There's nothing quite like getting into a hotel bed. The king size duvet, the giant, fluffy pillows (all fifty of them), and the luxuriously soft hotel linen. But have you ever wondered why the bed sheets are always white?
While you might put it down to something sexy (ahem), what people might get up to in their own time is actually nothing to do with it. Instead, Emma Hooton, in-house interior stylist at Tielle Love Luxury, tells Red, white sheets don't date - or lose their colour - in the same way as coloured sheets might.
"Coloured linen not only fades over time, but easily dates and somehow never looks quite as timeless or inviting as fresh white," she explains, which does make sense. Considering the amount of washes hotel sheets go through, staff wouldn't want a colour that might fade - or date within a short space of time.
The interior stylist went on to touch on how plain sheets also create a sense of calm within a hotel room, adding "white always forms the perfect backdrop to any other hues or textures in the bedroom. Start with a blank, neutral canvas and work up with a statement headboard and fun patterns or colour popping cushions for a bed you want to dive into".
If you fancy recreating that hotel feel in your bedroom at home, check out our pick of the best white sheets around:
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