sleep.

Simplify my life!



Worth Avenue Collection by Ralph Lauren



When I moved Back to St. George, I was given an empty bedroom in my parents house. It had a queen size bed and I had my massive stash of linens from when I worked at Ralph Lauren. It was time to create a bed that said "Kenley Chapman sleeps here." I chose a bed set from the Worth Ave Collection (see photo)... except I made it more masculine with pillows in a brown hound’s-tooth print, a coordinating hound’s-tooth wool blanket, and simple silk throw pillows.  It was beautiful and I loved it. However, the room isn’t large enough for the pillows, they covered evey inch of available floor space nightly. 10 of the 12 pillows are just for looks. Thus, they need to go on the floor before sleeping and then be returned to their home in the morning.... 2 times EVERY day. (Fun fact: All dry clean only)

I quit.

So I decided to do a white and ivory bed like I had seen done so many times at Ralph Lauren and Pottery Barn. I pulled from my linen storage and found a white duvet, 2 white pillowcases, an ivory matelasse coverlet with 2 matching matelasse shams, and 2 ivory pillowcases. The bed turned-out great and suits my sleeping style better. Yes it is white and it will show dirt, but I want to sleep in a clean bed and all the bedding is machine washable!

(Pottery Barn video on how to do a white bed.)

I went from 12 pillows (10 of which were for decoration only) to 6 pillows that I can sleep on.

Life = simplified.