Ever since I was a little girl I had visions in my mind as to how my future home would look. Back then I would look through my mom’s magazines and cut out pictures that represented how I wanted my future home to look. I put all the pictures in a scrapbook. I had photos of my dream house, the way I wanted my kitchen to look, curtains, bedding… you name it.
Fast forward 30+ years. I still don’t have my dream house, but at least I can do my best with making the other rooms in my home look the way I always dreamed they would look.
I love to decorate and I love for each room to have a different look and feel to it. I love colors and each room is painted differently. They are all decorated differently too.
We were hoping to have moved by now. We put our condo on the market months ago and we had hoped that by the holidays we would be settled into our first (and last) house. Sadly reality has other plans for us.
We live in a one bedroom condo. Prior to our second child being born my husband and I enjoyed the luxury of having our own room. We have a gorgeous sleigh bed. Oh how I love my sleigh bed! Sadly we made the tough decision to give up the bedroom for our children. So we took apart our bed and put it down in the basement and gave away the box spring and mattress. That was 11 years ago. Since then we have slept in living room. We went from a sofa bed, to air mattresses, to a day bed with a trundle and back to a sofa bed.
Every night when the bar is digging into my back I lie there dreaming of my beautiful sleigh bed that is rotting away in the basement. Sigh…
Even though we don’t have a real bedroom that doesn’t mean that I can’t do the best I can to transform it into a real bedroom at night. I buy nice sheets, comforters, blankets and big fluffy pillows. I try and transform a boring old sofa bed into the bed I dream of having again.
I recently had the opportunity to review beautiful, luxury bedding from a company called Crane & Canopy . Their bedding is not only stylish it’s also surprisingly affordable. This quality bedding is something you would expect to find in a high end department store.
Crane & Canopy manufacture their own products and have it shipped in house. By doing this they cut out any “middle men” and therefore are able to pass on the savings to their customers. There is a really interesting infographic on their site found under the “About Us” tab (scroll down to “How we do it”). If you were to purchase their products in a department store I’m sure you could easily pay 3X’s the amount they sell them for on their site.
Crane & Canopy sells bedding in many different patterns, designs and colors making it easy for consumers to find just the right bedding for their home. Personally I love their soft colors and the geometric designs. They even offer textured bedding which I really like too.
When I was asked to review a bedding set from Crane & Canopy I jumped on the opportunity. As I mentioned earlier I like for my bed to look like a “real” bed. I do this for both me and my husband. That way it doesn’t seem so bad that we have to sleep on the sofa bed. Since we have a queen size sofa sleeper I ordered queen size bedding from Crane & Canopy. I opted for the The Noe Green Signature Duvet Cover. Green is my favorite color and it actually matches the color of the living room which made it the perfect choice. In addition to this bedding set I also received some shams.
I was so excited when the set arrived and I could not wait to dress up my bed. When it did arrive I found that both the duvet cover and the shams were packaged very nicely and even included a sachet of lavender (which promotes sleep). I thought that was a nice touch. It’s details like that which make people remember a company and want to continue to do business with them because obviously they care about their customers. Two thumbs up for their customer service. 🙂
The Noe Green Signature Duvet Cover features…
- 300-thread-count.
- 100% cotton.
- Edge piping for a tailored finish.
- Two-toned cover for a perfectly made bed.
- Patented Crane & Canopy Signature zipper enclosure for easy cleaning on and off.
- Interior ribbons on corners to keep your duvet in place.
I have never used a duvet before so this was new to me, as well as my husband. It took some figuring out. Thankfully this video helped us to get the duvet put together correctly.
If you are reading this via e-mail you can see the video here, .
The bedding in the video is the same bedding I have, so you can see how nice it looks.
It really is that quick and easy. I was pleasantly surprised. Sadly the bedding did not look as nice on our bed as it does in the video. My husband and I were left scratching our heads. The bedding seemed too big, but our sofa bed is queen size so it should fit perfectly. The only conclusion we could come up with is that even though our sofa was sold as a “queen size” the bed it’s self might actually be a full size, not a queen. That is the only thing we can think of why it’s too big for our bed. It also doesn’t hang right because a REAL mattress is thick where as our sofa bed mattress (one of those foam-like things) is half as thick as a real mattress.
UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I took pictures. I can upload them if anyone wants to see them. Please note that my bed does not as look as nice as the beds in the pictures. The bedding is too big and almost hits the floor because the mattress is thin and the bed it low to the ground. 🙁
Of course if we had a house by now this wouldn’t be an issue. I know for a fact my sleigh bed is a queen size bed.
We are still using the set. Just because it doesn’t look picture perfect doesn’t mean that it’s not comfy and nice to look at.
By far my favorite feature about this set is that the bed looks perfectly made, just like it would at a fancy hotel. The bedding features a two-tone look which makes it appear as if the sheet is pulled down, when in reality it’s the duvet cover. I really like that look. I think it makes beds look classy. Plus it’s a huge time saver. If you made your bed that way on your own it would take you a few extra minutes to get the sheet to be perfectly straight each time you made the bed.
I love how the zipper is completely covered up. You can’t see it nor do you have to worry about the zipper bothering you when you are trying to sleep. It was an ingenious idea to hide the zipper under the that “flap” like they did.
I love the detail they put into the set too. The sage green trim (piping) along the edge of the area where the zipper hides is a really nice touch.
The color is lovely. It’s a soft, pale sage green. I find the color very soothing. My husband likes that it’s not a “girly” color or design.
My husband also likes the look and feel of this bedding set. He’s also disappointed that we can’t get the bed to look as nice as it does in photos (because our bed is the wrong size). He also cannot wait for us to be able to use our sleigh bed again and make our bed with this bedding set.
I wish they offered sets for twin size and full size beds. I would love to see my kid’s beds made to look this nice. They both have twin size beds and when they make their beds they usually just throw them together. I would love for them to make their beds with one of the Crane & Canopy sets and have that classy look with the turned down sheets. That would be really nice.
I know that Crane & Canopy unveils new designs and products on a regular basis so maybe twin and full size sets are going to be available in the future. I’ll certainly be checking back often just to make sure.
Along with beautiful bedding Crane & Canopy also offers pillows, pillow covers mattress pads and comforters.
My husband and I are very happy with our bedding from Crane & Canopy. It’s unfortunate that it doesn’t look as nice as it does on a regular bed, and it’s a pain to have to remove the bedding every morning and put it in the trunk so we can push the bed back into the sofa. I would rather leave the bedding on the bed like you would with a REAL bed. 🙁
The bedding is very well made, comfortable and beautiful.
If you would like to learn more about Crane & Canopy and check out all their designs and products, visit www.CraneandCanopy.com. You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.
Kimberly
*I received a free product sample in order to do this review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and are not influenced in any way.