BEAUFORT — For decades, it's been a tradition in the Beaufort area to give Harris pillows as wedding, housewarming and graduation gifts. There are good reasons for that. "What we're good at is making high-quality pillows.
They're luxury pillows. We won't make the pillows you see in a stack at a department store," said Patrick Harris, president of Harris Pillow Supply. "I don't want to sell something that I wouldn't sleep on.
" Three generations of the Harris family have been in the pillow game, and they've managed to build and maintain a reputation for manufacturing some of the finest pillows around. It's a reputation that's bolstered by a client list that includes international luxury hotels, cruise lines, designers, military bases and direct-to-consumer sales. Patrick and Emily Harris on the production floor of Harris Pillow Supply in Beaufort, March 6, 2025.
The family-owned company has been in business since 1958 and makes luxury pillows. "We have so many customers who have gone to a hotel and find our label on the pillow. For years, the majority of our online (sales) were people finding us that way," said Emily Harris, director of communications.
Originally founded in Chicago in 1958 by Bill Harris, Patrick's grandfather, the company later moved to Beaufort and has been there ever since. To this day, anyone in the area can stop by the factory on Parker Drive in Beaufort and check out their offerings of feather, down and hypo-allergenic polyester-fill pillows for themsel.
