Home Storage Solutions Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Stuff. We all have it. And more times than not, it's everywhere. Get a head start on spring cleaning with some home storage solutions from Home Furniture Plus Bedding, serving East Texas and Louisiana.

Entertainment Center & TV Stands
Display some of your nicest pieces you have laying around, like books, pictures, or trinkets on a beautifully crafted Entertainment System or TV Stand from Home Furniture Plus Bedding. Take advantage of the shelf space and compartments that surround your television, and create a unique aesthetic for your living room!

Coffee Tables
A coffee table is another great option for storage solutions around your home. Most come with drawer options to store smaller items. Home Furniture Plus Bedding also offers coffee tables that have a lift top, allowing for storage space inside of the unit! Not only is a coffee table practical it can also be stylish and compliment your space beautifully!

Accent Storage Pieces
A great way to make the room your own while providing storage space is to add an accent piece from our selection. When shopping for storage and accent furniture, it’s important that you find a piece that will properly store your valuables as well as match your style sense. At Home Furniture Plus Bedding, we are thrilled to offer East Texas and Louisiana shoppers stylish and capable storage and accent pieces for your home.

Additional Storage Options
Here is a list of beautiful furniture options that can also be used as storage:
• Bookcases
• Desks
• Dressers & Chests
• Night Stands

Visit Home Furniture Plus Bedding
The friendly staff at Home Furniture Plus Bedding can help you get the right pieces that fit your space and lifestyle perfectly. We are passionate about what we do because we understand the importance of good furniture pieces. Visit one of our eight locations across East Texas and Louisiana, or contact us today!

Perks of an Adjustable Bed Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Wondering if you should invest in an adjustable bed? In short, yes you should. But if you need more convincing, Home Furniture Plus Bedding us here to help you make your decision a little bit easier, and prove to you why you need one of our adjustable bed frames in your bed room as soon as possible!

Here are three perks of having an adjustable bed:

1. Relieves Back Pain
Lying flat on your back may increase tension on your muscles and joints. Because adjustable bases allow you to raise your upper body and elevate your legs, they can help you find a sleep position that eases back pain—or keep pain from occurring in the first place. Doctors often recommend sleeping with an elevated head and slightly raised knees to help maintain the natural curve of your spine. You could do this with pillows, but as you move around during the night it’s easy for pillows to get knocked out of place. Those with more serious back conditions, like osteoarthritis or spinal stenosis, may also benefit from sleeping in a neutral position.

2. Reduces Snoring
Nothing disrupts sleep like snoring. Whether you are the snorer, or you sleep next to one, you know this to be true. Snoring happens when the flow of air through your nose and throat is restricted. This inability to breathe properly causes the surrounding tissues to vibrate, resulting in that familiar buzzsaw sound. Sleep position is one of the leading contributors to snoring. When you lie on your back, gravity pulls on your throat and constricts your airway. Raising your head can help keep your airway clear. If you have a snoring partner (or you are the snorer in a couple), consider using an adjustable base with a split king mattress; that way you will each be able to find the position that works best for you.

3. Get In and Out of Bed with Ease
Since an adjustable bed allows you to lift yourself up and lay yourself down with the click of a button. As you get older, you may find it harder to move around in bed. Being able to raise the head of the bed will make it easier to change position and get in and out of bed. Plus, some adjustable bases come with under-bed lighting, so you can see where you’re going if you need to head to the bathroom in the middle of the night or you kicked your slippers under your bed.

Visit Home Furniture Plus Bedding near East Texas and Louisiana
If you are convinced that you need an adjustable bed, stop in to any of our 8 locations across East Texas and Louisiana, or contact us with any questions you may have for our experts!

