Posted on

Velcro Bed Valance – Why are they better?

Our velcro bed valance is a great alternative to the heavy lifting involved with normal bed valances.

Although advances in bed linen aren’t seen as the biggest leaps in human evolution, when it comes to home life every little helps! Valances when placed on the bed can be troublesome. Your whole mattress has to be taken off the bed for the base valance to go on, this usually means the fitted sheet (and mattress protector if you have one) will come off as well. Once you’ve got valance is in place. Your mattress and bedding has to go back on.

velcro bed valance
Easy fit bed valance

Sounds like a strain? That’s because it usually is! Especially with larger mattresses, it can be even more of a problem for the elderly and those less able. Our new velcro bed valance (also known as an easy fit valance) is a very useful alternative that takes away all the hassle of lugging your mattress around the bedroom.

Velcro bed valance styles and colours

Styles and colours of velcro bed valance
Velcro bed valance – styles and colours
We have a great range of velcro bed valances available online. Our UK base manufactures 100% cotton and 50/50 poly cotton velcro bed valances fabrics in several colours and designs. Each come in a range of colours to suit most bedrooms, with 12 available in poly cotton and white and ivory available in 100% cotton. On our webpage the style of the valance can also be chosen with 3 designs available on 1 site, as shown in the image frilled, box pleated and single pleat designs can be selected.

With our sticky velcro strip placed around the top of the bed and the other part of our velcro stitched into the valance, it can simply be stuck around the edge of the bed to give the illusion of a full base valance. Then when its time to wash your valance simply remove the valance via the velcro, get it laundered, then re-attach it without the problems of remove and replacing your mattress! So there you have it, why fight with a mattress when you want to wash your valance when a velcro attached valance will make it so much easier.

Posted on

Large beds need bed linens!

If you walked into any supermarket or high street bed linen store these days you would be under the empression that only single, double, king and superking size bed linens exist!! Well, I’m here to tell you its not the case. We know bed linen measurements have changed, three quarter beds or 4ft beds have been around for a while, being a useful alternative to a double when the bedroom isnt quite big enough, but theres so many more sizes of large bed available now. There’s the emperor bed at 7 foot wide and the king of all beds, the caesar bed measuring at a whopping 8 foot wide. Large bed linens and large pillows for these beds can be hard to find and almost impossible to locate on the high street, mercifully with the rise of the internet and the ability of small niche retailers to get there products available these extra long bed linens are now available to a world wide audience. UK bed linens, where they were traditionally manufactured in lancashire have a haven of small business that produce the finest bed linens for longer and larger beds.

Posted on

Mattress Toppers, making your bed even better!

Mattress Topper
Mattress Topper
Mattress Toppers can be a great addition to any bed, not only can they help protect and prolong the life of your mattress, but they can give you an extra layer of soft padding that can enhance and deepen your nights sleep!

Mattress Toppers can come in various fillings from a standard polyester foam filled mattress topper to horse tail hair and lambs wool mattress toppers. They can be used to give added comfort or used as a therapedic mattress topper.

While polyester foam filled toppers may be adequate in adding comfort to your bed they can have there problems, for instance polyester isn’t as effective when it comes to regulating temperature as natural fibres. Dust mites can also become more prelevant in polyester mattress toppers however this can be remedied by a good anti allergenic mattress protector or by regular cleaning of the mattress topper.

Lambs wool mattress toppers are much more effective at regulating temperature and dispersing moisture over the course of a night and also have a longer life when compared to polyester. Current thinking suggests use of best quality horse tail hair within the topper to give it a superior quality and longevity. While the use of horse tail hair mattress topper isnt something most people would think, the properties of horse tail hair when combined with lambs wool give the mattress topper extra spring and recoil making it truely top of the range for comfort and long life.

While mattress toppers can be easily found for standard single, double and king bed toppers for unusual and outsize beds are rarer to come accross. A good site that supplies mattress toppers in a wide range of sizes can be found here

Posted on

Waterproof Mattress Protectors, The Best Yet?

Waterproof Mattress Protectors in the best fabric yet

From our past experience in the bed linen industry we knew that waterproof mattress protectors had been made from a wide range of sub standard materials. if you had the old waterproof variety you may have known it to be noisy and uncomfortable. We found even the more modern cotton or terry towelling backed, plastic protectors had there faults, for instance materials like terry towelling reduced the noise of the circa 1980’s protectors, (think rolling on a crisp packet) but still proved uncomfortable to sleep on.

tencel waterproof mattress protectors
waterproof mattress protector

Why is TENCEL better?

