The ABC of Bedding

JONATHAN ADLER

Sleeping in bed is the most rejuvenating part of a person's life. So a comfortable bed and bedding that complements the overall bedroom décor is a must. Since bed sheets are the most visible part of a bed, high quality bed sheets can make quite a difference to the visual appeal and comfort level of the room.

Here are a few tips on choosing the right kind of bedsheets:

While most of the mattresses come in standard sizes such as 'King-sized', 'Queen-sized' and 'Full-sized', the customized mattresses with pillow tops and other accessories attached to them can make them larger and wider.

Thus, it is better to measure the bed and the mattress size that you use beforehand, so that the bedsheets you buy are of appropriate sizes.

Cotton bedsheets are the most popular ones though one can use flannel and cotton mixed fabrics as bedsheets depending on our taste.

On the high end of fashion and comfort level, satins and silks with their soft feel on skin win almost every romantic heart.
Colours and designs of the bedsheets should match the overall theme and colour scheme of the room, though it can have a deeper hue than the colour of the walls.

Do you remember when all bed sheets were white cotton? If so, you're probably amazed at how many options are on the market now. You can add colour, style, and pattern to your bedroom with the newest bedding. Choose Cotton or Blends, Flannel, Silk, or Satin
For sheets you'll sleep on every day, treat yourself.

Choose the best you can afford. After all, you'll hopefully spend 8 hours a day lying on them! Cotton is the most popular sheet fabric, but some people prefer non-wrinkling cotton blends.

For luxury, choose satin, silk, or microfibre. You might buy a pair of pillowcases in different styles and see which you like best, how they feel to sleep on, how they wash.

Remember that many sheets will shrink as much as 7% in the first washing.

Buy More Bed Sheets Than You Need
If you've spent a lot of time deciding on what bed sheets to buy, you won't want to have to do it again soon. Consider buying two or three sets that are identical so you can trade off. If something spills on the bottom sheet, you can replace just that. If someone puts a foot through the top sheet, you won't have to start over. And be sure to add extra pillow cases for freshness.


Check the Laundering Instructions
Silk sheets are sensuous and wonderful, but will you have to have them dry cleaned each week? Can you afford that? Be sure that you'll be able to care for your new bed sheets the way the manufacturer recommends. They'll last longer.

And if you have any problem,
Call me , lets talk about what you should do and know before you spend your money to buy new bed sheets.

Not so cool to buy your sheets in Lagos traffic, discuss it first with me and get the best!

Its my job, i will get you the best sheets in town,delivered to your door!
07087012211
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                      Always remember, Sweet life starts with a sweet dream! 

BEDDING'S YOU WILL LOVE - RECENT JOBS

Happy new month friends. I know it’s been a while and I am so sorry. Dreamy beddings has been setting up a lot of things she can not say at the moment just for you guys.  I am going to talk less here and let the pictures do most of the talking.

The pictures you see below are a few of the jobs we have done recently. Lets leave all the talking and get right to it. 

Enjoy J

To place your order, call us on 07087012211, Send a mail to dreamybeddings@gmail.com, www.facebook.com/dreamybeddings. www.twitter.com/dreamybeddings.

At Dreamy Beddings, we believe sweet life starts with a sweet dream that is why we pride ourselves to deliver luxury, comfortable and stylish bedding for all age group.

Always remember, Sweet life starts with a sweet dream!

Hugs.

HOW TO USE A DUVET COVER

When my clients order for Duvets, I usually ask do you want a duvet with a cover.  The next thing I get is what’s that, I sha want a duvet.

What is a bed duvet cover?A duvet cover is a large slip cover or shell that your duvet will slide into easily. Using a duvet cover is similar to using a pillowcase except much bigger. One mistake people make when buying a duvet cover, is that you have to get one that is one size larger than your duvet so the duvet cover will slide on easily and have enough room.

Duvet covers offer great benefits to keeping your inside duvet clean. It is much easier to wash your duvet cover instead cleaning the entire duvet every time someone spills or drops food. (Do not eat on your bed). Duvet covers are very convenient to use for your bed, especially if you have small children. Food or drink messes can quickly be taken care of by changing the duvet cover and washing immediately.

