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Welcome back to Home and Hosting
with Louis Burke, your friend 

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giving you all the free advice 
to make any space feel like 

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home. 
If you're unfamiliar with me, hi

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I'm Louis. 
I spent years working at my 

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parents restaurant and 
accommodation, learning how to 

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set tables, make beds and do 
flowers for weddings. 

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I then went on to study design 
and become a photographic 

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stylist across bed linen and 
fashion. 

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I later worked as a creative 
director and marketing manager 

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and now I'm a fully fledged home
content creator. 

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You can find me on all social 
media forms at Louis Burke. 

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That's Louis with no S and Burke
with no O. 

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I'm teaching you how to set 
tables, make beds, and make any 

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space come to life. 
Today we're going straight to 

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the room. 
You probably spend the most time

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in your bedroom, and I hate to 
break it to you, but your 

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bedroom is probably making one 
of these five mistakes that are 

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stopping it from feeling like 
that sanctuary that it should 

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be. 
The good news is they're all 

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completely fixable without a 
Renault, without ripping up 

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carpet, without buying a whole 
new house. 

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Some of these things, things you
can literally do right now while

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you're listening to this 
podcast. 

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So grab those sheets or a tea 
and get comfortable and let's 

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make your bedroom 200% better 
than 98% of the bedrooms out 

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there. 
I had a series running on TikTok

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where I got thousands of 
submissions of people's bedrooms

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across the world. 
And there were so many common 

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mistakes that are so easily 
fixable. 

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And I know that if you're 
listening to this podcast 

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episode, you are willing to put 
in the work to make your bedroom

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amazing. 
A lot of my content and focuses 

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around beds and bed making. 
You know why? 

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Because it is a big topic. 
There are so many variables to 

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making the perfect bed. 
We all sleep in beds. 

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We all want something to be 
extremely comfortable and we 

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also want it to look good. 
There's so many options and no 

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one really knows where to start.
And things cost money. 

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We don't have time to be going 
out and buying one duvet up that

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didn't work. 
We'll buy another duvet up that 

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didn't work. 
I wanted some cotton our way. 

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Actually, no, I like linen. 
Like there are so many mistakes 

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that can be made and so much 
money to be wasted and not to 

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mention landfills. 
So here are my 5 tips that are 

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going to make your bedroom 
instantly better. 

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So without further ado, let's 
get into it. 

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So mistake number one is 
ignoring the bed frame. 

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Let's talk from the bones to the
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So this all makes sense. 
Imagine an empty room. 

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Most people jump straight to the
bed linen, but you have to start

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with the bed itself. 
If your bed has spindly little 

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legs and nothing underneath it, 
it looks temporary, like you're 

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back at uni. 
You need to get a gas lift or 

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draw bed frame so you've got the
storage. 

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Especially if you're in an 
apartment, it's one of the most 

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practical upgrades you can make.
And go for a frame that goes all

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the way to the floor so there is
no wasted space, no dust, and no

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nasty surprises. 
If you're moving out of that 

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rental. 
And you lift up the bed and you 

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see like a pile of dust is 
embedded in that carpet, like 

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we've all been there where it's 
required you to like vacuum it 

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three times just to try and get 
that deposit back because so 

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much dust is accumulates under 
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The problem is solved if you 
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Ideally, you want to buy the 
base and the headboard 

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separately so you can change the
headboard in future without 

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having to buy a whole new bed. 
And Speaking of headboards, go 

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for a large head. 
So if you have a queen bed, go 

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for a king size. 
If you have a king bed, go for a

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super king. 
Hey, even if you have a queen 

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bed, you can grab the Super 
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Because we want the 
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We want that headboard to take 
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It just instantly looks so much 
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It doesn't matter how much 
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you buy, if the bed frame is not
working, it's never going to 

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look good. 
We do not want mattresses on the

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ground. 
Guys, seriously, go have a look 

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at a couple of Tik Toks and find
out what happens with the 

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mattress on the floor in terms 
of your health and also the 

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bacteria. 
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So be sure to get yourself a bed
frame ASAP if you don't have one

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already. 
Mistake #2 We're going to talk 

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about the bedding. 
Once you have the bed frame, we 

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need to move on to the 
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Grab yourself a good mattress. 
You are sleeping on that thing 

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every day. 
Head into somewhere that sells 

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mattresses. 
It can be a department store 

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like DJ's. 
My mattress is from Freedom. 

