subject: Quilt Or Comforter? How Bedding Choices Can Change A Room [print this page] One of the fondest memories I have of visiting my grandparents was spending the night cuddled up with my sisters under one of my grandmothers priceless handmade quilts. It did not always match everything else in the guest room, but it did not matter, my grandmother had made it with her own two hands. Or, maybe it was one that my great-grandmother had made and passed along to her children. When I go shopping for bedding and see a quilt, I remember how it felt to snuggle down under those special gifts. I have one of them today, but I save it for company.
My point is, no matter what your preferences or whether you have inherited something special or collected another prize, by shopping wisely, you can make pretty much anything match by shopping carefully for the queen bedding that best complements your treasures. And, the best way to do this is to shop on the Internet. It is so easy that it is scary exactly how quickly you can build your own unique bedding collection in this manner.
Some people want everything to match when it comes to their bedding, from the sheets to the coverlet, it is all a matter of personal choice. Myself, I treasure those memories enough to pick out pieces of queen bedding to match my inherited quilts, not the other way around. Too many beautiful treasures wind up tucked away, just because someone could not take the time to find complementary pieces for it. If it does not match, for some people, it is just not worth having it out for all to see.
If your treasure has a distinctive pattern on it, and most of the ones worth keeping certainly do, the basic plan should be to showcase it by choosing queen bedding that will place it in the spotlight. That is done best by picking out the predominant color in that quilt or coverlet, and then finding appropriate complementary colors for the rest of the set. In this scenario, it is best to go with solids, so that you do not overwhelm what was meant to be showcased with contrasting patterns.
Once you have the coordinated queen bedding down the way you want it, then it is time to continue showcasing that treasure through the rest of your bedroom dcor. Choose curtains, dust ruffles and pillows in yet another set of complementary colors, these a shade or two lighter than the previous choices. By building up these layers, the showcased treasure will pop out for any visitors eyes to see, as soon as they walk into that room.
On the other side of the coin, if you remember a collection you may have seen in a store once upon a time, but cannot find it anywhere now, the Internet is your best bet. A lot of Internet retailers can snap up discontinued patterns by the lot, and with careful searching, you may turn up a new treasure of your very own.
Honor your treasured memories, as well as the gifts they left behind, by shopping online for just the right accessory to go with them. You may be surprised to find just how well the old can fit in with the new.
