| It seems it could have been called something besides | | | | patterns of stripes that complement or contrast the |
| hotel style bedding, but it is what it is. Before it | | | | background color, the style is as clean in appearance |
| became the hit style for bedding of the year, back | | | | as it can be. |
| when most of us turned up our noses at the word | | | | The colors can either be subtle or bold. In some |
| "hotel" being used with bedding, most of us would | | | | cases there is little difference in the shades of the |
| frown at the idea of bringing anything that reminded | | | | background and the striped pattern that runs around |
| us of a hotel into our homes. | | | | the edges of the individual pieces. A good example of |
| Once the retail market began to show of the | | | | the monochromatic shading is a chocolate on taupe |
| wonderful crisp linear style of hotel bedding, many of | | | | combination. |
| us were only faced with one question. What color | | | | In other instances, there are bright and bold |
| scheme would we choose? | | | | differences. For example, one of the most striking |
| Hotel bedding is made of cotton, mostly fine Egyptian | | | | sets is a combination of black and white. Of course, |
| cotton with high thread counts. Thread counts vary | | | | there is just about every color combination imaginable |
| between three hundred and a thousand, most often | | | | including a lovely chocolate brown on baby blue. |
| settling around the six hundred count. Many of the | | | | The important element of the hotel bedding style |
| finishes are labeled as sateen, not quite satin but a | | | | and color patterns is that whether the selection is for |
| slickly polished finish that almost feels like satin. | | | | the subdued or the bold, the bedding set seems to |
| The signature of the style is much more than the | | | | create a very neutral background. That is the beauty |
| fabric or the finish. Easily identifiable by the linear | | | | of the design style. It will work in any bedroom. |