastens.com
http://www.sealy.com
http://www.serta.com

Source: AP via Yahoo News

$50,000 for a mattress? You bed-der believe it

Betting weary-but-wealthy baby boomers are willing to do just that, mattress companies are fluffing up their selections of ultra-luxe beds that retail for more than the cost of cars, college tuition and parcels of land.

With a heart-stopping price tag approaching $50,000 — $49,500 to be exact, although the price will climb to $59,750 in April — the Vividus bed launched last year by the Swedish manufacturer Hastens is among the most expensive sold in the United States.

But the Vividus, which means “full of life” in Latin, is just the latest bed to target a growing consumer appetite for high-end beds made from materials such as latex, flax, memory foam, silk, cashmere, lambswool and hand-tufted horse hair.

“If you could have beautiful, incredible sleep, what’s that worth?” said David Perry, bedding editor of the trade publication Furniture/Today. “The whole idea is pamper yourself, you’re worth it, go for it, live the dream, sleep on a cloud. That has some appeal.”

A booming business

Since 2000, the market value of the wholesale mattress industry has increased nearly 40 percent, climbing to $6.4 billion in 2005, according to the trade group International Sleep Products Association.

But it’s the luxury market that’s behind much of the trend. Premium-priced mattresses — those costing more than $1,000 — were 21 percent of sales in 2005, the latest data available, up from 14 percent in 2000.

Furniture/Today says the figure may be even higher. According to the magazine’s survey of shoppers, about 56 percent of dollars spent on bedding went for products that cost more than $1,000. That’s up from 37 percent in 2000, according to the magazine’s survey.

Meanwhile, the average cost of a queen-size bed has grown to about $700, up from $600 five years ago, experts said.

But some people are willing to pay much, much more.

Less than a dozen handmade Vividus mattresses have been sold worldwide since July, but customers are increasingly buying “cheaper” models that cost up to $20,000, said Mary Pat Wallace, owner of Hastens’ Chicago store that began selling the Vividus last month. The company opened U.S. stores five years ago and has had a 66 percent increase in sales annually the past four years.

Hypnos, a rival British company that touts its lineage as the official bed supplier to the royal family, sells beds for between $8,000 and $20,000. It expects U.S. sales to continue growing at a rate of about 20 percent a year.

“We’ve been looking for an opportunity to get into this market, but up until five years ago, we didn’t see there was a desire or a need for the upper-end product,” said Adrian Jones, director of sales for Hypnos USA, which has its U.S. factory in Gallatin, Tennessee.

The cost of comfort

But does paying a small fortune for a bed ensure the perfect snooze? It depends who you ask.

Chicago attorney Charlotte Wager, 42, has spent more than $13,000 in the past three years to buy Hastens mattresses for herself and two of her children. Wager said she likes the beds and their 25-year warranty so much that she’s considering buying two more for her older children.

“You want to be able to go to bed at night and rejuvenate and rest and recuperate,” Wager said. “And to me, the mattress is an investment in that.”

Michael King, a mattress buyer for the Macy’s department store chain, attributes the fivefold increase in the price of top-end beds sold by his company to consumers’ heightened awareness of the importance of rest.

“They’re investing more in their home in general and they’re thinking about sleep in a different way,” King said. “It’s connecting health and sleep in one, instead of just looking at sleep as something they do every night.”

The luxury bed sector is poised to become even more important for big-name mattress companies. They see a handsome profit on lower-priced luxury alternatives that can still cost thousands.

The trend has been in the works since the early 1990s when Lexington, Kentucky-based Tempur-Pedic International Inc. introduced its memory foam bed.

“Once the mattress manufacturers realized that consumers would pay thousands of dollars for a mattress, we saw other companies rush to enter the market with their own versions of premium bedding,” said Morningstar analyst John Gabriel.

Sealy Corp., the nation’s largest wholesale mattress maker, unveiled 36 new models earlier this year — nearly three-quarters of which sell for more than $750, the company’s standard for a premium product. Sealy beds, including the high-end Stearns & Foster line, can sell for $4,000.

Sealy’s treasurer Mark Boehmer said the company, in Trinity, North Carolina, expects about one-third of its future growth to come from its higher-priced offerings.