We found that most waterproof and anti allergy mattress protectors have a non permeable barrier (usually a form of plastic) that allows nothing through. While this stops liquids and dust mites, it also stops air movement. This means the air gets warmer and so do you! So how do we get a mattress protector that’s waterproof, anti allergenic and comfortable to sleep on??

Our TENCEL mattress protectors material have the BIG advantage! TENCEL is not only a 100% natural material but was also waterproof, yet breathable. Perfect for your mattress protector!

Construction

When we did some further research into the fabric we found it was fully machine washable, anti allergenic, more absorbent than cotton and quicker to dry. We also found that the material is sourced naturally from wood pulp. In particular from the Eucalyptus plant. Its eco friendly manufacture also meant all other materials used in the process are biodegradable making its environmental footprint practically nothing.

TENCEL material also contains no pesticides or agricultural chemicals. Along with our own tests we found that other companies and fellow fabric enthusiasts had carried them out. They concluded that the material is waterproof, breathable and incredibly robust. Enough to be guaranteed for 10 years or 200 washes. TENCEL is also noiseless and virtually undetectable when on the mattress or used as a pillow protector. We were so happy with what we found we decided to buy in some rolls of the fabric and start making the mattress protectors ourselves. We now supply TENCEL breathable, waterproof protectors on standard and bespoke bed sizes. Have a look or call us on 01706 220020 for more information.

Posted on

Buy 3 Fitted Sheets or Mattress Protectors and get the third FREE!

3 for 2 now on!
3 for 2 now on!
Our 3 for 2 offer is now back on!!
To celebrate the return of Spring we’ve brought back our amazing three for two offer on our bed linen!!

For every 3 Fitted Sheets, Flat Sheets or Mattress Protectors you buy we’ll give you a third absolutley free! Meaning you could make savings of up to £70.00 plus!!

Hurry over to Victoria Linen though, our offer is available for a limited time only!

Posted on

New Janet Reger Duvet Sets!

New Janet Reger Bedding
New Janet Reger Bedding
New Janet Reger Bedding now added with five new duvet sets added! Duvet sets in floral designs in on bright white and ivory backgrounds all at remarkably good value prices.

Click here to view the new Janet Reger Bedding range as well as Duvet Sets and bedding from all the top designers such as Kylie Minogue and Dorma, and dont forget, all our bedding has an extra 10 percent off as well as VAT still at 17.5% until 31st January!

Posted on

January SALE plus no VAT increase!!

SALE NOW ON!
SALE NOW ON!
Victoria Linen’s sale is now on with 10% reductions on all bed linen across the store, this is also coupled with a freeze on the VAT rate which will stay at 17.5% and not increase until at least the end of Jan. All the current discounts are still running which means if you take into account the 10% discount already running on branded linens such as the Kylie Minogue at home range you could save up to 20%!! This makes Victoria Linen one of the cheapest places to buy bed linen from top designers like Kylie, Cath Kidston, Dorma, Twiggy and many others. A section has also been added to the site selling discontinued and clearance bed linens at incredible prices, click here to have a look what bargains can be picked up!

Posted on

3 for 2 offer now available on all Sheets & Mattress Protectors

3 for 2!
3 for 2!
Victoria Linen is currently running a fantastic 3 for 2 offer on all our bed sheets and mattress protectors! Thats right, when you buy 3 you get 1 for free! Hurry though, we can only run the offer up until the 24th December 2010! We can offer high quality 200 and 400 count bed linens as well as general and anto allergenic mattress protectors. We also have any number of great Xmas gift ideas ideal for young and old.

Posted on

New Cath Kidston Childrens Bedding

Vintage Cars by Cath Kidston
Vintage Cars by Cath Kidston
Cath Kidston continues her trend of designing bright and beautiful modern takes on classic designs. Her new designs of childrens duvet sets will make an ideal Christmas gift!! New designs include the Cath Kidston Vintage Cars duvet set for the upcoming racing driver as well as the spray flowers duvet set that will give any girls bedroom a stunning makeover. These have been added to Victoria Linens childrens duvet set range that have some great ideas for Christmas gifts!

Posted on

New Dorma Duvet Sets for Christmas!

Milano Indigo
Milano Indigo
A new range of designs have arrived from luxury Duvet Set manufacturer Dorma, these include a new colour for the popular Milano bed linen range (as shown) in modern Indigo. Check out more new designer duvet cover sets, bed throws, cushions and other accessories added at Victoria Linen UK or contact us on 01706 220020