6 Common Top of the Bed Linens

Property managers and owners may feel a bit overwhelmed at times when deciding what linen to put on the top of the bed for their guests. After all, top of the bed linens could very well be the first thing guests will notice when walking into their bedroom, so you want to leave a good first impression on where they will be spending a large portion of time resting. The type of fabric, colors, patterns, and size of the bed will all be determining factors when making decisions on what to put on top of the bed. Some common top of the bed options include top sheets, coverlets, duvet covers, comforters, bedspreads, and quilts. This blog will explain what makes each of the top of the bed linens unique and which one may be best for you.

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Coverlets or Bedspreads Exclusive: The Intriguing Decision for Properties

Property managers are filled with many difficult decisions about how to best serve their guests. It can range from decisions about where their property should be located to what type of food they should serve. This doesn’t even include all of the bedding decisions that have to be made. One of the most important decisions is deciding what to put on top of the bed. Fortunately, there are many choices that can be made for the top of the bed including coverlets and bedspreads. To help you with this decision process, this blog will take a look at what makes coverlets unique and how they compare to bedspreads.

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Why A Coverlet May Be Beneficial for Your Property

Back in 2015, InnStyle wrote a blog post on the difference between quilts and coverlets. It was a topic that drew a lot of interest, which is why we’ve decided to return to the subject with this post, where we’re answering the question “What is a coverlet?”

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Should You Worry About the Binding on Textile Products?

An innkeeper has a lot to think about when shopping for new quilts, or coverlets, or high-quality blankets.

For starters, there’s the visual attractiveness of the item, which is of paramount importance in the lodging industry. There’s also the quality—or lack thereof—with which the item been constructed.
How about the level of comfort a coverlet or quilt, for instance, will bring to a customer? The comfort of a guest room item is certainly something that’s worth thinking about long and hard.
And of course, there are the dual matters of price and value: Given its design, its construction, and the materials used to make it, is the product you’re interested in fairly priced?

If you’re an innkeeper or a B&B proprietor who has purchased your fair share of bedding supplies and bath accessories, those are probably all decisions that sound familiar. But when deciding whether or not to buy a certain pillow, say, or a set of throw rugs, have you ever given any sort of consideration to the product’s binding?

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On Quilts and Coverlets: Understanding the Difference

What’s the difference between a quilt and a coverlet?

That’s a query we encounter from time to time here at InnStyle, and it’s certainly a fair enough question. Let’s start with a general description of a quilt, which, traditionally speaking, is essentially a cover that can be used in many different ways.

What else?

A quilt has a layer of batting — or padding — which is placed between two layers of fabric and then stitched into a specific pattern or design to hold the layers in place. Batting (or padding) is a soft, bulky assembly of fibers that provides loft and a layer of insulation.

There are actually two different types of quilts. One type of quilt uses a single piece of fabric for the top layer. A piecework quilt, meanwhile, joins smaller sections of fabric together to create its top layer. The underside of a piecework quilt will generally be a one-piece (solid color) fabric.

Pieced quilts are made from fabrics that may have been used previously as clothing, upholstery, drapery, bedding, or any other fabric that’s no longer being worn or used in its original form. Some quilters will purchase bolts or yards of fabric, and then cut that fabric into smaller pieces to create a quilt of their own design. This style of quilt often makes an interesting cover for a bed, couch, throw or chair.

Coverlets can be a solid, a print, a stripe or one of many types of fabrics including Matelassé. Most Matelassé products are of a heavier cotton fabric (although some are made with a cotton/polyester fabric) which can give the appearance of padding, although they’re not filled with batting of any sort. This look is meant to mimic the style of hand-stitched quilts made in France.

Specialty jacquard looms or quilting machines are used to give a Matelassé fabric a unique appearance of intricate designs, raised patterns, indentations, and the padded look often associated with quilts.

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