1 00:00:06,210 --> 00:00:10,010 Hello and welcome back to home and hosting with me Louis Burke. 2 00:00:10,130 --> 00:00:13,690 I hope you've been well. Lately I have been doing a huge 3 00:00:13,690 --> 00:00:17,090 deep clean. Usually I always reserve a good 4 00:00:17,210 --> 00:00:21,560 wardrobe clean out per season, but this week I've been really 5 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,960 getting into all those cupboards that we put off like the 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,960 cleaning cupboard and removing any cleaning products that I 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,759 just don't use or out of date. And also in the laundry and also 8 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:36,120 the bathroom because there are just so many different. 9 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,760 Cupboards full of. Things that we've just collected 10 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,400 over time, usually I'll get to them when I move in and out of 11 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,200 different places, which is also one of the benefits when it 12 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,760 comes to renting because you really do clear out a few 13 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,120 things. Whereas if you've been in your 14 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,360 house for a while, I'm sure there's plenty of things that 15 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,240 have just gathered dust in those cupboards that you need to do a 16 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:01,080 good clear out of I. Still have the garage to go. 17 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,480 And I probably need to go through my Christmas collection 18 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,040 to be honest with you. But no doubt I have not touched 19 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,400 the bent linen cupboard just yet. 20 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,880 And I really need to I. Did one at the start of the 21 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,240 year. But it's time to do it again. 22 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,680 Anyway, Speaking of bed linen, I thought I would do 1 episode 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,400 going through all there is to know about beds, which is going 24 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,680 to be very exciting for some and maybe an eye rolling moment for 25 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:28,880 others. But as you would have seen over 26 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,800 the last few weeks, there are a couple of new faces around here 27 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,280 that absolutely love the world of beds and bed linen and have 28 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,120 so many questions. How can they get their beds to 29 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,080 be more chic? And as people have slowly 30 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,240 discovered, there's a lot that goes into beds. 31 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,240 It's not as simple as a sheet set, duvet set and calling it a 32 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,840 day. Speaking of, it's a duvet, not a 33 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,240 Duna. Even the terminology varies 34 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:54,800 depending from country to country. 35 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,720 Even the sizing, there is a lot that goes into it. 36 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,120 I remember when I first graduated from my Creative 37 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,760 Direction and Styling degree, I, it was a bed stylist and I 38 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:09,000 entered the world of beds and I was blown away at the amount of 39 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,240 knowledge that there is to know about beds and bed linen sizes, 40 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,760 the GSM, the quality, the fabrications, the amount of 41 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,440 pillows, the variations and all the different styles. 42 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,720 And then just to see that no one really knows these things, 43 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,320 particularly in Australia. I don't know why we have so much 44 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,280 bed linen and so much access to so many different styles and yet 45 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,000 we all kind of don't know what we're doing. 46 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:36,600 And that's kind of where my profile really started by going. 47 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,160 This is how we make a really good bed because let's be real, 48 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,400 we all have beds. We all spend a third of our life 49 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,480 in bed. So we want it to be the best 50 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,160 thing possible. And not only that, I think this 51 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,880 is the Virgo in me. We wanted to look good but also 52 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,000 be and perform amazingly. Like we want a really good 53 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,840 sleep. It's about the comfort, but it's 54 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,880 also about the look. It's the design of it all. 55 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:02,680 It's the bomb meets function, so this episode is all about the 56 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,000 things that. Is to know about beds and I'm 57 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,280 sure I'm going to miss something. 58 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,320 So be sure to comment either here in the podcast or on my 59 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,880 social media and say add listen to this episode and you missed 60 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,880 this part. And I will gladly respond to you 61 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,600 because I do think that I need to start doing a few more Q&A 62 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,720 based episodes, so. I'll be sure to put that in 63 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,720 stories very soon. OK, so without further ado, 64 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:30,640 let's get into this bed episode. Now I think we have to just go 65 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:32,240 from the start. We need to talk about bed 66 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:33,800 frames. What bed frame to get. 67 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,480 I highly recommend grabbing a gas lift bed frame. 68 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,160 I've had one now for over 8. Years, it was the best. 69 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:42,680 Decision I ever made. I did have a full poster bed 70 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,600 previously to this one and I did like it, but I admittedly it's 71 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,880 quite a hard thing to style like tucking duvet through there. 72 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,760 They can look really beautiful in some contexts, but in a lot 73 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,280 of contexts they don't look great. 74 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,080 Also they don't cover the Valance. 75 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,640 If you are going to get A4 poster bed, make sure that it 76 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,320 has a base so you don't have to think about, you know, covering 77 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,240 that open. Footed design. 78 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,240 I had to make my own. I used using a Kmart tablecloth 79 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,080 back in the day. I'm sure it's on my TikTok 80 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:14,240 somewhere but I. Transitioned into an upholstered 81 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,160 gas lift bed and I will never look back because there's just 82 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,079 so many opportunities to store whatever you want. 83 00:04:21,079 --> 00:04:25,160 It could be luggage, it could be your hobby, your collections, 84 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:27,400 whatever. I like to store my collection of 85 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,680 bed covers and European pillows. And it's the best because. 86 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,160 Especially if you live in an apartment or a small house, you 87 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,480 need the storage, a gas lift bed. 88 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,440 There's just so much surface area that is going underneath 89 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,160 your bed where you have the opportunity to store so much 90 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,120 stuff. And the drawers, they just don't 91 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,960 work as well. They also don't like house as 92 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,040 much as what a gas lift bed can. And also yes, of course you can 93 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,720 grab a Valance. You can get those plastic 94 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,840 containers. I just think it's a hassle. 95 00:04:56,840 --> 00:05:00,480 The gas lift bed is just the best because you literally lift 96 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,360 it up from the base and you have access to everything. 97 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,120 A mine doesn't have a leg in the centre as well so it's 98 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,720 completely open space and I love it. 99 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,960 I will never look back. So please do yourself a favour 100 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,360 and get yourself an upholstered gas lift bed base. 101 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,480 They look great. And they function amazingly. 102 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,600 The next thing I'm going to talk about is bed heads because I do 103 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,480 think that your bed head should be separate to the base because 104 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:25,800 you want to be able to switch it out. 105 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,480 My current bed base came with an arch bed head and then I swapped 106 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,360 it out for a beautiful custom one that I had made by Zen 107 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,400 Design. They make beautiful bed heads by 108 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:36,760 the way. Definitely check them out. 109 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,800 You can pick your size, your fabrication, the lot. 110 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,400 It was so easy. We didn't have to do a bed base. 111 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,560 Like you don't have to fork out extra money for a bed base when 112 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,600 you can literally just swap out the bed head. 113 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,640 It's genius. Now what I would recommend with 114 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,520 the bed head too, is that you size up similar to your duvet 115 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,360 GO-1 size up. So the arch bed head that I had, 116 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,440 it was a king. And I like that kind of 117 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,880 exaggerated. You know look the sides poking 118 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,000 out of the base and made it feel more elevated. 119 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:07,280 Now with the one that I have currently, it's like a super 120 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:11,440 king crystal bed head in a super king size with a queen base. 121 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,680 I love the exaggerated sides. It houses my bed sides as well 122 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,920 as the bed base, so it all feels connected and very chic. 123 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,160 Do highly recommend this one. If you could integrate some 124 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:23,920 sconces that would be incredible too. 125 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,680 If you can go custom, go custom. It looks really beautiful. 126 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,680 Before we move ahead onto the mattresses, but I will say too 127 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,320 is there are a lot of timber bed heads in the market right now. 128 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,600 I love the look of them. I do think that they should sort 129 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,000 of be more reserved for a spare bedroom versus a main bedroom 130 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,680 because I think the best thing about a bed head is that it's 131 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,280 upholstered so it feels more comfortable, but not only that, 132 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:50,640 it also absorbs sounds, whereas like a Timber 1 is a bit too 133 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,800 cool and it bounces noise and echo. 134 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,760 I think that's something to think about when it comes to the 135 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,760 materiality of these products. Whilst they might look really 136 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,760 good in a photo, I don't think from the day to day they work as 137 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,440 well. But you do you. 138 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,880 You might love the look of a beautiful walnut bed head and 139 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,640 I'm not going to argue with you. I just would say that I think an 140 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,120 upholstered 1 is a little bit more comfortable, but also now 141 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,840 that I think about it, some people who'd like to sit in bed 142 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,520 with wet hair, having a timber wand is better because it's 143 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,560 easier to care for because you won't have any stains on the bed 144 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:25,720 head. That is definitely something to 145 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,800 think about if you have wet hair or your partner has wet hair 146 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,080 because it can cause staining if you're resting your head on the 147 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,160 bed head and spending a lot of time in bed. 148 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,760 I personally just use my bed to sleep in so I'm not really 149 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,280 working out of the space. And what I would recommend for 150 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,880 anyone that does is to get yourself a European pillow 151 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:44,920 because you lean on the European pillow. 