Take a look in the flowerbeds to see some pretty little snowdrops nodding their heads.

Learn something new; take a course in pottery or learning a language boosting your brainpower will raise your spirits. 

Act happy by faking it until you really feel it.  Smiling is contagious and if you walk around with a big grin it won’t be long before the beams are coming back at you.

Buy a hula hoop, space hopper or jump on the trampoline – exercise cheers you up and these are fun, nostalgic ways of getting fit. 

Do something kind for someone else – a sure way of getting that fuzzy warm feeling!  You could have a declutter and give away your unwanted stuff to a charity. 

Cherish the small things in life and scientists report that those who say thank you more often are generally happier people. 

Get more sleep

If your bedroom is not conducive to spending more time in it, then take a look at AKKA Furniture.   AKKA bedroom furniture comes in a variety of styles, made out of warm American Oak or elegant Walnut.  To help you get more sleep, AKKA’s mattress supplier Dreamworks, have a vast array of products, ranging from cage sprung, pocket sprung and memory foam mattress.  These mattresses have a spring count ranging from 1000 to 1700 springs to suit every need and they come in sizes ranging from 3ft up to 6’ft.

Of course, it’s not just beds that AKKA offer but a range of wooden bedroom furniture, including tallboys, wardrobes, drawers, bedside cabinets, dressing tables and a variety of storage accessories including underbed drawers and blanket boxes.  Every piece is hand crafted, created with attentive, loving care, to ensure you have wooden bedroom furniture that will last a lifetime.

At this time of year, most of us are desperately trying to keep their new year resolutions, be it cutting out unhealthy elements in our life or doing more good things, like increasing our exercise regime. One very healthy resolution that often gets overlooked is ensuring that you get a good night’s sleep which has a massively beneficial impact on well being.

Healthy adults should get between 7 – 9 hours sleep a night. Not getting enough sleep can lead to a number of health problems including an increased risk of depression, obesity, diabetes as well as a decrease in the ability to concentrate. 

Here are some tips to aid a good night sleep.

Establish a regular sleeping and waking pattern, even on weekends

Create a regular, relaxing bedtime routine 

Sleep on a comfortable mattress and pillows

Avoid watching TV, using a computer or reading in bed

Finish eating at least 2-3 hours before your regular bedtime

AKKA bedroom furniture comes in a variety of styles , made out of warm American Oak or elegant Walnut.  To make sure the beds help you sleep as well as enhance your bedroom, AKKA’s mattress supplier Dreamworks, have a vast array of products, ranging from cage sprung, pocket sprung and memory foam mattress. These mattresses have a spring count ranging from 1000 to 1700 springs to suit every need and they come in sizes ranging from 3ft up to 6’0ft.

Of course, it’s not just beds that AKKA offer but a range of wooden bedroom furniture, including tallboys, wardrobes, drawers, bedside cabinets, dressing tables and a variety of storage accessories including underbed drawers and blanket boxes.

• Sunlight and fresh air are very important.  Pale coloured curtains promote a feeling of both.
• For indoor lighting, use several light sources instead of a single overhead light. Lighten up corners and alcoves with floor lights and table lamps. Candles are very important in Scandinavian homes.
• Traditional Scandinavian design is functional without needless decoration but simplistic, flowing lines.

For Scandinavian style in your bedroom, look no further than AKKA Bedroom Furniture. The Stockholm oak sleigh bed captures the essence of  Scandinavian living with its classic handcrafted head and tailboard. The simple lines bring a sense of space and serenity to a bedroom.  At the same time, the sleigh shape brings to mind cosiness and warmth and the oak delivers elegance and classic appeal. The Stockholm sleigh bed is available in Single, Double, King and Superking.

Of course at AKKA there are many other wooden beds to look at as well as other wooden bedroom furniture, such as chests of drawers, tall boys, dressing tables, blanket chests and underbed drawers. All of AKKA’s furniture is lovingly handcrafted from quality wood and designed to suit you and your lifestyle.

If you feel its time to put your summer clothes away for the next few months why not consider underbed drawers for neat, convenient storage.  AKKA’s underbed drawers, made in solid oak or solid walnut, are designed to fit neatly under your bed for optimum storage, fitted with wheels for ease of use.  These drawers are solid wood with dovetails front and back.

 The six AKKA wooden bedroom ranges are different yet have in common beautiful designs and are handmade with the utmost care and attention.  As well as beds, AKKA make beautiful and useful bedroom accessories.  Wooden wardrobes, tallboys, blanket boxes and chests of drawers all fulfill your storage demands, and are aesthetically pleasing.

The extraordinary autumn heat may have disappeared, but AKKA wooden bedrooms will bring some warmth back into your life.

The ideal bedroom temperature is around 65 degrees Fahrenheit. A room that’s too warm can disrupt comfortable sleep.

Here are some that might help you achieve a good nights kip during the balmy nights:

• Too many blankets and pillows will just send the thermometer sky high. Keep your bed covers to a minimum. 
• Go natural! – man made bed linen is not as cool as natural fibres.
• A slightly open window helps but it’s not always feasible to do this. A fan also cools things down by moving air from bodies and taking the heat with it.
• A more drastic action is to take a pair of cotton socks, rinse them in cold water, wring them until they are damp and put them on. Cooling your feet lowers the overall temperature of your skin and body.
• Sleep in a ’spread eagle’ position, so heat doesn’t gather around you and think of ice bergs!

