Ep. 271: Bedding 101

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Today we are so excited to have Ballard’s in-house bedding & bath expert Amy Jourdan on the podcast. Amy knows everything about thread counts, materials, mixing and matching, and more. She designs all of the gorgeous beds in our catalog, and she knows what makes the perfect bed. What You’ll Hear on This Episode: How to design a bed with not just look but function in mind. What are some of the most popular bedding materials for sheets and how do they differ? What are popular materials for duvets, coverlets, and quilts? Tips for layering the bed from basics to catalog-worthy. What is the bell of the bed? What to think about when mixing materials on a bed. All about how to arrange pillows depending on bed size and design goal. Our love of the lumbar. A tip for how to find the right orientation of the duvet cover. What are we doing with box springs? The trend now is a shift from headboards to platform beds. What is the best way to style kid’s beds? What are the different duvet fillings? Is a signature scent necessary for bedding? How often should bedding be washed? Bed-making tips including some hot pillow insert tips. A double-stuff duvet trick. How to change bedding with the seasons. Tips for drying sheets and having fewer wrinkles Why we (or our spouses) like to make our beds every day. Mentioned in This Episode: Percale Bedding Sateen Bedding Linen Bedding Quilts & Coverlets Duvet Covers & Pillow Shams Linen Lumbar Pillow Velvet Quilt Heidi Callier Katie Ridder

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0:00.0	Welcome to How to Decorate from Ballard Designs, a podcast all about the trials and triumphs of decorating and redecorating your home.
0:08.7	Each week will help you unleash your inner decorator.
0:11.5	I'm Caroline, and I'm on the marketing team.
0:13.7	And I'm Taryn, and I'm a product designer.
0:15.8	And I'm Liz.
0:16.5	I head up the Ballard creative team.
0:18.2	We're your host. Join the expert team at Ballard Designs
0:21.6	for tips, tricks, and tales from interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world.
0:25.9	Plus, we'll answer our listener question at the end of each show. So don't forget to send them to
0:30.0	podcast of Ballarddesigns.net. Yes, we love answering them. Now on with the show.
0:36.2	Okay, so I am very excited about today's episode because this is a topic I'm very passionate about,
0:42.1	as you've probably gathered over the years.
0:45.6	But we have our in-house betting and bath expert here today.
0:49.8	Her name is Amy Jordan.
0:50.7	She's been at Ballard for nine years, and she is our betting and bath and soft
0:54.9	goods, but for the purposes of this podcast, she's our betting expert. So she helped,
1:01.7	she with Terran's team, they design all of the product. They figure out like, what are we
1:06.1	missing? What do we need? She knows everything about thread counts and materials and mixing and matching. She also
1:12.6	designs all of those gorgeous beds in the catalog that have quilts and duvets and shams and
1:19.1	they're all perfectly mixed and match. She picks them all out. And so she knows what goes together,
1:25.1	what makes the perfect mix. And so we're going to get into everything, bedding and bath today.
1:30.1	If you're trying to create the perfect little nest for your guest room or your primary bedroom,
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