Pillow Too High for Your Neck? How to Lower It
A pillow that tips your chin toward your chest can often be lowered tonight. Here’s what works for each fill, and when a new pillow is the only fix.
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How to Wash Pillows in a Bathtub (Honest Guide)
Wash pillows in bathtub safely: what gets heavy, hard to rinse, and slow to dry, so you know before you start, not partway through.
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Lumpy Pillow Fix: What Works for Each Fill Type
Lumps mean different things in down, fiberfill and shredded foam. How to tell whether yours can be broken up, or whether the pillow is done.
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How to Clean a Buckwheat Pillow (Hulls and Casing Separately)
A buckwheat pillow is two objects with two different care routines. The hulls never get wet. Here is how each part is actually handled.
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Why Is My Pillow So Hot? The Four Causes to Check
A hot pillow is rarely just the fill. Check the room, the pillowcase, the cover and the fill, in that order, before you buy anything new.
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How to Clean a Latex Pillow
The rules for latex and the reason behind each one, including why wet latex tears and why direct sunlight is the one to take seriously.
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Why Do Pillows Turn Yellow in the First Place?
What the yellow actually is, why it lands where it does, and which causes you can change tonight versus the ones you cannot.
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How Often Should You Replace Your Pillow?
There’s no single correct number. Replacement intervals vary by fill, sometimes by years. Here’s the range by material and what actually moves it.
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Tennis Balls in the Dryer for Pillows: Do They Work?
Tennis balls do help fluff a washed pillow in the dryer, but only for the fills where tumbling is safe. Here’s the mechanism, and where it doesn’t apply.
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How to Fluff a Pillow (Not Every Pillow Can Be)
How to fluff a pillow depends on the fill. Down and fiberfill respond to shaking and tumbling; foam and latex cannot be fluffed at all, and here’s why.
