Comfort Station — Six Ways to Dress a Bed This Spring

So much more than just a place to crash; give your bed the attention it deserves.

Dressing your bed this spring is all about disrupting the traditional matching set, pulling together contrasting textures, colours and patterns from different brands. With a focus on touch as well as looks, here are our style suggestions for making the perfect bed.

To avoid the demands of high thread count cottons like Percale, which requires pressing, opt for washed linen and cottons. Australian brand Deiji’s French flax linen is stone-washed for softness, H&M Home stock a good basic washed white linen set, while Jungmaven’s hemp is a slightly heavier weight that promises to relax with wear, but giving these sheets an occasional tumble speeds up the process. Then layer on texture with a lightweight waffle throw, like the Free Bedspread from Society Limonta.

To lend your bed a utility look, forgo the duvet in favour of sheeting and a heavyweight blanket. The artist Donald Judd favoured the classic banded Hudson Bay’s Point Blanket. A design icon, the blanket was first commissioned by this Canadian trading company in 1800. Real Fabrica stock lighter alternatives that still play with primary colour on neutral grounds, like their Manta Maragata blanket which is woven in Spain. The Bay stock a collection of multi-stripe weights in both cotton and original wool.

Shades of plaster, putty and peach in textural linen add colour but don’t read overtly fem. Both In Bed’s Peach, and Merci‘s Pink Beige hold just a whisper of colour. Lighter weight gauze wrinkles just like linen but is softer to the touch and is suited to the summer months; we like Lab Boutique’s version that comes in the perfect shade of nude.

The perfect guest bed means not concerning yourself with coordination. Instead, assemble your favourites and create something unfussy and welcoming. Striped linen sheets make an ideal foundation: Deiji Studio’s candy-striped linen, and Lab Boutique’s three colour shadow-striped sheet set are both good options. For warmth, top with a check Mantas Ezcaray mohair, woven in the La Rioja valley – a selection of these blankets are available from El Corte Ingles.

Breaking with convention, Swedish design group Magniberg is breathing modernity into bedding with linens that bring unexpected texture and colour. Replicate this bolder look with the brand’s Rose Silk, and their Sex Mesh sheeting. Society Limonta’s lightweight Talk Quilt, in sable, could then be layered in for even more tactile tones.

Continually matching sheeting is a commitment, whereas mixing colour with neutrals is a more relaxing bed regimen. Australian brand In Bed’s Cloud Washed Cotton Fitted Sheet makes a good off-white base. Add blue linens from Linge Particulier, or Merci’s Azure and Ink Blue, for an easy and fresh dressed look. Opting for coloured fitted sheets and pillows, instead of white, is a wise approach that will see bedding last longer.