Archive for the ‘General bed information’ Category
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Be sure to check out the wikipedia article on our founder Charles Platt Rogers. It has a lot of interesting information about the company and it's very historical beginnings.
You can find it here:
Charles P. Rogers
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Some of our customers may have questions about the environmental practices of our company. As a company whose livelihood is dependent on managing and utilizing renewable natural resources, we share your concerns regarding any practices that are detrimental to this goal. Our position has always been and continues to be ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Well, after being in business for 153 years, we joined the 100 Year Association of New York. The Association is involved in many good works and its mission statement includes:
Hundred Year Association Overview
Recognizes companies and not-for-profit organizations over a century old.
Rewards outstanding public service.
Awards college scholarships to ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
I found this amusing musing at:
http://beddingfacts.com/Iron+Beds.6703.htm.
It is oddly worded, contains some unique and questionable observations and has an even stranger title (which I love). But as always, I like anything that confirms that we are indeed America's oldest in business bed makers, even if it came from a SPAM machine ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
This article appeared in This Old House magazine in 2004, but still gives some great insight into brass and iron beds from famed Antiques Roadshow expert Leigh Keno's site. You can see the article in its original context here. And by the way, he does mentions us.....
Brass ...
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Continuing with our thoughts from the previous posts, above are two finial details for comparison. The finishes are a dramatically different color but both details represent an early American design. Did you look at one longer than the other? Find one more appealing based not on wood nor color but ...
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
Let's say at this point you have a general idea of a style of bed you want and you feel comfortable with a few different companies that have similar models. Now there are really two basic categories for considerations when making a decision. The first is what the bed is ...
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
As most people discover when purchasing a bed, there are lots of choices in the marketplace and it can be confusing to have so many beds that "appear" the same at first glance, especially online. What's the difference? There is a wide variety of pricing and a lot of ...
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