Healthy Sleep Blog

Sleeping With or Without a Pillow: What is Better for You?

Sleeping With or Without a Pillow: What is Better for You?

Do you wake up with a sore neck or back and blame your pillow, perhaps going as far as tossing it against the wall while your partner looks on in disdain? If this sounds like you, you're not alone....

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The Versatile Body Pillow

In addition to aligning the spine and preventing the collapse of the shoulder girdle and hips, a body pillow is beneficial in many other ways. Arthritis & Fibromyalgia Those who suffer from art...

Early to Bed Club: Holiday Edition

Early to Bed Club: Holiday Edition

As we find ourselves at the start of the busy holiday season, we encourage you to step back, breathe and cherish the spare moments that come our way. Amidst the barrage of commitments, festivities ...

What Can Hygge Teach Us About Happiness? Ideas to create and encourage happiness culture in your life.

What Can Hygge Teach Us About Happiness?

"How happy would you consider yourself to be? What makes you get excited and click your heels? Is your quality of life something that you would like to enhance?"

Healthy Sleep For Little Minds

Healthy Sleep For Little Minds

Little minds need proper nutrition, care, playtime and healthy sleep to grow and flourish. Sleep is critical, as it directly impacts your child’s physical and mental health, it allows the brain to ...

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What's Your Sleep Aesthetic?

House & Home’s Emma Reddington is here to help discover your sleep style. 

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Sleep Hygiene and Bedtime Rituals: Practices that Promote Good Sleep

In today’s fast paced world, it’s essential to establish practices and rituals that promote restful and restorative sleep. Setting bedtime routines is important for adults and children alike. Sleep...

The Best Lighting for Sleep: What Colour Should I Choose?

The Best Lighting for Sleep: What Colour Should I Choose?

The internet is rife with recommendations on how to improve sleep. From temperature regulation to ideal bedtimes to breathing exercises and dietary supplements, the rabbit hole of restful sleeping ...

Our New Chapter

Our New Chapter

It’s a new chapter for Resthouse! Since the Grand Opening of our Victoria mattress store, we wanted to take the time to share what this new space means for us and for our guests.

The Definitive Guide to Body Pillows

The Definitive Guide to Body Pillows

We all need sleep, but for many of us a restful night is elusive. Deep, restorative sleep is the best method to recharge our bodies and minds. Sleeping keeps us healthy and alert. It gives our...

What Are Microplastics?

What Are Microplastics?

What comes to mind when you think of the word plastic? Over the past few decades, the word plastic has infiltrated our environment with connotations of “synthetic”, “fake”, and “cheap” – the antith...

The Lure of Linen

The Lure of Linen

More than 36,000 years ago, cave people wrapped themselves in fabric woven from the fibres of the flax plant. It kept them warm, dried quickly, and most importantly, it was durable enough to withst...

Drop and Give Me 8 Hours: Why Sleep is the Missing Set in Your Workout

Drop and Give Me 8 Hours: Why Sleep is the Missing Set in Your Workout

High-intensity interval training. Web-connected exercise equipment. Macro tracking. Don’t skip leg day. If you’re at all paying attention to fitness and exercise trends these days, it feels like y...

Travel Advice from an Organic Bedding Connoisseur

Travel Advice from an Organic Bedding Connoisseur

Welcome to the tail end of the pandemic—hopefully. With the next phase of reopening upon us and the restrictions starting to lift, many of us will be taking advantage of travelling again.

Taking Responsibility: 30 Years of Progress at Coyuchi: Part 2

Taking Responsibility: 30 Years of Progress at Coyuchi: Part 2

Part one of our series celebrating Coyuchi’s 30th anniversary looked at their proud legacy of bringing quality bedding to California, the United States, Canada, and beyond. But Coyuchi offers an ev...

Uncompromised Beauty: 30 Years of Coyuchi Design: Part 3

Uncompromised Beauty: 30 Years of Coyuchi Design: Part 3

Part two of our series commemorating Coyuchi on their 30th birthday focused on the incredible strides this amazing company has made toward building a more sustainable, more just world for future ge...

In Search of the Perfect Pillow - Pillow Guide Blog by Resthouse

In Search of the Perfect Pillow

You would be horrified to see the pillow that I slept on for most of my life. As a dedicated stomach sleeper and occasional side sleeper, finding a thin enough, hard enough pillow that kept my nec...

I Am Rubber, You Are Glue: Settling the Debate Between Latex and Memory Foam

I Am Rubber, You Are Glue: Settling the Debate Between Latex and Memory Foam

If you’ve spent any time online lately, you’re almost certain to have been bombarded with ads for memory foam mattresses.

Your Perfect Plant-Based Bedroom - Natural Bedding Blog by Resthouse

Your Perfect Plant-Based Bedroom

It’s no secret that we love wool at Resthouse. Wool offers a full complement of amazing qualities that make it perfect for inclusion in bedding. But we also recognize that not everyone wants to inc...

Wool: The Perfectly Evolved Bedding Material - Resthouse Blog

Wool: The Perfectly Evolved Bedding Material

When someone mentions bedding, which materials come to mind? Depending on where you are in the world, you might think of cotton, down, or synthetic fibres. Perhaps you envision more historical slee...

Modern Box Spring Alternatives for a Healthy Natural Rest

Modern Box Spring Alternatives for a Healthy Natural Rest

Alternatives to traditional box springs are an important component of natural and healthy sleep solutions. Box springs were first introduced at the end of the 19th century when they were designed ...

What is the Size of a Standard Pillow - Resthouse Pillow Blog

What is the Size of a Standard Pillow?

Everyone knows that the perfect sleep comes from finding the perfect pillow.  But we also know that you probably don't change them as often as you should, or know the details of what it takes to f...

Resthouse Beducation: Your Guide to Sheets. Learn from the sleep experts at Resthouse Sleep Solutions about which bed sheets are best for you to get the best sleep possible.

Resthouse Beducation: Your Guide to Sheets

They say that in this world, nothing is certain except death, taxes, and the fact that higher thread count sheets are superior. After all, more is better, right? 

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Is Sleeping in a Recliner Bad for You? The Side Effects and Solutions

We definitely know what it’s like to sink into your favorite recliner after a long day at work and doze off. Once you get settled underneath a warm blanket, your bedroom suddenly seems too far awa...