When designing your bedroom, you need to turn it into a personal and relaxing retreat. Your bedroom is the place you go to relax, unwind, and forget about your troubles. Therefore, the way you decorate your room bears testimony to this.
One of the most important aspects of designing a room is bedding. A bed is the focal point of a room, so care should be taken in decorating it. When purchasing bed linen, you need to consider your personal style. Bed furnishings should fulfill a number of specific functions. Your luxury bed linen should first and foremost provide warmth and comfort. Secondly, it should match the colour scheme of the room, or at least compliment it.
The great part about decorating your bed with luxury bed linen is that you have several layers and components to work with. These components include sheets, blankets, comforters, duvets, dust ruffles, and decorative pillows.
When choosing luxury bed linen, think of the look you are going for – tailored, exotic, whimsical, masculine, feminine, or luxurious. These themes can be embellished with borders, ruffles, and contrasting fabrics.
When selecting sheets, select those that share the same background colour as your luxury bed linen. For added comfort, sheets with a high thread count (300 or higher) are ideal. Remember that it is the sheets that sleep next to your skin, so do not skim when buying sheets. Just because no one really sees it when the bed is made, does not mean they do not serve a valuable purpose.
Bed ruffles, while useful, is also decorative. This just adds to the chance of further decorating your room. Your choice in dust ruffles can range from understated inverted pleated bed skirts, to a complimentary ruffled skirt.
Warmth is probably the most important factor to take into account when choosing luxury bed linen. The type of bedding you buy is determined by a few factors. The time of year, how hot or cold your body temperature rides and the room temperature. The weight of your luxury bed linen can vary, as do the fibers from which they are made. Bed linen made from synthetic fibers retains heat without having to be bulky or heavy. More natural fibers, however, breathe easier but do not retain heat as well. Therefore, this linen may be heavier and bulkier.
When selecting the colour of your luxury bed linen, you can choose any colour you like, in keeping with the colour scheme of the room of course. Like with the sheets, go for something with a common background.
Once you have chosen the colour, its time to pick out a comforter. The comforter is like the showstopper. Your comforter allows you to be as daring or conservative as you like – whether you are opting for a more traditional look, a feminine look or a contemporary look. And do not forget about the pillows. Piled high or scattered about, pillows always brightens up a bed and can transform an ordinary bed into an opulent one.
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This article was written for The White Company, and offers tips on how to buy bedding. Visit The White Company for luxury bed linen.
