Interior designer Rita Konig on how to make a bed | House & Garden

Interior designer Rita Konig worked with Create Academy to show us how to make a bed in the proper way. From the bed linen to choose, to throws, quilts and scatter cushions, join Rita as she gives her insider insights on what makes a stylish - and ultimately cosy - bed. Rita is hosting a course with Create Academy on how to decorate. House & Garden are offering an exclusive 15% discount on the price of course, usually £127. Go to www.createacad... and enter coupon code H&G15.
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[@isabelleer7501]

I'm sorry but why is this video so short! You took the time to go shopping with her and we only see a minute of it??? What a waste! Could have been at least 20 min and I would have loved every moment.

[@ArtByEmilyHare]

So you go to pay for the full thing as part of her course, she’s not gonna give all her expertise away for free :)

[@dear_darling]

She needs her own show!! Never heard such smart advice!! Brilliant

[@Beth_Agnes_Casey]

Totally. I wouldn’t miss a second of her show !!

[@kgardennerd]

She does-it’s an online class

[@ginafriend1690]

I agree. She has great advice. Been watching her videos today.

[@pippadawg7037]

HGTV decorators aren't "real" decorators. They are mostly entertainers who tell little decorating stories. I enjoy them but it isn't really about the decorating. . Besides she wouldn't do a show unless they could film in London.

[@dear_darling]

@@pippadawg7037 ill bet you're fun at parties...

[@buddhahoo1]

Her secret ingredient is Love, it is her magical binding element of everything and anything. I adore her.

[@Print229]

I wish she had given more tips on how to mix textiles... how to choose a skirt or if to avoid them... simply HOW to make a bed look inviting.

[@isabelleer7501]

I bet she did and the edited her down for some reason! Why is the video only 4min??

[@sososanchez3512]

I use a fitted sheet on a box spring instead of a skirt.. less dust.. m I despise a naked boxspring..

[@CreateAcademy]

Thanks for watching. Rita's exclusive masterclass has plenty more tips if you're interested to hear more www.createacademy.com/rita-konig/

[@angellas.1314]

@@sososanchez3512 OmG I do the same. And easier to maintain and change out.

[@Kaththee]

@@sososanchez3512 I usually use some kind of bed skirt, but most of mine don't cover the boxspring because they attach to the side board with velcro. I have used a fitted sheet for covering that area but I have also had box spring covers custom made and they turn out so pretty. I turn my bedding down pretty far and use bed chairs that sit against shams (sounds horrible but it is pretty) so turning back the bed exposes the box spring quite a bit. I like to use a fancy brocade like one would see on an old fashioned boxspring and it looks like my fancy box spring matches my bedding. I have thought about having the fabric upholstered directly on the boxspring instead because it can shift around a bit.

[@m.d.d4250]

I keep watching this over and over just to catch glimpses of her beautiful house in the background.

[@CreateAcademy]

Thanks for watching this. Rita's explains her design process for many of the rooms in her house in her exclusive masterclass www.createacademy.com/rita-konig/

[@danyalexys4956]

Really good advice. Can't believe how much people seem to be taking to this modern idea of design which consists of bland, plain, characterless mountains of whites and greys. Personality and character are where it's at

[@Kaththee]

I despise duvets. I buy wool blankets and bedspreads that double as a blanket for extra warmth and add the quilts my grandmother made as well as a few I bought. I agree 100% with her about bedding, although I have recently switched from luxury cotton to bamboo and there is no going back.

[@pearlvongpusanachai5942]

I love white beds with different textures more than anything though.

[@denisesmithinteriordesign1406]

that's what I do..

[@jozigirl7114]

I don't think that she's anti-white - I think she means a generic white set which is only 1 material. Tbh, I think that white in several different textures sound amazing. You should do a video...

[@saraht1367]

I agree on the importance of a well made bed, Amen! I do enjoy white sheets though.

[@wt30001]

I love my white sheets. I guess I am old fashioned. But I love patterned pillowcases.

[@mollypitcher9380]

Having good sheets but then really nice pillowcases is less expensive too…

[@marciasloan770]

My quilts are so sentimental to me, Guests will have to do with THE WHITE BED thing. It all is top quality and easily Laundered. Loads of books, delicious Water..... Treats. Good light.Quiet and A neighbor cat, Black and White, who Stomps in the attic.No TV.

[@sososanchez3512]

Spot on.. I'd rather have a really good bed and an empty room... Rules!!!

