Keep Your Bedroom Cozy

When it comes to your bedroom, there is no room more sacred. Since we spend a third of our lives in bed (and countless more doing other things), it only makes sense that you have the best items possible for the most blissful sleep possible.

Choosing and Caring for Your Mattress

When searching for the right mattress, find a combo of support and comfort. Thicker, heavier mattresses with a higher number of coils tends to be higher quality, offering more support, comfort, and longevity.
Pillow tops are a good choice for extra comfort. If you choose a pillow top, be sure to buy sheets large enough and deep enough for the mattress.
A good mattress will form to your body's natural contours, but it cant do that if you sleep on one side of the mattress for too long. Turn your mattress every two to three weeks for the first three months of use and after that once every three to four months.

Picking the Perfect Pillow

• If you sleep on your side, choose a firm pillow. You want your head to stay in alignment with your spine. If you sleep on your stomach, choose a softer pillow. A firm one would hold your head and neck up too high, causing you to arch your back out of whack.
• If you have allergies, buy a hypoallergenic pillow cover with a zipper and slip your regular pillow case over it. Also vacuum under the bed once a week to help allergies.
• Change your pillowcases once or twice a week. They collect a lot of dirt an grease In fact, cleaner cases may help lead to clearer skin.
• Goose-down pillows should be replaced every 5 to 10 years. Synthetic pillows every two years.'

Best Sheets to Buy

The three things to keep in mind when buying sheets : thread count, fiber, and finish.

• Choose a 200 - 300+ thread count. The higher the thread count, the bigger the price tag. You also want to look at the ply. Single ply is usually softer, as two ply is made from yarns that are twisted together. A single ply 200 count sheet will be about the same softness as a two ply 400 count sheet. 
• Make sure the fiver is silk or cotton (preferably Egyptian cotton). Egyptian cotton is the softest and most durable. Skip polyester blends and satin sheets - they don't breathe well which means you'll get sweaty under those sheets. 
• Change your sheets every week and duvet covers every two weeks.

TIP: If there is cat or dog fur on your sheets, throw them in the dryer and it will come right off!

Make a Heavenly Hotel Bed

Now that you have your sleeping essentials, time to make them look luxurious! I love when I stay at a hotel and get to sink into their freshly made bed. It's so neat I almost don't want to touch it. Here are a few secrets from the pros:

• Create room for your feet: Lay your top sheet flat over your bottom sheet. At the foot of the bed, pull it back over itself eight inches so it creates a pocketlike fold. Then tuck the sheet in at the edges. 
• For optimum coolness, let the side of the sheets hang down on their own on the sides.
• Give your bed a turned-down look by folding your duvet or comforter over 12 inches.
• For a supersoft feel, dust talcum powder over white cotton sheets.
• Notice how in posh hotels, beds look plush but never fussy? The clean-lined, oversize rectangular shams in neutral or all white look fresh.

I have this fabric spray sented Egyptian Cotton that I spray on my sheets every day to get that heavenly clean smell.