Bedding made from natural materials has a reputation for being "fussy." Many people avoid it for this very reason – they fear it will be ruined in the wash, wrinkle too much, or require special care. In reality, cotton, linen, and hemp are robust materials that are easy to care for if you know a few basic principles. More importantly: with proper care, natural fiber bedding does not degrade after a few years – on the contrary, it becomes softer and more comfortable with each wash. This guide covers everything you need to know: how often to wash, at what...

  When buying bed linen, most of us look at the price, color, and maybe the thread count per square centimeter. We rarely ask what it's actually made of and what that means for our bodies for 7-8 hours every night. We spend about a third of our lives in bed. The material we are in direct contact with all that time is not a minor detail. This article does not attempt to convince you that natural is always better. It aims to explain what we concretely know, based on existing research, about how textile fibers influence sleep - and...