I’ve been spending a bit of time travelling around recently and as such, I’ve realised that I quite like a hotel room. The simple style and crisp white bedding speak to the minimalist in me and I find staying in a hotel really peaceful.
However, there’s nothing quite like coming home to your own bed after a trip, is there? Sinking into the familiar mattress in your own bedroom is so lovely when you get back home and you always get a great night’s sleep.
So, I’ve decided that the best way for me to combine both of my favourite places to sleep is by refreshing my bedroom to give it a bit of a hotel ambience. This doesn’t mean spending a fortune on remodelling the room to create more space, it’s simply a few touches that make all the difference.
Here’s how I’ve carried on that peaceful hotel atmosphere in my own home:
An upscaled bed
The last time I went away, I realised what it was about a hotel room that makes me sleep so well – the bed. Often in hotels, a double bed is two singles attached together, such as in the last hotel I stayed, which is the room I’m aiming to recreate (above). This means the sleeping space is so much larger than a bed you’d find at home, plus your own movement doesn’t affect the other person in the bed.
There are two factors at play here – the size and the support. I’d previously enjoyed having a king-size bed but the bedframe was too long at the foot of the bed, so I’d always knock my shins on it as I walked past.
I wanted to find a super king size width, but with a less protrusive frame, which led me to the Origin luxe upholstered bed frame. The floorspace it covers is 2340mm x 1880mm, which is actually shorter than my old bed – so it gives me a bit more space in the room, which only adds to the spacious hotel feeling I’m aiming for.
Plus, it just looks really luxurious: the deeply padded headboard is upholstered in a calming oaty linen colour and it provides comfortable back support for sitting up in bed while reading. Having a larger bed feels more opulent, further adding to the hotel look and feel.
The mattress is another key factor in ensuring a wonderful night’s sleep, both at home and away. After trying many different mattresses over the years, I’ve discovered that it’s rather difficult to find the right one to sooth my back issues.
With a sedentary computer-based job combined with a very active lifestyle, I often find myself shuffling into bed at night feeling stiff and sore. I want to wake up refreshed and restored so choosing the right mattress has been key. And I think I’ve finally found the solution with the Origin Hybrid Pro mattress that was recently gifted to me.
I’ve only slept on it for a few days so far but it already seems to have made a big difference to my creaking back and hips. From the very first moment I laid on it, the extra plush pillowtop surface was just so sinkably soft that I didn’t want to get back up.
During that first full night, I fell asleep straight away and slept deeper and longer than I have before – even sleeping-in by an extra hour and needing to set an alarm clock to make sure I got up in time for work! It has 7 ergonomic zones providing enhanced support and pressure relief so I practically bounced out of bed that morning, feeling thoroughly refreshed.
A deep-filled duvet
Of course, I now realise that having a bigger bed means my old bedding and duvet no longer fit. But that’s okay because it was definitely time for me to replace my old duvet – I’d had it for years and it was losing fullness by the day.
To achieve that hotel-inspired feeling, I think the duvet should be puffy, deeply down-filled and heavy; the hallmarks of luxury bedding. When looking for a duvet I decided on a goose feather and down 13.5-tog duvet, crafted from pure cotton for freshness.
This should suit all seasons – even the cold winters we get here at the coast – and it feel thoroughly luxurious. From the moment I started to fluff it up, I could tell it was going to give me the hotel-inspired look and feel I wanted to achieve.
In fact, the big square pockets of natural down and feather filling are so poufy that they’re visible even with the duvet cover on, lending a soft, cocooning feel to the bed that makes you want to dive straight in.
When shopping for new bedding, I also chose a luxurious quilted mattress protector with an advanced allergen defence system that makes it ideal for allergy sufferers. Plus, it helps to extend the lifespan of the mattress, which I certainly want to preserve and protect so that it can provide years of comfort.
Pressed sheets
Crisp white sheets are a staple of all hotel rooms and I love that smooth look of a neatly made bed. The key to achieving that hotel-sheets feeling is that bedding has been ironed – something that makes a huge difference to the look but isn’t really necessary in daily life.
I’m never going to be someone who wants to iron their bedding (or anything else, if I can get away with it!) so, if I’m going to do it in order to achieve a hotel-inspired look, it has to be a quick process.
I bought an easy-care soft-touch bedding set that is quick drying and is super-fast to iron. You can whizz a hot iron over it and it’s done in minutes rather than the hours of pressing and steaming required with crisp linen or cotton. Plus, it dries on the line in no time, saving you the cost of the energy to tumble dry it.
After washing and drying the sheets for the first time, I actually set a stopwatch and timed myself to see if I could iron them quickly. It took me about 7 minutes to press the duvet cover and pillowcases – and most of that time was taken up by ironing out the creases where it had been previously packaged, so I bet it’ll be even quicker next time.
Hotel beds rarely have anything else other than a couple of throw cushions, so I’ve added some bolster cushions (that came with our sofa) to complete the bed. Combined with my floor-to-ceiling wardrobes keeping all my clothing and daily essentials stored out of sight, the room is really starting to feel like a hotel room; clean, crisp, neat and minimalist.
For me, that equals relaxation, so I’m thoroughly happy with how the master bedroom looks after its mini makeover. I didn’t have to redecorate the room or change the flooring to achieve my desired hotel-inspired ambience; it was more about how it feels to sleep in the room and that has certainly been improved by the luxurious proportions of the frame, the comfortably supportive mattress and the fresh natural bedding.
I hope this article has inspired you to refresh your own room to create a hotel-inspired look. Please let me know in the comments below what touches you’ve used to achieve a hotel vibe in your master bedroom and please share your own hacks for enjoying a staycation at home.
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