Top 5 Bedding Essentials For Better Sleep
Just like how some of us have little night-time routines to get our face and bodies ready for bed, there are some bedding essentials you can add to improve your sleeping experience.
Making the bed isn’t just for the morning. While it does guarantee that your bed is clear enough to lay down on at the end of the day, you want to ensure absolute comfort and calm so you can easily rest for the day to come. So, take the time to look into your bedding essentials and really consider what preparations you can make for intentionally better sleep. A good night’s sleep could mean easier mornings, which help you start better days, and lead overall richer lives.
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Thank Goodness For Beddings
Ever Lasting suggests 5 bedding essentials you’ll want to think about in the future for optimum comfort and better sleep:
Pillowcases
Duvet/Blankets
Beddings
Pajamas (trust us)
Atmosphere (more on this later)
Our beds are where our days begin and end, and it should be appreciated. It gives our days a place to start, where we can decide what to do first as we get up, like making the bed itself or fixing a cup of coffee. Helping us create a sense of routine to keep us grounded in our busy everyday lives. The Aiden Striped Bedding Set in Khaki helps with just that.
In the night our beds become a comfortable solace, where for a time we can bid the rush and noise of the outside world goodbye, and focus on recovering our energy. Life can be unpredictable at times, but proper rest gives us that time to re-center, so we can be ready to face tomorrow.
It's hard to deny that our beds are where we get the best rest. So, show your beds some love, and provide it with the proper bedding essentials to do its job.
Why stop at the Bedroom? Feel free to take a sneak peek at our Living Room Collection for ideas on how to cultivate comfort and calm in another part of your home.
There Are Layers To Achieving Soft-Warm Comfort
Bedding Essentials For A Cozy Embrace
I think we’re all guilty of having dozed off in class at least once in our lives, even for just a minute. And those of us that tried to stay awake will know that when the fatigue sets in your head is always the first to go. Pretty sure it’s why some call it “nodding” off. But we still manage to spring back into consciousness albeit still fighting off the urge to close our eyes for too long.
So, after a long day of holding our heads high working, socializing and just living in general it’s understandable why the minute our heads can finally be set down we start to drift to sleep much easier, and much deeper.
Pillows are a crucial head support, a bedding essential that can help determine how deeply we can fall asleep. The Berry Crush Washed Cotton Pillowcases provide a resting space.
Preparing a place to lay our heads for the night is our conscious invitation to rest, and that is what makes it essential for better sleep.
This may be a considerably small aspect of our bedding, but it could be the difference between us simply feeling the day’s fatigue catch up to us and allowing our bodies to recover its energy. And that is the kind of intentional comfort we hope to help you build. You shouldn’t just lie in bed, you should get to rest and feel at ease, reassured by the fact that you’ve chosen the right bedding essentials for better sleep.
To take it a step further we encourage you to consider your bedding essentials' colors and textiles. Bright and eclectic beddings can be aesthetically pleasing, but switching to calmer shades or simpler patterns could help cultivate a more relaxing atmosphere for the night. A perfectly calming cohesive set up for the rest of your bedding essentials to follow when all you want is for them to easily carry you into a deep sleep.
Your proper bedding essentials need proper care as well, so here’s a general tip while we’re on the subject of pillows: It’s good practice to switch out your pillowcase at least once or twice a week to avoid your facial oils, dead skin cells, and fallen hairs from gathering on the pillowcase, which could possibly lead to acne breakouts.
Check out our Plant Based Pillow for a 100% Vegan bedding essential to pair beautifully with all of our other bedroom bundles.
Get comfortable headfirst...
Are You Bundled Up Enough?
Ever notice that your room's temperature is never the same throughout the night? You could be tucking yourself in with one leg sticking out because it’s slightly warm, but by morning you're curling yourself into your duvet like a burrito to hide from the cold.
The room’s temperature may remain an unpredictable element of the night, but hopefully with the right bedding essentials, the possibility of keeping warm isn’t as uncertain.
Truly, there is nothing among our bedding essentials that make it harder to leave our beds in the morning than a cozy blanket.
Although they’re probably lighter than a full-on duvet, I think we could all use a more portable blanket for when we want to stay warm on the go. You will find this especially helpful on those cold nights when you inexplicably have to get up for a glass of water or something but still want to retain the warmth of your bed.
Shop our Blankets and Throws, an easy solution to adding layers, made from materials like fleece and velvet so as to ensure that cozy warmth throughout the night.
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Getting Warm? Don't Sweat It
Worry not hot-sleeper readers, we wouldn’t leave you out. We have bedding essentials to cater to both ends of the sleeper spectrum, whether you’re someone who easily gets cold or warm in the night.
