Anthropologie has this beautiful cotton sateen duvet cover featuring a print of old letters.  It's made with 350 thread count with silk trim ties.  It's made by Mise en Scene by Ruffian.

Love Letter Duvet Cover and Shams, $58 - 248.




The letters in the design were created from actual real ones collected from a vintage shop in Brooklyn!


  

Restoration Hardware has a sale on their wonderful Hotel Satin Stitch Italian bed linens going on now (through an unspecified time).

You can view them here in white and ivory.  The 50 Year Wash Vintage Percale Bedding is also on sale, view here.

I love Yves Delorme... from bedding to towels to tablecloths they make just beautiful things.

Here is their Flatiron bedding collection, a gorgeous yarn dyed jacquard in light and dark taupe tones.

I am a big fan of superfine merino wool, you often find this quality in sweaters but not as often in blankets so I was very pleased to find this new blanket from the Company Store: Victoria Merino Blanket.  It is made with superfine Australian merino lambswool.  This quality of wool does not have any of the scratchiness often associated with wool!

It comes in sizes twin through king and runs from $199 up to $319 for the various sizes.  It is on introductory special right now though, through Sep. 15 only.  It is about 10% off.  I love the heathered gray color and the herringbone detail on the binding along the edges.  I also love that they actually offer a full size (80x90")... there is nothing more annoying than a "full/queen" when you have a full bed -- it is just too big.

Just recently I mentioned in a post that I love the Chinoiserie style, well he's another good one from Garnet Hill, Emperor's Dream Percale Bedding!  It is available in sheets (flat, fitted, cases) and duvet covers and pillow shams.

Cuddledown has a new bedding introduction: Villa d' Este a beautiful print inspired by Tivoli, Italy's famous Villa d' Este estate. You can learn more about the villa in Italy here.



The print is on a 350 thread count Italian (of course!) percale.  The rich red is on an ivory ground.  It is available in flat sheets, fitted sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers and pillow shams.  Prices range from $49 to $249.

I love prints like this!  They look best in rooms that are pretty plain however (think white or off-white walls and dark woods perhaps), rooms without too much other visual "noise" going on, or else it could look gaudy.  These sheets are a statement on their own, so you want to maximize the elegant look by making them the focal point of the room.

I was so excited when I was browsing through the Restoration Hardware catalog and ran across their new Italian 50-Year-Wash Vintage Bedding.  They should call it "vintage-style" really, because they're not old... But anyway the reason I was so excited is that when I was little, I had a set of old sheets that I used on my twin bed that had come from one of my grandmothers.  They were percale and so soft and perfect.  I adored those sheets!

These are "reproduced to feel as if it's been lovingly washed for 50 years" and hand-tailored by Italian artisans. They are stone-washed and naturally distressed and will become softer and more inviting with time.

They are available in both sheets and duvet covers/shams.  A queen sheet set is $219. A full/queen duvet cover is also $219 and sham are sold open stock, for example, a euro sham is $79.  They are available in dune, ivory, mist, shore and white.

I don't know about you, but I love bamboo!  I love the look of the wood and I love it as a fabric (aka "rayon from bamboo"), so wouldn't it be fun to have an all bamboo bed?

Here's a platform bed from Crate & Barrel that's made with solid bamboo, 'Bento Bed', $1599 for a queen.

Company Store has some great bamboo/cotton sheets.  They are 300 thread count and sold open stock.  A queen set adds up to $127.

This blanket is 100% bamboo, Bamboo Dreams Woven Blanket, a queen is $175.

I've always been a sucker for Chinoiserie and Japonisme... so I was pleased to see this new pattern at Williams Sonoma Home: Watercolor Pagoda Duvet Covers & Shams.  It's a beautiful print in neutral tones on a 55% linen, 45% cotton blend fabric.

Echelon Home has a new print called "Interlock".  I love that it looks modern and clean, but is not too weird or garishly colored like some modern prints can be.  And, the super low prices are pretty compelling too!  A full/queen duvet cover set that includes pillow shams is just $79.  The print is done on 300 thread count Egyptian cotton sateen.

Echelon Interlock Egyptian Cotton Duvet Cover Set, in navy.