Dunlopillo Essential Divan Base

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Handmade in Britain
Handmade in Britain
Guaranteed for 10 years
Guaranteed for 10 years

The Dunlopillo Essential Divan Base offers a firm, supportive platform with customizable heights, storage options, and fabric choices. Featuring chrome glides or solid timber legs, this durable base pairs perfectly with a Dunlopillo mattress and headboard. Handcrafted in Britain with a 10-year guarantee. Read more

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2 Man Delivery to the Room of Choice £25, FREE on orders over £500 to all but the most remote mainland UK postcodes

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Product Description

The Dunlopillo Essential Divan Base is designed to provide a supportive foundation for your mattress while offering a stylish and customizable look to complement any bedroom. Crafted from an FSC® certified softwood timber frame, this divan base is built with durability in mind and assembled with precision using a jigged frame construction.

Available in three heights—deep divan on glides (38.5 cm), 3/4 divan on glides (31.5 cm), and a shallow divan on legs (37 cm)—it offers flexibility to suit your bedroom layout and mattress preferences. Its platform top design ensures a firm, supportive surface, helping to enhance the comfort and longevity of your mattress.

For additional storage, you can select from various drawer configurations, including 2 standard drawers, 2 continental + 2 large drawers, or 4 standard drawers, each with melamine laminate interiors and smooth nylon wheel runners for easy use.

The base is finished with chrome glides for a sleek, modern look on the deep and 3/4 divan height options, while the shallow divan base is supported by solid timber legs, available in either beech or dark wood finishes. Upholstered in a fabric of your choice, the base allows you to choose from a wide range of colors and textures, ensuring it perfectly matches your personal style and bedroom décor.

Pair the Dunlopillo Essential Divan Base with a supportive Dunlopillo latex mattress and a beautifully crafted Dunlopillo headboard to complete your bedroom. Handcrafted in Somerset, Great Britain, this divan base comes with a 10-year guarantee, reflecting its exceptional quality and longevity.

 

Dunlopillo Essential Divan Base

  • Platform top divan base available in 3 heights - deep divan on glides (38.5 cm), 3/4 divan on glides  (31.5 cm), shallow divan on legs (37 cm)

  • Platform top gives a firm supportive surface for your mattress to sit on

  • Made from Softwood FSC® timber frame

  • Jigged frame assembly

  • Melamine laminate drawers (9 kg limit)

  • Nylon wheel runners

  • Drawer storage available: 2 standard drawers, 2 continental + 2 large drawers, 4 standard drawers

  • Chrome glides for the deep or ¾ divan base, solid timber legs in beech or dark wood on the shallow divan base.

  • Upholstered in the fabric of your choice - choose from a wide range of colours and textures

  • 10 year guarantee

  • Pair with a supportive Dunlopillo latex mattress and a stylish Dunlopillo headboard

  • Made in Somerset

Specification

Brand: Dunlopillo
Made in the UK: Yes
Guarantee: 10 Years
Divan Construction: Softwood FSC® timber solid platform top 
Drawers: Melamine laminate drawers with Nylon wheel runners
Divan Base Finish: Upholstered in the fabric of your choice

 

Our Delivery Service

Large Item (Beds, Mattresses, Headboards, Sofa Beds and Furniture) delivery:

Charges

We offer a FREE 2-Man Delivery Service to the Room of Choice as standard for all orders over £500 for mainland UK addresses, excluding the most remote parts of the Scottish highlands which will carry a small surcharge.  For orders under £500, we ask for a small contribution of £15.

If you would like your order assembling,
 this service can be added at checkout for £29 - FREE on all orders over £3000.  Sofas will also be installed as part of our free delivery service.

We also offer a mattress and divan recycling service as part of the product options when ordering your new mattress or bed.

For non-mainland UK addresses including Northern Ireland and other UK islands we ask for a small contribution to the delivery charge, which will be calculated at the checkout once you enter your delivery address. For some very remote areas, we will display a message for you to contact our showroom so we can provide a quotation.

