Goodbye guest-room mattress, hello to a whole new year in bedding

It was a bittersweet ending to 2014, I sold my father’s house in South Florida–where he and my mother spent happy retirement years–and, for the last time, I slept on their rock-like guest room mattress. The house has a pool on the lanai and is a stone’s throw from the ‘No. 1 Beach in America,’ Sarasota’s Siesta Key. But, it’s where I awoke on every visit with ferocious pressure points–in addition to a sunburn.

Beginning Sunday at the Las Vegas Market, Betsi Robinson and I will be testing dozens and dozens of new mattresses that provide a far better sleep experience–layered, as they are, with pressure-relieving innovations in foam, latex and coils. The January furniture market in Las Vegas, coinciding with upbeat economic news, promises to be a busy one. Mattress makers are using the first big bedding show of 2015 to really revamp their lineups. At last count, we had close to 50 press releases in hand.

After reading them all, there are surprises in store for bedding buyers–especially inside these new mattress models. To provide just one example, a major foamer just issued a news release leading me to believe I’ll need my math skills to report on the “cool factor” of certain new mattress collections.

Las Vegas stampAs for bed “aesthetics,” the hygienic-looking white panel continues to rule even as it drops down into ever-more-intense “border action”–we’re talking more angles, more curves; intricate, contrasting quilt-work; and/or multiple real or “faux” tape-edges and fabric insets that mirror a mattress’s innards.

We’ll have fun checking out all of the innovations on offer–and I haven’t even touched on the exciting news in accessories at Las Vegas Market. Look for our market report in Sleep Savvy and BedTimes and follow our tweets (@bedtimesmag, @sleepsavvymag) and Vines along the way.

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