How To Choose And Keep Your Bed Linen
Our bed linen guide covers the key things to think about when choosing the right bedding, sheets, duvet covers and pillowcases: the feel, fabric, weave, thread count, sizes, styles, accreditations, packaging and how to care for your bed linen.
The best bedding should feel wonderful, enhance the look and feel of your bedroom, and most importantly help you to sleep well. If you invest in the best bed linen, you will discover that it really can improve your sleep.
We've demystified bed linen jargon to help you choose bed linen that's right for you.
Along with your duvet, pillow and mattress, the bed linen that you choose will have a big impact on how your bed feels and how you sleep. As your sheets, duvet cover and pillowcase are against your skin every night, it’s important to think about what kind of bed linen will give you the best night's sleep.
Different fabrics and weaves have different characteristics and therefore have a different feel. The best bed linen is made with the highest quality natural materials and woven to the highest standards.
Decide whether you like your bedding to feel smooth and silky, cool and crisp, or cosy and warm. This will help you choose which bed linen fabric and weave will suit you best.
SILK - Silk sheets feel really smooth and luxurious against the skin. Silk bedding is made from the cocoons of silk spun by silkworms. As with other natural fibres, silk is breathable and wicks moisture away from your skin to help keep you cool as you sleep. Like linen, silk has anti-bacterial properties.
Silk sheets and bedding can be more laborious to care for as it may need to be hand washed and air dried. It wrinkles easily and can also be very hard to iron. A labour of love for your beauty sleep!
It's often the little details or finishing touches that can help make your bedding feel luxurious. After all, it's the thought that counts!
Sheets
- Deep fit fitted sheets - up to 40cm / 15.7" mattress depth so that it fits any mattress.
- Fit - continuous elastic hem so it fits just right.
- Feet label - so it's easy to tell which way round your sheet goes.
Duvet Covers
- Button fastenings - we have large easy to use buttons on our Egyptian cotton and pretty oversized mother-of-pearl buttons on our Linen.
- No tie fastenings - we experimented with ties but found them fiddly, hard to undo and easy to break!
- Feet label - so it's easy to tell which way round your sheet goes.
Pillowcases
- Housewife style closures - an inside flap at the end prevents the pillow from easily falling out..
- Standard end not central envelope closures - it's much easier to fit a pillow inside the end of a pillowcase rather than trying to squeeze it into a central envelope closure.
Bed Linen Sizes
It important to get the right size bedding for your bed.
Here are the typical duvet cover, sheets and pillowcase sizes:
- Duvet cover sizes: Single: 140 x 200cm * Double: 200 x 200cm * King: 230 x 220cm * Super King: 260 x 220cm.
- Fitted sheet sizes: Deep fit, up to 40cm / 15.7" mattress depth - Single: 90 x 190cm * Double: 135 x 190cm * King: 150 x 200cm * Super King: 180 x 200cm.
- Flat sheet sizes: Single: 180 x 275cm * Double: 230 x 275cm * King: 275 x 275cm * Super King: 305 x 275cm.
- Pillowcase sizes: Standard: 50cm x 75cm * King: 50cm x 90cm.
To wash or not to wash your bed linen before use? Well it's a personal choice but we recommend that you do. Your bedding will feel softer and refreshed.
To keep your Egyptian cotton bed linen in tip top condition:
- Wash your bed linen at 40° before use and then once a week, or go greener at 30°.
- Tumble dry on low heat or air dry in the sunshine to keep your whites bright.
- Iron damp on a high steam iron setting.
To keep your linen bedding in tip top condition
- Wash your linen separately using mild detergent at 40° or go greener at 30°.
- Do not use bleach or fabric softener.
- Iron damp if desired, being careful not to scorch the linen, or immediately make your bed with slightly damp bedding to reduce wrinkles without ironing.
A handy tip: To keep your linen set together and ensure that the matching pieces are always easy to find, store them inside one of the pillowcases.
Love your bed linen and it will love you!
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