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Platform top divan base

The perfect base for your luxury mattress available in 27 luxury fabric choices and colours

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Available with drawer options

Choose from a mix of drawer options for even more bedroom storage

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Handcrafted in the UK

This product supports our economy and helps reduce environmental impact

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This guarantee represents the confidence we have in our products and our reputation

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Our John Ryan Contemporary bases are 13″ in depth plus 2″ for Shepherd Castors making them 15″ in total.

The platform top divan gives a solid consistent surface, especially suitable for Latex or Hybrid mattresses.

The drawers on the bases are 32″ wide, 20″ deep and 7″ high.

You can have 2 or 4 drawer options. If using bedside tables you may want to have 2 full size and 2 continental drawers so the drawers next to the bedside tables can be opened fully.

Continental drawers will have the same depth and height as the normal, but width will be 17.5 inches.

 

Bed base configuration diagram

Our Contemporary Platform Bases offer a solid wood frame divan base suitable for all types of mattress. These platform tops will also be suitable to give a firmer feel to our Artisan range if you don’t want a sprung edge base.

We recommend Divan, platform top or sprung edge for all of our range. Slatted bed bases, unless covered in some form of boarding, can cause the mattress to sag or damage the underside. Please get in touch if you have concerns.

Please note: Our bed bases and headboards are excluded from our Love it or Return it Guarantee unless faulty or damaged in which case we will replace.

 

Making the frame for a sprung bed base

Our timber frames are solid wood which is sourced from FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) approved sources making it a sustainable choice. These solid wood frames are then upholstered with 600GSM of Cotton Wool Upholstery to give a soft padded feel to them.

The platform top is again a wooden frame which is boarded giving a consistent robust divan surface for any mattress. These are all handmade here in the UK.

Hazel bracken 4 drawer platform top divan base with open drawer

At John Ryan By Design, we pride ourselves on offering not only amazing mattresses, but also straight-talking, quality information about the world of mattresses. You might say that we’re obsessed with mattresses, and because of that our in-house team of experts are always on hand to answer your questions, and provide you with a wide range of advice and guidance.

However, when you’ve been doing this for as long as we have, you tend to notice that some questions get asked very regularly. We’ve therefore listened to what you need to know, and have put together a growing series of FAQs to help you to quickly find the answers you need!

Ask us a question

No, and no showroom or retailer sells our products. This is part of the reason why our prices can be so competitive: our internet-based company model allows us to avoid passing the excessive costs of other retailers on to our customers. Most staff within showrooms are also not bed experts (unlike our own in-house team). Sadly, such staff probably wouldn’t understand mattress manufacture to the extent that they could reliably answer your questions. To give you confidence in our way of doing things, our 60-day “love it or return it” guarantee offers the ability to return a mattress that doesn’t suit you for a full refund, or you can perform a one-time exchange and swap to an alternative model. You can visit our guarantee page for more information, or our article about buying a mattress online to see just why our approach actually benefits you!

From the time you place your order, there is a 4 week average lead time until delivery for most of our mattress models. This is because all of our mattresses, bases and headboards are handmade to order especially for you! You can visit our delivery page for more information.

No. At present, we don’t ship or deliver worldwide. However, we can deliver your purchase to any UK port that you choose, allowing you to arrange onward delivery from there. If you take advantage of this, please do note that exercising our 60-day “love it or return it” guarantee would require you to return your purchase to us at your own cost.

Ask us a question.

There are over 6000 questions and answers submitted by you on all questions about mattresses and bed problems. Enter a keyword such as Vi Spring, John Lewis beds, bad back or Memory Foam and see if your question has already been answered.

Why buy a John Ryan Mattress

Our hand made UK mattresses are crafted from materials that are designed to provide you with a long-lasting experience. We’re upfront about every aspect of the buying process, from price range to the overall quality of a mattress.

If you’re not satisfied with what we’ve recommended then we operate under a 100% Money Back Guarantee. This means that if you aren’t happy with a product within 60 days we’ll arrange for the mattress to be collected free of charge. If your new mattress hasn’t met your expectations then we want to know about it, and we’ll ensure you find the mattress that’s right for you or provide a full refund.

Handmade in the UK

All of our mattresses are handmade in the UK and split into the following ranges:

Origins – Starter level pocket spring mattresses at an affordable price
Artisan – Bespoke pocket spring mattresses that contain natural fibres
John Ryan Express – Hand-made mattresses
Resilience – Supportive mattresses built for larger sleepers

Our quality mattresses range from Man Made pocket sprung to Natural Fibre pocket sprung, with every product finding the balance between comfort and value. Pocket sprung mattresses are one of the best choices because they are constructed to a high standard. Our best selling Origins Pocket 1500 mattress is comfortable and great value for money. Choosing the right mattress comes down to build quality and price, so you’ll want to keep that in mind.

We are the mattress geeks

As members of the Institute of Spring Technology and Guild of Master Craftsmen, we pride ourselves on being experts in our field.

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