More Comfortable Every Night
We’re very pleased with the bed; I don’t anticipate the need to swap any of the layers. The mattress just seems to get more comfortable every night (which I’m sure sounds weird, but really, that’s how we feel). The mattress combo felt firmer than expected at first, but as it turns out, we both […]
Eliminate Fibromyalgia Pain with Wool
How would you like to see decreases in pain by 84% without having to change your diet or exercise habits? A recent study conducted showed that sleeping on wool (as well as wearing it and being in contact with it all the time) can drastically improve your feeling of health. Apparently, those hollow, spiral fibers […]
Seriously it rocks!
We figured out the bed! I think our biggest obstacle was my friends 2 year old jumping up and down on it while she was trying to put it together. We LOVE it! Seriously it rocks! My partner has carpal tunnel like symptoms but this morning her arm was not numb when she woke up! […]
Fluffing Kapok Fiber
Your kapok is coming to you unfluffed. You do not have to fluff it, but if you are using it for a pillow, you will find your pillow rather lumpy without taking the time to pull apart the fibers. Depending on your distraction level, it will take about half an hour per lb. of fill […]
Care of your Wool Topper
While there is an initial breaking in period, your topper can become an heirloom topper as the wool will never spoil or the fiber will not break. Down the road, you may choose to have the wool relofted at the mill if you want that fluffy feeling of these first few months. Initial care must […]
Futons, Couch Cushions and Latex
Natural latex foam can be cut to almost any size. This ability to be resized, along with its flexibility and its comfort, makes it a high-end fill to any piece of furniture. SIZE Our Arpico natural latex comes in 6” slabs and as large as 76” x 80.” Since it is Dunlop processed, the molds […]
Characteristics of Wool
Characteristics of Wool Characteristics of Wool
Expandable Ticking Pattern Here
A long awaited pattern is ready for delivery. Our most unique ticking and complicated pattern too. You will not find a product anywhere on the net like this because it did not exist until we created it. And we’re offering you the option to create it too. It is available in two formats: PATTERN PATTERN […]
Quilted Fabric by the yard now available
Quilted Fabric now available! Pillowcase, ticking, quilt for your bed, you name it. Here is life simplified. You could spend an hour picking out fabric, cut it to size, purchase some wool batting, drive to a long arm quilter, wait a few weeks to get it quilted together and then hand sew the binding on […]
Fire, Legalities, and Wool
A new post in the Of Interest section might interest you: Fire, Legalities and Wool. How did the laws on flames comes to be? What are the laws? Why we do not need to use flame retardants? Can wool pass the burn test? Could our products pass the burn test? For more information on fire […]
Fire, Legalities and Wool
BIG TOBACCO The story goes, in the seventies, when everyone lit up and the number of deaths due to cigarettes in bed was rising, tobacco companies were urged to make their cigarettes safer. However, since the best way to make cigarettes safer would be to not use them, tobacco companies went another route. The three […]
Wool Comforters – another DIY project in the works
Comforters! Available in two different weights with our local farm wool and GOTS organic sateen fabric. Made locally at St. Peter Woolen mill. Sometime this year we will also post a DIY pattern on making your own with a few variations to account for skills and tools on hand. These are not on our website […]
Wool Toppers – a secret offering
Farm wool and GOTS organic percale fabric, made locally at St. Peter’s Woolen Mill. Maybe you’d like one. Contact us if so. It’s not on our website yet. We’ll post it later when we get our DIY pattern available for it, but in the meantime, we can make them for you. Comes with elastic straps […]
Giveaway
The winnings Pick from your choice of pillows – Shredded Natural Latex or Kapok Fiber. All our pillows are adjustable fill, meaning the liner has a zipper enabling you to take out extra fill or add in extra fill, to create just the right height of pillow for your night. The pillows offered are standard […]
Welcome
Welcome to DIY Natural Bedding. We hope you, like us, enjoy doing things yourself and like living naturally. We are here to enable you to have the bedding you like with industry quality products, yet at diy prices. We like to ask questions and hope you feel comfortable doing the same. We are people first, […]
Luxurious
What a great mattress and fantastic experience working with Deborah! We bought the 9″ King size with quilted ticking and it is amazing. I knew it would be comfortable but it really exceeds my expectations. It is just luxurious. Deborah was very helpful and we were able to fine tune our choices for each side […]
