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Creating Your Own Bedding Oasis

January 12, 2017January 11, 2017by Company CLeave a Comment

At Company C, we love layers of color, texture, and pattern whenever we are designing the dreamiest beds. Whatever your style, we have the bedding layers you’ll need to design your own oasis, and a place to retreat as winter takes hold. Here are our top five layering tips, sure to entice you to keep that New Years’ resolution to get more sleep.

painted-medallion-quilt — **Painted Medallion Quilt**

Select sheets that reflect your personal style. Some prefer cotton percale’s crisp cool feel, while others love cotton sateen for is softer, smoother hand. Either way, we use only 100% GOTS certified organic cotton to create our luxurious bedding so you can sleep more soundly.

fountain-sheet-set — **Fountain Sheet Set**

Add warmth and texture with cotton matelasses. These heavily-stitched “blanket” layers are a nice way to add lightweight warmth. Select a matelasse color to accent your sheets or to anchor any other elements you add to your bedding design.

ellora-matelasse — **Ellora Matelasse Coverlet**

Lay on a duvet cover or a quilt…for both warmth and contrast. Quilts and duvet covers are your bed’s topcoat, and highlight everything underneath. Duvet covers encase a down, cotton, or poly-filled comforter. Duvet covers can be used without a top sheet—where the duvet cover is washed with the fitted sheet. A quilt is used with a full set of sheets, where the flat sheet protects the quilt from frequent laundering.

Pile on the accent pillows and watch them bring everything together! We love European squares in the back to anchor the pillows and shams (and to prop yourself up for pre-slumber reading). Pillows create visual interest between your sheets and all your top-of-bed elements. Decorative pillows that contrast with your bedding placed near the front of the cases and shams add dimension. Position them as you like, there are no rules…use concepts of symmetry only if they apply to you. For even more visual interest and warmth, add a complimenting throw.

freesia-duvet-with-pillows — **Braided Velvet Accent Pillow**

Remember to conceal the box spring to keep your bed from being woefully under-dressed. Our Waterfall linen chambray bed skirt comes in six lighter shades that coordinate with all our bedding and are oh-so-easy to install. It’s a tailored finish that will compliment your style!

waterfall-bedskirt — **Waterfall Bedskirt**

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Bedding, Furniture, Pillows

How to decorate with accent pillows

August 15, 2016August 15, 2016by Company CLeave a Comment

Decorative pillows are the easiest way to refresh your bed room or living room.

Use a specific color in the pillow to tie it back to your bedding for a coordinated look, or use the pillows to anchor the bed in the room by bringing the wall color onto the bed’s pillowscape. Either approach will make the bed the center of attention.

ariabedding_1 — Aria Duvet & Shams with Juliette Pillow

Stacking or propping up decorative pillows into the mix of sleeping pillows on the bed adds depth and visual interest. There is no wrong approach. Pillows can be added in even numbers, or odd. Layer them on with smaller sized pillows toward the front.

axellebedding_2 — Axelle Duvet & Shams with Braided Velvet Pillow

The same color principles apply when accenting a living room sofa. Pillows will help to make upholstered pieces a part of the room, reflect your personal style, and can easily change seasonally. There are a few logical rules that will help you select the right quantities.

Think of pillows symmetrically, where each side of the sofa should be balanced with a complimentary number of pillows.

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Sectional sofas are trending. They have their own special 7 pillow approach.
Think 2 – 3 – 2…

Have fun, and pile your pillows on!

Bedding

What makes bedding luxurious?

August 8, 2016by Company CLeave a Comment

We spend about one third of our lives asleep, which makes bedding a splurge-worthy necessity. What makes bedding luxurious lies in the materials from which it is manufactured. Cotton that is GOTS certified organic is our standard.

We use fine extra-long staple cotton to create our bedding. Single pic, single ply 300 thread-count sateen and percale weaves make our bedding extremely soft, strong, and luxurious. Look for organic cotton to ensure that your bedding has not been chemically treated.

