
Amy Lockwood
Amy is Ideal Home’s Sleep Editor and the Ideal Home Certified Expert on Sleep. She's spent the last five 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.
IDEAL HOME TRUTHS
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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How to get the Scandi look in a kids' bedroom – I've tracked down the timeless high street buys for a bedroom that grows with your childAnd you can nail the look from just £3.99
By Amy Lockwood
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IKEA's new £250 chair bed absolutely nails small space hosting – it's a future cult classic in the makingI can't believe this design-led piece has such an affordable price point
By Amy Lockwood
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The easy bedroom fix to keep the sun from waking you up at 5 am this month – this is the trick experts use to protect their sleep in summerTired from waking up too early? This simple bedroom update can rescue your sleep
By Amy Lockwood
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Aldi's cooling bedding is back to help you sleep during the heatwaveIt's the ideal solution if you've found it too hot to sleep this week
By Amy Lockwood
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Ideal Home Awards 2026 bedroom winnersFrom duvets to sleep tech and everything in between
By Amy Lockwood
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Too hot to sleep? These 5 cooling bedding materials are 'sleep medicine in fabric form', according to the expertsThey're the antidote to restless nights in this hot, humid weather
By Amy Lockwood
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IKEA's brand new £550 sofa bed is the ultimate in Scandi cool – I love its 'playful functionality'I think it could be a cult classic of the future
By Amy Lockwood
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Best cooling mattress toppers to combat overheating – tried and testedTried and tested options from Simba, Panda, Emma, Silentnight, and more
By Amy Lockwood
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There's a reason this £3 IKEA bedroom organiser has over 1000 5-star reviewsIt's been game-changing in my small bedroom
By Amy Lockwood
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John Lewis has just launched a modular sofa bed unlike anything I've seen beforeI think it's a design icon of the future – plus, it hides an *emperor* size sleeping area
By Amy Lockwood
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Do you sleep on your front? Sleep experts warn why you shouldn't – and how to fix itIs front-sleeping bad for you? Yes, say physiotherapists and sleep clinicians, but there's a solution
By Amy Lockwood
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This is the direction to sleep in if you want 'deeper rest' – experts advise if your head should face north, south, east, or westI think some bedroom furniture rearranging could be on the cards
By Amy Lockwood
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I just discovered Dunelm has *the* best collection of dressing tables for small bedroomsIf your bedroom is tiny, that no longer means sacrificing getting ready space
By Amy Lockwood
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I've spent the last year testing the best budget mattresses under £500 – these are my top recommendationsIf you're looking for a cheaper mattress, these are the ones to shop
By Amy Lockwood
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Habitat just quietly dropped the price of its most stylish sofa bed to under £160I've never seen this space-saving design at a lower price
By Amy Lockwood
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The £2 IKEA bedroom space-saver that shoppers say 'I didn’t know I needed, but now I wonder how I survived without it'This budget-friendly buy is game-changing in a small bedroom
By Amy Lockwood
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I'm seeing four-poster beds everywhere this year – these are 12 of the best contemporary designsFrom Habitat to Heal's, the four-poster is taking over the high street
By Amy Lockwood
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Sorry, ottoman beds, this is the year of the four-poster – canopy beds are having a comeback, and these 6 styles prove itClean-lined and contemporary, there are no chintzy drapes in sight
By Amy Lockwood
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Sorry sage green, interior designers say these are the 3 soothing colours the most stylish bedrooms are using instead in 2026Same easy-to-live-with vibes, but with 'a little more depth and personality'
By Amy Lockwood
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I’m an M&S-obsessed Sleep Editor – these are my top picks from the new M&S bedding collectionI'm not surprised they're selling out fast
By Amy Lockwood
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I'm calling it, 'woodblock florals' are this spring's hottest bedding trendI'm not surprised this look is selling out fast
By Amy Lockwood
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The 7 best mattress protectors tried and tested – I've found the best waterproof, cooling, and budget options from M&S, Panda, Dunelm, and moreI slept on multiple mattress protectors to find the best-in-class for waterproofing, night sweats, and cooling comfort
By Amy Lockwood
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This is when to switch to a summer duvet, according to bedding expertsHere's when to make the swap
By Amy Lockwood
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Do pillowcases need to match your duvet cover? The experts all agree on this approach for a well-styled bedThe bedscaping tricks that the pros use
By Amy Lockwood