[@Kaththee]

Absolutely! The bed is the most important and second is the bedroom itself, over the living room, dining room and kitchen etc. My beds and my bedrooms are my priority over every other room in the house. When we move to a new house I always put the bedrooms together first, starting with the beds. I am not unpacking dishes when my mattress is on the floor and my bed frame is leaning against a wall. I am not hanging up art, plugging in lamps, or in the living room I did the same thing for my children putting their beds together first, before moving on to other rooms. Seeing the bed put together, the bedside lamp on the nightstand and the rug they love and know on the floor would settle them. The bedroom is everything and it all starts with a dressed, well made comfortable bed.

[@christinethornhill]

During the present time , it's a wonderful idea to reassess our ' sleeping conditions ' , we spend a lot of time in our beds , so following Rita's advice will certainly be of benefit , nothing nicer than going into a really comforting bedroom! ❤️

[@nancyharrison9686]

I can remember when those sheets of Rita's with the hearts were featured in domino magazine -maybe 14 years ago??

[@nikkil764]

As a child, I loved my French provincial four poster canopy bed more than anything. Now as an adult, I still love sleeping on a four poster bed.

[@Blondie2.0]

I had one for a long time and I got rid of it and I regretted it only now I just bought a four poster canopy bed from Wayfair and I did a most spectacular Moroccan bedroom decor I love my room.. don't know why you can't share a picture on KZbin?

[@flowerfairy1950]

I personally like white dressed beds particularly if you can combine textures.

[@Kaththee]

White bedding is classic. She is just railing against all white bedding with the obligatory big white puffy duvet. The whole point of duvets was to use a down insert which few people do anymore for economic, ethical or allergic reasons. Now the only argument I hear for duvets is that the bed is easier to make without a top sheet. If you want a contemporary or modern look you can use a either duvet or blankets, bedspreads or coverlets. If you want a traditional look like Konig's you are going to need to go with traditional bedding which she argues is more cozy and comfortable. About two years ago I bought Pendleton heirloom wool blanket (the kind with the satin banding) and my husband and I never take it off the bed except to wash the sheets. We use all year long. In the Summer it is cool and in the Winter with the bedspread (cotton mateless reversible to matte silk damask) it is warm without being suffocating. I have since bought a wool blanket for every bed in our house. I also use my grandmothers quilts and a few I bought as well as bedspreads and coverlets. The only duvet in my house is on my granddaughters bed which has unicorns on it and I still use a top sheet because not using one seems wrong.

[@twotierneys]

100% agree! For years my friends have Refered to my guest room as having the “magic bed”. I delight in this. Nothing better than a yummy bed. And so true... when you enter a room with a delightful bed, it DOES feel like some cares. ❤️

[@jujubeethatsme]

Please tell us how you made the "magic bed"

[@pippadawg7037]

Rita Konig's beds aren't magically wonderful. She spends a small fortune making them wonderful. The sheets she recommends are 2k a set and that is a conservative number.

[@elencantadordetalle]

I agree with Rita Konig, one 'the most important thing in Decor Home are 'confortable spaces'. El Encantador Detalle, Your Decor Advisors.

[@bessycorrales6405]

My second time watching this vlog. Just got king size pillows for my queen size bed. Her statement stuck with me. I love my new pillows. They fill all the way across the bed.

[@kmarch6630]

I've come to understand that high design means nothing has to match.

[@seachange17]

Exactly. Mixing fabrics, color, texture and balancing wood, metal and ceramics is an art. And really, it shouldn't "match" but compliment in quirky but sophisticated ways.

[@lornanormand6963]

Why interesting content, beautiful and skilled visuals, well presented by Ms Konig and backed by irritating, inane, condescending? auditory assault. When every addition to the designed space is considered so carefully and skilfully, what exactly does this noise add to the experience? I would seriously like to know. I wonder if it is an unquestioned practice that now becomes the norm and we are asked to be unconscious about it as perhaps we are trained to be in so many other situations nowadays. Surely any Mastery is about conscious choices? This is so incongruous for me I have to abandon it half way through....

[@ellencooney5563]

Amen and amen

[@cindy1274]

I love when my bed looks good it makes me happy! Plus I like color and I change things up with different quilts.

[@juliehock6059]

Plus flowers! When guests come to stay or even my granddaughter, there is always a small vase of fresh flowers on the bedside table.

[@michelmoutinho]

I love Rita, but I also love white beds lol... as well as more carefully styled ones.