LucyBedding_2 — **Lucy Duvet Covers & Shams**

Percale weave can be compared to a basket weave, and produces a crisp and cool feel, much like a cotton dress shirt. Percale is tightly woven for longer lasting wear. Its design characteristics make it perfect for casual bedrooms.

ShayeBedding_3 — **Shaye Duvet Cover & Shams**

FreesiaBedding_4 — **Freesia Duvet Cover & Shams**

Sateen weaves are smooth and silky. Sateen inherently has an element of shine due to the denseness of its weave, so it adds a dressier and more glamorous look to any bedroom.

AriaBedding_5 — **Aria Duvet Cover & Shams**

PaintedMedallionBedding_6 — **Painted Medallion Duvet Cover & Shams**

One of our favorite bedding materials is European linen. Perfect for duvet covers, organic linen adds texture and visual interest to the bed top.

ToBayGoBedding_7 — **To-Bay-Go Duvet Cover & Shams**

Bedding, Summer 2016

Five Tips for Preparing Your Bedroom for Summer!

May 23, 2016May 31, 2016by Company CLeave a Comment

Spring-time drizzle and gray skies will soon give way to warm breezes and rustling green leaves. While we wait to open up the windows, it’s the perfect time to say “so long” to winter and welcome summer bedding into your bedroom. Here are a few tips to prepare for, and transition to, the balmy nights to come.

Lighten up, and pack up your winter worries. Use light and bright accents to add extra pop to your summer-weight bedding after you store your heavier blankets and coverings for the season.
Give the bed a clean sweep. Before you make the bed, be sure to flip and rotate the mattress while laundering mattress pads and mattress covers. Vacuum the mattress using an upholstery attachment before returning the washed and thoroughly dried mattress pad, then make the bed in your favorite summer sheets. Try adding a patterned quilt and shams for light-weight warmth and visual interest.
Accent the room for the season. Remove candles which evoke a sense of winter’s low light (and flicker like a source of heat) ,and replace them with your favorite vases and cache pots for fresh flowers.
Let the sun shine in. Wash the windows, and replace your heavy insulated draperies with sheers that let the summer light in.
Get ready for your best night’s sleep in months!

Bedding, Pillows, Rugs, Uncategorized

Gray is the New Beige!

April 18, 2016April 13, 2016by Company CLeave a Comment

In a word, Greige. Gray is the new beige, and as a color visually cools a space in summer months while adding a warmed glow in the dimmed light of fall and winter. It is the perfect neutral, half way between black and white on the color scale. Because it pairs perfectly with everything, gray continues to be the hottest go-to color for both product and interior design. Classic. Sleek and refined. Considered the color of intellect, gray matters for so many reasons.

Bedding, Pillows

Five Tips: Coordination and Pattern Play

January 25, 2016January 25, 2016by Company CLeave a Comment

We love to mix it up here at Company C, especially when it comes to patterns! We are often asked for advice on mixing and matching motifs, and it is the easiest way to create a custom and personal look. There are no hard and fast rules, but these five tips should help you embrace pattern and forget about solid neutrals for a while…

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Select one favorite pattern to be the monarch of the room. Work in two more patterns designed to highlight and accent the dominant motif.
Scale your pattern sizes. Select one large, one medium and one small pattern if you are brave, one medium and one small pattern if you are just getting started with pattern…..you can always accent with a larger pattern later!
Let color provide the continuity. Choose patterns that share a common color to create unity, or that share a less significant color as an accent.
Use a solid element to create harmony. For bed design, a flat sheet or shams in a coordinating solid color can be used to separate and delineate two bold patterns.
Add unrelated pieces to bring it all together. Decorative pillows with artisanal accents and design elements differing from everything in the room will add pop, and a throw will bring textural dimension.

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And we know some of you will never give up your solid and perfectly matched sheets. You can still add pattern to your bed with a duvet cover and shams, or a quilt and quilted shams. Both add warmth and design dimension, yet each has its special nuances to consider when picking the perfect piece for you.

A duvet cover is intended to encase a down or poly-filled comforter, and in the true European tradition, serves as the equivalent of a flat sheet as well as the warm bedding layer. While many use a flat sheet in conjunction with a duvet cover, the cover itself is easily removed to be washed with the other sheets. Matching shams are available.