For Channel Islands and International deliveries, please contact our showroom, who will be able to discuss the delivery options with you and provide a quotation.

Our delivery and assembly service

We provide a 2-man delivery service to the room of choice, as standard, on all large items to customers nationwide, using our in-house team or one of our specialist Delivery Partners. 

We will contact you ahead of the planned delivery to agree a mutually convenient delivery date, most commonly between Monday and Friday although weekends are sometimes possible. The day before the delivery you will receive a 3-hour timed slot, so you know when to stay in to receive your delivery.  On the day of delivery, our delivery team will also endeavour to keep you updated should they run into a traffic jam or get delayed by any unforeseen event. 

Our experienced delivery teams will carry your order to the room of choice (up two flights of stairs - please do let us know if it is any further), where they will unpack the order and remove and recycle any packaging, leaving you free to enjoy your new bed or mattress. For those of you who select our assembly service, the team will also install your bed or headboard so you don’t have to lift a finger.

At the time of placing the order, please do let us know if you have any planned holidays around the delivery period (we can only hold orders for 2 weeks once made, after this storage charges may apply), parking restrictions or difficult access (either inside the property or approaching the property), so we can look into the best solution for you.

Recycling your old bed or mattress

Should you no longer have a need for your old mattress or bed, we can remove and recycle this item for you (on a like-for-like basis) when delivering your new order. There will be a charge of £45 per mattress or £60 per bed for this service.

Access

Please ensure when placing the order that the item will fit into your home and there is sufficient access to your room, for example around a tight bend in your staircase or through a narrow doorway. If you are unsure, then our showroom will be more than happy to discuss the access with you. This way we can do all that we can to ensure the item fits in. We always try our hardest to find a solution.

Small Item delivery via Courier (Bedding & Bed Linen):


Charges

For smaller items such as bedding and bed linen, we charge a flat rate of £6.00 using a Next Working Day delivery service for all mainland UK addresses excluding the most remote parts of the Scottish highlands which will carry a small surcharge.  For customers who spend over £100 on Brinkhaus bedding we offer FREE delivery.

For Northern Ireland and most other UK islands we charge a flat rate of £12. For the most remote postcodes and International addresses, we will display a message for you to contact us so that we can provide a quotation.

Service

Parcels will be delivered by a reputable, national courier and will require a signature on delivery, unless you request for the item to be left in a safe place or with a neighbour. In most instances, you will receive a text/email message on the day of the delivery (direct from the courier company) with a 1-hour timed slot. If that time slot is not convenient there will be various options on the message to leave in a safe place, deliver on a different day or leave with a neighbour, simply follow the instructions provided.

We deliver to all postcodes in mainland U.K., Northern Ireland and most UK islands (there may be some exceptions to the most remote postcodes).  If you require delivery outside of this area including the Channel Islands and International Deliveries, please contact snuginteriors directly for more information.

Lead times

Our delivery lead times vary across our product range and are kept up to date and quoted in good faith on each product page.

Stock orders: We aim to dispatch all orders from stock on a 24-hour (next day) delivery service. For orders placed before 1pm, we will endeavour to dispatch on the same day. If the order is received after 1pm, it may be dispatched the following day.

In the rare and unfortunate event that we are out of stock of an item, we will notify you and will arrange for your order to be dispatched directly from the manufacturer to keep the lead time and carbon footprint to a minimum. We will update you on any changes to lead time if applicable.

If you have any queries regarding our delivery service or if you have a specific date to meet, please contact our showroom and we can advise you if that will be possible – you can be assured, we always try our hardest!

Delivery costs are applied per order, not per item, and will be added at checkout.

If you are interested in placing an order for delivery overseas, please read more about our international delivery service.

Please read our terms and conditions for further information.

Hassle-Free Returns

We want you to have the best experience with snuginteriors and recommend us to all your friends and family, to do this you must be happy with your order. If for any reason you are not happy and you wish to return your goods, we ask that you notify us in writing within 14 days of receipt of your goods. This 14-day period begins the day after you received the goods. Please ensure you keep your order in perfect condition.  This means unused, undamaged and, where possible, in the original packaging with the labels in tact. 

