Let’s get something out of the way — if you have a bedbug infestation, a mattress cover is not going to get rid of it. Anti-bedbug mattress encasements are a protective measure. Ideally, you’ll place ...

Bed bug prevention is not always possible, but people can use risk management strategies to minimize infestations. The key to limiting the effects of bed bugs is to detect them in the mattress as ...

There was once a time when purchasing a new mattress without a matching box spring was almost unimaginable. When inner coil mattresses dominated the market, a box spring was considered an essential ...

Each adult person sheds about one and a half grams of skin every day. Dust mites are microscopic creatures that can live in your bedding and carpets and feed on this skin. Sound icky? It does explain ...

When your parents or grandparents bought a mattress, it likely came as a set with a box spring. But box springs have become far less common in the last two decades. With the innovations in mattresses ...

You're probably familiar with a box spring, the simple wood frame with springs that acts as a support base under older mattresses. It's not a highly technical piece of equipment like a smart bed (or a ...

I HAVE ONE of the world’s tiniest guest bedrooms. This was not a problem during the pandemic. But with the impending return of houseguests—remember them?—I realized recently that I need to transform ...

Our expert staff answers frequently asked questions in their areas of expertise and defines common terms so you can be a smarter shopper. Read more here. If you’re a millennial or older, you likely ...

Advertising disclosure: When you use our links to explore or buy products we may earn a fee, but that in no way affects our editorial independence. Table of Contents Of all the support furniture that ...

Once upon a time you couldn't purchase a mattress without a box spring. Today, box springs are all but obsolete, reserved ...