By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief
A good night’s sleep is priceless—and The Sleep Spa by Hästens is hoping to deliver just that to Palisadians.
Following a soft opening in mid-October, the Sweden-based luxury mattress brand recently celebrated its grand opening of a store at 15221 Sunset Boulevard with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Malibu-Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, November 17.
“We make all-natural, handcrafted beds, using only horsetail hair, cotton and wool within them,” Adam Davenport, manager of the Pacific Palisades location, explained to the Palisadian-Post. “They’ve been made the same way for 170 years and are still made in Sweden. It’s a six-generational family company whose only focus is to provide ‘the modern luxury that is sleep.’”
The Sleep Spa offers a consultation experience, which Davenport shared is “both relaxing and enlightening.” The experience, which includes an evaluation of the client’s body, conversation about sleep and exploration of the full collection of mattresses, is about 45 minutes.
According to the Hästens website, all of the materials, including horsetail hair and down, are “ethically sourced,” as the brand takes “this responsibility quite seriously.”
“With an emphasis on wellness and health through sleep,” the website shared, “we fit our clients in the world’s best mattresses to aid both physical and mental well-being.”
Before The Sleep Spa, Davenport attended University of Washington, where he played baseball and studied psychology, graduating with a BA. Shortly after, he started working for a hard seltzer startup, because he “wanted to learn how to start a business from the ground up without having a major in business.”
After about a year and a half, he moved to Dallas to do the brand’s first market expansion and had been living there since 2021. Following a stint on a reality show centered in Austin about the business, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue social media, including brand deals, content and opening his own agency.
“That was not fulfilling enough for me,” Davenport said. “At the end of the day, I care about making people’s lives better, learning how they think and just how to improve people’s day to day—and I wasn’t getting that from social media.”
He said the opportunity to join The Sleep Spa by Hästens team was “a match made in heaven,” since the brand is focused on “making the world better through sleep.”
Although the store just officially hosted its grand opening, Hästens has been serving clients in Pacific Palisades through its other locations, including on Beverly Boulevard and in Santa Monica.
“We had so many clients in Malibu, Palisades, just on the general Westside, so we wanted to bring a shop to them,” Davenport explained of the expansion to Sunset Boulevard. “We have one on Montana in Santa Monica, but this was an incredible opportunity. The timing was great, and with the Village growing the way that it is, we figured it’d be a perfect fit to expand.”
Davenport shared that so far, there has been a lot of curiosity from those who visit the store, and “the walk-in traffic is amazing.” He said it is a mix of people who are stopping by to see what The Sleep Spa by Hästens is, while others have been referred by word of mouth.
“What we want to express is just how grateful we are to be a part of the community,” Davenport concluded, “and can’t wait to change the way the Palisades sleeps.”
For more information about the store, including to set up an appointment, email Davenport directly at adam.davenport@thesleepspa.com.
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