At Serta International, a Vera Wang-branded line announced last year has helped the private company post double-digit growth. The mattresses, which include aloe vera “enhanced” fabric, sell for up to $4,000. And this month, the Hoffman Estates-based company also will begin selling its “Serenity” collection — springless beds made with latex that will cost up to $3,000. Plans are also in the works for more expansions to the No. 2 bedding brand’s premium and luxury lines.

“(Customers) aren’t as sticker-shocked as they might have been three to five years ago,” said Maria Balistreri, vice president of brand management.

But to people like Wager, it’s all about the slumber.

“It’s more than just a bed,” she said. “What you’re buying is a peaceful night’s sleep.”

Kids’ bedroom furniture takes on bright hues

Whether it’s a bright yellow chest, a frilly four-poster bed or a traditional pine twin, children have a variety of options in furnishing their space.

“We’re seeing a lot more personalization for children’s rooms than we used to,” said Tracy Grambsch, interior designer at Furnishings by Ludwig in the town of Buchanan. “Parents are taking that into consideration. It’s not just a standard bed, mirror and chest of drawers.”

Children’s bedroom furnishings are an ever-expanding business, according to the American Home Furnishings Alliance. Sales are expected to reach $5.7 billion by 2010, a 24.5 increase over current levels.

Most parents look first for functional pieces when choosing furniture, an alliance survey shows, followed by price and furniture that reflects their child’s tastes.

Bedroom size and configurations are changing, Grambsch noted, and that’s reflected in furniture needs.

“In a room that has a nice-size closet, instead of a long dresser they might use a four-drawer dresser,” she said. “There are also armoires now because a lot of children do have televisions in their rooms, and that will accommodate television and clothing all in one piece.”

Vivid colors also personalize a room. The Young American collection by Stanley Furniture comes in 20 wood and painted finishes on 30 pieces, from beds to bookcases.

“Stanley is the first one to offer so many colors, but I’m not surprised really because there has been some movement toward color in the past few years,” said Sandy Doerfler, owner of the Lullabye Shop, Appleton.

With the new colors available, a baby’s room can sport a blue crib, pink double dresser and buttercup chest, if that’s what works for the family.

“You can do all those colors, or do it in one color,” Doerfler said.

If your tastes lean toward bright and beachy, Grambsch notes that ocean-side colors like blues and sea greens are coming to the forefront.

“That might be a little harrowing for northeast Wisconsin, but you never know,” she said. “It’s really individual. There are a lot of colors to choose from, so you can be a little more subdued also.”

If you just can’t decide there’s always white, which remains popular, says Cassidy Schrage, sales representative at Bedroom Expressions in Furniture Row, Appleton.

“A lot of white furniture is being asked for for girls’ bedrooms,” she said, adding that styles for girls include a Victorian canopy bed.

Other interesting pieces Doerfler sees include a glass-top desk for displaying a baseball card collection and swivel bookcase with a mirror, chalkboard and a place to hang clothes.

“It’s three different things in one, very unique, very unusual,” Doerfler said.

The predominant type of wood is evolving. Most of the furniture Doerfler sees is made of birch, pine or a Malaysian rubber wood.

“Because of the fact that so much is being imported right now you’re not seeing as much of the hard lumbers,” Doerfler said. “You’re not seeing as much of the maple.”

If you have your heart set on a special piece, be prepared to wait. It can take up to 16 weeks for furniture made out of the country to arrive at its destination.

“If you’re expecting a baby and want to buy a crib, don’t come in two weeks before you’re due,” Doerfler said. “You have to allow some time for it to get here.”

Source: www.postcrescent.com

Kids’ bedroom furniture takes on bright hues

Whether it’s a bright yellow chest, a frilly four-poster bed or a traditional pine twin, children have a variety of options in furnishing their space.

“We’re seeing a lot more personalization for children’s rooms than we used to,” said Tracy Grambsch, interior designer at Furnishings by Ludwig in the town of Buchanan. “Parents are taking that into consideration. It’s not just a standard bed, mirror and chest of drawers.”

Children’s bedroom furnishings are an ever-expanding business, according to the American Home Furnishings Alliance. Sales are expected to reach $5.7 billion by 2010, a 24.5 increase over current levels.

