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By: Patricia Bowlin
Modern bedding isn't just beautiful- it can also be very practical,
extremely durable and quite affordable. Even luxury bedding
for the modern bedroom doesn't have to break your bank account.
Our busy lives today mean there is little time to spend in
traditional homemaking. Modern bedding has to fit into our
modern lifestyles and provide for easy care as well as comfort.
After a long day at the office, no one wants to come home
and sleep on scratchy bedding. On those precious days off
work, no one wants to spend all their time doing laundry and
ironing pillow cases so that they have no wrinkles. With today's
modern fabrics, whether it's 100% Egyptian cotton, or blends,
it's just not necessary to spend lots of time spend caring
for your bedding. Of course, doing laundry does take time,
but you shouldn't need to spend any extra time making bedding
for the modern bed look nice.
One of the most popular ways to make your bedding modern
is to choose Dwell. The Dwell line was created by its designer
and founder, Christine Lemieux, in 1999 because she felt there
simply were too few modern, colorful, beautiful graphics and
other designs in quality bedding for the modern home.
She designs bedding using very bright colors such as lime,
butter yellow, chocolate, charcoal and ocean blue to create
patterns like trellis, awning stripes featuring broad, bold
striping, thin stripe which uses various widths of striping
to create outstanding bedding patterns and dot or cube. Along
with these bold graphic patterns, solid sheets and border
sheets allow mix and match to create a very modern look for
the bedroom.
An absolutely fabulous choice in luxury bedding for the modern
room comes from Amenity. Using 400 thread count 100% cotton
to create the duvet and pillow shams, the Twig design in bright
blue peacock or cocoa, uses a solid background to highlight
the large graphic of a tree.
Drift is another great design which features a graphic of
a dandelion head against the tan or cocoa background. The
Amenity Leaf design places large leaves on the solid background
colors. The pillow shams for each of these selections are
solid in the same color as the background of the duvet. Very
modern in appearance, these bedding choices make the modern
bedroom's focal point the bed. This gives a clean, uncluttered
look to the bedroom by focusing attention on the bedding with
these bold, modern looks.
Nygard International Home Bedding has a very modern appearance
that is so modern it is almost retro!
The Coco bedding from Nygard uses "urban suede"
which is a type of faux suede in large square of cocoa and
black to create a great bedding set. The faux suede is created
of 97% cotton and 3% spandex resulting in fabric that is soft,
plush and the best part is that it is machine washable! The
large blocks of color break the bed into quarters and the
tailored styling make a bold, modern statement. This top quality
bedding is extremely affordable- the prices are much lower
than you would expect for material that looks just like suede.
Western Bedding has created an outstanding modern set of
bedding that has a very Zen element.
Using black and white in tailored designs, Western Bedding
has created a very striking bedding set. The comforter, created
from 50% cotton and 50% polyester has solid black jacquard
on one side and the reverse is a black and white graphic print.
The geometric jacquard weave provides a sense of texture and
is repeated in the bed skirt. The pillow shams are crisply
tailored and feature cording details. The sheets and pillow
cases are 220 thread count 100% cotton percale in bright white
with a black twist cord detail. Add decorative pillows with
engineer-sharp geometric appliqu‚s and buttons to complete
the ensemble.
When decorating with modern style bedding, especially with
bold colors and geometrics, it is very important to keep a
modern, uncluttered look in the bedroom. Avoid mixing modern
linens with antique furnishings- the effect will simply not
look attractive. Keep your other items organized and mostly
out of site as well to keep with the theme.
Platform beds and waterbeds lend themselves perfectly to
modern choices in bedding. If you select a two-color geometric
for your bedding, choose modern accessories in those same
colors, but also add a few carefully selected accents in another
bold, bright color.
For example, if you select Western Bedding's black and white
modern ensemble, consider adding a red throw pillow and a
red lamp to your modern black and white bedroom. The effect
will be absolutely stunning!
The result of having a modern bedroom will be an inviting
but crisp, clean bedroom that has you feeling more organized
and on top of the world!
About the author:
Patricia Bowlin makes it easy to create a bedroom with flair!
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