Bed Sheets

What Should You Know About Bedding?

Good bed linen determines a good rest
Sleep quality, as we know, does not only depend on comfortable mattress, but also on beautiful, soft and environmentally friendly bedding. It is such a pleasure to lie down in bed and feel gentle touches all over the body. Bedding is usually made of the classic and most commonly used fabrics – cotton. It is practical and durable material.

Is Fabric The Most Important In Bedding?

Silk has always been known as the “queen” of all fabrics, and cotton – as a “king”. Both of these materials are used in bedding production. Silk sheets are not available to everyone, because they are expensive.

Cotton is cheaper. As well it is soft enough, natural and comfortable. In addition, the maintenance of cotton bedding is simpler, because it is a long-term resistance to washing.

Recently Viscose bedding sheets are becoming more and more popular. Viscose is a natural fiber, chemically produced from cellulose. This material is its structure is similar to silk, but its maintenance is much simpler.

Synthetic Fabrics Are Uncomfortable

There is a big difference between natural and synthetic fabrics. You can feel it easily. It is enough just to touch it and you can distinguish something natural bedding from synthetic.

Most suitable materials are flax, cotton, flannel (soft, warm cotton fiber), terracotta fabric (similar material for the manufacture of towels, just a little thinner), and satin (of silk quality).

Maintenance

Bed sheets are advised to be looked after in accordance with all hygiene rules – it has to be aired, washed and ironed. Needless to say, colorful cotton and viscose silk or linen should be washed at a lower temperature, and white cotton with a regime up to 90 ° C. It is very advisable to iron the bedding after you wash it as fabric can become softer and more flexible.  If possible, try to dry bedding and pillows and blankets in the fresh air under the sun.

Coloring

It is believed that the quality of sleep, besides other features, depends on the color of linen as well. It is said that the most suitable colors are pastel green, yellow, blue, whitish fabrics. Most important however, still is comfort and quality.