Make This the Summer Everyone Actually Sleeps Well

Summer is all about the good stuff — long evenings, kids home, the whole family under one roof more than any other time of year. It’s also when everyone’s sleep gets a little chaotic: later nights, warmer rooms, a full house. The good news? A few easy steps keep everyone rested and let you soak up the season. 

We’ve been helping families sleep better since 2005 — right down the road and all the way across the country. Here’s what actually works.

Summer Sleep, the Easy Way

Three small things do most of the work this time of year, and most are free:

• Keep one steady anchor. Summer schedules wander, and that’s fine — it’s vacation. Just hold one thing steady: the same wake-up time every day. Your body clock runs on that wake-up time, so keeping it fixed keeps everyone’s rhythm from falling apart even when bedtimes slide.
• Cool the room before bed. Close the shades during the hottest part of the day so the room isn’t radiating heat at bedtime, and run a fan. Moving air pulls heat off your skin, which is what your body needs to drop into sleep.
• About those “cooling” covers. They feel great the first few minutes, the fabric layer your sheet sits against, but it warms to your body pretty quickly. What actually keeps you cool the rest of the night is air moving through the bed. Older foam holds heat in; a mattress built with coils lets it breathe. If you’ve been waking up warm, that’s usually why.

When It’s the Mattress, Not the Season

Do those three things and most summer sleep sorts itself out. But sometimes the mattress is the problem — and summer, when everyone’s paying attention to how they slept, is when you notice.

Three signs it’s the mattress:

• You sleep great at someone else’s place — then feel the difference at home.
• There’s a dip or sag where you’ve slept for years — and you keep adjusting.
• You wake up hot no matter how cool the room — several times a night.

If that’s you, a better mattress costs less than most people expect — name-brand beds at a fraction of the usual price is the whole idea around here.

Why It Pays to Ask a Real Person

Every website gives every visitor the same answer. That’s the problem — the right mattress for someone who sleeps hot is the wrong one for someone who sleeps cold. Tell us how you sleep and what’s been bugging you, and we’ll point you to the bed that fits. No pressure, just a straight answer.

Reach us whichever way is easiest:

• Shopping from home, anywhere in the country? Start with our free Mattress Finder — five questions, no email required — and we’ll match you from our real lineup: Helix, Beautyrest Black, Serta iComfort, Puffy, and Harvest Green.
• Near our Lombard, Illinois showroom? Even better — come lie down on a few and say hello.

Either way, every mattress comes with our 60-day comfort guarantee — 60 nights in your own home to be sure.

Here’s to your family’s best-rested summer yet.

— The team at Mattress Overstock USA · (630) 785-2477 · mattressoverstockusa.com