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Spring Cleaning
I remember away back when it came around the month of April my mom would have us all pitching in to do spring cleaning around the house.
Mom would start with the kitchen cleaning out the cupboards throwing out old products that got shove into the back. Washing down the shelves putting everything back neatly in to the freshly clean cupboards. Mom always took care of the spring cleaning around most of the house.
My sister and I had one chore to do every spring and that was to do our own bed rooms. We would dust every thing in our rooms clean out our closets. Mom had us check out our winter wardrobe pack them away and get out our spring clothes. We would be at this all day as mom would check up on us to make sure it was done right.
The best part of spring cleaning was that we got to remove the flannel sheets. Mom would get us some new fresh Egyptian cotton sheets for the summer. We would put away our heavy duvets and put a freshly wash light coverlet blanket on our beds.
Spring cleaning for kid’s can be a big chore but in the end when all is done our rooms were fresh and bright ready to enjoy the coming months of spring and summer.
Bedding for Summer
If looking for a sound sleep you need to have comfortable bedding that includes pillows, sheets, comforters, duvets, blankets and quilts. Suitable bedding for summer is cotton and silk. Cotton with a higher thread count is more soft and comfortable. Ecru cotton is a good pick for summer. With cotton bedding you have good air circulation that guarantees a comfortable sleep during hot summers. During the summer nights if the temperature should fall you can use a light fleece blanket. Cotton used in cribs is best for the summer if you have babies at home.
Silk is a great summer bedding to use in the summer to keep you cool on hot nights. Silk bedding is lightweight and has a lasting elegance that can also be used year round.
Satin is another luxurious bedding material that you can use in the summer. This type of material is very smooth and gives a cooling effect in the summer nights. Sheets, pillow covers and comforters made with satin are excellent summer bedding even for those with sensitive skin
Cotton, silk and satin bedding is easy to care for and come is many colors. This summer bedding come is floral designs as well as printed including cartoon characters and sports.
Tips for Spring Decorating
Winter is behind us now and spring will be a upon us officially on Saturday March 20.With the warm sun starting to warm things up it’s time to do a little spring decorating to bring that bright sun in side.
We can brighten up a living room with fresh colorful flowers or we can use silk flowers too. Let’s take our throw pillows and cover them with new bright colorful covers. Put some spring garden magazines and flower books on the coffee table.
Let’s take away the heavy duvet cover in the bedroom, you can replace it with lighter comforter with bright spring color or with a coverlet blank in a soft warm color. Add some throw pillows to your bed also.
Putting away dark items and bringing out some crystal vases and clear cut glass will help bring the outdoors in side. With just a small change you can transform your home to fit the seasons. Changing the décor is like spring cleaning it doesn’t happen all at once but rather throughout several days or weeks. Just making these few changes in the spring will amaze you at the difference your home will make you feel after the long cold winter.
Luxury Bed Linens
By Anthony J Davis
What defines luxury? For everything, there is a different answer, and it’s not always clear cut. In fact, many times, luxury is different for different people. In a car, some people feel luxury is simply big, soft seats. Some people have to have a lot power at their disposal. Others want a lot of high tech gadgets. Many people feel that a luxury car is a combination of all these factors. So what is luxury bedding?
What Is A Duvet?
The traditional stuffing for the duvet is down from the Eider Duck, called Eiderdown. The duvet was not invented with luxury in mind, but rather to keep warm using something nearby. Now that duvets can be found all over the world, those still made with Eiderdown definitely fall under the category of luxurious bedding. A duvet covers generally replaces comforters and blankets, and is then itself covered since the Eiderdown is difficult to clean.
What Makes Luxury Bed Sheets?
Bed sheets are normal, but not all are luxury bed sheets. There are several different ways to measure quality in bed sheets, though only a few are used everywhere. This is thread count, as well as the threads’ country of origin. Choosing your luxury bedding should involve more research than just those terms, but they’re the two you’ll see most often advertised. The best, softest luxury bed linens don’t necessarily have the highest thread count, or come from Egypt.
Matelass
Although sometimes marketed as a luxury bed linen all its own, it’s traditionally not. In fact, this French word actually means “padded”. When referring to luxury bedding sets, it generally means a hand quilted, thick luxury bed linen which, ironically, has no padding within it at all. Sometimes there are designs quilted into the linen, but sometimes it’s just a generic quilted pattern. They’re usually 100% cotton, though some Matelass is made of other things.
