The Elements of A Comfortable Bed

Down Comforter// Duvet Cover// Bed Blanket// Sheet Set

Euro Pillow Inserts (not pictured)// Euro Pillow Shams (not pictured)

Mattress// Mattress Cover // 18" Bed Skirt (sold out, comparable)

Mattress Foundation (aka bed frame, but no need for boxspring)// Headboard Brackets

Headboard (fabric is Allie Sky and has since been discontinued) 

My Pillow Insert (stomach sleeper)// My Fiancé's pillow insert (back sleeper)

I did a post like this a few years ago, right when I moved into this house. I have since changed things up slightly and thought I would share exactly what we have on our bed as I know this was requested quite a bit lately! 

I am someone that fully believes in creating an incredible bed. A nice mattress, incredible sheets, fluffy pillows, etc. We spend so much time in bed. A quick Google search tells me we spend 26 years actually sleeping and 7 years trying to fall asleep so like 33 years in bed. Wow. 

I am also a sleep-lover. I am lucky in that I don't have sleep issues or trouble falling asleep. I love to get many hours of sleep as possible and sleep in on the weekends! 

So my bed is my haven and I treat it as such. You all know I love blue and white but I did try to keep the busy-ness to a minimum in our bedroom since I wanted something soft and peaceful. I think the headboard is the perfect accent and adds enough color and vibrancy to an otherwise, muted room. I always do white bedding. With a dog, it's the easiest thing to keep clean because I can bleach anything if need be. 

I also change my sheets 2x per week. I think I've shared this before, but I was straight-up scarred during my freshman year orientation at JMU. We went to this presentation which was all about campus life and one of the slides was about what happens if you don't wash your bedding. All I have to say is ew ew ew. From that day on, I literally have changed my sheets at minimum weekly but it's definitely more like every 3-4 days. Same with bath towels... I wash them like every 2 showers. It's a lot of wear to the fabric, regardless of how nice the quality is, so I make sure to have several backup sheet sets and towels so they can be rotated. I think the motivation for this also lies in the fact that I truly think there is nothing more wonderful than getting into bed at night and the sheets being fresh or stepping out of the shower and grabbing a fresh towel. 

Also, having our washer/dryer right next to our bedroom is literally the best thing ever. It was like that in my apartment, too. Amazing and a huge game-changer. We live in a new construction home, and main floor or upstairs washer/dryers are common in newer homes, and obviously, my apartment was one floor. However, Pittsburgh has a lot of older homes and it is very common for the laundry to be down in the basement (along with a lone Pittsburgh toilet... HAH! if you know, you know). My parents have laundry in the basement. I love older homes and whenever my fiancé and I talk about potentially moving (in years to come), I always comment about how I am not sure I could ever do basement laundry again. Truly, our laundry being next to our bedroom is the greatest luxury of all time for me. 

Anyway, that was quite the tangent, back to our bedding... I LOVE everything about our bed. It's seriously the most comfortable and even when I stay at the most luxurious hotels, I am always so glad to be back in our own bed. 

So here's the rundown...

I did an Instagram campaign with Boll and Branch, so while this is not sponsored, I was gifted the linens for the sponsored Instagram campaign. They also gave me a code that is good until the end of this month, so if you are interested, definitely take advantage (I don't get anything from you all using the code, just a nice perk!).  The code is SUMMERW15 and you'll get 15% off. 

These Boll and Branch linens are truly the real deal and completely worth the hype you see all over Instagram. After I got them gifted to me for my bed, I ordered some for my parents to try out because they're that good. They also come beautifully packaged so it's a nice-looking gift, too. They are soft, crisp and somehow they don't wrinkle as much as my other linens do. They're 100% organic cotton. I'm really picky about the fabrics I use for bedding and it always has to be fully cotton! 

Also, I always get questions about our Leesa mattress. It's one of those mattresses that ships in a box. I had one for my apartment (which the company is now out of business) and it was the greatest thing ever. My apartment bed is now our guest bedroom bed so we needed a king mattress when we moved into this house. Let me tell you, this mattress is the BEST. It is beyond comfortable. Truly could not recommend this more. 

We use a mattress pad overtop as that typically extends the life of a mattress. I searched high and low and did a lot of research about mattress pads. Some can get really pricey and some are just garbage made of so many synthetic materials. The one I found was affordable and 100% cotton and so incredibly soft and comfortable. It is extending the life of our mattress but also adding even more comfort to our bed (which I didn't think was possible). 

These pillows are what my fiancé prefers to sleep with. He sleeps on his back and I sleep on my stomach, so I need a different pillow. However, I will say these pillows are amazing as pillow inserts for shams if you want the pillow to look really nice and full! They are really nice pillows, especially for the price, but just not for me for sleeping.