Once upon a time you couldn't purchase a mattress without a box spring. Today, box springs are all but obsolete, reserved only for a small niche of users. But if you’re of a certain age you might be ...

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 ...

Goodwill used to be a viable option for people looking to get rid of an old mattress or bed frame, but now that's no longer the case due to health and safety concerns. So what can you donate from your ...

Sleep is essential to your overall health and well-being, but that can be hard to come by when your bed and sleeping environment aren’t conducive to rest. If you lie awake wondering how to make a ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Mattress-in-a-box marketing can be pretty sensational: You might see a stuntman falling back on a mattress with raw eggs ...

Mattresses have come a long way in the last 30 years. Innerspring mattresses had been around for decades before memory-foam mattresses were introduced in the early 1990s, and hybrid mattresses are ...

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 ...