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How to style the perfectly relaxed but luxurious bed!

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It’s the stylist’s secret everyone wants to know: how to make your bed look that perfect blend of luxuriously comfortable but not too ‘done’. Well, lucky for you, we have the answers for you today. Check out this great video tutorial from linen giants Sheridan and you’ll soon be making your relaxed-looking bed like a pro!

Do you sleep in linen? I have plenty of it in my own (extensive!) bedding collection and I love the texture of its slight crumple. I just love that relaxed look. The bed in the video has been made with Sheridan’s Abbotson range, which features linen flat and fitted sheets, quilt covers, bed covers and pillowcases. It was launched in 2011 and has fast become a bestseller.

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There’s a range of colours so it’s up to you if you want to go more matchy-matchy or mix things up with some contrast; perhaps a dark sheet and pillowcases under a crisp white quilt. The barely blue Breeze is a fresh new colourway for this year.

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While linen is known for looking more casual, there’s something so luxurious about those natural fibres. And this being Sheridan, you’re getting some pretty top notch textile! After researching linens from all over the world for a number of years, they developed their own with fibres sourced from Belgium. The thickness of the yarn was considered and countless fibres tested to arrive at the final product years later.

To the unconverted, linen has a reputation for feeling a little bit scratchy, so they made sure theirs was the softest. What I love about linen is how it gets better and softer with every wash, which is why I invested in mine last year!

How do YOU make YOUR bed? Do you love this look? Will you be trying it for yourself at home?

Shop Sheridan’s Abbotson collection online.

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Pink spotty sheets & gold pillowcases from Rachel Castle

Whenever I decide I’m going to go all neutral and subdued in my decor (boring!) something like THIS lands in my inbox and reminds me why colour is great! The latest fun linen from Rachel Castle sees the introduction of their bestselling pegboard sheets in fluro pink and gold (have I mentioned how much I love gold?!) shimmer pillowcases. Divine!

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“Everyone’s been asking us to make our sellout pegboard bed linen in pink, so we have, and it’s super cute,” says Rachel. “Fluro pink pretty confetti polka dots in quilts, flat and fitted sheets, including king single, and pillowcases. Not just for the kids, pink pegboard is a serious pattern in playful color; the perfect kickstart for spring sleeping.”

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You just can’t go wrong with a bit of mix ‘n match pilllow action if you ask me!

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PINK PEGBOARD PILLOWCASE SML

Shop online.

Photography by Jason Busch.

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Bedrooms Homewares

Possibly the best hand screenprinted, mix ‘n match pillowcase collection ever!

I Love Linen owner Lauren Roe has launched her own range of designs,  starting with the most fun and fabulous capsule collection of pillowcases.  They’re all limited edition and screenprinted by hand. Even the pom poms are hand dyed!

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The advantage of designing your own range is that you can take everything you personally love and bring it to life as products! And I’m sure Lauren will find that many other people love what she loves too. Pom poms, pineapples, chevron and ombre are definitely popular!

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The idea to kick off The Bedroom Society with pillowcases (a full range will follow for Spring/Summer full) came because her store, I Love Linen, already stocks many good basic sheets and quilt covers in a variety of colours. “Pillowcases are a great way to change the look of your bedroom without spending a lot of money, and I have seen many of us like to have maybe something a bit more simple for the duvet (like pure linen) and then have a bit of fun with a pillowcase,” she says.

“It’s true I designed the range with a bit of a selfish perspective in that I am addicted to polkadots, chevron, stripes, pom poms and ombre and I wanted to do something fun, so added pineapples (I went for a more sophisticated design) and watermelons (I chose a more graphic print for this one). All the pieces are great in that you can mix and match them too.”

Because the range is still being screenprinted (you know we like to bring you these things hot off the press!) you can only place pre-orders now, with items due to ship on 27 April. The prices are good too, at less than $50 a pair. I wouldn’t hang around if I were you. Look out for a giveaway in our newsletter in the not too distant future.

Pre-order online for delivery after 27 April.

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Kip & Co bedding on sale: 40% off!

Don’t hang around with this one, okay? Kip & Co’s bedding has a bit of a cult following and if you’d like to get your hands on some at a huge discount, now is your chance.

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To make way for the new range, arriving in about 4 weeks, the Melbourne boutique bedding brand are having a big sale with 40% off EVERYTHING from the Autumn/Winter 2013 designs. They’re not even that old and they certain won’t look out of place on your bed this summer!