As H&G's resident sleep editor, I'm often asked how a mattress is made. The answer depends on the mattress type, as well as where you are in the world, and how much money you're prepared to spend.
Since I took over our sleep category, I've visited three mattress factories: one in the US, and two in Sweden. I've toured a vertical manufacturing plant that's packed with heavy machinery as well as a smaller, family-run factory where most of the work is done by hand. I've worked with memory foam and horsehair to help make mattresses that cost hundreds, no, thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars.