Making Natural Latex
When natural rubber is tapped from a tree it is very dilute, the rubber content being only about 30%. It has to be concentrated before use to above 61.5% solids. Of these solids 60.0% is rubber, the remaining 1.5% are compounds that are unique to natural latex (proteins, phospholipids, carbohydrates, amino acids). These unique ingredients […]
Harvest Haven Farm
One farm our wool comes from is Harvest Haven Farm in Hager City, WI. You can see some pictures of it and the fleeces we picked up from them here. Jon and Sherry Johnson believe strongly in natural living and have raised their animals and six children accordingly. The 11 sheep are pastured with access to […]
Tangled Bank Farm
Tangled Bank Farm in Wabasha, MN raises beef and sheep. Tom and Sue Hunter have been growing their beef herd for the last three years and their sheep for one year. They feed their animals grain-free diets, avoid all pesticides on their fields and even deliberately planted a variety of grass to create a field […]
Together Farms
Together Farms in Mondovi, WI (15 minutes out of Eau Claire) has animals, lots of animals. They have sheep, pigs, cattle, turkeys, chickens and ducks. As I pulled up to the farm, I was greeted by the few animals brave enough to be out in the drizzle, a few dogs and roosters and a flock […]
Sunbow Farm
Sunbow Farm in Eau Claire, WI has 45 sheep, a whole lot of chickens and fields and fields and greenhouses of vegetables and herbs. While I was there, a few of the members owning CSA shares were earning their veggies by weeding those gardens. The sheep were contentedly hiding under a tree from the growing […]
Custom Latex Cuts
A bench cushion, a bassinet, a couch, a futon, a dog bed, an odd size mattress – whatever your need, we’ll cut it for you. We can cut the latex as deep as 6″ and as thin as 1.5″. We sell 3″ slabs because it gives you a bit of choice in adjusting your firmness […]
Buy and Try
We are happy to give you a 60 day trial period to determine if the latex firmnesses are right for you. We understand that the only way to accurately decide if the latex firmnesses you picked out for your mattress are comfortable is if you sleep on them. Exchange Mattress sized natural latex slabs in original […]
Wool and Latex Combo
The Case for Wool on a Latex Mattress Wool and latex share similar properties, so they accompany each other well on a mattress. They both won’t mildew, won’t harbor dust mites, are breathable, flexible and are good at distributing heat so you don’t end up too cold or too hot. In a latex mattress, wool […]
Wool through the Ages
(This article is not my own, but is in its entirety from the American Sheep Industry Association.) Like human civilization, the story of wool begins in Asia Minor during the Stone Age about 10,000 years ago. Primitive man living in the Mesopotamian Plain used sheep for three basic human needs: food, clothing and shelter. Later on man […]
The Banana Test
How to Determine Latex Firmness Picking out latex firmnesses is very vague if you have no frame of reference. So, I present to you, the banana comparison, an imperfect example but a good start. Imagine the amount of pressure it would take you to flatten the following bananas with the palm of your hand and […]
History of Natural Latex
This timeline traces rubber back to its beginnings, follows the British experiments, the plantation startings, Goodyear’s perseverance and brings us out to the present with latex foam. 4th Century BC Herodotus Zanzibar Claimed to have seen natives playing with balls from Lydia which bounced high in the air. This seems to be the only reference […]
Producing Latex Foam
Sustainability of Organic Latex
Organic Latex is made primarily from tree serum called latex. Latex is not sap and harvesting it does not take the lifeblood of the tree contained in the cambium layer. While the trees do not benefit from chemical fertilizers or pesticides, they do require a specific microclimate. They cannot grow here in the US as we […]
Test it Out
We welcome you to test out the five different firmnesses of natural latex at either our Lafayette, IN location or Eden Prairie, MN location. Rearrange the layers to find your depth and most comfortable solution for your bed. Try out the pillows and see the ticking in action. No stock is kept in MN, all […]
Terrific mattress
Just wanted to thank you for your help and for a terrific mattress. I’m so glad I came across the information about your company through the TC Natural Family Living listserv. Our son has transitioned nicely into his new bed and is sleeping soundly and healthfully. When we’re able to make the change, we’ll be in touch about a mattress […]