Create a summer bed cover
Lightweight and chic, why not make a summer cover for your bed?
Turn a pretty cotton fabric into a lightweight summer counterpane by backing a favourite print with a woollen blanket. A third, contrasting fabric can be used to make a pretty, decorative, box-pleated trim.
Bed cover in Country Rose Toile linen mix, £41/m; trimmed in Kempton Stripe cotton mix, £32/m: both Jane Churchill; backed with Crofting woollen blanket, £120, Johnstons. Oliver single bed, £599, Feather & Black. Single Ladderstitch cotton flat sheet, £24; single Ladderstitch valance, £30; white Mantelon Oxford pillowcases, £16.95 each: all Cologne & Cotton. Handmade woollen dachshund, £60, Vicky Light at CDBDI. Vintage metal bedside table, £110; oil painting, £35: both Pimpernel & Partners. Painted lamp base, £125; lampshade, £65; water glass (used as vase), £4.50: all The Blue Door. Flowers, from a selection, Paula Pryke at Liberty. Bronte alarm clock, £25, Newgate. Cotton fringed striped rug, £69, Nordic Style.
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