A small workshop, and a short list of materials.
Since 2019, every Solenne has been made at the same address in Alderbrook. Here is how, and from what.
Why we make so few.
Solenne began at one bench with one question: why do so many mattresses feel the same in the shop and so different after a month at home? The honest answer was that nobody gets to know a mattress in a shop.
So we made fewer, made them ourselves, and put the weight of the decision where it belongs, in your bedroom. Three models, two firmness options, a hundred nights.
The workshop has a dozen makers. None of them can tell you a mattress is perfect for you. All of them will tell you what is inside it.
Six steps, no hidden ones.
- 1
Cut
Foam and latex arrive in large blocks and are cut to size on a flat-bed cutter. We keep the offcuts for pillow fill.
- 2
Build
Layers are stacked by hand, in the order shown on each product page, and glued with a water-based adhesive.
- 3
Quilt
The cover is quilted over a thin layer of wool or foam so it drapes and does not crinkle.
- 4
Sew
Edges are piped and stitched twice. The person who sews it writes their name on the care tag.
- 5
Test
Every mattress is pressed, measured and weighed against its specification before it is wrapped.
- 6
Roll
The mattress is compressed, rolled and boxed in a clean room, then leaves for your door.
What goes inside.
Wool
Carded in small lots. It steadies temperature and takes moisture away from the skin.
Natural latex
Poured, cured and washed in batches, with pin-holes for air. Springy, long-lived and clean to the touch.
Steel pocket springs
Wound in-house from steel wire, wrapped one by one in fabric, with a firmer ring around the edge.
Open-cell foam
The softest touch and the quietest motion. Used for comfort layers and for Dusk, never as filler.
How we test
These are Solenne's own tests and targets, described as such. They are not third-party certifications and the numbers in this template are demo values.
- Roller test
- A weighted roller crosses each new design 30,000 times, then we measure how far the surface has settled. Our internal target is under 5 percent.
- Edge test
- We sit and rise from the edge hundreds of times to check that the perimeter does not collapse.
- Home test
- A new build is slept on by the team for 30 nights before it goes on sale.
Visit the workshop
By appointment, mon to fri, 9:00 to 17:00 eastern. You will see the benches, press the layers and drink our coffee.