Glasgow event, this weekend For this weekend only, Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th , we are offering an exclusive extra 20% off mattresses in our Glasgow Store to celebrate the Glasgow Film Festival which runs from 18 th – 28 th February. The Glasgow Film Festival continues to entertain increasing audience numbers, welcoming more than 28,000 people from near and far in 2009. This year, human and financial resources have been stretched to the limit in preparing a festival bursting at the seams with premieres, special screenings, unique events and amazing guests. Enjoy! Come and visit us at our Glasgow store 103 - 107 Great Western Road Glasgow G4 9AH 0141 332 5512 Opening Hours Saturday: 10.00am - 6.00pm Sunday: 11.00am - 4.00pm Tunbridge Wells event, this weekend If you travel south then you’ll discover that we are offering an exclusive extra 20% off everything in our Tunbridge Wells store for one weekend only, Saturday 27 th & Sunday 28 th February . This event is to celebrate The Children’s Mutual Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon taking place on Sunday 28 th February. Dame Kelly Holmes as ambassador for the event is continuing her support of the half-marathon over recent years....

...and so have our new season's collection. Spring is nearly here, bringing with it better weather (we hope!), fresh blooms, luscious grass, budding trees, new life and a sense of a fresh start. Now is the perfect time to begin freshening up your home, including your bedroom. Most people use this time of year to completely spring clean their life from top to bottom, de-cluttering and re-organising their homes. Once you have thrown out the pile of old magazines, cleared your wardrobe and given the clothes that no longer fit/you have never worn to the charity shop and filed away that mountain of paperwork why not take the time to refresh your rest with a new look bedroom. We were so excited about our new season’s collection, that they are now available to buy online, a little early, but we didn’t want you to have to wait any longer. Our statement colours this season are pretty coral and icy blue which features with our new jacquard star motif bed linen . Our popular Elsie linen is re-invigorated this season also in icy blue and our Palm linen is now available in crisp white. If you prefer more contemporary feminine printed...

Not only are we offering you a huge Up to 50% off all beds, furniture, mattresses, linen, bedding & accessories in our 'Love your bedroom' event throughout February, this week we are also giving away everything you need to cover your bed when you buy a new bed and mattress. Spring is nearly here and it is time to begin freshening up your home, including your bedroom. We know that when you make the decision to buy a new bed and mattress you will want to freshen up your bedding and choose some new linen to give a whole new look, if you buy your bed and mattress today we will give you a choice of bed linen and bedding absolutely free! Give your bedroom some love, click here to find out more about this offer and browse our bedroom collections. Event ends Sunday 28th February

Today is pancake day. Our last chance to eat some delicious treats before lent begins tomorrow. I am certainly looking forward to making pancakes this evening and will be opting for my family tradition of currants, a drizzle of lemon juice and a smattering of honey. Click here to try out Jamie Oliver's Apple pancake recipe. Delicious!

This month theres a lot of love around and to get you in a giving mood we're offering you FREE P&P on all linens , bedding , cushions and throws . Take advantage of this offer before it runs out this Valentines Sunday. Just shop online and we'll do the rest. Happy Valentines.

At Feather & Black bedroom furniture we’re rather fond of a good quality pillow. Rewind several thousand years and so were the Ancient Egyptians who furnished their tombs in animated pillows; often mirroring the striking images on the walls around them. Even during this period, pillows were synonymous with wealth and decadence and quite literally the more pillows you had the better off you were! As patterns and dyes became more intricate, pillows developed as an art form, with China, Persia and Medieval Europe regarding them as valuable commodities. In the early 16 th Century, Tudor England embraced pillows and they were ubiquitous in middle and upper class homes. However, in 1509 Henry VIII infamously claimed that only women should use pillows when giving birth, but even this impetuous monarch soon realised that pillows were hugely popular among the Tudor elite and retracted his views. The Industrial Revolution saw the mass production of decorated textiles and pillows in England. With a rejuvenated economy, people wanted to furnish their homes with new and foreign interiors and the pillow was a staple home accessory once again; this time indiscriminate to class and income. (Image by img.webmd.com) Today, pillows feature pretty much in...