Do You Need a Topper, or Is It a Bandage?
I was stripping the bed on a Sunday, good sheets in one hand, a sock I’d apparently lost since April in the other, when I got as far as the…
Sleeping Right on the Mattress, Sheets Optional
I keep a mental tally of how many nights a year I sleep on a bare mattress, and the number is higher than I’d admit to most people. Somewhere around…
My Dog and the Pillow Situation
I was folding laundry on the couch, the kind of task where you’re only half paying attention, and out of the corner of my eye I watched my dog Biscuit…
Mattress Toppers and Washing Machines: Read the Label First
I’ve had four mattress toppers go through this house in about six years, and three of them ended up curbside because I treated a washing machine like it was a…
Electric Blanket Under the Topper or Over It?
I turned my electric blanket on for the forty first night in a row this week. I know it was forty one because I actually kept a tally on my…
Electric Blankets on a Tempur Bed: A Warm Debate
I keep a running tally in my head some winters, and last January it hit thirty one nights straight of turning my electric blanket on before I’d even gotten my…
New Sheets Straight Onto the Bed? I Have Thoughts
I count these things because apparently I’m the kind of person who counts things now. In the last three years I have opened and washed nine new sets of sheets…
Electric Blankets and Memory Foam: An Odd Pairing
Okay so I need to tell you about the winter I basically cooked my own mattress, because it’s relevant, and also because I still think about it more than is…
Stacking an Electric Blanket on a Mattress Topper
I was on my knees at eleven at night, wrestling a two inch memory foam topper into a fitted sheet that was clearly sized for a mattress with less personality…
Bedding for a Dark Gray Headboard
I got it wrong for about four months before I got it right, and I want to be honest about how wrong, because it’s the kind of wrong that makes…