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You can lay on the bed. 
You can speak to the 

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professionals that know all 
about what's going on inside and

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outside that mattress. 
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grab yourself a waterproof 
protector and also a 

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hypoallergenic 1. 
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that we want it to be waterproof
so there's no yellow stains on 

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our mattress. 
It stays just as clean and crisp

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as white as the day you bought 
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I get it. 
The waterproof protectors can 

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feel a bit towelling. 
They can also make funny noises 

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because it's like a plastic 
lining underneath, which is why 

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you grab the hypoallergenic one.
It has a soft lining underneath.

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Also it looks really nice if you
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top so then it eliminates that 
towelling texture feel and the 

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mattress looks nicer. 
It's double the amount of 

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protection. 
We've got some waterproof. 

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We've also got the dust proof. 
You can vacuum it. 

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Wash the hypoallergenic one once
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That mattress is staying in 
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Once we have that, if you want 
your mattress to look like a 

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cloud before you've even put the
quilt on, you should grab 

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yourself a mattress Topper. 
You really have to focus in on 

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the GSM, which is the grammes 
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So the higher the number, the 
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it will be. 
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consider is what is inside the 
fill, because if it's a 

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synthetic fill, it will feel 
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lofty and light. 
If it is a down it will be more 

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lofty and light. 
If you cannot have down you can 

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go for a high loft or a cloud 
corn fibre which mimics that of 

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down which is lofty and light. 
Don't go for the cheapest option

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because 9 times out of 10 it 
will be the synthetic foamy fill

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which is lumpy. 
It clumps together, it doesn't 

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look lofty. 
It's not going to give you that 

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cloud like feel. 
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I just, I would avoid it at all 
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And that goes for all fills. 
That's quilt fills, Topper 

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fills, cushion fills. 
We don't want that synthetic 

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foam fill. 
It's pretty much just like a 

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placeholder to make things look 
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Like when you go into a store 
and you see cushions with the 

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insert, replace them with the 
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The cushion will look instantly 
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Let's go all the way back to the
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Once we have the Topper, we're 
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You want to make sure that you 
grab yourself 2 standard pillows

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that are built for support. 
I grab mine from Adairs. 

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They're the high loft wraps 
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They have a memory foam little 
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it is wrapped in a high loft 
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So it looks and feels like a 
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support of memory foam on the 
inside, so you get the best of 

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both worlds. 
You have support and also it 

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looks and feels like a pillow. 
We then also have to pick up two

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more standard pillows because 
within a duvet set you have two 

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pillowcases and within a sheet 
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So you will have 4 pillows on 
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Are you sleeping with all these 
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No, you're sleeping with that 
pillow that has the memory foam 

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and the Hiloph surround, and 
then you can put that other 

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pillow on a bench or a chair or 
if you need the extra support or

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you like to cuddle a pillow, 
that is the pillow that you 

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cuddle. 
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this, this is going to feel very
obvious to some people, but the 

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things that feel really obvious,
some people don't know that. 

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There's a reason why the videos 
of me making the beds and 

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tucking your top sheet has 
millions of views. 

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It's because people don't know 
these things and I'm very 

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comfortable with sharing them 
with you and I'm not going to 

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shame you for it. 
Those other standard pillars 

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don't have to have memory foam 
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They can be a simple feather 
down. 

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I really like grabbing my down 
pillows from IKEA. 

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They have a certification to say
that there's been no life 

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plucking, so they're ethical. 
Down is a byproduct of the meat 

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industries. 
You don't need to be worrying 

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about live plucking. 
It really is not going on 

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anymore. 
There are literal companies that

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go around to all these factories
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happening. 
As long as people are eating 

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poultry, there will always be 
down and feathers available in 

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bedlinen. 
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whether or not you want to go 
down that path. 

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I like the look and feel of 
feather down. 

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I think they have the best 
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If you want an alternative, go 
for the cloud corn fibre 

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available at Sheet Society. 
It's a little bit pricier, but 

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that's because it's an 
alternative to down. 

