How to Create a Beautiful Bedroom

 

Maybe you are someone that loves to pour over home décor magazines or scroll through the internet for inspiring bedroom ideas. Even if you’re someone that doesn’t, everyone deserves to have a beautiful bedroom where they can rest and relax.  But how do you create that bedroom? Read on for some ideas.

Begin with your bed

The key feature of your bedroom will be your bed, so make sure you get it right with your choice of bedding. Material choice is an imperative part of your comfort factor. Choosing an Australian wool underlay will help you to get a great night’s sleep thanks to its body temperature regulating features that keep you cool and comfortable.

Top this off with an Australian wool quilt, and you’re on your way to having the perfect bed. Wool quilts are easy to care for and help to keep your allergies at bay, meaning that your bedroom can remain a place that is calm and serene.

If you’re a fan of colour, why not add a colourful quilt cover and set the theme for your bedroom? Natural fibres like cotton are breathable and complement your wool quilt. Or if you prefer a more neutral base, classic crisp white sheets never go out of style.

Fill your room with plant life

Plants are amazing, and they’ve become a trendy feature for home décor recently. Add some to your bedroom to help increase that feeling of calmness and serenity. What’s more, you can also benefit because they can increase the oxygen in your room at night and take away the carbon dioxide, giving you ideal conditions for sleep. Plus, they look great!

Colours for bedrooms

Neutral bedrooms can look fantastic, but that doesn’t mean you need to forgo colour altogether. For a relaxing bedroom, choose colours such as blues and greens as this helps to create a calm surrounding. Sage greens make a beautiful bedroom choice, but if you’re feeling daring, why not go a little darker? Dark blue also makes an excellent choice for a restful bedroom, and you can complement it with white or cream accessories for a chic look.

It’s all about the texture

When you’re going for a neutral palette for your bedroom, the texture is more important than ever. Think about soft cushions, textured rugs and other interesting features to add texture to your room. Don’t be afraid to layer different textures for a fantastic effect.

Patterns

Patterns can look great in a bedroom. The trick is not to go overboard because you don’t want to make your bedroom look too busy. Subtle patterns can work particularly well, and you could have these in a comforter, cushions or curtains.

Whatever you decide, choose a style that works for you and your personality.

How to Get the Maximum Comfort From Your Bed

If you are tossing and turning throughout the night, it could be for several reasons. However, if you are struggling to get comfortable, you don’t have to suffer, and Halcyon Dreams is here to help you achieve your best night.

A wool underlay is one of the secrets to a great night’s sleep. It provides you with unparalleled comfort, making you rest easy and slip off into a wonderful night’s sleep.

What is it about wool?

Here at Halcyon Dreams, we’re crazy about wool and for good reason. If you are yet to discover the benefits of wool, read on to find out more.

A woollen underlay not only provides you with the comfort you need, but this clever natural material also helps to regulate your body temperature. If you’ve ever woken in the night because you are too hot or too cold, or perhaps you even struggle to fall asleep because your temperature is wrong, wool can do wonders for you.

Wool is designed by nature to keep sheep warm and dry when the weather is cold and wet, and it also keeps sheep cool when it is hot. Humans can benefit from nature’s design with woollen bedding. Your underlay will keep the warmth in your bed when it’s feeling a little chilly outside, allowing you to get a peaceful night’s rest.

As well as this, wool wicks away any additional moisture that is in the air. So, if you start to sweat in the night, it is immediately taken away by the wool, and the wool holds onto it until the air is dry enough to release it.

By keeping a better, more even body temperature throughout the night, you will be more comfortable, and you are more likely to stay asleep.

Wool is great for allergy sufferers

Coughing, sneezing and having the sniffles can all keep you awake during the night, and if you are one of the many Australians who suffer from allergies, a wool underlay can help to keep these at bay. As moisture is quickly absorbed and then released, it doesn’t create a breeding ground for pesky bugs.

Invest now for greater longevity

The good news is that your woollen bedding has a long lifespan, and this is thanks to its ability to take away excessive moisture, which synthetic bedding can struggle to do and therefore doesn’t last as long.

