Mattress In A Box

Granted, it is not home renovation. But it is comfort renovation.
We originally spent over $1000 on a memory foam, pillow-top mattress.

I've learned that memory foam does not compare in performance to a Posturepedic mattress.
Ours had a 6 inch pillow-top on top of the memory foam and over time, the mattress began to memorize our bodies. The impressions became very pronounced and thus, I've had back pain for over 2 years.

We didn't know what to do with the thing. It weighs about 150 pounds and it's nearly impossible to move. Rather than dumping the mattress, we decided to turn it over. The bottom side has no pillow-top, only memory foam. But it was simply too firm to sleep on.

In Comes the Mattress in a Box.

We came across the mattress on Overstock.com and saw many good reviews - Ordered almost right away. Why re-purchase a $1000 mattress every 3-4 years when we can replace the top(or bottom in this case)for only $350?

First, we had to make sure it would fit. Mattress in a box is 11 inches thick. Our current mattress (no box spring) was 18 inches thick. That's way too much mattress. Our ceilings are low!

We had to move all of the hardware on the bed frame down a full 6 inches so that we would be working with a bit more room.

The new mattress comes in an unusually manageable box. It was all beat up from the trip, but once out of the box, it appeared it was well protected. We then had to remove it from a couple of sleeves. Once out of the sleeves you see it is in vacuum sealed in plastic.

Here you can see how the vacuum sealed size

compares to our Massive King Sized mattress.

Here is video of the mattress being unsealed and settling onto the bed:

And Finally, here is the mattress laid out. We have just a little bit of headboard left! The mattress came yesterday but we hadn't put it on the bed right away and it is important, according to the directions, to wait 4-6 hours before lying on the mattress. So tonight will be the first. We'll let you know how it goes!