Do you need a box spring? Here's how to know whether you should have one for your mattress or if your bed might benefit from a different kind of base.

Getting a good night's sleep is a non-negotiable. Some think it's the mattress and box spring combo that helps make that happen. While box springs have played a major part in bedroom setups for ...

Whether you need a box spring for your mattress depends on the type of mattress you have and the amount of support it needs.

If you haven’t seen a box spring in a while, it’s not your imagination—a mattress expert breaks down when you might need this dinosaur of the sleep world.

We tried Real Sleep by Real Simple, a new mattress in a box, to see if it could really replace a spring mattress Maria Mercedes Lara is the Senior Director of Digital Content Operations for PEOPLE ...

Mattresses and box springs frequently are sold as a set. Is it necessary to replace the box spring when replacing the mattress? Well, there is no law, but leading manufacturers of bedding advise ...

When buying a mattress you often don't think about the added cost of a box spring or foundation. But do you really need to spend the extra money?

Some other mattress companies, like Nectar, suggest that you actually can use your existing box spring to support a foam mattress, as long as it is supported by a metal bed frame, like this.

Box springs used to be extremely common in the United States, but with the shift to springless foundations and platform beds, they aren’t usually necessary anymore.