Some of our bedding essentials are made of Washed-Cotton, so items like our duvet covers and blankets make for a comfortably breathable addition to your bed space. They’re crafted to help keep you cozy but cool all night, and don’t even worry about sweating, some of our covers are moisture-wicking to help you stay fresh and dry while you sleep. You can also consider our Thin-Mix Breathable Blanket Set if you want something lighter to tuck yourself into.
Another aspect of your bedding essentials to consider is the physical sensation it leaves on your skin and trust us when we say our duvet covers and cotton blankets are next level, like a cozy cloud with a gentle-airy touch. Just imagining it puts you in the mood to sleep.
We also have covers crafted with a high thread density ensuring its durability and giving you the most years out of them. A fact to look out for the next time you’re browsing for bedding essentials to keep you warm or cool throughout the seasons.
Check out the products of our Tencel Collection, another fabric type we use for our bedding essentials to help keep you cool at night.
We all want to fall asleep to optimum comfort, but some people may find that goal a little overwhelming or even unattainable, but if what we’ve shown so far is anything to go by, choosing a good set up of bedding essentials need not be that complicated.
Tonight you can add one more layer to your bed for warmth, next week you can switch to gentler-feeling pillowcases, and in the future, you can choose bedding essentials in softer shades for a more calming effect.
There are a number of bedding essentials you can choose from to start small with, and as long as you make these decisions intentionally, they will surely compound into building you a cozier space for better sleep. There’s no rush to get comfortable, so feel free to take it one step at a time.
Read A Gentle Bedroom Reset for People Who Don’t Like Routines to learn what other self-paced efforts you can make to elevate your bedroom atmosphere.
Keeping Warm or Staying Cool? Our bedding essentials can do both...
Do You Dream Of Getting Cozy?
Lying Down Never Felt So Good
I think we can all appreciate a good lie down, even in the middle of the day. I mean if you have the time to get comfortable, by all means take it?
Our Beddings Sets offer a quality that’s gentle on your skin every time, and breathable for keeping cool, a useful feature for those slow days you just want to lie in bed without the fear of it feeling too warm.
And with so many beautifully timeless designs and fabric-types to choose from, whether you’re someone that likes lounging in the day or getting cozy at night, there’s a good chance you’ll find the bedding essentials that fit your vision of calm and relaxation.
Don’t miss out on Ever Lasting’s exclusive and money saving Bedding Bundles.
Not all bed spaces are made equal, some have larger rooms than others, some share their space with siblings, but no matter what your space has the potential to give you comfort for a good night's sleep.
Don’t let something like a small space limit how cozy you can feel in it. We provide bedding essentials for a range of bed sizes from Single/Standard to King & California King. In life you’ll learn it’s good practice to make the best of what you’ve got, and in this case, the proper beddings are a good place to start.
First time apartment residents, for example, people who are gaining their first taste of real-world independence by living on their own for the first time, should look at ways to get comfortable in a new place, especially in their new bedroom. Because as new as it may still feel, this is their home now, this will be their sanctuary and where they’ll go to sleep at the end of the day.
Luckily, we are here to provide home and bedding essentials to those eager to start making their new spaces feel like their own. We ensure that no matter the situation or size you require, the quality is guaranteed to turn the space into a cozy paradise that you’ll be fighting your alarm clock to stay in for longer.
Read Gelu's Guide On How to Make a Small Space Work with Pets so you can rest easy knowing your little furry friends are safe to wander around your space.
Must-have bedding essentials for small spaces...
A Nightly Dress Code
It may be hard to believe but even going to bed has its own dress code, and that is: “Whatever you didn't wear outside.” Pajamas may not be a direct part of your bed, but having a good set certainly helps in getting to sleep. Because like your bedsheets, your pajamas are also bedding essentials which contribute to the physical sensation and peace your body experiences when you lie down. The Elle Vintage Inspired Gingham Shorts Pajama Set in Yellow can help you achieve that.
The reason we get dressed in the morning is so we can brave the day and whatever it throws at us. Consider everything you lived through today, the dust from your morning commute, the sweat from work, and public spaces in general. You wouldn’t want to invite any of that to your bedroom.
So just as you do in the mornings, no matter how tired you may be, make the effort to change into something appropriate for the night to come. No need to stress about which one to wear, just pick a pair for the night and an airy, breathable, gentle feel on your skin is always guaranteed.
You can never get too comfortable in your own home, words to live by honestly. And nowhere in your home does that sentiment ring truer than in your bedroom.
