- Why are the colours so important to bedding?
- What about perfect pillows?
- What material should I be using?
- How many layers should I have?
- A quick tip: lightning round.
So, you want to know how to make a bed feel like a hotelWe'rere going to walk you through everything on hotel-style bedding!
After reading this blog post, you can transform your bed into a luxury hotel getaway!Let’s get to it!
1. Why are the colours so crucial in bedding?
Colours are essential for hotel room bed decoration. Here are some quick tips to ensure your colours exude that clean hotel charm!
White is your best friend. There’s a reason why that iconic white hotel-style bedding is so popular. It helps hotels show off how clean their rooms are!
White also works with every other colorIt’s been a perfect base, so you can constantly rotate colours to find what works best.
Picking A Stellar Color Palette!
Color harmony can help you choose a cohesive color palette. Some familiar color harmonies are complementary, analogous, triad, square, and monochrome!
You can also find and create a palette using Coolors. Coolers lets you browse premade palettes and create your own using the palette generator.
2. What About Perfect Pillows?
Those distinctly comfortable and high-end hotel pillows will provide both options below to accommodate all different sleepers!
Down PillowsIt’s pretty much a consensus among hotels that down pillows are the best option. Down pillows are notorious for being crazy comfy!
Luxury hotels like to use goose or duck down. Although down is a bit of an investment, it is ridiculously durable, lasting between 5 and 10 years!
Feather Pillows:
Feathers are also widespread in hotel-quality pillows. They are used as a firmer, more supportive option. Their density makes them great for sitting and sleeping.
Feather pillows rarely come in 100% feather but a down-feather blend. You could go for 50%/50%, 15%/85%, and 5%/95% (down to feather).
3. What Materials Should I Be Using?
A lot goes into hotel-style bedding, especially the materials, but don’t worry. Go over some hotel-quality bedding materials!
Satin & Silk Pillowcases:
Most hotel beds have satin or silk pillowcases with countless health benefits!
They prevent hair frizz since hair glides easier, reducing friction and static electricity! Satin and silk also prevent hair breakage since the reduced friction prevents excessive breakage. Satin and Silk pillowcases also help retain moisturization and softness. That's why hotels opt for silk pillow covers and why you should, too.
Cotton Sheets/Duvets:
Everyone knows the bedsheets used in luxury hotels are pure Egyptian cotton, but not everyone can afford them. Not to worry, even simple and plain pure cotton still makes for hotel-quality bedsheets. The thread count (number of threads per square inch of fabric) of cotton is also essential. The higher the thread count, the softer the sheets! The best luxury hotel sheets have a count between 300- 400. It's worth mentioning that while most hotels use cotton sheets/duvets, you don’t have to! If you prefer a silk, mulberry silk or linen duvet, go with it.
4. How Many Layers Should I Have? We've all seen how many intricate layers of hotel bed decor there are. At first glance, it isn’t very safe, but we'll break it down here!
1. Bed skirt
- Bed Skirts consistent with your colour palette can help carry over the colour of your sheets (hence the white bed skirts in hotels), making your bed frame look cohesive.
2. Flat sheet
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Most hotels skip the fitted sheet and use a flat sheet
since they don’t rely on easily broken elastic! The flat sheet should be tucked in using Hospital Corners for a clean finish.
3. Top Sheet
- Top sheets are very hygienic since they suck up the bacteria your body expels during sleep instead of the comforters. You can even get decorative top sheets if you prefer!
4. Blanket/Comforter
- Some hotels add a thinner luxury blanket and a warm comforter so guests can pick based on their preferences. You can alternate these two, depending on the season! Regardless, this layer should go flat on the top sheet (which should tuck over a quarter from the headboard.) But that isn’t a rule. Here are a couple of different ways to go about this layer.
5. Pillows and other accessories
- Depending on bed size, you can have more or less different kinds of pillows. One rule of thumb is to have a supportive pillow for every soft pillow to balance your sleep. Other accessories could include decorative bed pillows, bed scarves, bed runners, pillow shams and more!
5. Quick tip lightning round.
Here are some final quick tips to help you out!
Work With Your SpaceDon't
- try to cram all these things into your space. It can look overly cluttered and unprofessional!
Consider getting a Mattress Topper:
- Hotel beds sometimes have feather/down mattress toppers for extra comfort (plus, it’s cheaper than changing the whole mattress)!
Use a Hotel Collection Bedding: There's
- There's nothing wrong with buying a perfect premade bed set and saving yourself some time!
Enhance the area around your bed:
- There are endless possibilities! Get a table lamp, warm light bulbs, an end-of-bed bench, rugs, etc.!
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