Pillows

Loft first, everything else second

The right pillow height is the one that keeps your head level with your spine in the position you actually sleep in. Side sleepers have the widest gap to fill and usually land on a high or medium-high loft. Back sleepers do better a step lower, so the chin is not pushed toward the chest. Stomach sleepers need the thinnest pillow on the shelf, sometimes barely one at all. If you switch positions all night, an adjustable foam pillow you can open and re-fill solves the argument, and a cuddle-curve shape gives your arm somewhere to go.

Cooling is a materials question

Foam holds heat, so cooling pillows are really about what has been done to the foam or what has replaced it. Copper-infused foam pulls warmth away from the surface. Ventilated and shredded fills let air move instead of sealing it in. Performance covers borrow the same fabric technology used in our cooling mattresses for hot sleepers, which is why a cooling pillow and a heat-neutral mattress work far better together than either does on its own. Natural latex breathes on its own without any additive at all.

Organic and natural fills

If you would rather sleep on something with a short ingredient list, Naturepedic organic pillows are the ones to look at: organic latex in solid and shredded adjustable versions, plant-based PLA fill, down with organic cotton covers, plus body, travel and kid-sized options. Latex is naturally springy and responsive, so it holds loft longer than a down or fibre pillow that needs fluffing every morning.

Test the pillow on the mattress you own

A pillow that feels perfect standing at a display can be wrong the moment you lie down, because the mattress underneath changes how far your shoulder sinks. A firmer bed lets the shoulder sit higher and needs less pillow; a plush pillow-top or foam mattress lets you sink in and usually needs more. Tell our team what you sleep on and they will narrow the wall down to two or three before you ever lie down.

Where to try them

Our Katy showroom and Richmond showroom both keep the full pillow wall on display, with fresh covers so you can lie down properly. While you are there, it is worth pairing the pillow with the right sheet set, since a hot sheet undoes a cooling pillow faster than most people expect.