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On a related note, I recently tried floor sleeping. I started on a carpet, which was nice. Then we moved to a place with hardwood floors. Painful. So I bought a Japanese futon. I don’t feel much desire to return to the modern mattress. Since I began this experiment, I’ve only slept better and felt better than I did sleeping on various such mattresses over the years.

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I've noticed my allergies are more severe when sleeping on the floor. I believe more dust settles on the futon and bedding if it's directly on the floor.

Platform beds are great, and there are quite minimal ones. It improved my allergies.

And a benefit of a Japanese futon is that you can store it in the closet and use the floor space for other functions during the day.

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