A quilt is also a warm top layer with insulating batting sewn into place between a front and a reverse layer of cotton. Often detailed with intricate stitches, quilts are an easy way to add warmth and interest to a bed.

Bedding, Pillows, Rugs

Toute Suite: Designing your bedroom from the floor up.

January 18, 2016by Company CLeave a Comment

Creating an inspired master bedroom or a restful haven for guests just requires a little planning. Here at Company C, we of course love to start with art for the floor! And while not all bedrooms require a rug, the following six tips will help you get your master bedroom project started.

Give the bed the prime real estate. The bed is the focal point of the room, and its placement will guide the rest of your design process. Once the bed’s location is determined, consider rugs to help anchor the room….it’s always nice to start a chilly day with a few steps on a warm rug, and our rug planner helps make selecting a bedroom rug(s) easy!
Dress the bed. Layer on sheets and pillows, quilts, matelasse, or a duvet cover for the top of the bed…this is where the fun begins. Apply a heavy coat of your personal style.. …match and balance symmetrically, or mix patterns with abandon and pile on the pillows. Don’t forget tailored bed panels to dress up the bed’s foundation.
Tie your spaces together. If your bedroom has an adjoining bathroom, select a shower curtain that matches or coordinates with an element from the bed such as the duvet cover or quilt. This is an easy way to add color and pattern in the bath and create harmony throughout the entire space.
Think beyond the dresser. As bedrooms become retreats, people are spending more time reading and relaxing in a space once designed primarily for sleeping and dressing. A chair upholstered in fabric to accent bedding (or a rug) provides a spot to rest or reflect, and adds design depth to the room. Add accent pillows or a throw, and you’ll always work from home!
Don’t overlook the windows. Draperies that coordinate with bed-top layers (see our dynamite new Echo collection) extend pattern and texture to the windows and diffuse direct light to ensure your space is serene and calming.
Barely made it past the diagram? Don’t give up! Visit your local Company C retail partner or designer for advice , or call us…we love to help!

Bedding, Pillows, Uncategorized

New Year’s Resolution—Get More Sleep!

January 5, 2016January 5, 2016by Company CLeave a Comment

At Company C, we love color. And we love the mix… layers of colors and patterns that come together effortlessly and not too “matchy”. Whatever your style, we have the bedding layers you’ll need to design your own oasis, and a place to retreat as winter takes hold. Here are our top five layering tips, sure to entice you to keep that resolution to get more sleep!

Select sheets that reflect your personal style—percale or sateen. Some prefer cotton percale’s crisp cool feel, while others love cotton sateen for its softer, smoother hand. Either way, we use only 100% GOTS certified organic cotton to create our luxurious solid and printed bedding so you can sleep more soundly.

Finley 300 tc percale, 100% organic cotton sheets

Prism Red 300 tc sateen, 100% organic cotton sheets

2. Add warmth and texture with cotton matelasses. These heavily-stitched “blanket” layers are a nice way to add lightweight warmth. Select a matelasse color to accent your sheets or to anchor any other elements you add to your bedding design.

Ellora Matelasse in 100% Egyptian Cotton – white, platinum, & driftwood

3. Layer on a duvet cover or quilt, or both…for warmth and contrast. Quilts and duvet covers are your bed’s topcoat, and highlight everything underneath. Duvet covers encase a down, cotton or poly-filled comforter. Duvet covers can be used without a top sheet—where the duvet cover is washed with the fitted sheet. Like our European ancestors, this is a great way to stay warm while keeping bed layering simple. A quilt is used with a full set of sheets, where the flat sheet protects the quilt from frequent laundering.

Fountain Bedding – layered with sheets (ivory), quilt (lake), and pleated duvet cover (driftwood)

Echo Duvet Cover & Shams in 100% European Linen featured with Fountain Sheets & Quilt

4. Pile on the pillows…watch them bring everything together! We love European squares in the back to anchor the pillows and shams (and to prop yourself up for pre-slumber reading). Pillows create visual interest between your sheets and all your top-of-bed elements. Decorative pillows that contrast with your bedding placed near the front of the cases and shams add dimension. Position them as you like, there are no rules…use concepts of symmetry only if they apply to you. For even more visual interest and warmth, add a complementing throw.