When you buy wool, not only does it give you the comfort you deserve, but you will also be getting quality that lasts.

How to Obtain Maximum Benefits from a Wool Doona

 

The launch of the continental quilt in the 1970s largely consigned heavy and uncomfortable blankets to history. Now more commonly called a duvet or a doona here in Australia, it also made people more aware of the benefits of pure and natural wool fillings as opposed to others such as down or synthetic materials.

These benefits are now commonly known, primarily being wool’s natural ability to maintain a regular temperature throughout the night and so ensure a good night’s sleep. It’s a natural insulator to retain warmth in winter and is breathable for coolness in summer.

With people on average losing one litre of water each night, wool is also able to dissipate moisture and is hypoallergenic so it won’t be a source of irritation. It, therefore, contrasts with synthetic fillings that are treated with chemicals and have none of the natural features of wool. Synthetic fillings will also ignite easily and burn fiercely whereas wool, being naturally flame retardant, is much safer.

Features that make Wool a Better Choice

Whereas any type of wool is likely to be superior to synthetics, selection and treatment are important in maximising the benefits:

·        Certain breeds of sheep produce wool that is suitable for different purposes. All the wool we use has bounce that makes it particularly suitable for use in bedding, as compared to other types that are more appropriate for clothing.

·        The quality of the wool depends on the condition of the sheep from which it comes. All our wool is obtained from farms where the sheep are well cared for, are contented and in the best of health. Happy sheep produce quality wool and, despite some claims, they do benefit from being sheared regularly. By buying a wool doona, you’re supporting Australian farmers.

·        All our wool is processed to make it strong and fluffy so it’s the perfect filling for a comfortable doona that ensures a good night’s sleep. It’s much stronger and more durable than other fillings, being able to bend back on itself over 20,000 times without breaking compared to rayon that breaks after only 75 bends.

·        The treatment we use in processing produces a washable wool doona that won’t felt or shrink and will always retain its shape providing you follow the washing instructions.

If you have trouble sleeping at night, if you’re too hot or too cold, wake up covered in sweat, if you suffer from allergies or just can’t get comfortable, a wool doona may be just what you need. It will ensure you get a great night’s sleep and wake feeling refreshed, providing that you buy a quality product from Halcyon Dreams.

How a Wool Underlay can solve your Sleep Problems

 

We all look forward to a good night’s sleep but don’t always get the rest we want. Sleeping under a wool doona will really help because it maintains a comfortable temperature, dissipates moisture and generally helps you settle down the whole night. If the mattress you lay on is not comfortable, however, or is too soft or too firm for your preference, you can still struggle to sleep properly and so you may need to take action to resolve that.

The usual response is to get a new mattress but that may be a needless expense, especially if the one you have isn’t very old. A better solution may be a woollen underlay that can significantly increase your comfort level.

The Benefits that Underlays can bring

A wool underlay, also known as a mattress topper, fits on top of the mattress and provides an extra layer that will smooth out any lumps and sags that may be the cause of your discomfort. You can buy underlays in varying thicknesses and so can provide different levels of comfort as well as accommodating large and weighty sleepers who may sink into thinner versions.

An underlay that’s filled with wool has all the same benefits as a wool doona or pillow:

·        Temperature regulation to keep you cool in summer and warm in winter

·        Dispersal of excess moisture to keep you dry

·        It provides a softness that’s not available in synthetic materials

·        Free of chemicals and dust mites and so is perfect if you have allergies

·        Resistant to fire

·        Very durable with a long life.

In addition, our underlays help to distribute your body weight evenly so that pressure points are reduced. They are available in a variety of thicknesses and so are suitable for those wanting very soft or firmer sleeping surfaces. You get them in sizes to fit any bed and they’re held firmly in place with a surrounding skirt that adds that finishing touch. And they’re all reversible so you can have the deep pile uppermost in winter for warmth and turn it for a cooler sleeping surface in summer.

Studies have shown that sleepers are more settled when a fleecy wool underlay is used. That reduces activity and ensures improved sleep quality. So, if you want to wake refreshed, increase your comfort with an underlay that’s filled with wool.