[@louisematlock2491]

Absolutely adored this. Didn't quite catch the company she mentioned she'd bought her beautiful pillow cases from . But after searching I think it's Porthault. I think I'll be saving up ☺

[@angelroost]

Omgosh. I almost cried when I saw the bedroom with the door opening to the side of the bed. I'm working with a room now that has to be configured that way and it bothered me to no end. When I saw how beautiful the room was in this video around 2:10, I exhaled and stopped bothering about my old mindset. I think what that says to me is that you can never watch too many videos or browse too many pictures, no matter how long you've been decorating. Eventually you'll come across a solution to a problem your stuck on. Also, the reason Konig's styling works, is the bedside table is round. I was thinking of the bedroom door opening to a boxy table with hard corners. Sounds simple now....

[@pippadawg7037]

I know what you mean. I used to get caught up in things I thought were "rules" when they just were not. My bedroom like yours opens to the side of my 4 poster canopy bed (Maddox, Celerie Kremble) and it is beautiful. I even have a square night stand (Anna, Celerie Kemble) but it works. I like that is has long legs so I can see under the piece since the bed has a skirt and is so solid from floor to ceiling. I have a friend who is trying to make it as a "stager" but still gets hung up on the strangest things like she thinks are rules, like she can't put anything in front of a window, not a desk, or a bench much less a bed or sofa. Sometimes something belongs in front of a window. It is okay to partially block a window as well especially if it the bottom part of the window and you can still see the window view shining over the top of the bed or sofa. It is good to look at as many photos of good design as you can. Remember though, sometimes the photographers move things around to make the photo work.

[@melodymccrary]

What a lovely video. I appreciate Rita's attitude of making a home welcoming feel in the bed! Great grounding information!

[@chykim1]

Nothing makes you feel more inadequate than realizing you have no idea how to make a damn bed 🤦

[@ValeriaVincentSancisi]

in balance though ....while saying not to have a white bed there she folds a white sheet over.. and you know I love squishy duvets whether the sheets are white or not .. so taking what she says with the same grain she does...

[@TermiteVideo]

I do wish there were still things called eider downs like I had as a child. They went on top of sheet and blankets for warmth and coziness. I do not want a duvet for this but a smaller eider down.

[@MsSherrydarling]

Thank you!! I absolutely love a room that pulls you in with texture and homey things. The feeling that everything has been used and loved can't be beat. : )) I also never thought about investing in the bed linens instead of expensive wallpaper or draperies! Great tip!

[@JOHNKIRBY1000]

Oooooh! That green. Its edible, lovely! X

[@tillysanders2593]

Agree with other comments here .. more please.

[@kristymeents4706]

Wow, I've always done my guest beds up in all white because I thought it looked really clean and fresh... Are white towels also not cool?

[@michaelwoodbodley8099]

I think there are many people who love bedding and towels in good quality white fabrics.

[@Kaththee]

@@michaelwoodbodley8099 She likes white sheets. She uses white sheets. Nothing beats white sheets, except maybe white towels. It is the all white bed that she rails against especially the white duvet on the white sheets with the white pillows that always look rumpled and boring. The whole point of the duvet was the down comforter and few people invest in down comforters for a number of reasons from allergies to expense to cruelty issues. Now they are marketed on making the bed easier to make which is true. If you want her traditional look and you too are sick of the look and feel of a duvet, she shows you an alternate way to make up the bed. If you are happy with your duvet then by all means keep it. The bed will be easier to make no doubt. I am with Konig though. I like bedspreads, blankets, and quilts on top of clean WHITE sheets.

[@Kaththee]

It isn't white sheets she dislikes. She uses white sheets- collects them even.

[@i.z4711]

There is nothing nicer in any house than a really well made bed. Keep it simple, then it's inviting.

[@Anayansi958]

Quite different decorating style from the all white stuff we see everywhere.

[@theresabeach1433]

You make so much sense!

[@jet7865]

Beautiful 😍

[@marypoppins123]

She has such an amazing eye and her house is just, gorgeous!!!!!

[@katharineanne7397]

I love a white bed with blue accents.

[@TermiteVideo]

I agree that a distinct memory of the comfort of your bed can be overriding after a visit with friends. I have always been appalled at the habit of the old, clapped out, master bed being relegated to the guest room. I have slept in beds that felt more like hammocks, laid on pillows like old sofa cushions, boiled under massive old winter duvets in summer and been given no alternatives. Quite honestly as good as dinner and the company may have been we have been reluctant to stay again.

[@carolking6355]

What really beautiful linen. I loved that video.

[@redroselace9545]

CAN WE SEE HER HOUSE PLS OMGGGGG

[@amandaalbini7020]

Been looking for a quilt like that for years. She walks into an antique shop and finds one just like that ! I neeeeed

[@patriciakelly69]

I totally agree. I just love a bed that has colour, looks luxurious and makes me just want to snuggle down.