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I personally think that it is 
the best replica of down on the 

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market. 
OK, so we've got the pillars 

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that we're going to sleep on 
that have support and also look 

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good. 
Then we also have two extra 

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pillars that we're going to use 
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If we want to cuddle the pillow 
at night, great, now we're going

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to talk about the duvets. 
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Duvet, quilt, duna, whatever you
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comforter. 
I do not care. 

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Go out and get a high GSM count,
Duna. 

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If you live in a warm climate 
and it gets really warm, you 

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unfortunately cannot have as 
high a GSM as that of us who 

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live in a cooler climate. 
My duvet is 700 to 800 GSM I 

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believe, so it's quite warm, but
you do get used to it and it's 

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very fluffy. 
If you want a fluffy cloud like 

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duvet, make sure you get a down 
or the cloud corn fibre in a 

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high GSM count and you will have
the fluffiest bed ever. 

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If you do live in a warmer 
climate, go for a duvet or a 

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quilt that's around the 506 
hundred GSM and grab a high GSM 

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count mattress Topper. 
So you're sleeping on top of all

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that down versus having it on 
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So you're pretty much just 
placing the down underneath you 

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rather than sitting on top of 
you, which ultimately makes it a

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bit cooler. 
So once we have that, we've got 

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a good bed frame, then we have a
mattress, we've got a mattress 

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Topper, then we have a good 
Duna. 

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We also have 4 standard pillow 
cases, one that has support and 

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the other one for decorative 
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If you have all of these things,
you are already like 75% than 

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the majority. 
We're then going to go on to 

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pillows and cushions. 
Make sure those inserts aren't 

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down, old cloud corn or high 
loft. 

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Like I said earlier, I picked up
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IKEA. 
I also grabbed the European 

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pillow inserts in the down from 
IKEA as well. 

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And you can also get the cushion
inserts. 

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You can grab squares and you can
also grab lumber pillows. 

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Grab some of those and then you 
have everything you will need to

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make the perfect bed. 
And it all doesn't have to cost 

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you a fortune either. 
Those cushion inserts and 

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pillows at IKEA are a great 
price and then the only thing 

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that will really cost you a bit 
of money is probably the duvet 

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and maybe those pillows that you
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The rest is really cost 
effective, really the price per 

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where you're sleeping on your 
bed every day. 

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So you're definitely getting 
your money's worth. 

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One quick tip before I move on 
to mistake #3 is if you have a 

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king bed, you can grab king 
pillows. 

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As in the pillows that you sleep
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The standard pillow you can grab
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A lot of people have standard 
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why it feels that empty. 
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wider so it feels more empty 
because the pillows are not 

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taking up the full spans of the 
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If you grab for king pillows 
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will see that it will come 
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that of if you have standard 
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The only thing that is bad about
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brands don't sell king 
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They are getting better because 
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sleeping on king mattresses 
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So it's something to keep in 
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On my bed I have a queen bed and
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makes it easier for me, but I'm 
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than the standard person. 
So if you only have a couple of 

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sets of linen, you can certainly
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pillowcases and you are good. 
You are set where you lose out 

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on when it comes to really 
interesting bed linen you can 

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make up for in cushions and 
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Speaking of, let's go on to 
mistake #3 in that people think 

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it's all about the linen. 
I see it all the time. 

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They don't build on a really 
strong foundation by beautiful 

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bed linen. 
Expensive sheets, but the bed 

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still looks sad. 
It's like fashion. 

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You can wear the most beautiful 
designer pieces, but if they 

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don't fit or you don't style 
them properly, it's not going to

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look good. 
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your bed. 
Fold your duvet back so it feels

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inviting. 
Use a top sheet, stack your 

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pillows properly, EUR at the 
back, then your sleeping pillows

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and then a lumbar or a pair of 
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And please no €3 on a king bed. 
Just go with two and finish with

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a coverlet or throw to add 
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You grab those four king pillows
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put €2.00 in the front and do a 
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It is so chic, €3 just feels off
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I could change my mind in a few 
years time so don't hold it 

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against me but at the moment I 
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I also don't love pillows 
stacked upright, I prefer them 

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stacked down one on top of each 
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When it's upright it just feels 
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You can see how I stack pillows 
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So many different ways in which 
you can do it and you can change

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it weekly so it feels fresh and 
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That's the best thing about 
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It instantly refreshes your 
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do anything if you have all 
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So we've got an amazing bed. 
We've got the bed frame, the 

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mattress, the bed linen, the 
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a pro. 
So mistake #4 is just neglecting

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the room around the bed. 
The bed might be the star, but 

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the room around it matters just 
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We need to get 2 matching 
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Ideally withdraws 2 matching 
lamps or at least two that 

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relate to each other. 
Feel like I say it over and over

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and over again and yet it 
doesn't seem to sink in. 

