The beauty of shopping for
bedlinen online or in store…
Here are some helpful terms to assist and make the shop worthwhile!
- Bed skirt (also bed ruffle, dust ruffle
or valance): A decorative piece used to cover the boxspring and
legs of the bed. It fits between the mattress and boxspring and hangs to
the floor.
- Bed spread: A bed cover with sides that go to the floor. This does not require a bed skirt, and
was particularly popular in
- Bolster: A long, narrow and commonly cylindrical pillow filled with down or feathers.
- Boudoir pillows (or breakfast pillows): Small rectangular decorative throw pillows.
- Comforter: A filled bed cover that is quilted and usually reversible. Also referred to as a inner quilt or duvet by some countries. They typically are paired with a bed skirt to form a complete ensemble, as the sides only go about halfway to the floor.
- Drop: The length of a bed skirt.
- Duvet: A soft flat bag traditionally filled with down or feathers,silk or wool or a combination of both, and used on a bed as a blanket, doona, quilt or comforter. Needs to be enclosed in a cover to keep it clean.
- Duvet cover: A decorative and protective covering for a duvet or quilt. Most
duvet covers have a button or tie closure at one end.
- European sham (or Euro sham): A decorative pillow
covering which fits a large 26” x 26” pillow. These are often placed
behind the standard size pillow shams as a backdrop, or on top of standard
pillows as a coordinated set with a duvet cover.
- Feather bed: Feathers contained within a fabric shell
and lay on top of a mattress as a mattress topper. The feather bed will
normally have elastic straps or even have a fitted sheet on it so that it
fits over a mattress and stays in place.
- Fitted sheet: This is the bottom sheet used to fit
tightly over a mattress. Fitted sheets are available in a variety of
pocket depths, which refers to the thickness of your mattress.
- Flanged: Including a decorative band of fabric that
is straight or tailored; often used to describe pillows or pillow shams.
- Hotel bedding: Sheets with a high-thread count and
unadorned designs, marketed to replicate the bedding materials that hotels use.
Hotel bedding is typically designed to be soft, durable and inoffensive to
variable tastes, and the expansion of business travel created a consumer
demand for similar products.
- Mako cotton: A high grade of cotton, the long staple or long fibre of Egyptian-grown cotton has more continuous fibres to use when creating threads or yarns. This yarn is smaller in diameter yet stronger than other cottons. Smaller yarn means that more threads per square inch can be used to create stronger fabrics which are lighter in weight yet breathe well. Mako cotton is frequently used to make up scale sheets and towels, which are marketed as a luxury product.
- Mattress protector: Also known as a mattress pad, mattress topper, or underpad. This is typically used underneath a fitted sheet to add comfort, protect against allergies, and protect the mattress.
- Neckroll: Small cylindrical decorative throw pillows.
- Pillow shams: Decorative coverings for pillows, often
designed with trims, ruffles, flanges, or cording. Shams are normally
placed behind the pillows used to sleep on, which would be covered with
regular pillowcases.
- Pima cotton: A high grade of cotton. It has the long
staple similar to Mako cotton, which is what gives it its exceptional
softness and brilliant luster, as well as its durability. Its superior
characteristics improve with wear. Pima cotton is used to make up scale
sheets, towels and clothing, which are marketed as a luxury product.
- Pleated: Material that is sewn in folds, like a fan.
- Tailored: Fitted closely, i.e. made to fit the bed exactly.
- Thread count: The number of thread ends per square inch in a woven.
- Around the world we use so many different terms but in the end it all comes down to a bed, pillow, mattress, sheet set, duvet or quilt and the cover to go over them to give you a great nights sleep!
Sleep well :)
Jane
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