Linda Thibodeaux – Employee Spotlight March 2021 Monday, March 15, 2021 The next time you see one of our Home Furniture Plus Bedding delivery trucks on the road or feel the comfortable A/C or heating blowing in any of our eight locations across East Texas and Louisiana, chances are, Linda Thibodeaux has helped keep them running smoothly. Linda joined Home Furniture on January 27th, 2007. Formerly a long-time Auto Zone employee, she is one of several of our DC staff who “came along with the building” (so to speak).

As our Chainwide Operations Office Manager, just some of her responsibilities include:

• Takes care of all business cards for the chain
• Oversees Candidate pre-employment screening
• Employee Time & attendance processing
• Accounts Payable processing
• Purchasing & maintenance for all company vehicles
• Purchasing & maintenance for all equipment and facilities
• Customer service solutions assistance

Craig Holston, Human Resources Manager, says:

“Linda Thibodeaux is part Energizer Bunny and part Pac Man! Her motor is always running full-throttle and she gobbles up any task thrown her way with a great attitude and a smile. She plays an important role affecting every employee in the company as well as many vendors and customers. Home Furniture is lucky to have such a great asset as Linda!”

To know Linda is to know that she is passionate about her job and for all of us who work for Home Furniture. When she is not working, her passion is all about spending time with her family, especially her grandkids, 11 year old Rees, 9-year-old Piers, and 2-year-old Ava. And then there’s fishing! Let’s just say that the fish at Toledo Bend or the Atchafalaya Basin swim in fear of Linda Thibodeaux!

“I like to keep our trucks and stores well maintained and alive!” says Linda.

Born in Arnaudville, La. and raised in Carencro, La., Linda resides there with her husband, Ricky, and their dog, Duke. They have two adult children, Mandy and Jordan.

Spring Cleaning Tips Tuesday, March 9, 2021 It's that time of year again! Spring cleaning is here and it's more important than ever! Here are some tips from Home Furniture Plus Bedding of East Texas and Louisiana on how you can use furniture to help in your spring cleaning quest.

Spring Cleaning With The Help Of Furniture
Remove the clutter that has built up around your space with the help of home storage solutions from Home Furniture Plus Bedding! Here are some of our favorite ways to use home storage pieces:

Entertainment Center & TV Stands: Display some of your nicest pieces you have laying around, like books, pictures, or trinkets on a beautifully crafted Entertainment System or TV Stand from Home Furniture Plus bedding. Take advantage of the shelf space and compartments that surround your television, and create a unique aesthetic for your living room!

Coffee Tables: A coffee table is another great option for storage solutions around your home. Most come with drawer options to store smaller items. Home Furniture Plus Bedding also offers coffee tables that have a lift top, allowing for storage space inside of the unit! Not only is a coffee table practical it can also be stylish and compliment your space beautifly!

Accent Storage Pieces: A great way to make the room your own while providing storage space, is to add an accent piece from our selection. When shopping for storage and accent furniture, it’s important that you find a piece that will properly store your valuables as well as match your style sense. At Home Furniture Plus Bedding, we are thrilled to offer East Texas and Louisiana shoppers stylish and capable storage and accent pieces for your home.

Additional Storage Options: Here is a list of beautiful furniture options that can also be used as storage:
• Bookcases
• Desks
• Dressers & Chests
• Night Stands

For your convenience, here is a spring cleaning checklist to follow once you have decluttered with our home storage solutions:
• Dust ceiling fans and light fixtures
• Clean window sills and window tracks
• Vacuum curtains and window blinds
• Wipe down baseboards and shoe molding and dust corners for cobwebs
• Test batteries in all your smoke detectors
• Disinfect doorknobs, cabinet handles and light switches

Visit Home Furniture Plus Bedding
The friendly staff at Home Furniture Plus Bedding can help you get the right pieces that fit your space and lifestyle perfectly. We are passionate about what we do because we understand the importance of good furniture pieces. Visit one of our eight locations across East Texas and Louisiana, or contact us today!

