But even if you are not a picky client, the choice of the color of bed linen can puzzle you.
When choosing the color scheme, it is necessary to take as a basis the influence of various shades on the emotional state and mood of a person. According to scientists, dark and dark colors affect the nervous system depressingly, can reduce vitality and even spoil the mood. On the contrary, warm light tones act upon us soothingly, calmingly.
Do not forget about the elementary correspondence of linens to the color range of the bedroom as a whole - and this scale will also depend on your tastes and preferences for life! It is not difficult to guess that the design of a bedroom of a housewife or teacher will be radically different from the situation in a recreation room belonging to a military or sportsman. However, when choosing a set of bed linen, consider some regularities:
If the owner of the underwear is romantic, loving melodrama and soap operas - for him (rather, for her), you can certainly choose bedroom textiles with flounces and laces, ruffles, with a picture of forget-me-nots, chamomiles or roses.
If the character of the owner is firm and decisive, then linen, painted in bright colors or with a pattern in oriental style, will do.
People with a balanced temper, who do not like hurry, can stop looking at the linen in warm colors. Drawings of plant themes will also come in handy.
A business person, most likely, will not spend much time reflecting on the choice of the color of bed linen - just buy a one-color one and go on to solve more pressing daily issues. Are actual for such people and fabrics in a strip and a cage - practical and not distracting attention to trifles.
Are you bothered by low pressure and loss of strength? Buy underwear, which is dominated by red tones: they excite the nervous system and increase blood pressure.
On scarlet tones, you can stop the choice if it's a gift for a newly-married couple or you want to add passion to your own family relationship.
If you are experiencing problems with falling asleep due to your intense rhythm of life, buy linen in green or blue tones. According to the doctors, these colors will help to relax and fall asleep.
The shades of blue and blue are perfectly combined with furniture from natural wood, emphasizing its beauty. A white color and is a classic, it does not lose its relevance at any time and in any interior. White linen has now been enriched with a modern finish-a lace that mimics hand weaving and even family monograms.
If in the morning you are overcome by anxiety and indecisiveness, orange and yellow underwear will help to cheer up and cheer up.
Varieties of purple and pink tones help to gain a sense of harmony and prevent depression.
History shows that the bed linen has long played a significant role. To begin with, linen was kept with special care, even passed on by inheritance. Entire workshops specialized in fine lace and seamstress work to decorate handmade embroideries and lace pillowcases and duvet covers.
The fact is that linens in ancient times were endowed with mystical properties: it was believed that it protected a naked man who turned out to be unarmed and vulnerable to various dark forces activated at night. The protection was the embroidery that adorned the underwear - they have been successfully used in the design of linen up to the present time. First of all, it is a symbol of the sun - a circle that denotes the solar cycle, symbolizing the revival of light with the arrival of the morning and its victory over darkness. Linen with a circular ornament guarded home well-being. Zigzags and waves on the underwear personified the elements of water, squares and rhombuses - the earth, the symbol of the grain served as a point. Vegetable ornament was extremely popular - various sprouts, flowers and fruits were a symbol of spring, a rich harvest, fertility of a woman. So if you attach importance to symbols and are looking for a secret protection for family life, pay attention to the symbolism that is close to you, decorating bed linens. Faith sometimes makes amazing things: everything that you have in mind, associated with the symbols, will come true!
Since ancient times, and considered the Chinese, embroidered silk underwear bizarre drawings, which were laid deep meaning. These traditions are now also used in exquisite sets of linens made of Chinese silk. In them each color of embroidery has a clear meaning: blue - the color of the sky, white - a symbol of purity, red - the personification of the elements of fire, as well as joy and happiness. The yellow color is the Earth and at the same time power, dream, black - water, space, eternity. More complex elements are also symbolic: the tiger is identified with strength and longevity, the butterfly - with happiness, a successful career symbolized ... the image of an official riding a horse!
Now many people are critical of the label "Made in China" - it should be noted that this prejudice does not apply to textiles, and in particular to the Chinese art of embroidery on silk! Ancient Chinese legend tells of the handymen of the Gu family in Shanghai - the best embroiderers of the country. The secret of their craftsmanship lay in the fact that the embroidery concentrated tenderness, sincere feelings and spirituality of the girls. They never worked in bad weather - only by the sunlight, by the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers they embodied their feelings in amazing embroideries. The goldfish embroidered by them brought wealth, the orange contributed to a successful marriage, the peony supported the young spouses. Raspberry phoenix - brought fame and success, and red poppies symbolized pleasure.
Oriental motifs are now popular - apparently, due to the fact that they make you believe in a dream, in a fairy tale - and just plunge into the world of beauty.
Equally significant popularity among consumers is enjoyed in linen in pastel tones with a small floral pattern, decorated with ruffles and lace. Yes, and a large floral ornament (the size of the flower can reach almost the format of the pillowcase itself) is loved by buyers no less.
Technological novelty in the production of bed linen - bilateral linen, a kind of "flip-flop", which can be used, turning out on either side.
So if you know your habits, attachments and tastes, choosing the color of bed linen will not turn into a difficult task for you, but will only bring pleasure.