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People only have one bedside 
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Have stools and chairs. 
No, don't go interesting. 

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If your house is a standard 
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style, you need to get 2 
matching bedside tables, ideally

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with storage because people have
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You don't have things cluttered 
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It just doesn't make sense. 
If these things are too 

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expensive, look on Facebook 
marketplace. 

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You will be able to pick up a 
beautiful set of bedside tables 

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second hand at a great price 
that will instantly make the 

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bedroom look better. 
It's all about the symmetry. 

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It's all about balance. 
It's all about layering. 

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That is interior design, 
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But most importantly, that's 
exactly what you need to do in a

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bedroom. 
Same goes for the lamps. 

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We want nice, warm, cosy 
lighting, low lighting that 

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makes us feel tired, that helps 
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We've got to think about the 
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Like with Indesign, there is 
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All of these things look 
beautiful, but they also serve a

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purpose and that is to have the 
best sleep of your life. 

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Another common question that I 
get is where are all these 

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cushions and extra pillows going
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And that's where I encourage you
to pick up a bench seat or a 

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chair to go in the corner of the
room to not only house your 

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clothes, other bits and pieces, 
it's also for those blankets and

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cushions that you're not using 
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Those things should speak to 
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They should feel like the cousin
or the relative to the bed frame

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and ideally the rug. 
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Bigger is better. 
Every time that you think that 

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it's going to be the right size,
go up a size. 

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Yes, it's expensive, but it's 
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especially if you don't have 
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But if you do have ugly carpet, 
if you're in a rental, grabbing 

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a rug that's really large 
actually makes people think that

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that rug is the new carpet or 
the flooring in that space. 

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Highly encourage you to pick up 
a rug, a bench seat, and a 

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chair. 
Minimum in your bed is other 

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bits of furniture. 
Like if you go to a hotel there 

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is always a bed, a chair, and 
usually a bench, along with two 

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matching side tables. 
And lambs, by the way. 

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Finally, the last thing I want 
to talk about is hanging up some

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curtains. 
Even if you're renting, you can 

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do this with tension rods or no 
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Or honestly, just put them up 
anyway because your landlord is 

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not going to care if you put in 
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Curtains are instantly going to 
soften the room and make it feel

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finished. 
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The tactility? 
It not only looks visually soft,

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it sounds more muted because the
fabric absorbs the sound and it 

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feels comfortable. 
Again, it all comes back to that

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form and function. 
These items not only look good, 

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but they serve a purpose and 
you're going to get your money's

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worth because you use it every 
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You don't have to really justify
these purchases because they are

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well worthwhile even if you're 
renting, because you take all 

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these items with you into the 
new place and nine times out of 

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10 they're going to fit in any 
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Which speaks to the style by the
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mistake is that people don't go 
with the right formula when it 

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comes to print, colour and 
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I would personally go for 
furniture that is more on the 

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neutral earth tone side. 
It feels soft, subdued and 

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relaxing. 
Then when we want to introduce 

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more character through prints 
and pattern, that's how we 

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incorporate bed linen, cushions 
and blankets. 50% of the 

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population love change, the 
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So the ones who don't like 
change, you can definitely go 

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for the more colourful bits and 
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When it comes to the bed frames,
the side tables, the drugs and 

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the curtains, the other 50% who 
grow tired of things, who like 

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things to change, who also like 
to feel more relaxed, I would 

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say go for the softer neutrals 
in those larger, more costly 

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pieces. 
That way, when you're over deep 

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green, Navy blue, polka dots, 
it's not going to cost you 

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thousands to replace that bed 
head. 

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It's not going to require an air
Tasker or a professional to come

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along and replace the wallpaper.
It's a simple strip off the bed 

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stick in a cupboard. 
Come back to it in six months 

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time and it feels brand new. 
If you want to update and 

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refresh, you can grab a new 
style of cushion. 

