Natural Mattresses
The benefits of sleeping on a natural mattress, what natural mattresses are and the maintenance they require. Fillings made of natural fibers and 100% ecological internal layers for the production of mattresses, futons, wool mattresses, latex, horsehair, coconut fiber, and cotton.
Ironically, we Italians did everything to put traditional wool and horsehair mattresses aside, replacing them with polyurethane foam mattresses, and today we are witnessing the rise of the famous natural Swedish Hästens mattresses that can cost over 20,000 euros.
At the bottom of the page is our selection of natural mattresses, toppers, and 100% natural mattress protectors.
natural mattresses
Natural mattresses have a reduced environmental impact, which becomes zero when the mattress is entirely natural and handcrafted, eliminating industrial processes as well. They are therefore healthy and ecological, unlike most mattresses on the market, which are the result of mass, poorly controlled production that drives many mattress manufacturers into a price war that would seem to have a positive effect on the final cost for the consumer, but which proves to be damaging over time because the performance of these mattresses is poor. Furthermore, natural fibers like horsehair and wool dry and wick away moisture, while synthetic fibers retain and release it very slowly, causing moisture and mold problems.
Mattress without foam
Can a mattress be made without foam? A modern spring mattress without polyurethane foams? This is the legitimate question everyone asks when buying a mattress. Mattresses without polyurethane foam are Hästens and Gabrielli Bedding mattresses (check models). Benefits of a natural mattress? Reduced excessive sweating thanks to the hygroscopic power of natural covers and fillings, such as horsehair and wool, which in different ways absorb and eliminate the heat and water vapor that our skin emits.
There are very few 100% natural mattresses, and they are all made using traditional methods, with a 100% cotton outer cover and a carded fiber filling inside, such as horsehair, wool, kapok, and cotton. The memory of grandma in the garden carding or washing wool by hand, or the mattress maker on the communal terrace spreading wool with the thorns of a hand carder, is not just a fond memory of bygone days; it is the awareness that natural products are disappearing, but this is not the case! There is not only the mass production of foam mattresses; there is still the will to produce fresh and natural mattresses by some companies, especially Gabrielli Bedding, which combines innovation with tradition, offering natural wool mattresses and other fillings, and natural spring and horsehair mattresses with unbleached raw cotton covers, the best allies against hot summer nights.
Looking for a mattress maker to card your wool mattress? Click here: mattress carding in Rome
How much does a natural double mattress cost
A natural double mattress has a variable price starting from 1500 euros. It depends on the quantity of natural fibers and also on how they are processed. If it has a dense filling of carded wool or horsehair, it will cost more than a thin layer of industrially spread wool.