Your bedroom is the space where you have the most autonomy to make it solely your own. Don’t take that freedom for granted and truly consider the possibilities. You might surprise yourself with what cozy bedding essentials you think to add, then you'll wonder how you used to go to sleep without it.
There’s a comfort in knowing your space was made for you. A feeling of safety and ease that washes the issues of your outside world away, and everything becomes lighter, even for just one night. Take that moment to breathe and let the feeling carry you as you drift to sleep, tomorrow is another day but for tonight just feel this calm you’ve made for yourself.
Explore our Pajama Collection which isn’t just something to appreciate for its design and comfort, but also a convenient weight off your mind.
Get dressed for the good night's sleep you want to have...
Wind Down Before Falling Asleep
Did you know that taking at least 30 minutes or more to wind down before actually going to bed can help improve your sleep?
It’s interesting to think about how when our bodies feel tired we’ve been able to hot-wire our minds to push through the fatigue. However, after practicing that kind of “mind over matter” every single day, it’s become a kind of survival mechanism that gets harder to turn off as days get busier.
But maybe using certain bedding essentials we can create visual and psychological cues for our minds to respond to, so it can then tell the rest of our body that it’s time to wind down and that it’s okay to rest now. Maybe put your soft slippers next to your door so it’s the first thing you slip into once you get home, signaling to your body that you’ve officially switched from running the fast-paced world outside, to wandering the calm ebb and flow of your home.
Another trick I’ve picked up is when you are lying in bed and you’ve turned off the room lights, place a light beside you and leave it on for a bit. Let your eyes adjust to the darker atmosphere, take a moment to sit in the calm sensory silence of your dimly lit room, and once you feel ready to close your eyes for the night, that's when you turn off the final light. I’ve heard it gives your mind and body time to fully realize that the night has arrived, and with it the freedom to rest. You can use the Planet Orange Lamp to help.
There is no one size fits all when it comes to what bedding essentials help calm a person down for the night, so we encourage you to carefully think of what calms your senses best, then build your sleep-inducing atmosphere around that.
Need a softer light to create your own sleep-inducing atmosphere? Check out our Lighting Collection.
Setting the right atmosphere takes the proper visual cues...
Conclusion
Don’t underestimate the importance of choosing the right bedding essentials for your best sleep. Falling asleep easily may be the goal, but it takes intentional effort to create a space that can induce enough mental calm and physical ease for deep and "better" sleep. Ever Lasting isn’t just encouraging you to make comfier spaces, we want you to consider what you could do to make even just lying down in bed more peaceful, so that actually falling asleep becomes easier.
We call the pieces that make up our bed space “bedding essentials” because they are what you’ve internally decided is essential to your peace of mind for a night’s sleep.
- Do you need cool bedsheets with a softer touch for your sensitive skin?
- Do you need a heavier blanket that won’t expose you to the cold as you toss and turn in the night?
- Do you need inspiration for crafting a cohesive bed space using a more neutral color scheme to help calm your senses at night?
All of these are things to consider when choosing the right bedding essentials, and all of them are things we can help you with. We want you to have bedding essentials that provide a better sleeping experience, because you deserve to greet a new day recharged and calm, knowing that you’re ready for it.
Summary
Remember that when it comes to rest, "falling asleep" isn't the goal, feeling well-rested is. Curating the proper bedding essentials for your space is a subtle self-paced way you can do that.
Filling your space with bedding essentials intentionally chosen for better sleep could lead to easier mornings, improve how you live your days, and enrich your overall life.
At first, setting up a space to your comfort levels can be overwhelming, given the number of bedding essentials or home decor you can choose from to do so. But take the process one step at a time, and each choice for intentionally better rest will slowly build towards a more comfortable space in the end.
A good night's sleep isn’t something you just summon, it's an atmosphere you can cultivate in your own space, through lighting, color, and the physical sensations of your bedding. So, consider what kind of atmosphere helps put your mind and body at ease, and what bedding essentials can help you build that.
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What size should I get?
In terms of sizing, most college dorms have Twin XL beds. In that case, we recommend going with a small size bed set and flat sheet. If you're looking for a fresh start or not sure where to begin, we recommend checking out our bundles! Each bundle will include a pillow, duvet insert and bedding set! It is also already pre discounted! Say heyyy to savings.
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Anything we missed?
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Gentle Care: Always cold wash and air-dry lace/ribbon pieces to protect delicate fibers.
Ironing Bows: If ribbons wrinkle, iron them quickly on a low setting while slightly damp.
Rotate Linens: Rotate your accented pieces to reduce wear and extend the life of the delicate details.
Safe Storage: Store lace and ribbons with acid-free tissue paper to prevent damage and yellowing.
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