152 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,480 So you do your SAC pillows and then you do the euro in front. 153 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,720 So you are a fair distance away from the bed head. 154 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:55,280 And the European pillow should be taking up some of the wet 155 00:07:55,280 --> 00:08:00,560 hair mess that's going on there. I did see a video where Chica 156 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:05,120 had some custom fabric that she put over the bed head to kind of 157 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,600 protect it, and she had them embroidered with her initials. 158 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,600 So that's also an idea that you could put into practise as well, 159 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,080 sort of like a towel of sorts. But I don't know if I can commit 160 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,760 to that. It's not necessarily my style. 161 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:18,880 It's definitely more reserved for a traditional look, which I 162 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,160 know a lot of Aussies don't have. 163 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,960 So if you do get a polyester blend versus a natural fabric, 164 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:30,760 it should repel the stains more. Look, So what I mean, this 165 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,919 episode could go for three hours, but we have to move on. 166 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:35,960 OK. So just be warned with the bed 167 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,159 head situation, my one is upholstered. 168 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:41,760 I had this one and I had one before that and I had no stains. 169 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,200 Be sure to get yourself a sticky roller. 170 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,960 Muji sell amazing large sticky rollers so you can sticky roll 171 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,640 the bed head and also the bed base and get rid of all the hair 172 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,320 and the dust that accumulates on the fabric. 173 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,800 Especially in bedrooms, there's a lot of dust because the dust 174 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,280 is predominantly all those excess fibres from your bed 175 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,280 linen. So having a little sticky roller 176 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:04,040 and vacuuming is perfect because vacuuming alone is not enough. 177 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:05,680 The sticky roller does a great job. 178 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:07,360 It's like how you would sticky roll your clothes. 179 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:08,720 You're just doing the same for your bed. 180 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,320 So you get a jumbo size from Muji. 181 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:14,240 Great price, very quick, effective, and it looks 182 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,480 fantastic. OK, now moving on to mattresses. 183 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:18,800 You need to invest in the mattress. 184 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,160 I don't care what people say, grab a really good mattress, 185 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,640 grab a thick, juicy mattress. It can be more supportive. 186 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,040 I think it's better when it's more supportive, a bit more firm 187 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,040 than soft, because what I would say is I always like to add in a 188 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,720 Topper. Now a Topper is a great thing 189 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,200 because it's super comfortable, it's super lush, and also if you 190 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:40,760 live in a warm climate and you can't handle a heavy duvet, the 191 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:45,120 Topper can give you the look of a fluffy bed without having to 192 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,200 have the heat that comes from a heavier duvet. 193 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,400 But if you live in a cool climate you are so lucky because 194 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,320 you can have a Topper and a thick and juicy duvet so your 195 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,520 bed is extra plush and cloud like. 196 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:58,760 I just have a few people who question how do I get my bed to 197 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,040 look fluffy but I live in a warm climate and I would. 198 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,760 Say grab yourself a thick. And juicy Topper. 199 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:09,840 Now when it comes to bedding, I like to use goose down because 200 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,440 it's fluffier and it absorbs the air and that's what gives it 201 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,000 that fluffiness. If you're using synthetic fill, 202 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,720 it doesn't have the same effect. It's also not as thick. 203 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:25,200 So you could buy a 1500 GSM mattress Topper with a synthetic 204 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,640 fill and it's very flat because GSM is based on the weight and 205 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,800 the fill, whereas the feathers obviously, you know, take up the 206 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,800 air. So make some fluffy. 207 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,360 So don't make that mistake. I've made the mistake before in 208 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,680 the past. So just be sure to grab yourself 209 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:44,840 some feather down or the closest to like a cloud corn fibre, like 210 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,000 Chic Society sell a cloud corn fibre for anyone that's allergic 211 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,320 to down or doesn't want to use down. 212 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:55,480 It acts like feathers and that it absorbs air and is light and 213 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,800 fluffy. I do think it's warmer than 214 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,560 feathers. So be warned by that. 215 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:04,120 Slightly warmer, but a very good alternate if you don't want to 216 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,440 use feathers. Just don't use a synthetic fill 217 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,360 because it's flat. It looks dull and limp. 218 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,760 It's no good. Now, once we have our Topper, we 219 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,960 need to talk about protectors. OK, So what are protectors? 220 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,600 Not because, look, some people might have accidents. 221 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:19,880 It's not even about the accidents. 222 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,040 What it's about is the sweat. You don't want to have yellow 223 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,160 sweat stains on your mattress. There is nothing worse than when 224 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,040 you're making the bed, particularly if you're making 225 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,200 like a spare bed. Say if someone was over and you 226 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,560 didn't have a chance and you're changing the bed linen and then 227 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:34,560 they just see the yellow stains on the mattress. 228 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,760 Yes, you can grab bicarb soda and vinegar. 229 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,560 Or better you could describe yourself a waterproof protector 230 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,520 so you never have to deal with it ever because it protects the 231 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,320 mattress. The last mattress that I had 232 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,800 looked as good as new because I always had a waterproof 233 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,720 protector on it and it just works wonders. 234 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,120 Now I know some of you are going to say, hey Louis, the 235 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,600 waterproof protectors. I don't love the texture and I 236 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,520 also don't love the sound of the plastic. 237 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:01,440 I've got you. So what you're going to do is 238 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,480 the mattress, the waterproof protector, lay the Topper on 239 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:10,000 top, and then you grab yourself a hyper allergenic protector to 240 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:14,480 put on top of that that protects the Topper and the mattress from 241 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,440 dust mites and dust. And it's great if anyone has any 242 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,080 allergies. And then it feels much more 243 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,760 comfortable because the Hypoallergenic 1 is not 244 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,960 waterproof, but it still protects your Topper from sweat 245 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,200 stains because I haven't seen any sweat stains on my Topper. 246 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,280 But what it does is it feels a lot more comfortable and a lot 247 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,320 more like a mattress because it's fabric. 248 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,440 So you don't get that scratchy towel Y plasticky sort of sound. 249 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,680 With the waterproof protectors, it's not going to feel like your 250 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:42,480 kids single bed. With the, you know, waterproof 251 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,280 protector, it doesn't feel like that at all. 252 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,360 It just feels like a bed. It's fantastic. 253 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,600 Also, if it's winter, for anyone out there that likes to use an 254 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,440 electric blanket like me, it's also good because you put the 255 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:57,800 electric blanket between the Topper and the hypoallergenic 256 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,960 protector. So it's higher up because if you 257 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,160 put the electric blanket underneath the Topper, it takes 258 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,280 forever for the bed to heat up. You've just got to swap it. 259 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,600 But then you're not sleeping directly on top of the electric 260 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,880 blanket. You have that hyper allergenic 261 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,360 protector surface layer in between as well as the fitted 262 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:17,080 sheet. That's my tip. 263 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:21,800 OK, so we have our bed base, the headboard, the mattress, the 264 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:26,000 Topper and the protectors. Now we move on to pillows, 265 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,080 sleeping pillows. I like them to be slightly firm. 266 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,280 I use the ones from Adairs that the high loft memory foam 267 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,440 surround pillow in the medium density. 268 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,880 What it is, it has memory foam on the inside like a memory foam 269 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:45,040 cushion and then it's wrapped in a high loft fluffiness. 270 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,280 So it looks like a pillow and it feels like a pillow, but it has 271 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,640 the support of memory foam. Love it. 272 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:57,440 I have bought 3 rounds total because I've had them for well 273 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,520 over a decade and you should change your pillows every three 274 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,680 to five years and I love them every time. 275 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:09,280 I also use protectors, hypoallergenic protectors on 276 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,760 actually I use both waterproof and hypoallergenic protectors on 277 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,520 my pillowcases as well because again, I don't like yellow 278 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,200 pillows. It's because I work in bed linen 279 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,440 online guys. So when I'm making the bed, 280 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,720 there is nothing worse than having these yellow stains on 281 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,440 the bed when you're filming. So some people think it's going 282 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:26,960 overboard. I am a Virgo. 