Also, try a pretty duvet cover for the guest bedroom. Your guests will always have fresh, clean bedding with decorative benefits. Duvet covers have decorative benefits too. You can change your bedroom design quickly by adding a new duvet cover that is full of colour. If you are tired of your plain old duvet, adding a duvet cover is the way to go.

               Always remember, Sweet life starts with a sweet dream!

I WAS NOMINATED FOR A LIEBSTER AWARD!

My lovely friend Uzo O nominated me for the Liebster Award so thank you very much; I am really surprised and honoured!

What is the Liebster Award "For those bloggers and readers who are unfamiliar with this award, “The Liebster Award" is given to up and coming bloggers. The word ” Liebster” comes from German and can mean the sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, most beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome.”

I am really amazed and truly happy to receive a nomination!

The Rules for this Award are:
-Thank the person who nominated you. (Thank you loads Uzo O!!)
-When you receive the award, you answer the 11 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
-Pass the award onto other bloggers (while making sure you notify the blogger that you nominated them!) You write up 11 NEW questions directed towards YOUR nominees.
-You are not allowed to nominate the blog who nominated your own blog!
-You paste the award picture into your blog.

Uzo's questions to me and my answers. 

1.  What do you enjoy most about Blogging? I get to talk about what i love most which is bedding and interior decoration 

2.  What fashion or beauty product would you Spend your last dime On? I thought and thought, Theres nothing i would spend my last dime on except food and water. lol but i love sunglasses, shoes, lingerie, perfumes and lipsticks.

3.  How do you relax ? Music, Spa with the girls or Movie

4.  What do you consider as your best Body part? My Face

5.  Which fashion icon would you like to raid their closet ? Beyonce

6.  What's your most embarrassing moment ? You really don't want to know. lol

7.  Do You travel Light? Even when i get away for the weekend, somehow, it ends up being too much.

9.  Describe your style of fashion? My fashion style depends on my mood at the moment. I take risk but i always stick with modesty.

10. What is your daily make-up routine ? Face cream, powder, eye liner, eyeshadow, blush, lipstick.

11. If you were a man/guy ,who would you like to be ? Brad Pitt

Now to my questions and bloggers it is directed at, Obey the rules please and tag me in your post. So looking forward to reading them! 

Here are the questions for my nominees!

1.      When did you start your blog?

2.      What got you to take the leap into blogging?

3.      What is your one guilty pleasure?

4.      What is one unusual fact about you?

5.      In your bedroom, what colors did you play around it?

6.      What that one item you can never leave your house without?

7.      What do you do to keep fit?

8.      What is your favourite colour and why?

9.      What has been the proudest moment of your life so far?

10.  If you had all the money in the world but still had to have some kind of job, what would you choose to do?

 11.  Describe yourself in one word 

And my nominees are:

1. Kelly Amogu

2. Chloe

3. Sayedero

4. Ez

5. sisi yemmie
6.AryOra

7. Theinkedblonde

8. Jen F

9. Lena

10. Furo

 I hope the chain is not broken because i'm so looking forward to visiting your blogs again to read your answers, don't forget to link back to my blog when you do this post and also inform me once you do ,you can do this by connecting with me through my comments section,email or social links ( Twitter,Instagram , Facebook.  

Always remember, sweet life starts with a sweet dream.

HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR BED LINENS

When you go to buy bed linens, you can find lots of different colours, patterns and fabrics. As many different choices available, there are as many different ways of caring for them. Colours must be protected and material must be treated just right.

But you don't need to be puzzled about how to care for each of your choices.

It's a great idea to save the care instructions wrapped with every piece of bed linen, Yet beyond specific instructions are some general, common sense tips for purchasing, cleaning, and caring for sheets, pillow cases, and other bed linens

Below, I've listed general tips on cleaning and caring for your bed linens.

