You’ve Made Your Bed | Home Ideas
lefT: Combine Sleep White… don’t let the
colours with whites to
colour bugs bite.
keep your bedroom
looking fresh. The
Good, clean and crisp white bed linen
classic Hugo collection is difficult to argue with. Discoloured,
from Feather and
thinning sheets on the other hand, have a
Black adds just the
lot to answer for. Just because it’s white –
right amount of soft
colour for a serene
doesn’t make it alright. If anything, all-
and calming effect. white linen is the most difficult to keep
looking good. It needs to be pressed sharp,
above and
to chambermaid standard if it is to avoid
righT: For a more
dramatic décor,
looking like a hospital ward, or worse still,
Christy’s Candy Stripe
a boys’ school dormitory. There is great
design will make a
scope here to choose designs with tactile
strong statement in the
textures and delicate details to make
bedroom.
up for the lack of colour. Long standing
experts, Christy, have made a new addition
to their classic Pure White collection. gentle, rippling effect. Feather and Black’s
The delightful pin-tuck technique, used Chester is simplicity at its best; unspoilt
on the Modular design, runs across the cotton, edged with just the tiniest amount
entire duvet and pillowcase to give a of lace. What you are aiming for here is
Jargon Buster
are a mixture between natural cotton and manmade fibres.
Be sure to know what you are looking for when it comes to Most people prefer pure cotton because, being a natural fibre,
purchasing new bed linen. Convoluted terminology can be off- it absorbs moisture the best. This means it helps to keep you
putting, here are some of the jargons explained: cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
Thread Count. Thread count is the most common standard for Jaquard Weaves. This refers to a type of machine, invented
identifying the quality of bed linen. It represents the number of threads by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801, that enables several colour
per square inch combining the warp and the weft of the piece. The warp yarns to be used within the one cloth. This technique is usually
are the yarns that run lengthways, whilst the wefts runs perpendicular used for elaborate designs.
to the warp, hence the interwoven appearance. The higher the thread Pin-Tucking. This is the name of technique that creates a
count, the softer, and better quality the bed linen will be. slightly raised ridge along a piece of linen using a double needle.
Pure Cottons versus Polycottons. Polycotton bed linens It is commonly used in bed linen to give a fine textured look.
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