Choose a good mattress
First and foremost, it’s important to choose a good mattress. When you lie on your bed and feel like you’re floating on a cloud, it means you’ve found a quality mattress, just like in a hotel. We recommend a firm mattress with a soft top layer that absorbs movements, ensuring maximum sleep independence. The firmness of the mattress will provide ergonomic support, relieving pressure points on your body. This way, you can start your day on the right foot, without any back pain. The Sweet Bed™ by ibis, with its high-resilience mattress and enveloping mattress topper, offers both comfort and firmness. A mattress topper, often found in hotels, is the perfect addition that provides all the necessary support while contouring to your body for restful nights.
Don’t forget to equip your bed with a hotel-quality mattress protector, which protects the mattress and increases your comfort. Make sure it’s well-fitted and wrinkle-free.
Immaculate white bedding
Besides the mattress, to achieve a hotel-like bed, it’s important to choose white sheets that will bring a touch of elegance and freshness to your bedroom atmosphere. Quality bed linens made from cotton percale are ideal for creating a cocoon-like feel. Particularly loved for its soft touch, cotton percale has the advantage of being less likely to become rough after multiple washes. White hotel linens made from cotton percale will give you that soft and comfortable sensation. This natural material has the significant benefit of wrinkling less than synthetic fabrics, allowing your bed to maintain a neat appearance. To keep your sheets in place, opt for a fitted sheet with corners that securely hug the mattress and won’t shift during the night as you move.
Make sure to choose the right size, matching the mattress dimensions, so the fitted sheet remains snug once installed. This is crucial to avoid wrinkles and maximize your comfort.
Layer up, don’t hesitate to use plenty of pillows
To create the visual effect of a comfortable and inviting hotel bed, embrace the idea of having plenty of pillows. Plan for a minimum of four pillows.
You can opt for four rectangular pillows, two per person, stacked on top of one another. Alternatively, you can mix sizes. Place two square pillows against the wall or headboard, and then add two rectangular pillows in front, allowing you to sit comfortably while reading your favorite book before drifting off to sleep.
Feel free to complement your hotel pillows with a few decorative cushions, all arranged in perfect symmetry to evoke the feeling of stepping into your hotel room.
When making your bed, fluff the pillows every day to restore their volume.
Ibis offers hypoallergenic fiber pillows, as well as feather & down pillows, to suit everyone’s preferences. In any case, they will provide perfect support for your neck.
Create a beautiful hotel bed with a duvet
Embrace generous proportions. You’ll notice during your hotel stays that hotel sheets and duvets extend well over the edges of the bed. For a queen-size bed measuring 160x200 cm, choose a duvet that measures 260x220 cm instead of the standard 240x220 cm typically recommended in stores. When dressed in a cover, the hotel duvet should fully cover the bed frame, including the mattress and the box spring. The drop should be even on both sides of the bed. You can also pull the duvet up to the top of the mattress, at the headboard level, leaving at most a hand’s width of space. The pillows can then be gently placed underneath the duvet. Another option is to tuck the duvet under the mattress to create a "puffed" effect often found in hotels.
With these simple tips, you now have all the keys to transform your bed into a true cocoon and sleep as well as in ibis hotels. More than just a matter of comfort, it’s an invitation to relaxation and well-being that you grant yourself every night. All that’s left is to enjoy peaceful and restorative nights in this new haven of peace, as if you were on vacation, but at home!
