Pillow Bells & Whistles – What Is A Gusset?

Bed pillows come in all shapes and sizes and can be a confusing item to purchase with all those options. Many consumers are not sure what the pillow extras mean for them. The additional pillow elements include: gussets, embroidery, piping or cording, removable protectors and more.
When a pillow is made the basic pillow construction includes [...]

When To Replace Your Down Pillow?

When should you replace a pillow- that is a hot topic once a year as news outlets cover this story with regularity.  Many like to show the folding trick where they take a pillow and fold it over and if it does not fold back – thy say it’s time to replace your down pillow.  [...]

Which Is Firmer? 50/50 Pillow Or Down?

This is a common question we get all the time about which style pillow is firmer. There a number of options for buying firmer pillows and we will discuss some of the common ones.  First lets define each pillow style:
50/50 Pillow – This style pillow contains 50% down and 50% feathers. This type pillow usually [...]

Pillow Wrangling

Today I had a call from a customer who was trying to find oversized pillow cases for his standard size pillows that apparently were so squished in his current cases that it felt ‘log’ like .
Once in a while we get  questions like this basically asking if we make any pillow cases that are extra wide [...]

Why So Many Size Pillows?

Not long ago most stores carried pillows in three sizes:

Standard – 20 x 26
Queen – 20 x 30
King – 20 x 36

Then the stores started to carry less sizes basically so they had less money tied up in three sku’s. Some stores took a different stance and offered previous program’s in more densities – soft, [...]