Edge Beanbags - Creators of luxury beanbags and home of the Techbed

28/11/2025

Greetings one and all. We don't do Black Friday.

We do though, make little beanbags with no on/off buttons to worry about ;-).

The Techbed Mini made by us here, at home. Larger sizes are available and the whole Techbed portfolio is available through our website and also etsy.

Big hugs P2 x

17/10/2025

Greetings one and all. Just a heads up as we approach the busy season....Philippa & I decided to stop selling our Techbed portfolio through Amazon back in the summer.

Mentally, it has been akin to lifting a heavy weight off the shoulders. As a consumer, Amazon is easy. As a seller, it is a chuffing nightmare and as we approach our later years of life shall we say, we just didn't need the hassle or grief. One of the characteristics of getting old I suppose ;-).

Our Techbed portfolio is still available through our etsy store and of course through our little website.

We are hoping to move "upt North" at some point to be nearer Josh & Becca. As and when we have a date, we will let you know when we intend to turn the shops off, focus on moving and reopen when the dust settles.

We hope that you and your families are all staying jolly 'n safe.
P2 xx

20/12/2024

We have closed our shops for a few days and will reopen on Boxing Day with a view to start despatches on Monday 30th December.

It has been an incredible year for us and we would like to thank everyone who has helped us along our little journey xx

May we wish you all a very Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and above all, stay jolly 'n safe. xx

29/09/2024

Hoorah aka at last!

We have reopened our website, etsy and Amazon stores.

We can confirm that we don't want Covid again, ever. 🤪

20/09/2024

Greetings one and all xx

Phil and I closed our online shops as we popped away to the beautiful island Ischia, just off Naples, for a few days. Thoroughly recommend it, brilliant time: natural spas, beaches, daily bus ticket, restaurants, not using the hotel's Mini bar but supporting the local economy ;-)....

We have though, upon our return, finally broken our COVID cherry, the modern day traveller's curse.

To that end, we will not be reopening our website, etsy or Amazon stores until we're both through the other side.

Stay jolly 'n safe and above all, keep smiling xx

09/05/2024

https://www.nicolajane.com/Betty-Beaded-Breast-Form/

On July 4th of last year, our babe's birthday, we received a phone call from NJ (Nicola Jane) asking if we would be interested in designing a breast form for ladies who have had a mastectomy or lumpectomy.

Given that we have family and friends who are going or who have gone through this, we said, yes. We could only not find a solution. But what if we could........

We received a sketch with dimensions from NJ and made a prototype out of upholstery vinyl. The shape, we thought, was there or thereabouts. 5 weeks later, we received an existing product that sat, 100%, over ours.

So we knew we had the shape, the key then was the filling to create the right density. We tried various avenues, always with the view that we wouldn't fail, we would just find a way of not doing it.

We didn't disregard anything. This was far too important. Cutting up old T-shirts (and my T-shirts are jolly big) to create samples - the aim was to learn. We found a company that recycle glass, making glass beads that are used in runways and roads and through Linkedin, found that the UK MD worked with and knew Phil's sister, Lucy.

One phone call to Lucy, one phone call to the MD.... "how can I help?" The first time we loaded a sample, we broke down in tears as we knew we were so close to nailing the brief.

Our contact at NJ, Sarah, fabulous lady, decided on the outer fabric and here we are.

Made by us. We always maintained that if we could help one lady, fabulous, two ladies, job done.

We know that we're not going to rock everyone's boat: akin to our Techbed portfolio.

Having said that, at the beginning, we could have said, no.

Meet Betty! Our new beaded breast form is designed and made in the UK. Made with a 92% organic cotton outer, recycled glass and polypropene beads on the inside.

26/02/2024

Just a heads up: Phil & I are no longer making our furniture beanbags as we have an ongoing project that we wish to make more time for.....it has over the years, been fabulous to get the grey matter going, working out the maths, cutting the fabric and seeing all of our designs come together. We have been really lucky to have some extraordinarly creative people working with us - Clare, Jane, Catherine, Fiona and Hummers too, to name but a few.

We shall continue to create our Techbed portfolio as we know that they do help and they are, still, quite cool.

We will, with the ok of our client, update you with what we are creating moving forwards as they, we hope, will also help people.

Below or above, not really sure, are a few examples of our creations from the last decade......and in line with our largest beanbags, the 2.5m long rockets, it's been a blast.

Stay jolly 'n safe
Big hugs
Paul & Phil x

02/12/2023

Good morning from a misty and rather crisp Wokingham.

Just our annual heads up that we will be closing the shops at midday on Wednesday 20th December as this is the last day that Royal Mail Tracked 24 can be delivered before Christmas.

If you are local and have forgotten someone, do give us a shout.

We will reopen the shops on Saturday 23rd December with a view to start despatches again on the 28th.

We're pleased to report that we have made more Techbed Minis this calendar year than the last 5 years! This despite a couple of, to quote a good friend, "you can't unplug a beanbag," experiences.

2024 - we are working on a project that will hopefully help people, which has always been our goal, a project we will publicly declare as and when, if even, we receive the offical "go" from the client.

May we wish you all a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and above all, stay jolly 'n safe xx

Big hugs
P2 xx

06/04/2023

We're back from a fabulous time away and have reopened our online stores: Amazon, etsy and our website.

This little Techbed Mini served us well, made it about a year ago - we gave it to a lady who was who was using an iPad on our last day.

Sharing the Techbed Mini lurve ###

Stay jolly 'n safe.

20/03/2023

We will be closing our shops for a few days from Wednesday night - Phil & I are off for a cheeky "little" holiday to celebrate our 30th Wedding Anniversary.

Stay jolly 'n safe xx

16/12/2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63420410

As today is the last day for First Class post, we have decided to temporarily close down our Amazon and Etsy Shops.

We will keep the website open on the understanding that whilst we will do our best, we can not guarantee pre Christmas delivery.

We will reopen Amazon and etsy on the 24th with a view to re-starting despatches on the 30th.

May we wish everyone a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and above all, to stay jolly 'n safe

Big hugs
P2 xx

About 115,000 postal workers are taking part in the dispute with Royal Mail.

01/12/2022

https://edgebeanbags.co.uk/blogs/news/christmas-closing-19th-dec-1200-23rd-dec-1500

Dear All, We hope that this finds you and your families staying jolly 'n safe. We will be closing the online shops on Monday 19th December 1200. All Techbed portfolio orders received over the weekend of the 17th &18th and those received in the wee hours of the 19th will be despatched via First Class...