A Luxury Bedding Guru on How to Make the
Best of Your Bed

The fitted sheet in Boll & Branch’s bestselling hemmed cotton sheet set is ingeniously labeled with head and foot markers, a thoughtful little flourish that makes the rigmarole of changing the sheets a thousand times easier. And the fabric has been carefully considered: “It’s done in a loose weave, so the sheets drape beautifully over your body,” says Tannen. “I probably did about twenty different weave trials in the development phase.”

Whether we’re losing ourselves in a sleek sea of steel-blue sheets, sleeping in pajamas that help us wind down, or doing a prebed skin treatment, blue is both soothing and one of those colors that works as a gorgeous neutral. “Our shade called Mineral has been on fire this year,” says Tannen. “It’s not as dark as navy, and it’s got grey undertones.”

“A textural flourish makes your space look much more interesting—and makes it feel so much better, too,” Tannen says. “When you nestle down in our waffle blanket, for example, it feels so squishy and dreamy. I have it in blush at the foot of my bed, and so does my daughter.”

On chillier nights, Tannen busts out fluffier reserves. “We’re going into fall—duvet season,” she says. The brand’s duvet insert comes in three different densities—lightweight, midweight, and ultraweight—each filled with responsibly sourced down. “Those little chambers or squares you see keep the down separated and dispersed so that it doesn’t all bunch together in one spot,” she explains. “We also added corner loops, so you can tie the duvet insert to the duvet cover and it won’t slip around inside.”

Whether you trick out your bed with row upon row of shams or embellish with a single chaste cushion, beautiful pillows energize any space. “I love how European shams look—Euro pillows are the big square decorative ones. And I have a lumbar pillow right in the front on my bed,” says Tannen. “It’s clean and easy, yet it makes a statement.” And you don’t need to throw them in a heap on the floor every night: “People say you’re not supposed to sleep on your decorative pillows because they wrinkle, but absolutely do what you want. In Europe, people sleep on their shams.” Tannen herself sleeps on the brand’s down pillow in medium density (they also come in soft and firm), encased in the company’s signature sham.

Candles, a journal, juicy reading, a lamp with a mellow warm glow—surround yourself with comforts to make bedtime as serene as possible. “I have my books and my little dish for jewelry and hair bands next to me,” says Tannen. “Whatever makes you feel good, have it nearby.”