[@marieheyndrickx4463]

Tellement frustrant de ne pas avoir les sous-titres en français... Merci déjà pour les images!

[@suemitchell3703]

Great tips, but I always wonder if hotels change quilts, etc for each new guests. I always put the quilts on top of the duvet cover aside and decorative pillows. White duvet covers are easily laundered.

[@hanselpollack4075]

Thank you, but a pristine white covering with rosettes sheets is just the most inviting for quiet slumber there is…the various and sundry patterned quilts in autumn colors with summer flowered sheets is just bad matching, and frankly, unrestful…love you so much, but this is eccentric English, not universally appealing.

[@lovepilie]

I am in love with her!

[@missmurrydesign7115]

Delicious...

[@eerindiraarora6921]

I don’t think I’ll ever tire of white bed linen!

[@barefootedqueen710]

Daughter of a famous designer

[@milkshake3350]

Yes, Nina Cambell.

[@corey3151]

I love this woman! Very sound, good advice! She needs her own show!

[@ivydog100]

I do like the wallpaper in that house.

[@timheasman2984]

Thought we were going to the wood shop 😲

[@proserve9607]

Sorry Rita, crispy white cotton percale is for me the ultimate luxury!

[@toddh377]

Have to agree. What I remember most is a charming bedroom and great bed 😊❤

[@ZM00716]

1200 for a bedspread so how much at the discounted price?

[@keithfernandez1418]

Rita - I love your style !!!

[@marshamcallister3251]

Fab! Great advice.🇺🇸

[@elizabeths4371]

Great Advice!

[@38151]

Beautiful 😍 Thank you🙏

[@juliancoulden1753]

Such great advice!

[@melindathomas3053]

I LOVE MY BED!!! I do understand you. XOX

[@perriner.8801]

J'adore son style !!

[@kathleengarvey4318]

Omg. Those gorgeous patchwork quilts.. I only ever seem to see badly/discordant versions.. That shop looks like magic! Great advice, and her beds are just fabulous..

[@romikim4548]

Thanks for your interior advice.

[@zippyustar6350]

U do you /// very nice/// I love a nice room that smells of nothing /// 1200 thread count screams sleep here although 600 or 800 will do// give us something to look at or a half finished puzzle to do 🤓🤫🤦🏼

[@HomeMadebyHeather]

I have been recommending King shams on Twin beds for 20+ years! so much better! Speaking to my heart with all the talk of patterns and life, and the blandness of the boring white bed!

[@Blondie2.0]

Okay so you like country chic, doesn't mean that a nice crisp white linen bed is something to throw your nose up at... All the five stars Hotel use white bedding..

[@piplebref4607]

Absolutely agree. She can keep all the second hand bedding.

[@jomeyer13]

4 poster is fairytale ideas

[@Tradebear]

She sounds and resembles, Princess Diana, IMHO

[@Sarah-mv8nt]

Love the video but to short

[@rocket7697]

Now, when you are on Universal Credit.....

[@E.R.Hewitt]

I love her

[@maximhollandnederlandthene7640]

A feminin bedroom, the best anticonception there is.🤗

[@marialinares7809]

🌺🌸🌼

[@ncjeffhyder]

Yes! That darn curtain pole! Abandon it!

[@endlessvoyageca7518]

the king pillow on a twin bed - that is brilliant!

[@dinakamal481]

🌺

[@paulmaryon9088]

So true Rita

[@โรสกสสก]

l live love

[@TA-ve6dp]

DECORATE

[@tinkujenatj5901]

Happiness family too mamji

[@77Tadams]

Everyone loves my beds.

[@mckinleytretler2989]

essential watch.

[@manjukhanna6260]

You are so pretty

[@adriennegarcia6628]

Amen

[@continuousself-improvement1879]

I hate four-poster beds.

[@debbiepalmer1094]

I don't like her attitude, people have different taste, I certainly don't like her interior design but I understand people have different preferences, she seems oblivious to this fact.

[@kathrynmcfarlane1243]

Not only ugh white beds white walls and gawd forbid white kitchens I love her patterns and colours although the green is a touch dubious

[@themontephone875]

...squishy duvet...

[@themontephone875]

...wallpaper...

[@themontephone875]

...used ...

[@xkxk4466]

Her style reminds me of a Granny a bit to here and there for my taste. I think Joann Gaines is #1 when it comes to old vintage mixed with modern. Joanne manages to keep it fresh and unfussy.🎆