FREE Adjustable Base with Purchase of Queen or King Mattress Set*

While supplies last, Olinde's Mattress Superstore is giving its customers a FREE adjustable base with the purchase of a queen mattress set of $699 or more, or a king mattress set of $999 or more. Olinde's Mattress Superstore can offer 24 months no interest financing in addition to the FREE adjustable base. For example, the above mattress is a memory foam mattress called the "Turin," and the king mattress set is $1,959. With the FREE adjustable base AND 24 months no interest financing, this mattress would only cost $89 a month. 

What are the benefits of an adjustable base that raises the head? 

1) HELPS WITH SNORING. When you elevate your head it opens up your airway and helps to reduce snoring. 

2) HELPS WITH ACID REFLUX. Again, elevating your head helps keep all of your acid from coming up to your throat.

3) HELPS ELIMINATE THE COMMON COLD. Everyone has had a bad cold or a post nasal drip, and an elevated heads helps all of that disgusting stuff drain. 

4) PROVIDES MORE STABILITY. A lot of customer will tell me, "I'll just use more pillows to elevate my head." Do you really want a pillow to support your body?

5) READ, WATCH TV, AND WORK ON A COMPUTER IN BED. Some people will refer to an adjustable base as a "lifestyle" purchase, because it provides your head and back with the proper support to easily do more things in your bed.  

  

John "The Mattress Man" Perkins

Without being too salesy, if I were in the market to buy a mattress, then I would go see John Perkins at Olinde's Mattress Superstore on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge. In only two years as the Assistant Manager, I have seen John become one of the best mattress consultants I have ever had the privilege to work with. I think it is John's life experience that has enhanced his success at his job.

John grew up in Baton Rouge as the son of a nurse and a Baptist preacher. After graduating high school in 2003, John went into the Army Reserve. For eight years he served his country and rose to the rank of sergeant. While in the Reserve, John obtained a B.A. in Arts and Humanities. In 2016, I was working on some paperwork at the front desk of our Olinde's Mattress Superstore when John walked into the door asking about the Assistant Manager position we had open at the time. Impressed, I asked John to take a sit for an interview. 

During the interview, John mentioned that he was wanting to go to medical school. One week later we hired John and he immediately became a student of bedding. John asked questions, and listened intently to anyone who would give him advice on how to sell bedding. Just like his studies for medical school, John was a sponge who soaked up all the knowledge. John has become such an expert on bedding that when family members and friends want to buy a mattress from Olinde's Mattress Superstore I refer them to John Perkins on Perkins Road :)  

   

IT Guru, Yvette Hurst :)

In recent years there have been many funny skits about the IT (Information Technology) person in business. One of my personal favorites was Jimmy Fallon on Saturday Night Live - https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/nick-burns-your-companys-computer-guy/n11524 

Olinde's Furniture's IT person is Yvette Hurst, and she does not resemble the stereotypical nerd that comes mind. Yvette is extremely intelligent and she has worked for Olinde's Furniture for over 33 years. I am sure she does not like to hear from me, because when she does it normally means that I cannot figure out how to run a report or a mysterious pop-up has shown up on my computer. Yvette has always done a great job in helping me at work, but Yvette has also helped me a ton in my personal life as well. How? Well, six years ago I called Yvette to ask her for her niece's telephone number. Why? Because I wanted to ask her niece out on a date. Now, Yvette's niece, Mary, is my wife :) Therefore, I have the pleasure of referring to Yvette as my aunt!

You think of it, Yvette knows the answer from how to run an available inventory report to installing firewalls on computers to running the ancient dinosaur retail software that Olinde's employees affectionately refer to as "GERS." Yvette, thank you so much for your many years of work at Olinde's Furniture! You are the best! 

As always, please feel free to email me with questions, comments or concerns at andrew.olinde@gmail.com 

A Time to be Thankful

At this time of year it is always a good thing to reflect on what you have been blessed with in life. I have been blessed with a loving wife, beautiful children, health, a job, happiness, shelter and food on our table. As I reflect deeper about what I am thankful for, I realize that Olinde's Furniture and Olinde's Mattress Superstore has also blessed me with an opportunity to get to know many special people, from co-workers, to family and friends.  