Bed Sheets

·          Washing

o    Wash the linens in cool water, No need for hot water.

o    Using a washing machine, Set wash cycle on "gentle." The sheets aren't really dirty.

o    Use the extra rinse cycle if available in order to remove any detergent residue.

o    Use less detergent than usual. (Our Nigerian detergents are very strong and your sheets aren't too dirty.)

o    Avoid using bleach since it breaks down fabric fibers.

·          Drying

o    Avoid over drying, you’ll have many wrinkles.

o    Remove sheets from the dryer promptly and fold immediately. Hand press to remove excess wrinkles.

o    For a crisp neat-looking bed, iron all bed linens.

Pillow Cases

·         If you find pillow cases that you particularly love, buy a few extra. Pillow cases wear out more quickly than sheets.

·         Iron pillowcases for fresh, crisp good looks on your bed.

·         Change pillowcases at least once in two weeks in normal climates, once a week  in hot and humid regions.

Storage

·         It's a great idea to have at least three sets of sheets per bed.

·         Rotate the sheets sets you use (vs. the sets you store) frequently so they wear evenly.

·         Change sheets once in two weeks in normal climates, more often in hot and humid regions.

     

       With this handy tips, No one has any excuse as to why they do not have a clean, durable and comfortable bed. 

   

                             Always Remember, Sweet life starts with a sweet dream!

KNOW YOUR BEDDING MATERIAL - POLYESTER!

IMAGE CREDIT: DHGATE

Polyester is a man-made and natural fiber produced from polymers which contain the ester functional group in their main chain. Polyester sheets are often found in motels and hotels, where durability and cleanliness is preferred. Normally polyester sheets and bedding is scratchy, stiff and inexpensive. Polyester is more likely used as filler in blends of cotton sheets.

ADVANTAGES

• It’s inexpensive.
• Polyester is machine washable and quick-drying
•  It is a strong fiber and is resistant to sun-fade.
•  It may be made as a thin fiber which can be woven into thin fabric mimicking the appearance of expensive fabrics such as silk or cotton.
•  At a medium-woven weight, it is wrinkle resistant.

DISADVANTAGES

• It does not breathe.
• It traps moisture between fabric layers.
• It’s warms to touch and stays warm.
• Polyester fabric will pill, it does not wick moisture away from the sleeper's skin.
• Oil and grease stains tend to set permanently. 

Tell us, does the pros outweigh the cons for you? 

             Always remember, sweet life starts with a sweet dream!

Happy Valentine's day, Kisses!!! 

KNOW YOUR BEDDING MATERIAL - SILK!

IMAGE CREDIT: LILY SILK

Silk is a completely different type of material compared to traditional duvet fillings and as a result is not measured by the traditional tog system. Silk duvets are thin and are designed to allow air to flow more freely thus regulating your body's heat. The result is your body stays cool during the hot season and warm during wet season.

Silk duvets keep you comfortable over a wider range of temperatures, unlike down or polyester which is fairly tog specific and because it is naturally hypo-allergenic, it is an alternative for people who suffer from allergies.

IMAGE CREDIT: BLOSSOM JAR

There are different types of silk used in silk sheets. These includes: Charmeuse , Tussah, and Habotai (often called China Silk). Charmeuse Silk and Habotai silk are produced from the mulberry silk worm. They differ in feel and luster with Charmeuse silk having a high luster and less friction, and Habotai silk having a sandy matte finish. Tussah silk is produced from wild silk worms and is generally considered to be of lower quality. Tussah Silk usually has visual impurities from the fabrics finish and will often have knots in the texture due to broken silk fibers.

ADVANTAGES

• Being a natural product is breathable and so enables your body to maintain a more stable temperature
• Silk is the perfect choice for people who suffer from allergies, in particular common dust related allergies such as asthma
• It also provides relief for those who suffer skin afflictions and aching joints.

DISADVANTAGES

• It’s expensive.
• It comes mostly in solid colours which doesn't give you variety. 

Tell us, does the pros outweigh the cons for you?

                              Always remember, Sweet life starts with a sweet dream!