Amy Lockwood
Amy is Ideal Home’s Sleep Editor and the Ideal Home Certified Expert on Sleep. She's spent the last four years researching and writing about what makes for the best night’s sleep during the day and testing out sleep products to find the best-in-class by night. So far she’s clocked up over 10,000 hours of pillow, duvet, and mattress testing experience.
Our go-to for all things sleep-related, she’s slept on and under bestselling products from Simba, Emma, Hypnos, Tempur, Silentnight, Panda, and many many more. As a hot sleeper, Amy is always on the lookout for the most breathable bedding, but she also leads a wider team of testers to ensure our product testing encompasses both hot sleepers, cold sleepers, front sleepers, back sleepers, side sleepers, and everything in-between.
In her mission to unlock the secrets to a good night's sleep, Amy regularly attends product launches, speaks to industry insiders, spends time climbing on and off mattresses in showrooms across the country, and travels to visit factories and testing facilities – most recently the IKEA testing facility in Älmhult Sweden where the brand’s mattresses are put through vigorous testing processes.
Amy also lends her expertise to our furniture guides, sharing her design knowledge with our readers to help them choose the right sofa for their interior or the best garden furniture for their outside space.
Before she joined Ideal Home, Amy worked on branding and marketing at various interior and homeware brands, before joining the editorial teams at Livingetc, Homes & Gardens, Real Homes and Gardeningetc.
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Where’s your happy place?I stare at a screen a lot of the day at work, so somewhere immersed in nature and away from technology is my happy place; generally by water, woodland, or up a hill. I also love trying to bring the soothing effects of nature into my home with lots of plants, natural materials, textures, and nature-inspired colour schemes.
What’s your home addiction?I definitely have a cushion addiction, to the extent I had to specifically look for a sofa that was deep enough to allow me to pile them up high! On the plus side they’re a super easy and affordable way to switch up your decor and refresh a bed or seating, and, obviously, really comfortable! On the downside I now have two blanket boxes filled with ‘spares’… That and houseplants, they seem to multiply fairly regularly too…
What’s your next home project?Inspired by my favourite outdoor landscapes I’m planning on painting my desk green to make me feel like I’m outdoors even when I’m not.
Latest articles by Amy Lockwood
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Best air beds – the top inflatable and blow-up mattresses
To sleep extra guests or to take camping, these are the best air beds money can buy
By Amy Lockwood
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Find the right pillow for your sleep style with our guide to the best pillows for side sleepers
We've tried and tested the best pillows for side sleepers from Simba, Panda, Woolroom, Tempur, and a whole host more brands, to help you find the right pillow for your sleep style
By Amy Lockwood
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These are the best chair beds for hosting overnight guests if you have limited space
The best chair beds for sitting and sleeping – space-saving overnight hosting solutions tried and tested by the Ideal Home team
By Amy Lockwood
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I put the best electric blankets and heated throws to the test – these are my 8 top recommendations
Tried and tested, these are the best electric blankets and heated throws you can buy – from luxury dual-controlled doubles to the most affordable heated blankets
By Amy Lockwood
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Best cooling mattress toppers to combat overheating – tried and tested
The best cooling mattress toppers for a cooler and more breathable sleep – tried and tested options from Simba, Panda, Emma, Silentnight, and more
By Amy Lockwood
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Best patio heaters – keep your garden toasty with these tried-and-tested picks
Keep your garden toasty all season
By Amy Lockwood
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The best mattresses – tested by our experts for a great night’s sleep
Top recommendations for all budgets and sleepers, from Simba, Emma, Tempur, Hypnos, and more
By Amy Lockwood
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The best mattress toppers for comfort, cushioning and support
The best mattress toppers can enhance your comfort and transform a mattress that's too firm, or too soft. These are the 7 bed toppers our testers recommend for a better night's sleep
By Amy Lockwood
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Where to buy bedding – the bedding brands that offer top-quality sheets without breaking the bank
If you’re wondering where to buy bedding, these brands will definitely offer you a one-way ticket to snooze-town
By Amy Lockwood
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The best portable air conditioners for cooling, heating, and beating winter humidity
The best portable air conditioners for year-round comfort, from beating the heat to banishing the chill
By Amy Lockwood
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We've tested the best pillows for side sleepers, neck pain and much more
We've tried and tested the best pillows from all the leading brand names to curate our top recommendations for side sleepers, back sleepers, front sleepers, neck pain, and much much more
By Amy Lockwood
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The best air purifiers for improving indoor air quality – tried and tested
The best air purifiers for improving indoor air quality and filtering dust, pollen and odours, as tested by the Ideal Home team
By Amy Lockwood
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10 best sofa beds – comfortable, stylish, and versatile
The best sofa beds for hosting overnight guests in style – I've found the most comfortable sofa beds from Habitat, John Lewis, Dunelm, Heal's, Sofa.com, and more
By Amy Lockwood
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3 minutes with an Ikea storage expert solved a bedroom dilemma I’ve been struggling with most of my life – and it only costs £2
I visited Ikea's base in Sweden, and came home with an Ikea hack that has transformed the way I use my bedroom
By Amy Lockwood
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Amazon Prime Day 2024 – how to shop Amazon’s most anticipated sales event
Shopping for a great Prime Day home deal? We've got you covered
By Molly Cleary
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The best mattress protectors – waterproof, cooling, anti-allergy, and anti-bed bug
The best mattress protectors for keeping your mattress in top condition – we've tried and tested options from Marks & Spencer, Panda, Dunelm, and many more to bring you our top recommendations
By Amy Lockwood
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A mattress that's more-sustainable-than-most, and offers great comfort
Hypnos mattresses have graced royal residences, Soho Houses, and Premier Inn hotels – now our Hypnos Select Pillow Top mattress review gives this more-sustainable-than-most mattress the Ideal Home seal of approval
By Amy Lockwood
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Tempur Sensation mattress review – I usually avoid memory foam, this mattress just made me change my mind
If your partner tends to toss and turn at night, then this motion-isolating mattress could be the formula for a better night's sleep. We put the original memory foam mattress to the test
By Amy Lockwood
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Best mattress for back pain - how your mattress could be making your back pain worse, and why a new one could help
We asked our sleep experts how to get rid of back pain for good
By Amy Lockwood
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Is there fibreglass in UK mattresses? Everything you need to know
You shouldn't need to compromise a good night's sleep for it
By Amy Lockwood
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How to clean a mattress with baking soda – a step-by-step guide from cleaning experts
Is it just a waste of time?
By Amy Lockwood
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I'm a sleep editor and these are the 3 things I wish I'd known before buying a sofa bed
What I wish I'd known before I bought a sofa bed, and what I'd do differently next time
By Amy Lockwood
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How we test mattresses at Ideal Home
Our in-house mattress review process puts bestselling and newly launched mattresses through their paces to find our tried-and-tested favourites – here's how...
By Amy Lockwood
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Best hot tubs – the best inflatable hot tubs for relaxing in the garden
Our edit of the best hot tubs on the market. We've tried and tested affordable and energy-efficient options from Lay-Z-Spa and more to find the best-in-class
By Amy Lockwood