Create an Inspiring, Peaceful Bedroom Retreat with Natural Organic Bedding, an Earth-Friendly Bed, and Natural Air Purifiers

In today’s busy world, nothing feels quite like sinking into a cozy bed at day’s end. Because sleep is a time of rejuvenation for the body and mind, it’s essential that your sleep environment be as restful and restorative as possible. Here are some guidelines for creating a soothing, good-for-you sleep haven with natural organic bedding, an eco-friendly bed, and other earth-friendly bedroom items. 

Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference: Organic Linens are Soft, Luxurious, Strong, and Good for You
If you are creating an eco-friendly bedroom, but need to mind your pennies, starting with organic bedding is a cost-efficient way to make a big impact. With silky organic bamboo sheets, an organic wool-fill mattress cover, and a cotton jacquard blanket, your skin will nestle against naturally soft, smooth, non-toxic (rather than chemical-laden) fabrics through the night. Because no chemicals are used to make organic bedding, the fibres are especially strong and will last a long time. Be sure to use eco-friendly detergents to keep your linens (and your bedroom) as healthy and non-toxic as possible.

Your Bedroom Furniture May be the Most Toxic Items in Your Bedroom 
Take a look around your bedroom… is any of your furniture made from particleboard, MDF, or plywood? These are composite-wood products, which are made from small pieces of wood bonded together by various fillers and chemicals, such as formaldehyde, butanol, etc. Sound toxic? It is. Synthetic mattresses, too, are laden with toxic chemicals. When you sleep amongst compressed-wood furniture on a non-organic mattress, you not only breath in toxic fumes all night long, but you absorb the chemicals through your skin, too. Instead of sleeping with these toxins, invest in an organic wooden bed and natural mattress. You’ll eliminate a huge portion of the toxins in the room, and both you and your bedroom will be safer and healthier.

Keep Your Air as Pure and Natural As Possible with Natural Air Purifiers – Plants
Here is a natural, earth-friendly accessory for your night table: an air purifier. Whether this is an actual air purifier or a toxin-removing plant, you’re going to have a healthier bedroom. An air purifier will remove dust and many of the toxins (from your carpet, for example) in your bedroom. Plants have powerful air-cleansing qualities – they actually remove pollutants from the air and replace existing air with a purer form of oxygen. Take a simple spider plant, for example: In 24 hours, it can remove 80 percent of formaldehyde pollutants in an enclosed room, leaving you feeling revitalized and more productive.

In the big picture, you are doing your part for the environment by creating an earth-friendly bedroom. But a natural bedroom also reflects your commitment to your physical health and emotional well-being by giving yourself a safe, peaceful haven where you can relax and unwind at the end of the day. A good decision for you and for your planet!

Watch for the next posting for tips in choosing eco-friendly paints, flooring, and other natural bedroom essentials for your peaceful, inspiring, organic bedroom retreat. Meanwhile, please share with our other readers your own tips and ideas for creating your own earth-friendly bedroom cocoon!