Deciding on a Comforter or Bedspread for Your Bed

Comforters and Bedspreads | Comforter Sheets

Comforters

Comforters are large and fluffy additions for your bed that not only provides a cover over blankets to add the finishing touch to your room but also adds a thick layer of warmth for cold nights. Many times comforters are the only bedding on the bed other than the sheets and pillow cases as down comforters often make using other blankets unnecessary.

Comforters come in an entire range of colors and styles and materials. Often times they come in sets with the sheets and pillow cases included. Comforter sheets often echo the design in the comforter itself by either matching the design or coming in a solid color that matches one of colors in the comforter itself. Comforter sheets help enhance your beds decor by providing a matched look to your entire bedding ensemble.

Bedspreads

Bedspreads while just as beautiful and sometimes more so than comforters do not add the warmth that comforters do to your bed. They almost always need to be accompanied by blankets that provide the actual warmth. Many bedspreads are just one layer of material. Bedspreads can however, provide your bed with a neater look as many bedspreads are designed to fit the bottom corners of the beds providing a more graceful line.

Bedspreads come in a variety of colors and styles including silk, satin, cotton blends and chenille as well as puffier quilted looks to make them look and feel more like comforters. While some bedspreads come with matching sheets most do not. This however, is not a problem as there are so many styles and colors of sheets these days finding a set that matches your bedspread is really quite simple.

Many people who live in warmer climates prefer bedspreads to comforters as they are often more light weight and thus cooler on those warm nights.

Most companies who make comforters also make bedspreads. Some of the more popular brand names available for both types of bedding are Martha Stewart, Calvin Klein, Blue Ridge Home, River Creek, Hampton Linens, and Highgate manor.

Which Should I Choose

People in colder climates prefer comforters especially those filled with down as they can provide extra warmth on a cold night while those in warmer temperatures prefer lightweight bedspreads. Many people purchase both and use the bedspread for the summer months and save the comforter for the colder months of the year.

It really depends on your own individual taste and your need for warmth as well as what your budget will allow. The most important thing is choosing bedding that matches your decor and that you truly like and will be happy with for a long time to come.