1. Four Seasons Bed Four Seasons’ fully customizable bed was developed in partnership with Simmons Bedding Company. The Four Seasons Bed mattresses feature GelTouch Foam Center heat-absorption technology that keeps you cool and comfortable throughout the night. As well, the bed has pocketed coil motion separation that minimizes disturbance when you or your partner moves around. Additionally, you can choose from three different mattress tops that vary in levels of firmness: Signature, Signature Firm, or Signature Plush. The beds are currently being rolled out across hotels in the U.S.A., but you can have a sublimely comfortable sleep in your own home by buying your own. These beds are never sold in stores so you need to purchase from a hotel directly. A set (including mattress, box spring and topper) starts at $2,199 for a twin. 2. Westin Heavenly Bed The aptly named Westin Heavenly Bed is renowned among jetsetters for its ability to create a divine, restful sleep anywhere in the world.
The plush pillow-top mattress eases you into a deep sleep, while pocketed coils minimize movement and disturbance from bedmates. The Heavenly Bed is widely available, on sale at Nordstrom and Pottery Barn, as well as through Westin’s own website. Prices start at $1,368 for a twin mattress with box spring and bed frame. To really create the heavenly experience, and fresh scent, of a Westin bedroom, we recommend adding a signature White Tea candle ($36) to your shopping cart. The French luxury hotel chain has 120 hotels in 40 countries across the world, but if you can’t spend every night in a Sofitel hotel, you can, at least, rest in a signature Sofitel SoBed. Custom designed for the hotel chain, the soft SoBed’s innerspring ensures support and diminishes movement. You will, Sofitel confidently claims, “awake each day with a natural joie de vivre.” While we can’t quite guarantee your morning mood, we do concur this is a stellar bed. A twin set with mattress, box spring, and bed frame starts at $1,524.
4. W Hotels Bed If you want the W Hotel bed experience without the over-the-top scene-y W Hotel experience, you’ll just have to buy your own. Created by Simmons especially for W Hotels, you can choose from a plush top mattress with firm support that creates a solid foundation eliminating tossing and turning, or a softer pillow top mattress, which, W Hotels claim, “some guests describe as sleeping on a cloud.” Price starts at $1,399 for a twin including box spring and frame, or $2,776 for a queen set that comes with sheets, duvet, and four pillows. Truly the king of hotel beds, the Duxiana brand even has entire hotels in Sweden and China built around its luxe beds. A DUX bed is a sure sign of a great hotel and luxury hotels that can lay claim to this amenity include Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai and The Quin in New York City. The beds, which are engineered to alleviate back pain and promote good sleeping posture, feature the Pascal system of interchangeable spring cassettes, allowing you to customize your side of the bed.
The company even claims that sleeping in their beds gives you an additional hour of deep sleep. Duxiana stores are located throughout the U.S. and prices for a DUX bed range from $3,700 to $12,000. Wanderlusting for more great travel news and ideas? Follow Jet Set on Facebook. Jet Set is Bravo's launch pad for the most extravagant, luxurious, and unforgettable travel experiences. Then Like us on Facebook to stay connected to our daily updates.We've been sleeping on a bed that's less than satisfactory — it's not cheap, but it's nevertheless giving us both back pain. Perhaps sleeping sensitivity comes with age (I remember being fine sleeping on the floor), but I'm coming to believe that the bed really DOES make a difference. So, to get to the bottom of it all, I've decided to take on the ultimate journey: I'm going to spend a year sleeping on different beds and then tell you everything I find out. Bed shopping rarely leaves room for much testing, and too often we buy beds after reading the promotional literature, getting carried away by the marketing (TRUMP bed anyone?) and, perhaps, lying on the bed for a few minutes, but how many of you actually get to really TEST a bed over a good period of time before buying it?
And what's the deal with soft beds? Is firm really better? How about green beds, what's the story there? And why would I ever pay more than $400 for a bed? Is a $12,000 bed really a better night's sleep? We're going to get to the bottom of all of this. I start on my first bed this week, a Hastens Excelsior II ($13,650), which barely squeaked into our apartment (see above). In October, I'll switch out the Hastens and move on to an IKEA Sultan ($400). After that, I'll have ten months to go and am working on sleeping on as many different options as I can. Where I'll go from there Here are some beds I really want to sleep on: • Danny Seo's Natural Care Eco Mattress by Simmons • Tempurpedic (yep, the spongy stuff) • Vera Wang by Serta (sooooo romantic) • Keetsa (this is a new green company that I'm curious about) • Sealy Posturpedic (a classic) • The Westin Heavenly Bed (one of the most successful beds of all time) What would you like me to sleep on?*
Again, the goal is to spend a year studying beds firsthand, learning about how beds differ and what to look for when you go to buy your own bed. I hope to bust up a few myths and uncover some really helpful tips so that we all sleep better. Each bed/mattress will get an introductory post and then a final review at month's end. (I welcome reader reviews as well from those of you also sleeping on the bed of the month). In between times, you can follow my year in bed via Twitter @ #yearinbed. Here's to a Year in Bed! *If you're a mattress company and you'd like me to sleep on your mattress, email herma(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com with "A Year in Bed" in the subject title. • About The Year In Bed • Follow daily progress on Twitter at #yearinbed • How To Get a Really Good Night's Sleep • Preview: NaturaLatex Tranquil • More Things I've Learned So Far • What is the Right Price for a Bed? • Some Things I've Learned So Far • Year in Bed: A Modest Proposal