Katherine Karr Langham – Employee Spotlight March 2021 Monday, March 1, 2021

Atmosphere. Ambience. Character. These three words accurately describe the relaxed and warm environment that one feels when shopping at our Beaumont and Nederland, Texas locations. And this is all done from design…. thanks to the talent and skills of Decorator Katherine Karr Langham.

Larry Domingue, manager of our Beaumont store, says, “Katherine is a great asset to our Texas stores.  She is one of those ‘behind the scenes’ people.  Because we only see the finished project, most are unaware of how much thought and planning Katherine does to make the stores look great.  As she goes about her daily work of improving our showrooms, Katherine does not shy away from assisting customers and our salespeople who are facing design challenges.

Bill Gragg, manager of our Nederland store, adds, “Katherine’s decorating ability is incredible. She has always kept our showroom updated with the newest trends.  Need advice on what colors to paint your rooms at home?  Just ask Katherine.  She has been such a blessing to Home Furniture and our customers.”

Katherine’s artistic passion is beautifully revealed in the results of her work, and the results speak for themselves. Whether a room setting at the store or a personal commissioned piece of art for a client, one can easily attain that her passion is creating.  Says Katherine, “I love helping to make someone’s house into a home. I love helping others discover their own trend in design whether it's interior design, floor plans, or artwork.” Her medium of choice these days consists of watercolor, acrylic, and even 3D paper collage.

Additionally, when asked to share the “One Thing” that we may not know, Katherine replied, “I was a ballroom and Latin dance instructor…a long time ago.”

Katherine began her work at Home Furniture Plus Bedding as the decorator for our Beaumont store in July of 2005. In 2007 she began decorating our Nederland store as well.  Born and raised in Houston, Katherine has resided in Lumberton, Texas since 1993 with her husband, Thomas, and son Jack, along with their two dogs, Mandy and Kalli.

Thank you, Katherine, for making our showrooms look and feel like “Home” and for making it easier for our customers to buy, and easier for our salespeople to sell.

Is A More Expensive Mattress Worth It? Sunday, February 28, 2021 Can you put a price on a good night's sleep? In short, yes, you can. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, sleep is important to a number of brain functions, including how nerve cells (neurons) communicate with each other. In fact, your brain and body stay remarkably active while you sleep. Recent findings suggest that sleep plays a housekeeping role that removes toxins in your brain that build up while you are awake.

Therefore, yes, a more expensive mattress is more than worth your money. Here at Home Furniture Plus Bedding serving East Texas and Louisiana, we have a number of luxury mattresses for you to choose from and finally get the sleep you deserve. Here’s two of our favorite brands we recommend:

Tempur Pedic Mattress
Tempur Pedic mattresses were inducted into their Space Technology Hall of Fame in 1998 for improving life on Earth with innovations designed for space, are #1 in Customer Satisfaction
with retail mattresses by J.D. Power in 2020, 2019 & 2017, and was voted Best Mattress of 2020 by TEMPUR-LUXEbreeze° Popular Mechanics® Home Awards.

Tempur Pedic mattresses are the most highly recommended bed in America for a life-changing sleep, and we have some in stock for you at any of our 8 locations across East Texas and Louisiana!

Stearns & Foster Mattresses
Uncover exceptional sleep with a Stearns & Foster mattress. A dedicated team of Certified Master Craftsmen have honed and perfected their craft over time. You can rest assured knowing that every Stearns & Foster mattress is exceptionally crafted to help you curate the bedroom you’ve always wanted. Handpicked by Good Housekeeping, the Lux Estate Cassatt delivers next-level comfort. This award-winning collection includes all the extras you deserve, from responsive Indulge HD Memory Foam that cradles your body to IntelliCoil® HD for perfect support. Shop our collection of Stearns & Foster mattresses today!

Visit Home Furniture Plus Bedding In East Texas and Louisiana
Don’t let the pressure of choosing the right mattress fall directly onto your shoulders. Let us help! Stop into any of our 8 locations across East Texas and Louisiana, or contact us with any questions you may have.