283 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,600 I'm very detail orientated, but I'm also a creator. 284 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,440 So the bed linen needs to look good, it needs to look fresh. 285 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,040 But honestly, I just think it's a no brainer. 286 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:36,880 You just want to keep things clean. 287 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,920 And it's so much easier to wash a protector than it is to wash a 288 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,760 whole pillow or a whole duvet or you can't wash the mattress, you 289 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,560 know? And these pillows, they last 290 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,000 really well with the protectors. So you've got those two standard 291 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,560 pillows. If you have a queen bed or a 292 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:52,640 double bed, get standard pillows. 293 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,160 If you have a king bed, grab yourself some king pillows. 294 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,080 Now, Australia really hasn't developed much when it comes to 295 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,280 the king pillow market. It's amazing for a king bed 296 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,320 because it takes up the whole width of the bed. 297 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,600 There's nothing more awkward than these tiny little standard 298 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,640 pillows on on a king mattress, because the king mattress has an 299 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,400 extra 30 centimetres. Of width to a. 300 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:15,040 Queen mattress, right? 30 centimetres, which you might 301 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,960 not think is a lot, but it is a lot. 302 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,920 When you stack those pillows on the bed, it looks awkward. 303 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:24,040 King pillows are a must. I think they just look so much 304 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,040 better and so much more chic. The issue is that they don't 305 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,200 have as much support. You can find them online. 306 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,200 Maya sells a lot of them. My friend has the king pillars 307 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,880 from linen house. However she is like me. 308 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,040 She's a Leo but she's like a Leo Virgo cusp and she has her 309 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,800 standard pillars that she sleeps with but then she styles her bed 310 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,440 with the king pillars instead. But she's also an ex bed 311 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,160 stylist, so, you know, take it with a grain of salt and the 312 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,880 fact that we're both more leaning down the aesthetic 313 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:52,680 front, but we also have the practicality. 314 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:57,440 So she stores the standard pillows in her bench at the end 315 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,440 of her bed or in the cupboard and then pulls them out each 316 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,800 night. I would probably just commit to 317 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,600 the king pillow and get a firm king pillow from Maya. 318 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,800 I think her king pillows are linen house. 319 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:12,360 They're only around 35 to $40. A great price point from Maya or 320 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,960 David Jones, but definitely go and have a look at what you can 321 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,320 find in the market when it comes to king pillows because it makes 322 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:22,280 a significant difference. So Speaking of pillows, we need 323 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,360 to have 4. Pillows on the bed. 324 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,360 Because you have a sheet set and a duvet set that both come with 325 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,240 pillowcases, and you need to use both of those sets on your bed. 326 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,200 I don't want to see two pillows. And I know people are getting 327 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,320 like, why would you need 4? I think let's not question that. 328 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,520 Sometimes we need more support, sometimes we want softer 329 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,840 pillows, sometimes we want this, whatever. 330 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,000 If I have indigestion, I like to sleep up on an angle, so I will 331 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,640 use that second pillow. I just think if you've got 4 332 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,320 pillow cases, use them. And also you should technically 333 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,120 be changing your pillow case every two to three days. 334 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,600 You should be washing it. So instead of doing that, what 335 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,360 you can do is just swap the pillows around. 336 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,920 So if you buy four of the same pillows, each of you have two 337 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,720 pillows that you can sleep through the week. 338 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,599 Each pillow has two sides. So each night you can swap sides 339 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:12,240 and then swap pillows and you're good to go. 340 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:13,640 You don't have to do as much washing. 341 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,480 Your face stays clean and you don't have any breakouts. 342 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,720 Win win. Right now we move on to sheets. 343 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,319 I think you should buy a sheet set. 344 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,520 I think it's more economical. But if you have to buy 345 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,800 separates, then go for it. Buy a fitted sheet and grab a 346 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,320 top sheet, a top sheet, a flat sheet, whatever you want to call 347 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,760 it. I think they're great. 348 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,120 If you're going to buy separates then maybe size. 349 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,040 Up. With the top sheet to meet your 350 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,320 duvet, because we'll talk about this a little bit later, but you 351 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,960 should upsize your duvet in accordance to your mattress. 352 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,600 So if you have a queen bed, grab yourself a queen fitted sheet, a 353 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,200 king flat sheet and two pillowcases. 354 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:56,200 I think that's especially good if you have a king bed because 355 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,520 the pillowcases that will come in a set will not be king 356 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,320 pillowcases. So you really should look to buy 357 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,160 separates. But if you have a queen bed, 358 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,720 then you can buy the sets where you'll have. 359 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:07,240 You know the fitted. Sheet, the flat sheet and the 360 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,680 pillowcases. You don't have to upsize your 361 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,880 flat sheet, it's more just if you wanted to completely meet 362 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:18,520 your duvet from end to end. Because if you have a smaller 363 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,440 flat sheet with a larger duvet, when you fold it over, there'll 364 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,480 be that little bit of duvet poking out on the sides. 365 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,440 Honestly, most people do not notice it at all. 366 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,280 But if you are hyper vigilant and you are very detail 367 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:32,800 orientated, you will notice that. 368 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,760 Particularly if your bed orientation is like you walk 369 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,320 into it on the side and you see it on the side, which to be 370 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,520 honest, I think it's the best way to look in a bed. 371 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,680 Looking in a bed on the side versus front on seeing all the 372 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,560 layers and how the pillows like sacked down. 373 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,680 You have the headboard and then the pillows and then the 374 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,920 default. It looks so beautiful from the 375 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,520 side. You will notice if the top 376 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,360 sheets a little bit smaller, you will see that it like doesn't 377 00:18:55,360 --> 00:19:00,160 end completely on the duvet anyway, just use a top sheet. 378 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,200 I thought most people who don't like top sheets just don't know 379 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,040 how to use them properly because I was very anti top sheet 380 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,760 growing up because I felt like they always fell down to the 381 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:09,440 bottom of the mattress. But then I discovered that 382 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,320 you're actually meant to cuff it over the duvet. 383 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,360 So then it stays in one place. And the first night that I did 384 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:17,240 it, it stayed in place and I woke up and it was a miracle. 385 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,480 I was ecstatic. So the way that you do it is you 386 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,720 lay the top sheet down and eat like all the way to the top of 387 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,800 the mattress. You put the duvet down and you 388 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,440 leave around a 30 to 40 centimetre cuff and you fold 389 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,680 that top sheet over. So then when you get into the 390 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,440 bed, because there's that cuff over the duvet, it doesn't go 391 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,240 anywhere. That doesn't matter if it's not 392 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,400 tucked underneath the mattress. You really should be doing 393 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,640 hospital folds and things like that. 394 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,200 But people like to kick around and whatever, it doesn't even 395 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,000 matter if you didn't have it fully tucked in, it will stay in 396 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,720 place. It's amazing what a little cuff 397 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,560 over a duvet can do. So definitely use a top sheet. 398 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,440 It's just. Cleaner and it looks so much 399 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,840 better. I love all the layers on the 400 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,520 bed. So that is our sheets done. 401 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:02,680 Now we move on to duvet covers. Duvet covers and duvets. 402 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,320 You want to upsize your duvets just like that flat sheet. 403 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:10,320 So if you have a queen bed, get a king duvet, If you have a king 404 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,040 bed, get a super king duvet. And then if you have a super 405 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,360 king, unfortunately there isn't a size that is bigger than a 406 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:19,840 super king, so you have to settle for a super king duvet. 407 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,280 I know a couple of Americans will be listening and they'll 408 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:23,840 say, couldn't you get a California king? 409 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,920 A California king is at different dimensions. 410 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,280 This is the thing, in different countries, there's different 411 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,080 dimensions for the mattresses and the bedding. 412 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,480 Why? Who knows? 