 

For small items, we will ask you to send the item(s) back to us securely wrapped to avoid any damage in transit via a recorded mail service, including your order number and receipt.  

 

For large furniture orders, we will arrange the return/collection of the goods.  Please note you will be charged collection for the item(s), unless it is faulty. 

For hygiene reasons, mattresses, bedding and bed linen can only be returned if they are in their original packaging and have not been opened, or used in any way. Try the mattress with the packaging on to be sure you are happy first!

We regret that we cannot cancel, refund or exchange a bespoke order that has been specially made for you (unless faulty). Read our full terms and conditions .

Frequently Asked Questions

Divan Bases

Which Divan Base will give me the best comfort and support?

A pocket spring divan base will give you the very best comfort and support. If you are looking for a luxurious feel, this is the divan type for you.  This is because each invidivual pocket spring will respond according to the weight it receives ensuring full body support where your body needs it most.

It is the perfect partner to a pocket spring mattress as the mattress and divan work together allowing your shoulders and hips to nestle in to the bed and keep your body aligned.

What is the difference between a Deep Divan Base and a Shallow Divan Base?

A deep divan base is a more traditional, taller divan base which often sits on castors (great for carpet flooring and to be able to easily move the bed) or a wooden foot (recommended if you have wooden floors), whilst a shallow divan base is a more contemporary style and sits off the ground on taller legs.  It gives a bed frame or bedstead appearance.

A deep divan base is normally between 31cm – 35cm high, paired with castors (adding an additional 5-7cm height). A deep divan base allows for storage (drawers, ottoman or hideaway options).

 

 

A shallow divan is normally between 15cm – 17cm in depth, paired with taller legs (available in a range of designs and heights).

 

 

What is a Platform Top Divan Base?

A Platform Top Divan Base is a solid divan base (sometimes with a little padding on the surface, but still solid to touch). This type of divan base will make any sprung mattress feel firmer, compared to a sprung divan base. It is the perfect choice for someone looking for a value for money divan base, that still allows the customer to choose their own fabric, leg and storage options.

What is the difference between a Firm-Edge Divan Base and a Sprung-Edge Divan Base?

A firm-edge divan base means there is timber running around the edge of the divan base giving firm support to the edge of the base.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A sprung-edge divan base has pocket springs running from edge to edge and gives a softer, more comfortable finish to the edge of the bed.

What is a Zip and Link Divan Bed?

A zip and link divan bed is made up of a pair of zipped mattresses and a pair of linked divan bases (joined North/South), which can be separated to create two single (extra long) beds.  This not only gives great flexibility in a guest room, allowing you to cater for guests with one large bed (most commonly a super king size) or to split it in two and offer twin beds.  It is also a firm favourite for customers master bed where access is tight, they are looking for mattresses that are easier to turn or they want two different tensions and to notice as little movement from their partner as possible.

We tend to recommend a zip and link bed in a Super King size and above.  This is because it is made up of two 90cm widths (standard single sizes) or above.  We can offer zip and link beds in a king size but we do like to point out to customers that they then have a compromised sleeping space as each mattress has a width of 75cm, which is less than a standard single size a child sleeps on.

What are the storage options in a divan bed?

At snuginteriors we can offer the following divan bed storage options:

- Drawer Storage - options include: 

  • 2 x standard drawers, 4 x standard drawers, 2 x continental + 2 standard drawers,1 x large end drawer (Vispring double and king size divan bases only)

- Hideaway Storage - maximum storage at the most cost-effective price. Store items across the entire width and length of your divan whilst concealing them behind an upholstered valance, in the fabric of your choice.


- Ottoman Storage - the ultimate storage solution offering maximum storage space which is easily accessible from a bird’s eye view thanks to gas struts which make it easy to lift the 'lid' of the bed up.

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