In recent memory I can only really recall two occasions where my husband has been in charge of organising an entire holiday. One was his stag do (bachelor party) which by all accounts went remarkably well. The second was a trip to Amsterdam where he managed to book flights for us on the wrong days. He then proudly announced to a group of friends also flying over that he had booked and paid for the airbnb accommodation. This was without consulting anyone!
Picture, a long narrow flat with one bedroom at the end. The 'sleeps 6' referred to the two sofa beds next to each other in the front room. There was a sort of make-shift kitchen/bathroom between the living area and the bedroom complete with a shower with a see-through door and a fridge with so much frost built up there was no room to put anything inside. I still shudder even now if I picture the mushroom brown ill-fitting bedlinen with the mysterious stains.
As stylist Emily Henderson wrote in a blog post last week following her stay at an airbnb place in NYC, sheets should be white. And very clean.
So, that is our holiday rental essential item for this week - crisp, clean, white bedlinen.
We have said before in this series, that it is a good idea to look at what a nice hotel provides and then emulate or improve on that experience. A bed should always look inviting - somewhere that you can't wait to get into and are then in no hurry to get out of. I think it is lovely to have a fitted and flat sheet, topped with a cotton bedcover. Then as, discussed in an earlier post, provide additional blankets.
This bed at Domus Civita, a boutique guest house in Italy looks very clean and simple. The bedcover is by Ikea!
What are your thoughts on bedlinen? Do you love white? Does it need to be a high thread count cotton? Or do you have other preferences?
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