413 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,520 To be honest with you, it's very confusing and I don't think it's 414 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,560 necessary. But yes, if you have a super 415 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,040 king bed in Australia, that is the biggest you can go. 416 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,200 And if you wanted to get bigger, you'd have to go custom. 417 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,560 Fortunately, we need to settle for the Super king or we just 418 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,440 get the king and downsize because I think a super king bet 419 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,080 is very large. Like they're very hard to style. 420 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,240 The wider the mattress goes, the harder it is to start with 421 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,760 pillows because things are starting to get awkward. 422 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,360 You know, it starts to look really long, especially if you 423 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:06,320 want to start using EUR and squares, because the square is 424 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,760 so awkward on such a long rectangle. 425 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,800 You're trying to use something that's like even on all sides on 426 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,360 a really uneven long rectangle and it feels awkward and 427 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,120 strange. And then you Chuck on a throw 428 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:18,960 blanket and it's just an absolute mess. 429 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,040 So I highly recommend sticking to a king, a mattress, if you 430 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,480 can. I feel like the Super king is 431 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,520 just going a little bit too far. It's like TV's keep it relative 432 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,160 to the space. And As for the duvet covers, I 433 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,320 don't mind what the closures are like. 434 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:38,480 You can have the pop closures, button closures, tie closures, 435 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,400 zip closures. The thing is with the buttons is 436 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,080 you want to push the buttons into the duvet cover. 437 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,160 You don't want to button it up like a shirt. 438 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,280 Imagine if you were buttoning up a shirt reverse where you're 439 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,840 putting the buttons inside so you couldn't see them. 440 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,520 If you do it that way, it looks so much better because you don't 441 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,160 see the buttons at the bottom of the bed. 442 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,320 As for the. Fabric the. 443 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,080 Textile medium. I really love linen. 444 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,040 I like that linen. When you sleep on it, it sort of 445 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:10,320 surrounds you and falls on you and it kind of hugs you other 446 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,480 people. Prefer. 447 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,360 Cotton, because cotton feels like a tunic, like a school 448 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:17,520 uniform. It Wicks away the moisture so it 449 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,120 keeps you cooler. I find that I don't love that it 450 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,920 doesn't hug me or like hold me in the bed. 451 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,520 I feel like I could slip off the bed. 452 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,640 So it's that sort of sensation that I just don't love. 453 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:33,160 But I feel like with anything when it comes to beds is you 454 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,880 have to give it a few days to get used to it. 455 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,320 If you change your pillow, give it a few days. 456 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,280 If you change your duvet, a lot of people have like gone up 457 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,800 higher in the GSM count with their duvets and they go, Oh my 458 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,960 God, it's so hot. Give yourself a few days to get 459 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,640 used to it because yes, it's hot initially because your body 460 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,640 hasn't acclimated. It takes a couple of days. 461 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,160 Same thing goes for bed linen And the way that it feels like 462 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:00,280 if I go to a hotel and I sleep there for a few nights, I get 463 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,760 used to the cotton. But then to be honest with you, 464 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:04,800 as soon as I get home and get in the linen, I'm just like, oh, 465 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:09,480 This is why I sleep on linen. I absolutely love it, but Oh my 466 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,520 goodness, it is not great when it comes to, you know, staying 467 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,720 smooth. The Internet has so many 468 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,160 opinions about the wrinkles on linen. 469 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,000 And it's like, I feel like everyone should know what linen 470 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,560 is, like flax linen. And yet there's so many people 471 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,720 that don't seem to know, because if they did know, they would 472 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,400 understand that the wrinkles that are on the linen is what 473 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,360 happens to linen. You don't even need to have 474 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:33,600 linen bed linen. You could have a linen shirt and 475 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,160 you wouldn't know that that's what happens. 476 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,280 You know, unless it's a really thick linen with a high GSM 477 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,520 count, it's naturally going to wrinkle. 478 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,480 And you can steam it and you can iron it and it's still not going 479 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,720 to be entirely smooth. The best it will ever look is 480 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,000 when you pull it straight out of the packaging that it comes in 481 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,760 because it's run through one of those hot roller irons out of 482 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,600 the factory and it looks crisp and smart. 483 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,600 I have one of those industrial steam irons for my bed styling 484 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,040 days and it does a really good job at ironing the linen, but 485 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:10,480 there are still wrinkles on that linen so I don't want to hear it 486 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,960 from anyone. If you don't like wrinkles, grab 487 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,960 yourself some sateen or crisp cotton bed linen and you will 488 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,240 love it. It will be wrinkle free. 489 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,880 Another linen that I really like is actually Jersey. 490 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,880 And I think a lot of people would be shocked at that because 491 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,280 you actually kind of think of Jersey. 492 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,000 I don't know. The first time I saw Jersey I 493 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,880 was like, oh, these are like kids leggings because I used to 494 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,440 work in kids fashion back in the day. 495 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:37,600 It's like the Jersey Bonds kids leggings, but it's amazing is 496 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,560 bed linen because it hugs the duvet. 497 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:43,840 So if you don't like loose duvet corners, if you grab yourself 498 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,200 some Jersey bed linen, it will. Hug the bed. 499 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,240 And it also doesn't wrinkle, so the fitted sheet is snug on the 500 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,040 mattress and then same as the duvet cover. 501 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,880 It's amazing. In winter it works so well and 502 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,480 it's so warm and cosy. I think it's a more elevated 503 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,960 flannel because you know how flannel can get a bit Bally. 504 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,360 I think jersey is the chic version of flannel, but I'm also 505 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:11,000 not opposed to a flannel sheet If you want something a bit more 506 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,840 warm and cosy in winter. I'll let it pie, but I would 507 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,640 recommend grabbing a cotton jersey. 508 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,480 A quilted cotton jersey, duvet cover chic. 509 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,080 I got one recently from Madea's and I have one from Chic 510 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,240 Society. I like it because it looks quite 511 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,520 contemporary. If you have a contemporary home 512 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:32,200 and you'd like that more clean line, simple chic look, a 513 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,560 quilted jersey cover can look really good versus a linen, 514 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,680 which might look a bit too rustic and then like, you know, 515 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,720 a crisper cotton could look a bit too traditional hotel. 516 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:48,040 If you want something that feels more urban contemporary, go with 517 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:52,880 a jersey and you can also grab a mile heathered jersey and that 518 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,720 looks quite chic and cool too. If you like that more 519 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,320 traditional hotel look, definitely go out and grab some 520 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,840 Egyptian cotton. The reason why Egyptian cotton 521 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,480 is so good is because it has the longest staple fibres. 522 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,960 It's not necessarily about the thread count, and I'm sure 523 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,840 you've heard some people say, you know, thread count doesn't 524 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,680 matter. What does matter those staple 525 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,280 fibres, and what I mean by that is the little fibres of cotton 526 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,360 or fax linen. How long they are depends on how 527 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:21,880 well they can sit in their weave so they don't peel. 528 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,040 If you've got some bed linen and it is peeling, then you know 529 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:26,480 why. It's because the fibres. 530 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,560 Are on the shorter side, they're not long staple fibres, and then 531 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,960 you have to get the pillar out and have to shave it down to 532 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,040 make it look good. The same thing applies as well 533 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:38,360 if you notice when you put linen in the dryer, if the vent fills 534 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:41,960 up with lots of loose fibres, a lot of the time that kind of 535 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:46,800 says maybe this linen is on the short staple fibre route rather 536 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,960 than the long staple fibre. But that's not 100% true because 537 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,720 let's be real, there is going to be some loose fibres that come 538 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:58,400 out of the bed linen once it's been made, processed and relaxed 539 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,840 inside the packaging. When you wash it for the first 540 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,000 time, there is going to be a fair amount of lint that comes 541 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,600 out and then when you wash it maybe the second or third time, 542 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,600 it significantly reduces. It's more if you were doing 543 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,280 maybe after four or five and it was still filling up with lint 544 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,160 in that dry event, you'd be like, OK, righto, this maybe 545 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,920 isn't the best quality, but ultimately. 546 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,280 You should be. Kind of across that, given that 547 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,440 it will probably be reflective of the price point. 