I have worked on and off at Olinde's since I was forced into employment in 1998 as punishment for smoking cigarettes. My first task was to clean out the advertising closet that was full of all kinds of surprises; some were good, and some were bad. However, on a more serious note, Olinde's Furniture has been a blessing to my life. Plus, they even pays me, and gives me health insurance :) So, as I reflect on the things I am blessed with in life, my job is on that list... not at the top, but on the list :) 

As always, feel free to contact me with questions, comments are concerns at andrew.olinde@gmail.com!

Bed for Your Head - the Pillow

I had a guy the other day that came into one of our Olinde's Mattress Superstore and bought a nice mattress. As he was leaving I asked if he was interested in a new pillow. He thought about it for a second, so I took the opportunity to explain that a pillow is 25% of one's comfort while sleeping. Then I proceeded to tell him the story about how I had kept a pillow that I loved for nineteen years from the time I was nine years old. It was flat as can be and when my newlywed wife saw the urine stains on it she threw it away without even asking me. Disgusting story, but sadly true.

The guy started to laugh at my story, and then proceeded to buy a pillow. The moral of this story is two-fold. One, if you go and buy a new mattress, then be sure to buy a new pillow because 75% of one's comfort comes from the mattress and the other 25% comes from the pillow. Two, with the holidays coming up be sure to go to the following link and checkout our pillow lineup at https://www.olindes.com/browse?mfgid=1726792925&n_pid%5B%5D=-131293102&sort=5. We do FREE nationwide shipping with Bedgear pillows when you buy online at www.olindes.com, so think about giving the gift of sleep this holiday season. As always, feel free to let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns at andrew.olinde@gmail.com. 

Ladies and Gentleman! David Olinde!

The thing I hear the most when I am working at Olinde's Furniture or Olinde's Mattress Superstore is "I know David Olinde"... seems like 75% of South Louisiana knows David Olinde :) David is currently the store manager of Olinde's Furniture in Baton Rouge. His father, Dr. "Heck" Olinde, and my grandfather, JB Olinde, were brothers; therefore, I have the pleasure of being David's second cousins. In all seriousness, David is one of my most favorite people in the world to be around because of his ability to always see the good in every person and in every situation.

David grew up in a large family in Baton Rouge until he went off to high school at Georgetown Prep in Maryland. After high school, David went to LSU where he graduated with a marketing degree. Never afraid of new experiences, David went to work at GMR Marketing out of Wisconsin where he had a great experience marketing DiGiorno Pizza... you know the one, "It's Not Delivery, It's DiGiorno!" Finally, in 1994, David came on to work for Olinde's Furniture where he currently serves on the board as well. 

If you know David (and you probably do), then you know that he has a big heart. It is that big heart that has called David to serve with the great mission of the Heritage Ranch Children's Home. Along with serving others, David also has a vast wealth of knowledge when it comes to furniture, and he always seems to have an answer to my many questions. David's job may not not always be easy or fun, but he always shows up and finds the good in every situation. As always, feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, concerns at andrew.olinde@gmail.com. 

A Good Height for Your Mattress Set

A good rule of thumb when you are deciding how much your mattress sits off the ground is the "shoe" test. What does everyone do when they take off their shoes in the bedroom? Typically, one will sit on the side of my the bed, put their feet on the floor and take their shoes off. When taking off your shoes you want both of your feet flat on the ground. I have been selling mattresses for six years now, and I will tell people that you want the measurement from the floor to the top of your mattress to be between 25 to 30 inches off the ground.

If you have gone shopping for a mattress within the last few years you will notice that mattresses have gotten really fat. Why? Because more and more good stuff are going into mattresses like latex, memory foam, and hybrid coils. So, how do you achieve a height of 25 to 30 inches from the ground to the top of mattress if the mattress is 14 inches and you have a four poster bed that sits up high off the ground. Box springs :)

Box springs now come in three different sizes: 9 inches - high profile, 5 inches - low profile and 2 inches - bunkie board. So lets do the math, a standard iron bed frame is 8 inches tall, and then you add a 9 inch box spring, then that leaves you with a mattress that needs to be between 8 inches to 13 inches to make your mattress sit 25 to 30 inches off of the ground. Make sense? As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, then feel free to email me at andrew.olinde@gmail.com