When looking at design pictures, or watching a movie, do you notice how put together the beds look and think, “Wow, those beds look so inviting?” Everything from the soft comforter to the fluffy pillows makes you want to dive right in! It’s absolutely possible to create that cozy picture perfect bed you see on Instagram, in magazines, and on movie screens.
From cozy comforters, aesthetic blankets, decorative throw pillows, and soft sheets so many bedding choices abound. Learn how to personalize the look and feel, of your bed as we explore ways to put together a beautiful bed aesthetic. One where comfort meets elegance.
Choose Your Style
Casual And Comfy
The main focus of creating an inviting bed embodies coziness. The goal is to put together soft and comfortable bedding. Investing in high thread count sheets and comfortable pillows will not only ensure you get a better nights sleep, but will also add to that cozy experience you’ve been looking for. Seek out a soft duvet cover and insert with real, or synthetic goose down. Finish with an extra cozy blanket for an added layer of coziness and warmth.
Fancy And Textured
To add a high-end feel, go with deep solid colors such as wine, deep green, or royal blue in rich velvet or satin materials. Almost anything works when layering linens on your bed. Mix velvet with linen, luxurious satin with cotton, and quilted items with wool to create a soft look and feel. Layer in classy small stripes, or patterns in a complimentary color palette for added visual interest.
Beautiful And Useful
Place sleeping pillows behind pretty decorative shams allowing the bed to be a stylish piece of art by day, and functional at night. The pillows you sleep with are generally the most plain piece of bedding and are not the focal point of your ensemble. Placing them behind the shams keeps them easily available when it’s time to turn down the covers at bedtime.
Placing a beautiful and comfortable throw at the end of the bed adds style, and brings more warmth in the cool of the night.
Cottage Chic
Classic cottage style, a combination of casual and chic, brings a dreamy romantic feel to your bedroom. Florals and soft colors such as lavender, sage green, light blue, and pink remain the hallmark of this style. Gather complementary patterns in these colors to layer your bed-skirt, coverlet, and decorative pillows.
Healthy Spa-Like
For a spa like feel choose soothing and calm colors like sage green and use natural textures. Bold graphic patterns distract and take away from an atmosphere of rest and relaxation. Focus on small patterns that work together and introduce rich, luxurious, textures. Quilted throw pillows, faux-fur throws, down filled throws, and comfy knits in neutral tones are just a few options. You can even add healing earthing, also called, grounding sheets, (sponsored) to rejuvenate your body while you sleep. See Marneys Tidbits Instagram post on the many benefits of grounding while you sleep. Layer in these soft elements throughout the space to create an inviting and warm spa bed.
How To Create A Cozy Bed
It’s worth it, to invest in a mattress pad, to make your bed more comfortable. Select a down, or memory foam, option for optimal coziness.
Choose a fitted sheet and a flat sheet. The flat sheet provides a layer between your duvet, or comforter, and your fitted sheet which will mean less frequent washing of your duvet or coverlet. Choose a duvet with a zippered closure. Doing so will make filling, and laundering your duvet much easier. Fitted sheets make your bed appear tailored when you fold them back. Choose from cotton, bamboo, satin, or worn in linen bedding. Boll & Branch offers a beautiful array of extremely soft and beautiful bedding to choose from. Their duvets come with zippered closures, the company doesn’t use harmful chemicals on their products, which are breathable and incredibly comfortable.
Regarding sheet colors, natural or white is an easy choice because they really do blend well with almost anything. An added benefit of white sheets is the ability to bleach them, keeping your sheets as fresh as the first day you purchased them.
Throw On A Blanket For Texture And Color
Consider adding a lightweight blanket between your flat sheet and duvet. This will create an even warmer, and more inviting, bed. Choose a plush blanket with a nice soft texture and weave and have fun experimenting with color. Simply Organic Bamboo offers an array of plush throw blanket options.
Choose Your Duvet, Comforter, Or Quilt
If you choose a duvet you will also need a duvet insert. Choose from a down or down alternative insert. If choosing down go with an ethically sourced option and make sure it is ultra clean purified. Down alternative inserts are usually hypoallergenic and should be chosen if you have a potential allergy to down. Duvet inserts come in differing thicknesses and weights, something you’ll want to consider, to ensure you get the best nights sleep for the season and your preferences.
The color of you duvet cover can contrast with your sheets. If you’re going for a “cottage style” then you might want to consider a white duvet with baby blue sheets, a tan large knit blanket, and blue, tan and white striped pillows, mixed with baby blue and white floral pillows. For more of a “clean streamlined look” match your duvet, blanket, throw pillows, and sheets with the same color but in different fabrics and textures. All white always looks fresh and up to date. Monochromatic colors help your bed look put together and styled.
Choose Your “Dreamy” Pillows
Shams and pillows bring a cozy appearance and an added level of comfort to your bed. For maximum comfort stick to pillows filled with down, or a down alternative, as they will have a luxurious look and feel to them. Add throw pillows in various sizes and shapes both for sleeping and for show, in order to create a picture worthy bed. A bed full of fun pillows begs you to jump right in.
A Few Other “Tidbits”
How To Style A Throw Blanket On Top Of Your Bed
Add a throw blanket to your bed to give it more dimension and an added layer of warmth. You can arrange your throw blanket in so many ways. Here are just a few suggestions that might be helpful.
- Arrange Diagonally: Drape your throw blanket over the bed on a diagonal for a Boho look and feel.
- Lay Straight Across: Fold in thirds and lay the throw blanket completely across the foot of the bed for a more formal look.
- Neatly Folded: Fold the throw blanket in a square and place at the foot, or the side, of the bed for a whimsical look.
Incorporate Knits
Knits add a sense of elegance and comfort to your bed. Use knit throws and pillows and even a knit duvet for optimal comfort.
Add Some Color And Fun With Florals And Stripes
Flower patterns breathe romance and whimsy into a neutral space and floral bedding adds a touch of color to bring the outside in.
The way you choose to style your bed all comes down to your personal taste. Your unique preferences will make the bed you create your own personal work of art. Take some time to relax and enjoy your beautiful, cozy bed!
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