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National Bed Month: The Perfect Pillow

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To continue our National Bed Month blog series, we will be looking at the important role your pillow plays in giving you a proper night’s sleep. Whether you sleep on your side, front, back or a mixture of the three, your pillow is there to give you support to help you stay asleep during the night and prevent waking up with a stiff neck and shoulders. With the right pillow, you will get improved sleep quality and wake up feeling refreshed, not groggy and tired.

What Makes the Perfect Pillow?

First and foremost, your pillow needs to feel soft and comfortable to your own preferences and needs. Everyone is different, some people prefer a pillow with more give that they can sink their head into, others opt for a firmer pillow for even more support.

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Thankfully, Homescapes have an ever growing range of different pillows. We have a variety of fillings, firmness levels, shapes, and a choice of specialty pillows, so you are sure to find the perfect pillow for you.

Sleeping Positions

Each sleeping position requires a different level of firmness and height from your pillow. In each position, the key is to make sure you are getting the right support for your head, neck and shoulders.

Back sleepers might find that they wake with neck pain if their pillow is too shallow. This causes the head to fall back in the night, causing pain, and even contributing to snoring. To bring your head back up so that it is level with your spine, make sure you have a medium support pillow.

Side sleepers require a slightly higher pillow to make sure that the head stays in line with the spine, preventing neck pain and shoulder stiffness. A firmer pillow is best, but it you prefer a soft pillow, you can pair a firm bottom pillow with a softer filling pillow on top. Side sleepers might also benefit from a thin pillow between the knees to keep the hips properly aligned.

Front sleepers need a thinner pillow, as the head and neck are under the least strain in this position. Opt for a thin, soft pillow to give you a gentle layer of cushioning, and you will find that you only need one pillow for the right support.

Pillows Feeling

Natural: Our natural fillings range from luxury feather and down to temperature controlling wool pillows. Feather and down pillows will give you that sinking feeling as you rest your head into your pillow to go to sleep. Wool has the unique ability to control temperature as you sleep, as it keeps your head cool and removes excess moisture naturally. For something a little more unique and different, give Buckwheat pillows a try for incredible support that optimizes spine alignment as you sleep. Read more about the incredible advantages of buckwheat pillows

Wool pillow
Synthetic pillows

Synthetic: Perfectly designed to make a great pillow, synthetic pillows are ideal for those who suffer from allergies and sensitive skin as they are anti-dust mite and hypoallergenic. Memory foam pillows are great at molding around your head for ultimate support, and our Super Microfiber filled pillows mimic all the great qualities of natural fillings, but with hypoallergenic properties and at a fraction of the cost. Try our popular Super Microfiber pillows, available in a wide range of sizes, shapes and specialties.

Specialty Pillows

From music pillows to luxury organic bamboo pillows, our range of specialty pillows will suit even the pickiest of sleepers. Take a look at just a few of the specialty pillows we have available to solve every sleeping problem.

Air Flow: If you find yourself tossing and turning in the night because your bedding makes you feel uncomfortably warm, then you need to make sure you have the right tog level duvet, and a pillow that is breathable and temperature controlling. With the breathable, air permeable mesh panel and 100% cotton casing, the Air Pillow enables fresh air to move through the pillow, transferring heat and moisture away from your face so you can enjoy a deep, undisturbed sleep.

Air flow
Pocket pleated pillow

Pocket Pleated Microfiber: Featuring twenty-four pockets filled with Super Microfiber around a cloud-like Super Microfiber core, this Homescapes pillow is perfect for those who need extra support while sleeping as it will never sag or dip in the center.

Luxury Organic Bamboo: With specific pillows available for side and back sleepers, the Luxury Organic Bamboo pillows are an Eco-friendly alternative. These pillows are the right choice for those with sensitive skin or allergies, as the bamboo-cotton blend casing will regulate temperature, absorb moisture and resist dust mites, pathogens and mildew.

Luxury Bamboo pillow

Hotel Quality Standard

We ensure that all of our pillows are manufactured to hotel quality standards, to give you a pillow that is incredibly comfortable and durable so that it will stay firm and fluffy for years. You might be wondering why our prices are so low for such a good quality pillow, but the simple truth is that we manufacture our pillows ourselves, which means we are able to cut costs and deliver excellent and affordable pillows straight to the customer. Our reviews speak for themselves:

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Keep an eye out for our blog post all about duvets to learn more about how to improve your bed for the best quality sleep for National Bed Month. If you want some more advice and tips on sleep, don’t forget to check out The Sleep Council.

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