When it comes to luxury beds, the only limitation is money. In today’s hi-tech world, beds can resemble the bridge of a space ship in functionality. (No doubt there are many youngsters out there who dream of boys’ beds with that much hi-tech functionality, but rest and sleep would be the last thing on their minds if they had them!)

Luxury beds range from the pristine and elegant, to the ultimate in hi-tech, but common to all of them would have to be the finest quality luxury mattresses. A normal double mattress just wouldn’t cut it in the world of luxury. Whatever the style, the moment of true luxury comes when you lie down and the corners of your mouth turn up uncontrollably, while a long, irrepressible, deep sigh escapes your throat.

Temporarily spurning the materialistic toys of modern electronics, luxury has many faces. There are king-sized four-posters of infinite designs, from ornately carved wood to intricately fashioned iron; with fabrics exotic and delicate, carefully draped with majestic flair.

If four-posters are not your style, there is luxury in exotic wood, with ivory inlays, or even gold leaf. There’s marble, bronze, leather or silk. Wardrobes and dressers, ornate or silky smooth, with mirrors of note covering every angle, and lighting to match.

If electronic functionality is what you prefer, there’s hardly a limit. Choose the shape of your bed, then add a luxuriously padded headboard equipped with control panels that command every function: intercoms to summon staff for room service, Bluetooth for those long mobile phone conversations, music from surround-sound speakers, tastefully hidden, knobs for dimming or switching lights in every part of the room, video equipment, computerized alarms to wake you delicately and temperature control.