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Styling · 19 Sep 2026 · 5 min read

How to build a bed for an Indian summer

A summer bed is an exercise in taking things away. The instinct is to add a thinner blanket; the better move is to remove whatever traps air against the body.

Start with plain-weave percale in a pale shade. Percale has no float, so air moves through it, and the crispness you feel on the first night is the same structure that stops it clinging.

Over that, a three-layer muslin dohar and nothing else. It gives you the feeling of being covered without the insulation of a quilt.

Wash new percale before first use — it softens measurably in three cycles — and rotate pillow covers twice a week. Body oil at the pillow end is what yellows cotton first.