548 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,400 So you know, pick your battles. If you're going to go with a 549 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,800 more affordable option, maybe prepare for the fact that 550 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,680 there's going to be a bit of Pilling and the dry vents going 551 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,840 to get fuller quicker so you're going to have to replace it. 552 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,600 It all is relative to the price point, the quality and where you 553 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,160 find it. Now swinging back to the duvet 554 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,160 conversation, I've had a couple of people question whether or 555 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,400 not they should stack 2 duvets inside the cover. 556 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,840 The reason this came about is because a lot of the standard 557 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,240 duvets in Australia and in warmer climates only have around 558 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:57,760 that 400 GSM thickness. So by stacking 2, you get 800 559 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:02,560 GSM, whereas you can bypass this and not have to stack 2 and just 560 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,800 get 1800 GSM duvet and call it a day. 561 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,560 You do have to look a little bit harder, like you definitely have 562 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,640 to shop this online versus in store. 563 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,840 Or the advantages of obviously having two duvets instead of 1 564 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,480 is that you can take one off when it's warmer months and then 565 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,400 add another one in during the cooler months to make it better. 566 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:26,360 But I just think going with the 1800 GSM duvet is easier. 567 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:29,040 That's what I sleep with. And yes, like I said earlier, 568 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,440 you do have to sleep with it a couple of nights and get used to 569 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:35,040 it because I noticed it was warm and then I got accustomed to it. 570 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,800 Now if you do live in a warm climate and you still want to 571 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,880 have the look of a fluffy duvet, what I would recommend you do is 572 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:44,720 grab yourself a bed cover or a coverlet and lay it on the bed 573 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,240 between your flat sheet and the duvet. 574 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,840 So the way I would make the bed, I've done it a couple of times 575 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,320 across a couple of videos on TikTok and Instagram. 576 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:53,960 There are a few. Ways in which you could lay a 577 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,400 coverlet over your bed, you can either put it on top of. 578 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,120 The duvet. Or underneath the duvet, if you 579 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,360 live in a warm climate, put it underneath the duvet and then 580 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,560 fold the duvet back. So when you get into bed, you're 581 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,640 just taking the duvet off the bed. 582 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,240 It's kind of doing the reverse. Like if you live in a cool 583 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,800 climate and you have the coverlet or bed cover on top of 584 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,640 the duvet, if it's a bit warm that night, you might decide to 585 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,160 take the coverlet off and store it on a chair or a bench. 586 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,640 And also, that is the answer for everyone asking where do all the 587 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,960 extra pillows and coverlets go? On a chair or on a bench or in a 588 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,840 cupboard or in a basket. I don't know why that's a common 589 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,160 question, but it is a question that I'm asked quite regularly. 590 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,520 And I think if you have a chair, a bench, a basket, a wardrobe, 591 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,480 stick them there. That's the best spot. 592 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,120 So instead of putting the coverlet there, you're going to 593 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,080 put the duvet there and then you sleep with the coverlet or the 594 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,080 bed cover. So it's cooler, it's easier, and 595 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,360 then you get the best of both worlds. 596 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,920 Is it a bit more of a hassle because you have to take the 597 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,280 duvet off when you get into bed? Yes. 598 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,640 But ultimately, if you want to have the look and feel of a 599 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,840 fluffy bed, then you have to put in the work to get that look. 600 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,480 You know, I think it all just, it's all a matter of taste and 601 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,560 all a matter of how far you want to go with the bed. 602 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,640 If you live in a warm climate, then just stick with a bed cover 603 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,440 or a coverlet. You can definitely make them 604 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,680 look chic and sleek if you get an oversized bed cover and and 605 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,880 have it draped over the bed, but it is not going to look like a 606 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,040 fluffy cloud. So if you want to have a fluffy 607 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,520 cloud, then you're just going to lay the duvet on top of that bed 608 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,560 cover or coverlet and then take it off when you go to sleep. 609 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,200 Just use it as a decor piece or a piece that you might use if 610 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,080 you decide to turn the air con on, you know, so just kind of 611 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,120 flip and change it depending on your season and where you live. 612 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,280 The same thing applies if you live in a cool climate. 613 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,400 You can have the coverlet underneath the duvet and then 614 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,040 have the duvet on top. It's a really beautiful layering 615 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,840 moment if you look at the bed from the side. 616 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,320 And I think that it's nice because it kind of adds this 617 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,920 element of a weighted blanket when you sleep with it. 618 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,280 So if you like the feel of a weighted blanket, I think you'll 619 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,720 really like the combination of a duvet and a coverlet together. 620 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:51,880 Now I think there might be a couple of people asking what do 621 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,280 we do if we're using a bed cover versus a coverlet? 622 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,320 Now, a bed cover kind of works like a bedspread. 623 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,080 You're layering it over the entire bed, over the sheets and 624 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,960 the pillows, and then you might stack 1 lumber cushion on top. 625 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,240 Whereas A coverlet I would kind of treat like a duvet or a 626 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,960 blanket. So if I treated it like a duvet, 627 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:13,200 I would go fitted sheet, flat sheet, coverlet, cuff the 628 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,800 coverlet with the top sheet and then lay the duvet on top. 629 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,800 That's one method. The other method would be you do 630 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,000 the fitted sheet, the top sheet, you put the duvet down, you cuff 631 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,840 it with the top sheet, you fold it over, and then you drape the 632 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:30,640 coverlet underneath the duvet fold like a blanket, or you 633 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:34,520 cover the whole duvet with the coverlet and you show the little 634 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,880 cuff on top. I do have a couple of videos 635 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,440 that cover it, so definitely go and check them out, but they're 636 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,680 the two different methods that I would use. 637 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:45,320 Now I think we move on to our cushions and European pillows 638 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,000 and for any Europeans listening, they're the continental pillows. 639 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:49,600 This is the thing too with duvets. 640 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,800 You can call them a quilt, but it's technically a continental 641 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,480 quilt. But you don't want to say 642 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,680 continental quilt every time you go to the store. 643 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,960 You know, Australians, we have a habit of shortening absolutely 644 00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:59,600 everything. So I don't think anyone's going 645 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,160 to be going around saying continental quilt. 646 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,840 So just call it a duvet because globally that's just a more 647 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,640 accurate term that just is across the board, just call it a 648 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,600 duvet, not a duna. We also have a habit of putting 649 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,680 a on the end of absolutely everything. 650 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,760 And we also have an issue with saying anything that's French 651 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,040 because we think it's fancy. And yet the same person that 652 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,200 will call a duvet a Duna is the same kind of person that will 653 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,760 call Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren, you know, explain that kind of 654 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,000 theory because Ralph Lauren's an American brand, so we call it 655 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,040 Ralph Lauren, not Ralph Lauren, so. 656 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,560 You are either going to. Go Duna and Ralph Lauren or 657 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,200 you're going to go Duvet and Ralph Lauren. 658 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,680 But I just said that you should do Ralph Lauren. 659 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,080 Generally speaking, I think we should just call brands what 660 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:41,560 they are and what their origin is. 661 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,560 Just makes the most sense, unless of course, it's like 662 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,600 something I don't know, that's a whole different conversation. 663 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,240 So let's just move back into the the EUR and the cushion front. 664 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,720 The European pillows. I would recommend going to IKEA 665 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,200 and picking up the feather down European pillows over there. 666 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,640 I think they're a great size and really good quality and nice and 667 00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,880 puffy. I do think that the European 668 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,320 pillows stand for the amount of people in the bed. 669 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,160 So if it's two people in the bed, no matter if it's queen or 670 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,800 king, it's two. Don't be afraid of gaps. 671 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:11,080 Let the bed breathe. I think the thing with European 672 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:15,360 pillows, they suit a double bed, a queen bed, and then when they 673 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,800 step into the king bed territory, that's where the wide 674 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,880 rectangle starts to look a bit funny when you start 675 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,560 incorporating squares because the balance is off. 676 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,280 That's why I highly recommend you get a long lumber instead 677 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,040 because it's a long rectangle sitting on a long rectangle. 678 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,480 If you want to go down the square front, you absolutely 679 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,160 can, but just be aware that it is going to look slightly 680 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:38,040 awkward, which is why in a video that I recently did, I recommend 681 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,400 flipping the European pillow to the side because they're not 682 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,120 entirely square. They are still slightly a 683 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,600 rectangle and if you flip them on the other side they are a 684 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,200 little bit wider. So they do. 685 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,800 Take on the shape of the bed a little bit more in the fact that 686 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:55,600 it's a wide rectangle rather than a tall rectangle, and then 687 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,520 I would stick a long lumber in front. 