Coverlet
For the most part, the coverlet is purely decorative, and often sits atop a duvet or other thick covers. Besides being used on a luxury bed, the coverlet can also be found being used a throw blanket, or even a picnic blanket. They are generally quite thin, and are rarely suitable for keeping warm. Although coverlets have been around for a while, they have been largely replaced by duvet covers in most luxury bedding ensembles. The coverlet is still used by some, though, and can be found in a wide variety of designs and patterns. They can be purchased individually, or found in a luxury bedding set.
The Beginning of Bedding Bedspreads in America
By LaZinnia Manley
Early bedding bedspreads and coverlets in America were produced by hand or woven on a loom just as other textile products were. The complexity of the woven bedspread patterns were limited only by the talent of the person hand weaving them or the limitations of the early type textile looms in existence at the time.. The patterns woven into these products could also be influenced many different cultures from around the world. This would depend upon the ethnicity of the person making the bedspread or coverlet.. They quite often were given as gifts and were kept as heirlooms by many families.
In the earliest years of American History these bedspreads and coverlet were woven by hand on basic looms at home or could be embroidered by hand. By approximately the early eighteenth century, professional male weavers took over most of the textile production in America due to the popularity of these items. The development of more advanced technology used in textile looms allowed mass production that was not possible before..
The Colorado Springs Museum has on display over forty early American coverlets. Among those featured include examples of the most common weaving patterns.. They include examples woven at home by women as well as professional woven patterns produced on textile looms. They vary from simple to complex in pattern design..
Prior to the nineteenth century industrial revolution, textiles were among the most expensive household items possessed by early Americans. They became cheaper after the development of textile looms that could produce products in larger quantities. Textile products were immensely popular among early Americans. Bedspreads were no exception and demand increased as the price moderated.
Commercial textile products became a symbol of status and wealth among early Americans. Woven bedspreads, table cloths and other items such as clothing were extremely popular and quite expensive for the time period. It was not until the nineteenth century that ordinary people could afford store bought textile products. Many of the patterns from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are still being produced in America. Modernization has not changed the popularity of well designed patterns used in bedspreads and other textiles. Explore these pattern designs and I think you would agree.
The Difference in a Bed Spread and Comforter
By: Corine Bachmann
You may be surprised to learn that yes, there is a difference in a bed spread and comforter. Many people often think of these two things as the same thing. While they really both serve the same purpose, the two are quite different in deed. Telling the comforter apart from the bed spread is not that hard to do. Once you know the difference, you will be able to spot the difference in no time, and tell the two apart yourself.
While both the bed spread and comforter are used to cover the bed, and keep you warm at night, they both have very noticeable differences. If you care to take notice, you will find that the comforter is quite fluffy, and full of stuffing. The comforter is also thick, and can even be heavier than a bed spread is. If you are ever to wear hole in your comforter, you will see that there is stuffing inside, and even sometimes there are feathers.
While the bed spread and comforter are quite different, you may still want to learn a little more about the bed spread. A bed spread is always thin, and sometimes referred to as a coverlet. You would be more apt to use a bed spread in the summer and warmer months, and pull the comforter out of storage during the cooler months. That is how different the weights are in the two. You will be able to tell quite a difference sleeping under a bed spread when it is cold outside, if you are used to sleeping under a comforter. A bed spread is not stuffed with any stuffing, but will at times have a thin batting between the two layers of the top and bottom, kind of like a quilt. You will also find bed spreads that are as thin as a blanket, with only one layer of fabric used to make the whole thing.
Deciding which you prefer between the bed spread and comforter will be a personal preference. However, it is not unreasonable to own one of each, nor is it odd to use one or the other all year round. You should decide how you would be the most comfortable sleeping, and go with that choice. Some people do use the comforter year round, even in the warmer months in hotter climates. However, these people also probably keep their home quite cool when it is hot outside, and like the look of the comforter on the bed rather than the bed spread. There are also some that prefer the bed spread year round and go with that choice. You will have to make the choice for yourself. However, you now know the difference between the two, and will be able to choose accordingly.