Fountain Bedding with Parasol Linen European Shams

Peony & Prism Bedding with Edie Stripe & Dabney Pillows

5. Remember to conceal the box spring to keep your bed from being woefully underdressed. Our Waterfall linen chambray bed panels come in six shades that coordinate with all our bedding and are oh-so-easy to attach to box spring. It’s a tailored finish that will compliment your style!

100% European Linen Waterfall Bed Panels Available in six colors: White, Ivory, Lake, Sun, Capri Blue & Willow

Bedding, Holiday 2015, Rugs

Neutrals to soothe the soul!

December 15, 2015by Company CLeave a Comment

Neutrals-FB When we do neutral at Company C, we definitely have an opinion! Strong design statements made subtly speak volumes… and we love what these products are saying!

Birch Rug
Inspired by its tactile layers and silvery colors, we’ve created a rug that truly captures the majesty of the birch tree. In a palette of champagne, driftwood and platinum, the striated pattern and high-to-low texture imparts a wonderfully organic look. Viscose yarn adds a pearlescent shimmer to this woodland wonder.

Calypso Shower Curtain
Go on, make a colorful splash in the bath with our Calypso Shower Curtain. Calling to mind relaxed island living, our shower curtain, in a preppy palette and dazzling pleated, diamond pattern bring a happy, vacation vibe to the bathroom. Made of 100% organic cotton percale. Twelve finished buttonhole style openings for shower hooks.

Out On a Limb Rug
In a naturally soothing palette of champagne, driftwood and platinum, this breathtaking beauty captures rays of sunlight dappling through Aspen branches. The design is highlighted with high-to-low pile for a tactile, multidimensional texture.

Waterfall Drapery Panels
Made of 100% yarn-dyed, linen chambray, our drapery panel is a simple, easy way to dress your windows in a casual, yet elegant style. Washed for extra-softness and layered with pleats at the bottom to create a waterfall effect. Versatile styling with three hanging options: faux pleat, rod pocket or cliprings. Panels sold separately.

Sassafras Rug
In a delicious celebration of the color green, gorgeous Sassafras trees with their swooping greenish yellow flowers create the perfect spot of shade for both classic and modern decor. Hand tufted, in varying shades of loop pile lends tons of texture while the beautiful, washed effect adds a sophisticated, completely unique appeal. 100% wool, hooked and tufted.

Elan Duvet Cover
Artistically rendered medallions adorn our 300 thread count, 100% organic cotton sateen in a fresh palette of ivory and driftwood counter-balanced with traces of elegant platinum. The super-soft sateen bedding imparts a sense of artistry and a lively, romantic appeal. Finished with a striking charcoal trim. Imported. Shams sold separately. Twin Size – 70″ W x 90″ L Full/Queen Size – 92″ W x 94″ L King Size – 110″ W x 94″ L Standard Sham – 22″ W x 28″ L King Sham – 22″ W x 38″ L.

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Bedding, Fall 2015

Bedtime Bliss – New Organic Bedding

October 29, 2015October 29, 2015by Company C1 Comment

Now that the fall weather has ushered in cool crisp nights… it is the perfect time to update your bedroom with new organic bedding.

Introducing Axelle…
Out with the old-in with the nouveau! The Axelle Duvet Cover’s lavish, flowing curves and ornamental inspired design embodies true art nouveau style bestowing an elegant, dramatic feel to the bedroom.

We also love the Lucy Duvet Cover with her dazzling display of color. Crafted of super soft 300 thread count organic cotton sateen, our pretty botanical pops against a refreshing Toffee-hued background awaking the bedroom – and the spirit.

Size Matters – don’t come up short!
When selecting a room size rug for the bedroom, it’s always nice to start your day with a step or two on our rugs. Use the guide below to determine the best options based on the room layout and your needs. If you have twin beds in the room, a 3×5 rug or runner between the beds is always a great choice. If you need a larger rug, custom sizes are available – contact us for more details.