This one from Brooklinen, maker of some of the Strategist’s favorite bedding — including ( affordable) linen and sateen sheets — is made from 270-thread-count long-staple cotton and feels like all the best percale I’ve tried. Say goodbye to the duvet cover hassle with our zip-up duvet covers, streamlining your bedding routine. Atlanta-based interior designer Leah Alexander says that the “Estela duvet cover is bold and graphic but simple and versatile. I got it in warm gray, which has lovely pale pink undertones without being too feminine, but it comes in 13 other equally appealing colors and patterns, including, of course, white, which interior designer Ghislaine Viñas loves.

The brand sent me the slate blue to test, a color that I think works like a neutral, and I love the way it looks on our bed, both during cooler and warmer months. Equipment such as hand blocks or lifting poles can enable some people to lift part of their own weight whilst the carer is assisting them to move.I’ve been using one in coal for six months and found it to be frankly softer and more comfortable than the brand’s linen sheets. Not only will having several sets help each last longer, but you’ll also be able to regularly mix things up.

If you find you would prefer a different service to the one offered by the local authority you can ask for a direct payment of money instead; since April 2003, this also applies to equipment the local authority may offer you. Spray the lubricant on a cotton swab and apply it carefully to prevent staining the fabric of the garment.Indulge in the luxurious comfort of pure cotton and experience the joy of a perfectly made bed in an instant. If there is a risk that the person may fall off sideways it is probably more appropriate to use a mattress inclinator or a variable posture bed. Users need to have enough strength in their legs to push against it to prevent them from sliding down the bed or to enable them to re-position themselves. Realized in soft yet striking color combinations, transports you to hazy mid-summer days spent in the English countryside. For something slightly cozier, consider a duvet cover made from cotton sateen, which has a smoother, silkier hand feel than percale thanks to its looser, three-over-one weave.