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Bolsters are all in at the 
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Or if you like that mid century 
vibe, grab a Pebble cushion. 

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If you want to make things feel 
more elevated and fancy, grab 

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some European pillows, add a 
tailored edge or an Oxford edge,

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a flange, whatever you want to 
call it. 

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There are so many ways in which 
you can elevate and transform 

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your bed through the linen and 
the cushions. 

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When you get the right bed 
frame, the right bedding, the 

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styling right, and the furniture
balance, suddenly the room feels

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intentional. 
And that's the goal. 

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A bedroom that feels like it 
belongs to you. 

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Not a halfway house or furniture
showroom. 

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If you don't have the final say 
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If you're in a share house right
now, your bedroom is your 

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sanctuary. 
It is the place to call home. 

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It all starts in the bedroom. 
Once you nail an incredible 

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bedroom, it is so much easier to
make the rest of your space feel

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like home. 
Now to quickly recap #1 it all 

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starts with a really good bed 
frame with storage and make sure

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the headboard goes all the way 
along the wall and you can 

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separate it and swap it out if 
you want without having to buy a

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whole new bed #2 Get the right 
bedding. 

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Make sure that it has a high GSM
count and it's ideally a down or

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a down alternative like a cloud 
corn fibre #3 It's all about 

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styling it. 
Get the good bed linen but make 

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sure you style it properly #4 
Balance the room with the 

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tables, the lamps, the rugs and 
the curtains and #5 play with 

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soft neutrals as the base and 
play it up with the colour and 

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the patterns through the bed 
linen. 

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Do just these five things and I 
promise your bedroom will feel 

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200% better than 98% of people's
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If you need some visual 
references, please head over to 

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my TikTok and my Instagram where
you can find me making a bed 

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weekly. 
I show so many different styles 

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and so many different ways to 
make a beautiful bed each and 

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every week. 
One quick tip that I wanted to 

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mention too is to decorate for 
the seasons. 

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If things feel tired or things 
feel old, really refer to what's

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going on outside because not 
only will it make you more 

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comfortable as you sleep with 
lighter layers, but also the 

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colours speak to what's 
happening in the year, whether 

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it be the holidays or the 
seasons. 

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So right now in Australia, it's 
heading into spring, summer. 

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So pull out those lighter 
colours, work with the whites, 

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the butters, the sages, the sky 
Blues, the soft pinks. 

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You know it's time to step away 
from the deep cherries and the 

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Browns with out of winter. 
If you're in the Northern 

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hemisphere, welcome the plaids. 
Welcome the berries and the 

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cherries and the Browns. 
Get excited about the seasons 

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changing. 
And hey, if you're in the 

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Northern Hemisphere, it's 
Christmas soon. 

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Why don't you pull out like a 
check or a Plaid or a tartan? 

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That could be fun. 
The best thing of all is that if

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it feels scary, it doesn't 
matter because you're changing 

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the bed linen next week so you 
don't ever get tired of it. 

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You never get sick of it. 
It just lives on, which is the 

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thing that I love the most about
the bedroom. 

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There's just so much 
versatility, there's so much 

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practicality. 
It looks amazing, it feels great

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and like it's so beneficial 
because at the end of the day, 

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sleep health is just so 
important when it comes to 

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anything and everything when it 
comes to you. 

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And that's the thing, your 
bedroom is where you start and 

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and every single day, it's not 
just a room, it's the place that

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sets the tone for your life. 
When you get the bed frame 

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right, layer the bedding 
properly, style it with care and

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balance a room with thoughtful 
furniture and lighting, suddenly

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your bedroom stops being a 
functional space and starts 

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becoming that sanctuary that you
need. 

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And that's what I want for you. 
A space that feels considered, 

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calm and completely yours. 
No matter your budget or whether

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you rent or own, if you do even 
one of these upgrades this week,

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please tag me on Instagram at 
Louisbourg. 

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I want to see your before and 
afters. 

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And if you'd love this 
conversation, follow the podcast

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and share this episode with a 
friend who's well overdue for a 

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bedroom refresh. 
Because you deserve to wake up 

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in a space that inspires you, 
and I'm here to help you get 

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there. 
I'll see you all in the next 

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episode of Home and Hosting with
Louis back.