CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 2,989.8us-gaap_Revenues	$ 2,464.3us-gaap_Revenues	$ 1,402.9us-gaap_Revenues
Cost of sales	1,839.4us-gaap_CostOfRevenue	1,449.4us-gaap_CostOfRevenue	688.3us-gaap_CostOfRevenue
Gross profit	1,150.4us-gaap_GrossProfit	1,014.9us-gaap_GrossProfit	714.6us-gaap_GrossProfit
Selling and marketing expenses	619.9us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpense	522.9us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpense	319.1us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpense
General, administrative and other expenses	280.6	266.3	147.2
Equity income in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(8.3)	(4.4)	0
Royalty income, net of royalty expense	(18.1)tpx_RoyaltyIncomeNet	(13.7)tpx_RoyaltyIncomeNet	0tpx_RoyaltyIncomeNet
Operating income	276.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	243.8us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	248.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other expense, net:
Interest expense, net	91.9us-gaap_InterestExpense	110.8us-gaap_InterestExpense	18.8us-gaap_InterestExpense
Loss on disposal, net	23.2	0	0
Other (income) expense, net	(13.7)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	5.0us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	0.3us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total other expense	101.4us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	115.8us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	19.1us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes	174.9	128.0	229.2
Income tax provision	(64.9)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(49.1)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(122.4)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income before non-controlling interest	110.0us-gaap_ProfitLoss	78.9us-gaap_ProfitLoss	106.8us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: net income attributable to non-controlling interest	1.1	0.3	0
Net income attributable to Tempur Sealy International, Inc.	$ 108.9us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 78.6us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 106.8us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.79us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 1.30us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 1.74us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.75us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 1.28us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 1.70us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	60.8	60.3	61.5
Diluted (in shares)	62.1	61.6	62.9

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