The wife and I need a new mattress as well. Right now we are sleeping on a 15 year old inner spring that she bought right after we met. She wants a pillow top. I think I'd like a more firm mattress. I'm worried about shopping for a mattress "in-store" right now. I'm not too keen on rolling around on a mattress that hundreds of other people have rolled around on during this pandemic. Not sure what we are going to do yet.

Another component to this is that I've already built a headboard for our existing bed. My plan is to build a footboard and a frame myself. I need to determine if new mattresses require a box spring or if I can set the new mattress directly on the frame I make. I'm thinking 2x10 side rails with 2x4's mounted on edge spanning side to side. I thought about a thin piece of luan over the 2x4s but I read where you can get mold forming under the mattress if it's laying on a solid(unvented) platform.