Organic Cotton, Wool and Foam Japanese-Style Medium-Firm Futon Mattress

The Old-Fashioned Hand-Made Mattress Collection is built around techniques that predate modern mattress factories: layers of batting laid out by hand, compressed under tension, and tufted to hold everything in place. Since each piece is assembled individually, slight differences in weight and measurements between mattresses come with the territory and reflect the handmade process. Natural fibers like cotton and wool give the collection its breathability, durability, and clean sleep environment.

Modeled on traditional Japanese futons, these mattresses favor a flat, stable surface that supports natural spinal alignment and restful sleep.

This mattress pairs certified organic fibers with a resilient plant-enhanced foam core, landing at a medium-firm feel that's gentler than all-fiber constructions without giving up their grounded character. Handcrafted to order in the USA, it's built for sleepers who want organic materials and traditional hand-tufted construction, but with a touch more give than pure cotton provides.

At the center sits a 2-inch Eco-Foam core: CertiPUR-US® certified, made with a blend of natural soy and castor oils that replaces a significant share of standard petroleum content, and dense enough (1.8 lbs) to resist body impressions year after year. Around it, generous layers of unbleached, USDA-certified organic cotton grown in the USA supply the breathable bulk of the mattress. The whole build is then wrapped in 1.5 inches of certified organic New Zealand virgin lambswool, which regulates temperature, resists dust mites and mildew, and serves as the natural fire barrier. Every layer is hand-tufted to keep the fill from shifting or lumping over time.

Medium-firm. The foam core provides a flat, consistent sleeping plane without the sinking sensation of memory foam, while the organic cotton layers add substantial, even cushioning and the wool wrap softens the surface feel. The pre-compressed cotton firms up gradually with use, so expect the mattress to settle into its long-term character over the first months. It suits back and stomach sleepers well, and the added contour makes it friendlier to side sleepers than firmer all-fiber models.

Yes. Wool actively manages humidity at the sleep surface, wicking moisture and adapting to the season, while the organic cotton's open fiber structure keeps air moving through the mattress. The Eco-Foam core was chosen partly for its temperature neutrality: unlike dense memory foams, it dissipates heat rather than trapping it.

The mattress contains no synthetic fire retardants, heavy metals, or dyes. The cotton is grown on American farms without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers and is never bleached, the wool comes from sheep raised on organic pastures free of antibiotics and synthetic hormones, and the foam carries CertiPUR-US® certification confirming it's made without ozone depleters, mercury, lead, or formaldehyde. Fire safety is handled entirely by the wool layer, so no chemical treatments are needed anywhere in the build.

Sizes run from Cot through California King, with thicknesses from 3-inch and 4-inch shikibuton profiles up to 8 inches. As a guideline, the 5-inch and 6-inch versions flex well on bi-fold futon frames that convert between sofa and bed, while the 7-inch and 8-inch versions are the better fit for platform beds used purely for sleeping. The mattress is made true-to-size, so it fits frames and bed decks precisely.

It works across platform beds, slatted frames, futons, and tatami mats. Just match the thickness to the setup: thinner builds for frames that fold, thicker builds for flat sleeping surfaces.

Hand tufting draws a needle through the full depth of the mattress, so a bit of compression, puckering, or light fiber pull at each tuft point is part of the construction, not damage. These points anchor the layers and hold up fine under normal use. What does warrant a message to us: open tears, broken seam stitching, or filling working through the fabric. Send photos if you spot any of those.

The casing is a heavy, durable-textured fabric, dense and tightly woven to contain the layered fill for years of use. Out of the box it feels firmer and coarser than the quilted top of a conventional mattress, and that's deliberate; it relaxes gradually as the mattress breaks in. Most owners add a fitted sheet or futon cover, so the casing texture isn't something you feel while sleeping.

Keep it on a breathable base and air it out periodically so the natural fibers can release absorbed moisture; the wool's antimicrobial properties do part of the work, but airflow does the rest. Spot clean spills with a mild, natural solution and let the area dry completely. A removable cover protects the casing and is far easier to wash than the mattress itself.

Yes, and during break-in treat it as mandatory rather than optional. For the first 90 days, rotate head-to-foot every week or two and flip every two to three weeks so the cotton layers compress evenly across both sides. Skipping this early routine is the most common reason a mattress settles unevenly. After break-in, a monthly rotation keeps wear distributed.