INTERIORS NEWS

Best beds for sleepy heads

Did you know that March is National Bed Month? This was instigated some years ago by the The Sleep Council UK and the National Bed Federation to raise awareness of the importance of sleep. Sleep is an essential need for human beings, as much as food and water. It’s a time when the mind and body can rest and recover. A good quality bed is essential for a good night’s rest; poor quality beds can cause sleeplessness, trap dust and debris, and even emit toxic fumes causing illness.

At TR Hayes there is an extensive bed department, with many well-known brands on display. It is the perfect place to find the right bed for you, with both traditional and foam mattresses that you can try out for yourself. Getting a new mattress can be quite daunting, but the helpful staff at TR Hayes are trained to help you find a suitable match, and start you on the road to a perfect night’s sleep. trhayes.co.uk

Think Forest Green

Reading recommendations

Openhouse is an unusual and fresh interiors and lifestyle magazine that follows a cross section of creative people into their homes, private spaces and secret places to explore ideas around food, art and design. It's not as elitist as it sounds because these people genuinely open their doors to the public. They also share the odd recipe in the magazine. Openhouse is based in Spain and though published in English it also prints interviews with nonEnglish contributors in their native language. It’s a very attractive piece of publishing and one of Magalleria’s store favourites. £16. store.magalleria.co.uk

Green has been prominent in the interior vogue charts for a while, but this spring/summer make way for Forest Green, a rich, saturated shade aiming to capture that restorative, deep-in-theforest experience.

Any shade of green links to our emotional connection to nature and Forest Green pushes this into an intense woodland experience. Green also has positive associations with wellbeing, having an uplifting effect on physical and mental health that helps to keep the mood calm within the restless pace of the contemporary world. It’s restful because it falls in the middle of the colour spectrum, which creates a gentle and rejuvenating viewing experience.

The Evolution of Home: English Interiors for a New Era is the first book by interior designer Emma Sims Hilditch. It explores a range of projects to find out how interior spaces have developed to reflect modern ways of living. Whether the project is an urban townhouse, a seaside cottage, an ancestral residence, or a lakeside retreat the Sims Hilditch goal is always the same – to create stylish, comfortable homes that marry up with clients’ wants and needs. You will discover how to create rooms where people live healthy and vibrant lives, aware of the changing seasons and embracing the comforts of a slower lifestyle –resulting in a holistic picture of design in the 21st century.

The Evolution of Home, by Emma Sims-Hilditch & Giles Kime, is published by Rizzoli, £40. simshilditch.com/book