Finding Sleeping on Memory Foam a Hot Experience? Try a Woollen Underlay

 

Even though memory foam mattresses and toppers are becoming an increasingly common choice for people who are looking for comfortable night’s sleep, some report that while they are extremely comfortable, they seem to increase your body temperature. If you’ve found this to be true, one way to still enjoy the comfort of your memory foam mattress but be more comfortable in bed is to top it with a wool underlay. We take a look at why sleeping on wool is a better bet for a good night’s sleep.

It Regulates Your Temperature

When your temperature rises at night, you’re likely to toss and turn and throw off the covers. Surprisingly sleeping on wool can help you to maintain your optimum body temperature so you stay asleep for longer. As a natural material, wool wicks away any excess moisture that is created during the night, thus keeping you cool and dry. Plus, when top your bed with a woollen quilt, any sweat you generate will be drawn away and released into the atmosphere rather than remaining on your body. 

An Extra Layer of Comfort

We all enjoy sinking into memory foam but imagine another layer of soft cushioned support. Underlays made of wool usually have an interchangeable fleece upper and smooth underside. The thick pile of a woolen underlay will help to keep you extra cosy during the winter, plus in summer you can simply turn it over to the smoother side.

Can Help to Prevent Allergies

Anyone who has an allergy to dust mites will know how difficult it can be to sleep sometimes when you’re all ‘stuffed up’. With a woollen underlay, you’ll enjoy a better night’s sleep as the woollen fibres are naturally hypoallergenic and don’t provide the right environment for dust mites to breed. If you’re someone who thinks they are allergic to wool, that’s probably not the case. You’re more likely to be allergic to the lanolin. However, you can still use this kind of underlay as you can simply flip it over, so the woollen side sits against the mattress.

Enjoy a Better’s Night Sleep

Of course, the only way to know whether sleeping on wool could improve your sleep is to try it yourself. There’s no need to buy a new mattress when an underlay could solve your problem.

For the best range of quality woollen bedding including underlays, browse through the product range at Halcyon Dreams.

Are Wool Underlays the Same as Wool Toppers?

Have you ever wondered whether there’s a difference between a woollen underlay and a wool topper? If you have, you’re not alone. While many of us are now aware of the benefits that come with using woollen bedding, there are so many different products available that you can be forgiven if you’re feeling a little confused. So, we’re going to explain what makes an underlay an underlay and when a topper is a topper!

You Can See the Difference

Surprisingly, perhaps the easiest way to decide whether it’s a wool underlay or a topper is to take a look at the construction. An underlay is usually fitted to your mattress with a cotton skirt and has wool visible on the outside, like a cosy sheep fleece. A topper, on the other hand, has a more quilt like appearance with a quilted cotton cover encasing the woollen filling. Four corner straps are used to fit your topper to the mattress and stop it from moving around.   

When to Use an Underlay in Preference to a Topper

Both underlays and toppers are used on top of the mattress and under the sheet to provide extra cushioning and to extend the life and cleanliness of your mattress by protecting it from stains from sweat, moisture and spills. But which one should you use?

Underlays help to distribute your body weight more evenly and may assist in reducing pressure on specific body areas. Plus, when they are made of wool, they help your body to remain at its optimum temperature. During the winter, the wool will help to keep you cosy while in summer, the underlay can be reversed so that the cotton side is uppermost. Woollen underlays tend to be more expensive than wool toppers as they are reversible.

In comparison, while toppers do offer extra softness and comfort, they are primarily designed to give your mattress protection from sweat and dirt. Toppers are usually not reversible, and as the woollen interior is encased in a cotton cover, you don’t get the benefits that you would from lying directly on the wool; although this may be preferable for anyone who may have an allergy to wool. In general, toppers cost less than a similar size and quality of underlay and weigh less too. 

The Choice is Yours

Whether you prefer to buy an underlay or topper will usually be based on budget and personal preference. You may pay more for an underlay, but you’ll benefit from sleeping on a woollen surface. If you’re looking for a less expensive option or if you have a wool allergy, a topper may work better for you. But whether you choose a topper or an underlay, if it’s made from 100% Australia wool you can look forward to a more comfortable and natural sleeping experience.