Question from audrey
What type of wood frame do you have? Been looking in to ash but not sure if that is okay for mcs (I know pine is bad). Is your wood frame is unfinished? If it is, does it get warped in the humidity of Florida – I too live in Florida. Also if you did have it finished, what sealer did you use?
Also re your mattress. My 23 plus year old mattress which I got from Janices has coils and I am becoming more and more aware of emfs so I want/time for a new one.
Would getting an organic cotton mattress with wool in the middle of the cotton be more comfortable than all cotton without coils? I want to avoid getting a box spring so have to get platform type of frame. Just cannot face dragging mattress and box spring outside on my balcony to air out and then bringing it in. Getting to hard for me to do those things. Thanks.
I have been thinking of using White Lotus – have gotten things from them before and they are very helpful. Just wish I could go to NJ and see/try out the mattresses etc.
Debra’s Answer
I honestly don’t know what type of wood my bed frame is. I bought it twelve years ago on sale at just a regular mattress store. It was a close-out sale and there was only one. It was the floor sample. I know it’s solid wood. It does have some kind of finish, don’t know what it is, but it had already outgassed by the time I found it. .
You’re right that most people with MCS don’t tolerate pine (or cedar, but I’ve never seen a cedar bed frame). I had another bed frame that was make of oak that I really liked.
You’re right that most people with MCS don’t tolerate pine (or cedar, but I’ve never seen a cedar bed frame). I had another bed frame that was make of oak that I really liked.
You mentioned a platform type of frame. I have a frame with wood slats. A platform frame is a solid piece of some type of wood, wood slats are individual pieces of wood spaced out so you natural mattress can breathe. It’s important to have wood slats so there is air flow and your natural mattress can breathe.
I know nothing about how it does in humidity because I’m not a woodworker but you could look into using shellac as a non-toxic finish. People use it for bed frames, cradles, kids toys, etc.