688 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,480 I wouldn't do 3 and I definitely wouldn't do a chop. 689 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,240 I just think it's strange because The thing is with the €3 690 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,600 is that you're starting to make. The. 691 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,640 King bed start to look like a day bed or a sofa. 692 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,719 It's on a sofa and it's not a day bed. 693 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,159 It's a bed and two people are sleeping on it. 694 00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:14,760 Whether you're one person. The idea is that you would just 695 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,280 have two people sleeping in the bed. 696 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:17,880 I don't know, that's just the norm. 697 00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:20,760 So having two European pillars just makes sense. 698 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,440 And then stacking one pillow in front, whether it be a lumber or 699 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,040 a long lumber, it looks chic. Don't be afraid of the gaps. 700 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:29,199 Don't do €3. It just looks strange. 701 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:31,120 You're building a wall and then doing the chop. 702 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,560 Let's talk about the chop because we'll get into it, 703 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,520 because we're talking about cushions and European pillars. 704 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,560 The chop to me was something that we did 10 years ago to make 705 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,520 things feel more lived in. What happens is it cycles all 706 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,600 the way. It's like Miranda Priestley when 707 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,800 she has a conversation about the cerulean jumper. 708 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,040 It cycles all the way down into department stores where people 709 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,040 aren't familiar with what the whole intention was behind the 710 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,920 chop, and it became an aggressive chop that created 711 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:01,120 like Bunny ears is what a bed stylist used to teach me back in 712 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,720 the day would call it. I think I call it cushion 713 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:06,280 cleavage. Nothing wrong with cleavage, 714 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,280 just not on your cushions and it just doesn't make any sense 715 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:10,800 because it doesn't look lived in anymore. 716 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,160 It looks rigid. Having your cushions sitting 717 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:17,480 upright really tall with the like enormous chop down the 718 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,600 centre, it looks awkward, It doesn't look relaxed, it doesn't 719 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,080 look lived in. If you want your cushions to 720 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:28,000 look and feel lived in, lean them slightly and give them a 721 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,680 slight push and that's it. That's the idea. 722 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,560 The idea of a cushion is to make it feel relaxed and comfortable. 723 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,120 That's the only purpose that it serves other than that of an 724 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,720 aesthetic choice, incorporating A colour or a pattern or a 725 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:41,000 texture. It doesn't have a purpose other 726 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,560 than that of looking relaxed. So having an aggressively 727 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,520 chopped cushion doesn't make any sense. 728 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,320 The only other context in which I think an aggressively chopped 729 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,400 cushion works is when you have a house cleaner because nine times 730 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,400 out of 10, you're out of home. The house cleaners come over and 731 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,680 they've cleaned. So they want to show symbols 732 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,080 that they've cleaned the areas, that they'll do an aggressive 733 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,440 chop on the cushion to go, hey, I've cleaned the sofa. 734 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,760 Or they leave the vacuum lines in the carpet to say, hey, I 735 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,600 cleaned in this room. Like when you're doing a rental 736 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,720 inspection or you're selling the property and they steam clean 737 00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:10,520 the carpets, they leave the lines. 738 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:14,120 That's not an. Aesthetic choice, that is a like 739 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:18,840 visual cue to say that this is clean and there is a difference 740 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:23,280 between clean and aesthetics and having a put together home. 741 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,160 And also you'll find that there's a lot of people, they 742 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,240 might be really tidy people, but that might not necessarily be 743 00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:30,040 clean. And then there's a lot of clean 744 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:31,960 people who might not necessarily be tidy. 745 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:36,000 And I think we really have to define those two things and find 746 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:40,240 the balance of having a clean home and also having a pleasing 747 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:43,800 style put together home because the feeling of home has to have 748 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,280 both. It has to be a clean 749 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,640 environment, but it also has to be an environment. 750 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,520 It can't just be a room full of stuff that's clean. 751 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:55,920 So the chopped cushion and the vacuum lines need to go because 752 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,600 they just do not serve a purpose other than that of being a 753 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,840 visual cue when you're moving out of home or you want to tell 754 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,040 like the person that you've cleaned the house that hey, it's 755 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,800 clean. So no more cushion chops. 756 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,280 I would also say that the square cushion, the square cushion has 757 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,320 just been overdone. It's been overplayed. 758 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,840 That's the reason why the lumber and the bolster cushions have 759 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,440 all come out because particularly in Australia where 760 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,960 we only have the one size square cushion, it's rare that we have 761 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,640 three different versions like in the US. 762 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:25,640 In the US you can buy lots of different size squares, but in 763 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,280 Australia it's pretty much the only one. 764 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,680 And I wish stores would just get rid of the synthetic feel 765 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:30,920 cushion. I think I've mentioned it 766 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,200 earlier, just get rid of the synthetic feel cushion and just 767 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,680 sell the covers and then get people to buy the down or the 768 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:41,040 down alternative insert. That way everyone actually has a 769 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:42,840 nice cushion. Because if the only purpose that 770 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,080 it's serving is an aesthetic one, it needs to be the best of 771 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,280 the best. It can't be half aesthetic 772 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:52,800 because what is the purpose in it otherwise it it needs to 773 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,320 serve its purpose to its full capacity, which is to have a 774 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,040 nice insert. So definitely change out your 775 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,520 inserts. Go to IKEA, just go to IKEA by 776 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:04,480 two European pillows, 2 lumbar pillow inserts, and two square 777 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,800 pillow inserts and you'll be good to go. 778 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,280 You can keep them and then you can swap them out and 779 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,320 interchange them and you can get rid of all those synthetic fill 780 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:12,920 cushion covers. And then that way it's so much 781 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,440 easier to store them as well because you're just storing all 782 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:17,880 those covers in the cupboard versus having to store all the 783 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,600 cushions in the cupboard. But generally speaking, across 784 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,840 the board beds and furniture, if you have a really beautiful bed 785 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,000 with a beautiful bed head and you have really nice furniture, 786 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,400 you don't need that many cushions. 787 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,880 If anything, once you start layering in lots of cushions, it 788 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:35,160 starts to feel quite cramped and it doesn't feel as sleek and as 789 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,760 chic as it could be. Because this is the thing about 790 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:42,920 good design and chic design, 9 times out of 10, it's about 791 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,400 having less. It's about the power of 792 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,360 restraint. Some people will think that it 793 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:49,520 looks empty and that's because that person hasn't developed 794 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:53,360 their sense of taste to understand the element of chic. 795 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,320 And I think that's the thing we have to remember too. 796 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,840 I feel like with the Internet and everyone having an opinion 797 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:02,160 because everyone has a home is that we forget that there's 798 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,480 nuance and everything is black and white thinking. 799 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,920 Of course. If you live in a cottage, yes 800 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,240 incorporate all those beautiful layers. 801 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:14,880 If you live in a mid century home, yes play with the low 802 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,440 profile furniture and play with the earth tones. 803 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,320 If you live in a sleek contemporary home, yes, strip 804 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,880 things back. Have less in the space. 805 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:27,520 Like there are different approaches to different homes. 806 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,600 Not everything is universal. Not everything is going to work. 807 00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:35,760 You know, it can be very annoying because I feel like 808 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,280 sometimes we have to remember that just because they're loud 809 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,680 doesn't make them right in the comment section. 810 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,920 I feel like The thing is, is that we hear so much and we 811 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,800 don't get a lot of context. So then we get anxiety about 812 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,640 what we're going to do in our approach because it's just so 813 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,680 many options. And then even creators, it's 814 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,560 like, oh, this person told me not to do this and this person 815 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,760 told me not to do this. Well, that's at the fault of the 816 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,320 viewer because the problem is with social media is that people 817 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:59,360 don't want to listen. They don't want to listen to a 2 818 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,040 minute video. They only want to listen to a 819 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,720 32nd video, and there's only so much that us as creators can put 820 00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:07,680 into 30 seconds. So it becomes very black and 821 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:11,720 white and very literal. And that's like, that is the 822 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:14,040 issue because there is more nuance to everything. 