Beds for Girls - Several Tips To Finding The Right Bed

Choosing a bed for your girl can be somewhat of an issue. If they are shopping with you, you may find that they like several beds or have a specific style in mind. There are several hundred beds for girls that you can choose from. It will depend on your budget, the size of the room, and of course how long you need the bed to last. For most parents they want a bed that will get the child through their life rather than continually switching out the bed frame. Of course the mattress will change as the child gets older, but if you shop for a bed your girls can grow into you will be further ahead.

Beds for girls will have many styles you have beds that have storage underneath the bed in drawers, beds that will sit off the floor, bunk beds for twins, and several other styles. First in the cottage collection you will have a simple white decor with a pattern on the head board as well as on the posts. The Marcia beds or other four poster beds will have a different style in that you can have a canopy above the head or just and elaborate wrought iron structure.

There are also little beds for girls that work really well for toddlers. These beds are princess beds or favourite Disney characters in which the bed is extremely light and low to the ground. These beds work great because they have half rails to help keep the child from rolling out of the bed.

When choosing beds for girls you will also notice that there are more stately choices in wood beds that offer a sophisticated look for an older child.

The dollhouse style bed offers a dolls house for your girl with shelves decorated for dolls and playing. It is a simple style with plenty of storage space and perhaps offers the most fun out of all of the choices.

Choosing beds for girls can be a long process in that there are so many to choose from online or in stores.

Review Of The UK Domestic Furniture Industry

2008 proved to be a poor year for the UK residential furniture industry, with sales declining by 4% and several major companies going into liquidation. The following two years saw some improvements with sales reaching £4950m and £5010m respectively. However, new clouds are at the horizon and sales for 2008 are predicted to decline to a level of about £5005m before rebounding again next year.

Few manufacturers improved sales in 2006 or 2007 and margins were again under pressure. The main furniture manufacturing groups are Galiform plc, Nobia Holdings UK Ltd., and Silentnight Holdings Ltd.

Contrary to the manufacturers, the major retailers such as IKEA, DFS, Argos and John Lewis improved their positions in the market. To some extent they had been helped by the previous demise of competitors such as Uno, World of Leather, Kingsway, Landmark and more recently Courts, Allders, Furnitureland, and Durham Express.

Sales of all product groups have grown in absolute terms in the period from 2006 to 2007, with kitchen furniture showing most growth and bedroom furniture showing the least. Sales of home office furniture have grown significantly in recent years, albeit from a small base. Sales of upholstered furniture are expected to reach £1640m in 2008, representing 33% of total market sales. Sales of kitchen furniture are forecast to reach £1130m in 2008, accounting for 23% of the market.

In regards to domestic furniture (other than kitchen and upholstered furniture), multiple furnishing outlets currently account for around 40% of total sales in value terms, whilst independent outlets account for around 21%.

As far as kitchen furniture is concerned, specialist kitchen furniture outlets are the main distributors with 39% of the market in value terms; within that sector independents account for 32% of the market, whilst multiples account for 7%. Builders' and plumbers' merchants account for around 15% of the market in value terms, but a much larger share in volume terms. The Howden group is the largest distributor.

Multiple furnishing stores remain the major outlets for upholstered furniture with 48% of total sales, compared with independent outlets with 17% of the total market. Within the multiple furnishing stores category specialist upholstery outlets account for around 26% of total sales.

Foreign suppliers have continued to increase their share of the UK market. It is estimated that imports of domestic furniture reached £1682.7m in 2006. Imports currently account for 34% of the total market. The penetration rate for imports varies considerably between different product groups, reaching 54% for dining and living room furniture and for bedroom furniture, but only 10% for kitchen furniture. Imports from outside the EEC account for well over 50% of total imports.