 Akka Furniture hopes these tips help. We believe that bedrooms should be special and our wooden furniture is created with care to turn your bedroom into a sanctuary that works in every season.

Made from oak and walnut, our beds, cabinets, wardrobes and accessories, are all stylish yet timeless, crafted to last a lifetime. Take time to look through our ranges to find one that suits.  As well as beds, Akka Furniture can provide you with an array of wooden wardrobes and your storage needs can all be met with our many beautiful and functional pieces which include chests, tallboys and blanket boxes.

Akka walnut bedroom furniture works beautifully with crisp white cotton sheets and the oak beds are just right for the fabulously fresh floral patterns which are so on trend this season.   The wooden beds are beautiful in their own right but dressing them in the right linen just enhances their good looks and brings your room up to date.  

 Perhaps you feel, now is the time to invest in new wooden bedroom furniture.  Take a look through the ranges AKKA furniture offer and see which style works for you, your bedroom and your lifestyle. Whether you choose oak beds or walnut bedroom furniture, skilled craftsmen construct Akka furniture from the finest quality wood.

If the sunshine has inspired you to spring clean, you may find yourself needing more storage in your bedroom.   Akka furniture can meet all your storage needs with cabinets, wardrobes and tallboys.  Our eight-drawer chest can take lots of woollies and the bedside tables are perfect to keep clutter out of sight.  If you need extra storage, take a look at the stylish wooden under bed drawers. Blanket boxes and wooden chests are the perfect place to store all those blankets and heavy bedcovers that can hopefully stay out of sight until autumn.   For now, enjoy the long summer days and nights in a bedroom that is cool, yet comfortable, calm and clutter free.

With a spring ( no pun intended) in our step why not get down to some basic cleaning and oiling of your wooden bedroom furniture that you bought from Akka Furniture?  Just a little time spent here will prolong and enhance the life of your bedroom furniture as it is real solid wood.

Real wood furniture is manufactured with a moisture content of between 10% to 12% but if your bedroom furniture is placed into direct strong sunlight or in front of a radiator then there is a chance that your chest of drawers or bedsides will gradually dry out.  This is why you will need to re – oil the furniture.

The best way to re-oil our bedroom furniture is to follow these simple instructions:

1. Clear all your clothes out of the drawers plus anything laying on top of the unit.

2. Place the furniture outside.

3. Get some 220 grit sandpaper and sanding block from your local D.I.Y store.

4. Rub the piece of furniture down following the grain left to right. NEVER  across the grain.

5. Get a lightly damp cloth and take the dust off the furniture. Let the unit totally dry.

6. Take a lint free cloth and some Danish Oil and rub the oil into the wood following the grain.

7. Leave outside to dry.

8. Place the furniture back into your bedroom space.

All of the above can be carried out on all of our bedroom pieces such as chests of drawers, bedside cabinets , wardrobes, dressing tables and blanket boxes.

There’s a real art to handling wood . That’s why we make each piece of furniture indivdually , giving the chest of drwaers or the oak wardrobe the same attention to detail it deserves and at every build stage. We hand select all of solid timber products but the same can be said for the real wood veneers that we use aswell. Only the best will do.

All of the doors and drawers are hand assembled then oiled with three coats of Danish oil to ensure a high degree of colour match throughout every piece of furniture that will end up on show in the bedroom. However  there are always individual variations of colour and grain , so when we say our product is unique we mean it and the same goes for your bedroom furniture.

Finishes to your furniture should always complement the choosen wood. Take our oak range for instance. The danish oil brings out those delicate honey tones which only enhances our minimal classic shaker designs.

At Akka furniture we like to look at the bedroom as a challenge, an opportunity to get creative and make the most of every inch of space.  Believe it or not , although each person’s situation and needs are different , the biggest problem is always space or the lack of it. Which is why it may surprise you to know that there is always loads of it but it’s normally ignored or becomes full of clothes that you don’t wear anymore.

Clear out all those old clothes and shoes from your bedroom furniture pieces such as chests of drawers, wardrobes, dressing tables , blanket boxes and bedside cabinets and trasform your bedroom into that dream environment that you have always dreamed of.  Remember if you feel relaxed and stress free walking into your bedroom this will always lead to a good nights sleep !!!!!!!

There are a number of good reasons why you should choose F.S.C stamped timber for your bedroom furniture sets.

1. All the timber can be tracked from the forest to the finished furniture product.

2. F.S.C  timber is endorsed by such charties as WWF , The Woodland Trust and Greenpeace.

3. Some parts if not all of the forests are protected because endangered or rare animals and plants are located within it’s boundaries.

4. Forest owners try to employ local people to run and log the forests. This way the local people can earn a living from their local source – the forest.

5. Future generations will be able to work and earn from the forests.

6. It’s not only furniture that the F.S.C label can be found on. Decking , floors , paper and kitchen utensils are just a few other examples.

AKKA furniture makes sure that we fully utilize the full potential of all the log from the tree. We take all of the premimum central cuts of timber and make sure these are used for the drawer fronts , cabinet tops and also the siderails for our solid wooden beds. This means that all the external parts of the wooden cabinets , oak beds , walnut beds and other bedroom accessories we manufacture are showing off the best parts of a quality timber such as american white oak and american black walnut. We don’t just scrap the whitewood called sapwood,  this is used for our drawer sides and backs on the wooden chests. By choosing this method the white of the wood is hidden within the carcass.