823 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,960 But unfortunately, the way that everything is set up, we don't 824 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,760 have time to run through everything to say, if you have 825 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,360 this style of home, do this and this. 826 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,160 If you have this style of home, do this and this. 827 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,040 And you know what? Sometimes we probably do and we 828 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,760 have it in separate videos, but one person only comes across one 829 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,240 of those videos and doesn't want to go through and find the video 830 00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:32,480 that has a different style, takes someone and goes Oh my 831 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:33,360 God. But I shouldn't. 832 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,280 Do that because I have this kind of home or they're in the 833 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:37,400 comments actually telling go off because they think they have a 834 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,160 cottage and it should have layers and it's beautiful. 835 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:43,120 We're all, I think majority of us have well aware of the fact 836 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,680 that like a cottage can look beautiful with less stuff in it, 837 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,400 but it also looks absolutely stunning when it has lots of 838 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,560 layers in it and it's collected, you know, You know, my mum has a 839 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,680 beautiful cottage and it looks great because it's got lots of 840 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,760 layers in it. I live in a terrace with a 841 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:59,520 little extension on the back and I love the traditional elements 842 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,400 in here, but I also love contemporary Australian design 843 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,640 furniture and I made a hard and fast real very early on to just 844 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,520 do that temporary furniture inside the old shell. 845 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,440 Not to mix things up and confuse it, particularly because I have 846 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:14,800 people looking at the home all the time and I don't want them 847 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,440 to get confused as well. So circling this back to 848 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,000 cushions, If you have great furniture and a great bed head 849 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,400 and a great bed linen, you don't need to have so many cushions. 850 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,920 A long lumbar does all the work you need and also you don't have 851 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:31,080 to stack 1015 cushions because again, I feel like you're 852 00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:34,560 putting in a lot of effort and I don't think the output or the 853 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,400 outcome is what you necessarily apparently we're hoping for. 854 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,360 More isn't always more. Sometimes stripping things back 855 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:45,080 is the better option. I get that it can be tempting to 856 00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:46,920 do more. Also as well, if you've bought 857 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,280 multiple cushions and you just added to them seasonally, you 858 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,320 just got more and more and more because you don't want to get 859 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,240 rid of anything. I definitely think you have to 860 00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:56,600 cull things like I said at the start of the episode, like going 861 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:58,240 through your cupboards and cleaning things out. 862 00:41:58,240 --> 00:41:59,800 Same thing applies with your cushions. 863 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,960 Time to move things on or have them reserved for certain 864 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:04,520 things. Or move that cushion that you 865 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,360 had on the bed and decide that you're going to put it on the 866 00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,200 chair or the Bay window or wherever. 867 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:12,160 Or you might even change it and turn it into a lumber cushion if 868 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,960 you really want to. Either way, my favourite cushion 869 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:19,120 at the moment is a long lumber or a long bolster. 870 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,080 You can do 2 lumbers or two bolsters depending on how you 871 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,800 feel as well. I think it just depends on what 872 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,280 the bed looks like. I struggle at the moment because 873 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:32,000 I feel like my bedroom really suits a sleek minimal design 874 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,680 style with like the bed cover and the long lumbar. 875 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:39,160 The colour palette as well is all very neutral and very 876 00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,720 stripped back, which I did intentionally so I can work with 877 00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:44,160 different colours and patterns quite easily rather than feeling 878 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:45,520 restricted. By a colour. 879 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:49,080 Like with the bed head I did, I was tempted to go down a pattern 880 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:52,600 colourful front when it came to the bed head, but then I decided 881 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,560 against it because of my job and having to work with so many 882 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,680 different bed linen brands and so many different colours. 883 00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,240 I didn't want to feel restricted by it. 884 00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:01,720 And the bed linen brand be like, Oh well, we won't work together 885 00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:04,360 this time because that colour is not going to work with your bed 886 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,360 head. You know, that just isn't what 887 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:09,640 I'm prepared to do. I would rather keep it neutral 888 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,160 because I also love neutrals. I also think we have to sit back 889 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:16,720 and also appreciate and love the neutrals in Australia. 890 00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:19,840 We are Australian, we have a beautiful landscape that has 891 00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:23,240 amazing natural earth tones and we have used earth tones 892 00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:25,800 throughout the whole time. And I don't know why there is 893 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,920 this, this, this pressure, but we have to incorporate so much 894 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:32,440 colour and pattern on absolutely everything just because people 895 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,360 are like, oh, that's so boring. It's like, no, you could pick up 896 00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:37,080 a book, you can watch a couple of videos and learn about the 897 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:40,040 beauty of natural earth tones and learn about layering things 898 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,160 properly and approaching colour correctly and not in a juvenile 899 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,720 way. Again, you know, we could talk 900 00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:48,040 about it forever. Just because they're the loudest 901 00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:51,800 doesn't make them right. So earth tones and neutrals are 902 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:55,200 gorgeous and you can actually use, you know, brown is a 903 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:59,240 colour, tan is a colour. Working tonally in the same 904 00:43:59,240 --> 00:44:03,880 family is a very appropriate, sophisticated approach to 905 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,560 incorporating colour. You could go complementary, but 906 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:08,160 a lot of the time the complementary colours don't 907 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:09,640 necessarily work. Like, for instance, like a 908 00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:12,120 complementary colourway is grey and yellow. 909 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,240 Are you going to do grey and yellow on your bed? 910 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:15,920 Probably not. Are you going to do red and 911 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:17,280 green on the bed? Probably not. 912 00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:20,200 You know, it's, it depends on what you're doing. 913 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:22,440 So I feel like the tonal approach is the best way to go 914 00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:25,200 about it because this leads on to a good thing, which is what 915 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,160 colour combos to do. So naturally, I feel like 916 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:32,040 everyone kind of rolls with the neutrals, even though I had a 917 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:35,080 brand reach out to me and wanted to do colour to counterbalance 918 00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,560 the boiled chicken commentary. You probably saw the video and I 919 00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,240 thought it was very interesting because I kind of went back to 920 00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:41,800 them and said, hey, like, I don't necessarily see you guys 921 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:43,760 as a brand that does lots of colour and pattern. 922 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:46,440 They do a lot of colour, but it's very tonal and it's a bit 923 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,000 more sophisticated in that respect. 924 00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:51,320 And I said that there are other brands that do more colour and 925 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:54,400 pattern more boldly that would probably work better in this 926 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:56,560 context. But also, I think I'm one of the 927 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,880 only very few creators that does neutrals, so maybe we should go 928 00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:02,120 harder on the neutrals. We ended up going down the 929 00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:04,120 colour front and I ended up doing tone on tone and it was a 930 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,920 beautiful look and it looked great, but it wasn't necessarily 931 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:10,280 what I think people were expecting, especially if we were 932 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:12,320 going to go down the route of talking about colour and 933 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,160 pattern. But that's for another time. 934 00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:15,800 I think I probably have to do it in another video. 935 00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:17,880 But again, it's also like you don't really want to feed into 936 00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:19,360 the haters. Like, I don't necessarily want 937 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,400 to feed into a group of people that is complaining for 938 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,320 complaining's sake. Because those people who. 939 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:25,920 Want the colour and the pattern. They're not really my customer. 940 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,800 They're not actually here to buy anything or to consume anything 941 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:30,560 or learn anything. They're just here to complain 942 00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,520 and say, well, I don't have to do that because you don't use 943 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:34,120 colour and pattern. So I don't have to buy a new bed 944 00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:36,960 linen or make my beds in there. Like it's, I feel like when 945 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:38,680 someone comments that kind of stuff, it feels like they're a 946 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,360 teenager just having a go because they just don't want to 947 00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:44,520 do as they're told. It's very funny because it's 948 00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,840 like you don't have to make your bed, Like I'm not forcing you to 949 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:48,920 make your bed. And also my life doesn't change. 950 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,160 It's your life that could possibly change if you decided 951 00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:52,840 to make your bed every day. Right? 