The Mattress Rebellion
You’ll Never Have to Buy Another Mattress
(No, Seriously)
Fed up with mattresses that cost too much and fail too fast?
Assembling Our DIY MATTRESS WAS SURPRISINGLY EASY
But once I understood the basics of making a mattress, it was pretty simple to decide what we needed, where to buy the parts, and how to put it together.
A Huge Money saver! Wish I’d Done It Sooner
And I love that I have mattresses that will last a lifetime and maybe only need repairing every five or so years. They’re an incredible deal, and I’m really proud of them.
We’ll Never Add another Mattress to The Landfill
We’ve even moved cross-country twice and the mattress came apart and back together with ease.
OUR MISSION
To upend the mattress industry by making customizable, repairable, and upgradeable mattresses with a zippered cover the gold standard moving forward.
And yes, you absolutely can Do-It-Yourself.
LOOK INSIDE
Anatomy of a Mattress:
A $5000 Serta Vera Wang
We love a good ‘let’s-rip-open-a-factory-sealed-mattress!’ video, and we’ve collected more of them here. It’s clearly to the retailers’ advantage that we can’t see what’s inside these expensive mattresses – or we’d never agree to pay the inflated prices.
In the video below, Pablo from Mattress Makers cuts open a Sealy Vera Wang to show us how little actual latex is inside what was marketed as a latex mattress.
He also illuminates that the latex he finds is in great condition. But, unfortunately, when we throw away whole mattresses instead of repairing them, we often also throw away perfectly good components simply because the top layer or two has become damaged.
Latex tends to be quite pricey as it’s a highly desirable mattress component – a shame to toss in the landfill for no reason.
Pablo also briefly touches on the three main components of every mattress: The comfort layer(s), the support layer(s), and the mattress cover.
The comfort layer is the top layer (or layers) of a mattress. It provides pressure relief and, well… comfort. Coziness. It’s also the layer that will almost always fail first. When we have a DIY mattress with a zippered cover, we can replace those top layers when they get lumpy, bumpy, or saggy.
The support layer provides… wait for it… support. Crazy, right? Nearly all decent-quality support layers will outlast any mattress’s comfort layers.
And since the latex support layer in this Vera Wang mattress is still in excellent shape, with a new comfort layer and a zippered cover, that latex support layer could easily be the basis for a high-quality new DIY mattress build that will last for many more years to come.
👀 pssst…wanna cut open some commercially available mattresses and see what’s really inside? ✂️ ✂️
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DIY Mattress Blueprints
You can build your own mattress using all the same components the pros do at a fraction of the cost! We have loads of blueprints and case studies to help you decide what might work best for your DIY mattress build.
Think of it like a recipe book… you can look for an exact version you’d like to try or browse for inspiration and ideas.
Where to Buy
Looking For DIY Mattress Components?
We’ve located suppliers for all parts of your mattress build, including comfort layers, support layers, and the all-important zippered cover. We even have some extra extras for those of us who love to guild the lily.