Most parents look first for functional pieces when choosing furniture, an alliance survey shows, followed by price and furniture that reflects their child’s tastes.

Bedroom size and configurations are changing, Grambsch noted, and that’s reflected in furniture needs.

“In a room that has a nice-size closet, instead of a long dresser they might use a four-drawer dresser,” she said. “There are also armoires now because a lot of children do have televisions in their rooms, and that will accommodate television and clothing all in one piece.”

Vivid colors also personalize a room. The Young American collection by Stanley Furniture comes in 20 wood and painted finishes on 30 pieces, from beds to bookcases.

“Stanley is the first one to offer so many colors, but I’m not surprised really because there has been some movement toward color in the past few years,” said Sandy Doerfler, owner of the Lullabye Shop, Appleton.

With the new colors available, a baby’s room can sport a blue crib, pink double dresser and buttercup chest, if that’s what works for the family.

“You can do all those colors, or do it in one color,” Doerfler said.

If your tastes lean toward bright and beachy, Grambsch notes that ocean-side colors like blues and sea greens are coming to the forefront.

“That might be a little harrowing for northeast Wisconsin, but you never know,” she said. “It’s really individual. There are a lot of colors to choose from, so you can be a little more subdued also.”

If you just can’t decide there’s always white, which remains popular, says Cassidy Schrage, sales representative at Bedroom Expressions in Furniture Row, Appleton.

“A lot of white furniture is being asked for for girls’ bedrooms,” she said, adding that styles for girls include a Victorian canopy bed.

Other interesting pieces Doerfler sees include a glass-top desk for displaying a baseball card collection and swivel bookcase with a mirror, chalkboard and a place to hang clothes.

“It’s three different things in one, very unique, very unusual,” Doerfler said.

The predominant type of wood is evolving. Most of the furniture Doerfler sees is made of birch, pine or a Malaysian rubber wood.

“Because of the fact that so much is being imported right now you’re not seeing as much of the hard lumbers,” Doerfler said. “You’re not seeing as much of the maple.”

If you have your heart set on a special piece, be prepared to wait. It can take up to 16 weeks for furniture made out of the country to arrive at its destination.

“If you’re expecting a baby and want to buy a crib, don’t come in two weeks before you’re due,” Doerfler said. “You have to allow some time for it to get here.”

Source: www.postcrescent.com

IPSA Mattress Flammability Workshop In February

The clock is ticking down to July 1, 2007, when the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) new federal flammability standard becomes effective. To help mattress producers prepare for these new rules, ISPA, together with the Sleep Products Safety Council (SPSC), has organized an expanded SHOPtalk workshop to be held February 21-22, 2007, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare, in Rosemont, IL.

Past SHOPtalks have covered the basic requirements of the standard, as well as steps on how to make and test compliant products. The next SHOPtalk offers expanded, updated information that provides more in-depth details on how attendees may modify internal process to meet the new regulation. “Our goal is to help our member companies understand what’s needed to comply with this new rule,” states Debi Sutton, ISPA vice president of marketing and member services. “We know every company is at a different level of understanding in the compliance process, and we’ve been working diligently to help everyone get up to speed. This is the third series of flammability workshops we’ve offered over the past three years, and this one will provide more specific details and information. And our Flammability Resource Toolkit which is available at our SHOPtalks provides important support materials in this effort.” A wide array of the latest FR products and services will be exhibited at the workshop, and an optional lab tour and burn demonstration at Underwriters Laboratory is being offered. During that tour, attendees can see how the new test is actually conducted and have their questions answered firsthand by lab technicians.

The program will be presented by knowledgeable industry experts, including – Al Podratsky, president of Global Supply Chain Partners; Bob Sabalaskey, vice president of Manufacturing and Product Engineering, Lily Management Group; Gordon Damant, Sleep Products Safety Council (SPSC) technical spokesperson; and Mary Toro, associate director, Office of Compliance, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

To register, or for more information on this and the future spring SHOPtalk, visit www.sleepproducts.org/SHOPtalk/flammability

Established in 1915, the International Sleep Products Association, www.sleepproducts.org is the trade organization for mattress manufacturers and their component suppliers around the world. ISPA hosts the biennial ISPA EXPO trade show and publishes BedTimes and Sleep Savvy magazines.