952 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:58,560 So The thing is with the colours and patterns is everyone starts 953 00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:00,120 off with neutrals. Most people have white and 954 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:01,880 beige. It's mainly creators that have 955 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:03,760 colourful bed linen because most people don't want to take the 956 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,680 risk. So if you have a neutral colour 957 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:11,760 palette, beige, whites, I would incorporate tans and Browns and 958 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:13,640 then if you wanted to incorporate more colour, I would 959 00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:16,640 step into the olive greens. I would avoid the navy's. 960 00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,640 I feel like green and Navy. Some people like Navy blue is 961 00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:23,280 coming back, but I feel like Navy is harder to work with. 962 00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,760 I feel like some people either have white and natural or they 963 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,600 go charcoal and Navy because they think the charcoal and Navy 964 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,960 is easier to clean. I think whites are easier to 965 00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:33,880 clean because you can just bleach them in a hot wash and 966 00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:36,800 call it a day. I think that charcoal and Navy. 967 00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,960 Can feel quite heavy. And it can feel quite clinical. 968 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:42,440 It can feel quite corporate, like if you work a corporate job 969 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:45,560 and you're around all that, like black Navy and charcoal all day, 970 00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:48,240 and then you go home to black charcoal Navy. 971 00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:51,080 It's just a bit too. Am I at work right now? 972 00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:55,480 I think that it's better to just do lighter tones in the bed. 973 00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,360 It feels softer and easier on the eye. 974 00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:01,360 But then after the green you can incorporate like a rust colour. 975 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:05,920 Then you can move into more of those patterns like a stripe, A 976 00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:10,080 polka dot, a check again, you name it. 977 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:13,320 Then you can move more into like the actual tone on tones, which 978 00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:17,040 is like the sky blue with the darker blue, the sage green with 979 00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:20,320 the olive green, the rust with the lighter orange. 980 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,840 You can go down the yellow front with the butter yellows. 981 00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:25,200 It's. If you go the. 982 00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,400 Pastel route with like butter yellow and pastel pink. 983 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:29,920 That was quite cute a few years ago. 984 00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,320 I don't know if it starts to read a bit juvenile. 985 00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:37,720 Again, it's really depends on the style of the room, but there 986 00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:39,840 are a couple of colour examples that you could use with your bed 987 00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:42,040 linen. Now when it comes to laundering 988 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,520 our linen, I like to change my linen over weekly. 989 00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:46,880 You technically meant to change your pillow cases every two to 990 00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,960 three days, but like I said earlier, if you have 4 pillows, 991 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,520 they have two sides each, so you can kind of get away with just 992 00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:55,280 flipping the pillows over because I think it's about being 993 00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:57,000 realistic. Some people will change their 994 00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:59,080 linen every two to three days. It all just depends on where 995 00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:00,920 they live as well. If you live in a really warm 996 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,600 climate with no AC, you're probably changing the linen a 997 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:05,560 lot more often because you're sweating a whole lot more. 998 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:07,760 If you're living in a cooler climate, you can kind of get 999 00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:11,680 away with going, maybe like more to like the 10 day front. 1000 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,680 But I think if you choose just one day every week, it makes it 1001 00:48:14,720 --> 00:48:17,760 a lot easier and you're a lot more organised, which also steps 1002 00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:21,080 into how many sheets and duvets you should probably have. 1003 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,920 Now I've said in the previous episode that you have two 1004 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,520 different seasons. Well, you have Four Seasons, but 1005 00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:30,280 two are hot and two are cold. So you have two sheet sets and 1006 00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:34,640 two duvets sets for the warm season and two duvet sets and 1007 00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:36,200 two sheet sets for the cool season. 1008 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:38,920 Because when you change your bed linen over, you want to be able 1009 00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,560 to change it straight away. So you put the sheets in the 1010 00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:44,840 wash and then you have another sheet spare that you can put on 1011 00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:46,480 the bed straight away. You don't want to be having to 1012 00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:48,520 like wash the linen and wait for it to be dry. 1013 00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:51,000 That's such like AI just moved out of home and I'm 20 and I 1014 00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:52,720 didn't think about that kind of approach. 1015 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:56,960 I think a minimum has to be two sheet sets, 2 duvet sets. 1016 00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:02,080 Then I think I would go into having other elements before I 1017 00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:05,920 got 1/3. I would go like EUR and a good 1018 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,440 coverlette and also a long lumbar. 1019 00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:12,040 So then we have a whole set. Then I would step into getting 1020 00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:14,120 another sheet set and another duvet set. 1021 00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:17,440 And then whether or not you want to go down the neutrals first or 1022 00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,200 the colours is entirely up to you. 1023 00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:24,080 But that is the quantities that I would expect as a minimum for 1024 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:28,960 each bed in your house. Unless you have the same bed 1025 00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:32,160 size in multiple rooms, like say your guest room is also a queen, 1026 00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,400 then you don't really need to have extra because you could 1027 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:37,360 just, you know, make it work. Maybe you could have 3 sheet 1028 00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:39,400 sets and three duvet sets just to. 1029 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,880 Tide you over. As for washing the items, I like 1030 00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:45,440 to put the dark colours on a cold wash and I. 1031 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:49,560 Use some oxiclean and just some liquid detergent and some fabric 1032 00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:51,640 softener. I use the Earth fabric softener, 1033 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:54,280 so it doesn't have any nasty stuff in it and it makes it 1034 00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:57,080 smell really lovely. Then when it comes to my whites, 1035 00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:59,600 including my linen and my cotton, I will use a bleach 1036 00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:02,040 tablet and then I will also use some bluer. 1037 00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:03,800 There's an American version of this. 1038 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:06,440 It's essentially like a blue liquid that acts like a toner 1039 00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:09,400 the way a purple shampoo would, and it counterbalances any 1040 00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:12,080 yellowing that could occur from the bleach because bleach has a 1041 00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:13,480 habit of making things go yellow. 1042 00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:15,520 The same thing is like when you bleach your hair, it goes 1043 00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:18,360 yellow, then you tone it. Same sort of science. 1044 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:23,400 And I also put my whites on a hot wash because over 30°. 1045 00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:25,520 Same with my towels. They do the same thing. 1046 00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:30,200 Just really heat it up, get rid of any bacteria and just really 1047 00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:32,000 make those whites nice and bright. 1048 00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,640 You make them clean. And then if I'm going to iron, I 1049 00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:38,320 use the steam iron like I think I mentioned earlier, like one of 1050 00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:40,800 those steam irons. But I usually only do that when 1051 00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:45,120 it's a job and then when it's on my bed just week to week. 1052 00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:47,760 I don't. I do have a handheld steamer 1053 00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:49,760 that I'll run over if I feel like it needs it. 1054 00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:53,080 But if you want to find the balance between an ironed bed 1055 00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:56,160 and a non ironed bed, I would iron your pillowcases. 1056 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:58,880 That really makes a big difference. 1057 00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:03,080 Having ironed pillowcases make the bed appear more ironed. 1058 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:05,680 And also, if you have a coverlet, stick that over the 1059 00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:08,680 duvet because it's naturally thicker so it doesn't need to be 1060 00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:12,440 ironed and it makes it look a lot more clean and crisp Now. 1061 00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:14,760 I think that's all. I think I feel like I've covered 1062 00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:16,520 everything as far as beds are concerned. 1063 00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:19,520 And if you are still here after 52 minutes of talking about 1064 00:51:19,520 --> 00:51:23,320 beds, I truly appreciate you. Clearly you are passionate and 1065 00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:25,720 you love beds just as much as me. 1066 00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:28,600 I hope you've taken something away from this episode or a few 1067 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,120 things. You've jotted things down and 1068 00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:32,360 all the best with your bed making adventures. 1069 00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:35,200 Be sure to head over to my Instagram and my TikTok and 1070 00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:39,040 check out so many videos with so many more tips and tricks in a 1071 00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:41,720 visual form where I'm showing you how to make the bed because 1072 00:51:41,720 --> 00:51:45,160 I think it's very helpful to just see someone make it. 1073 00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:48,800 And I hope you have been folding your duvet back 40 centimetres. 1074 00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,200 I hope you've been stacking your pillows versus having them 1075 00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,640 facing. And you most certainly do not 1076 00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,480 have to iron your bed limit, especially if you have like 5 of 1077 00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:59,720 them in your home and you are the bed maker of the family. 1078 00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:03,560 But in saying that if you are going to iron 1, iron the one 1079 00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:05,840 that you sleep on. Because there is. 1080 00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:09,840 Something about having a crisp ironed bed, it's just more you 1081 00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:11,920 have to prepare for the fact that if it is linen, it's going 1082 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:15,840 to be wrinkled in .2 seconds, but for that .2 seconds before 1083 00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:17,680 that, it's a beautiful looking bed. 1084 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:19,440 I hope you've enjoyed this episode. 1085 00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:22,160 Thank you so much for joining me today and I will see you again 1086 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:23,280 Very. Soon.