How to Sleep With a Body Pillow: The Side Sleeper Setup
Looking for an adjustable body pillow for side sleeping? The MAREA 20 × 54 inch kapok body pillow has a zippered cotton shell so you can change the amount of fill. Its matching 20 × 54 inch outer c...
What Does GOTS Certified Actually Mean?
What GOTS certification covers, how to look up a license number, and where GOTS applies at MAREA.
Sateen vs Percale: Which Is Better Against Your Face?
Percale feels crisp and matte. Sateen is smooth, drapes, and has a soft, low sheen. The weave creates that feel, with fiber quality and finishing doing the rest. Here's what each one is, who tends ...
Pillow Cover vs Pillowcase vs Pillow Protector: Do You Need All Three?
A pillowcase is a slip on fabric layer. A pillow cover fully encloses the pillow with a zipper and is nice enough to sleep on. A protector is a utility barrier that goes underneath. The names overl...
How to Choose a Kapok Pillow: 7 Things to Check Before You Buy
Search for a kapok pillow and you'll get thirty results at prices from $25 to over $200, and at least half of them aren't really kapok pillows. Here's the checklist I'd use to sort them. 1. Is it ...
A Short History of the Body Pillow: From the Bamboo Wife to Your Bed
The body pillow feels like a modern invention, something that arrived with king size beds and pregnancy pillows. It isn't. People have been sleeping with a long pillow held against the body for at ...
