Organic Bedding: a seasonal guide
One of the joys of living in a country with four seasons is the opportunity each one brings to change our lifestyle. Autumn and winter push us indoors toward rest and the joys of ‘hygge’, while spring and summer pull us outside to new adventures. Nature regularly prods us to change our habits, and this can be good for us as well as fun.
Many brands capitalise on these nature-approved lifestyle shifts, giving us an endless array of new stuff to celebrate them with. At Ecosophy, we usually aim for the opposite of this by celebrating quality over quantity. But making seasonal changes doesn’t have to mean buying new products every year. If we use the same products year on year, swapping them on a seasonal basis can give us the thrill of the new without actually buying anything new.
When it comes to our homes, bedding is the most obvious choice for a seasonal change as it is the closest homeware product to our skin. Our choice of bedding fabric can make a huge difference to the quality of our sleep throughout the year, with jersey creating warmth and cosiness in the winter, and linen keeping us cool and dry in the summer. Below, we have outlined the most suitable bedding fabrics for each season, with links to our own collections, all of which are organic.
Summer Bedding: Linen
Linen is a woven fabric with a unique texture created by the irregular thickness of its threads. These give it a look that is elegant but down to earth.
Linen has some impressive technical abilities, such as its high absorbency and ability to conduct heat away from the skin. These make it the ideal bedding fabric for the summer.
Shop our linen bedding here.
Winter Bedding: Jersey
Jersey is a cotton fabric that is knitted rather than woven. This gives it a softness and relaxed structure, similar to a T-shirt. Jersey is the perfect bedding fabric for the winter as its softness makes it warm and cosy.
Shop our jersey bedding here.
Spring & Autumn Bedding: Percale
Percale is a great bedding choice for the in-between months, when it’s not too cold and not too hot. Percale is a cotton fabric made through a one-over, one-under weaving method that creates a smooth fabric with a matte appearance – similar to a crisp cotton shirt. While this smoothness can be a bit of a downside in extreme weather – making the fabric slightly cool in the winter and reducing its absorbency in the summer – in the spring and autumn, percale’s smoothness and balanced weight feel like sheer luxury.
Shop our percale bedding here.