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Mattresses and bedding

Budget and prices

What the total comes to once everything is counted.

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Discarded mattress, duvets and pillows dumped on a town pavement beside a road junction — Old mattresses are bulky waste, so plan collection or recycling before the new one is delivered.Photo: Alan Stanton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page

Discarded mattress, duvets and pillows dumped on a town pavement beside a road junction

Budget and prices

What a mattress costs per night, and why the bedding costs more

Divide the price by the nights you will sleep on it. A $900 queen kept 8 years is about 31 cents a night, and the sheets and pillows around it cost more.

Updated 11/3/2026 · 8 min

Photo: Alan Stanton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons