Style Your Bedroom Like an Expert, Design Tips from Paula Wallace

Your bedroom is the place to retreat to at the end of a hectic day, your cave of calm to recharge your battery before the next day begins. Paula Wallace, Creative Director of New Zealand homeware brand Wallace Cotton, provides useful tips for styling your bedroom like an expert.

“A soft upholstered bedhead can be a lovely feature at the top of your bed, or you can use European pillows across the head of the bed to achieve a similar look,” Paula starts off. She adds that choosing a similar or matching bed skirt gives the bed a more tailored look. Next, layer up the bed with a coverlet or bedspread, duvet and quilt or throw for a more luxurious visage.

When it comes to choosing bedlinen, she stresses that linen is lovely to sleep in, as well as for creating a relaxed and casual look. For a more formal bed, she suggests choosing Matelasse (thick textured cotton) bedcovers or lustrous cotton sateen.

Incorporating colour is also encouraged, as coloured bedding can be lovely and moody in a bedroom. For a bright and fresh look, tropical print is the way to go.

However, while experimenting with colour is in trend this season, Paula stresses that we should try keeping colour palettes to a minimum to keep that sense of calm retreat in the bedroom. And when in doubt, she proposes to stick with white as a classic alternative.

“White is always beautiful in a bedroom, especially layers of textured whites.”

Paula isn’t a stranger to the price we pay for high-quality bedlinen, either. “Choose the best bedlinen you can afford and buy two sets so that you can rotate for washing.”

For more bedroom styling inspiration and to find high quality bed sheets and more New Zealand wide, visit the Wallace Cotton website today at https://www.wallacecotton.com/.