The best bedding sets for 2026, tried and tested
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When it comes to choosing the best bedding sets, our ethos is that it is not something to skimp on. The bed linen you choose impacts the feel of a room, but it's also a crucial factor in how to sleep. Unlike wallpaper, flooring, or curtains, your bed linen is easily and frequently changed, so is a simple and effective way to refresh the look and feel of a bedroom based on mood or season. Now we are well into spring and summer will soon be upon us, the warmer nights can really affect our sleep. Therefore it's ideal to opt for cool and breathable fabrics such as linen and crisp cotton percale; white bedding or lighter colours can also be particularly lovely on your bed at this time of year to create a airy, more open feel to your bedroom.
As well as the choice of bed linen fabric, switching your duvet out for a lighter tog is also an essential step towards more comfortable nights' sleep during those dreaded heatwaves that have been more frequent in recent years. The right pillows and best mattress possible underneath the duvet form the basis of the whole equation; getting these elements right are also key to a comfortable and supportive night's sleep year-round. And for the decorative cherry on top, add a pretty valance to your bed base to match your lovely new bedding - it's an oft-overlooked bedroom accessory that really makes a difference to how your bed looks.
Best bedding sets and bed sheets 2026
From the best luxury bedding sets to the best quality bedding sets, we've put together an exhaustive list on where to go and what to buy with regard to dressing your bed.
Best linen bedding brand: Secret Linen Store
Why buy Secret Linen Store bedding?
With warmer weather on the horizon, switching your bedding over for something more breathable and cool will help you to get a better night's sleep, especially when heatwaves happen. Linen is an optimal choice, and Secret Linen Store, unsurprisingly, is a specialist. Made in Portugal, there's a lovely selection of muted, calming plain linen sets, as well as some smart striped choices for those partial to a bit of pattern.
What we're buying: We're loving the understated candy stripes of the Olivia set.
Best affordable bedding brand: Dusk
Why buy Dusk bedding?
Plain white bedding is a failsafe option that can work just as well in summer as in winter, and just as well in a red room as a bright yellow one. Dusk are an affordable go-to, with simple white sheets with various levels of detailing and embroidery. Dusk might not be a name you're familiar with, but the House & Garden team have tried and tested a whole host of their products to rave review. They have a stylish selection of designs, from crisp Egyptian cotton to cool linens, there's something for everyone in terms of material. Design-wise, their team have opted to play with texture more than colour palette, with mostly white bedding in their range. With affordable prices that belie the great quality of the linen, Dusk is a great destination for simple white bedding.
What we're buying:
The Alice collection is 100% cotton, and features an elegant and timeless lace border.
Best bedding brand for fabric options: Westwing
Why buy Westwing bedding?
Westwing, which launched in the UK earlier this year, has already got our attention with the brilliantly varied selection of fabrics and finishes of their own-brand bedding; cotton percale, linen, sateen, flannel, muslin and seersucker styles are all available. With the similarly diverse range of bedspreads alongside the bedding sets, Westwing is fast becoming one of our go-to spots for seeking out simple, smart bedding for all seasons.
What we're buying:
The delicate ruffled Louane set has just the right amount of flounce.
Best for striped bedding: Toast
Why buy Toast bedding?
If immaculate hotel-style bedding isn't quite up your street, Toast make a line that is a bit more rustic and relaxed. In a range of smart ticking stripes and plain white or pink, these organic cotton sheets are wonderfully soft and thick.
What we're buying:
Toast's Organic Cotton Pyjama Stripe Bedding looks delightfully cosy and closes with three pretty ribbon ties.
Best bedding brand for minimalists: The White Company
Why buy The White Company bedding?
The last word in white bedding, The White Company have been dealing in bedding for nearly thirty years. As such, they have nigh perfected their formula. There's a reason The White Company has become a classic destination for crisp white bedding. It's an evergreen, reasonably priced favourite, with subtle patterns and detailing that add variety to their collection. The White Company's bedding offering is mostly, well, white. However, their range is anything but dull. Playing with materials, textures, and various levels of luxury, any one of their bedding products is guaranteed to be excellent quality.
What we're buying:
The White Company's delicately embroidered Adeline bedding is particularly pretty for summer and comes highly recommended by a couple of us at team H&G.
Best for embroidered bedding: Rebecca Udall
Why buy Rebecca Udall bedding?
The best for long lasting softness and delicately detailed embroidery trims. In a change of pace from other brands, Rebecca Udall prioritises long staple cotton yarns over thread count. From less wrinkly sheets (read: easier to iron) to a softer finish, there are myriad benefits to this approach. Woven in Portugal, these sheets and made with longevity in mind.
What we're buying:
Their signature scalloped Annabelle bed sheets, available in a few colourways.
Best for bedding in a range of colours: La Redoute
Why buy La Redoute bedding?
The interior designer favourite, French retailer La Redoute is a great place for a whole host of wonderful homewares. Their ‘Linot Plain’ selection is available in a spectrum of 22 colours, so there's sure to be a perfect shade for any bedroom.
What we're buying:
Interior designer Joanna Plant has a real soft spot for La Redoute's bedding, having been quoted as saying, “I’m mad about La Redoute…their AM/PM range is particularly good. I have recently bought properly heavy linen and hemstitch sheets for very little money.”
Best for textured bedding: Anthropologie
Why buy Anthropologie bedding?
The best for patterns and quilted or matelassé designs, which add tactility and extra cosiness to your bed. There are also some beautiful ruffled sets available at the moment. For seriously bright, fun bedding on the high street (albeit at the pricier end), Anthropologie is the place to be. Perfect for teenagers' rooms, these bold designs will liven up any space and make the bed the centrepiece of the room.
What we're buying:
The boho retailer do a fantastic range of bedspreads. Our favourite is this ditsy floral number with ruffles: an eye-catching, reversible piece.
Best silk bedding brand: Gingerlily
Why buy Gingerlily bedding?
The best in the business for silk bedding. For glorious, cool silk bedding, there is nowhere comparable to Gingerlily. All their pieces are designed in-house and crafted from pure long strand silk of only the finest quality. Sleeping on silk has a well known range of health benefits, too, so both your skin and hair will thank you for using this bedding.
What we're buying:
Anything and everything silk. Thanks to Gingerlily's cohesive range, we encourage you to mix and match colours together. If we could only choose one thing, we'd get their Silk Ebury Oxford Pillowcase as the benefits for your skin and hair are immeasurable. To read more about silk pillowcases, head to our guide.
Piglet in Bed
Why buy Piglet in Bed bedding?
Founded in 2017 from a garden shed deep in the West Sussex countryside, Piglet in Bed started out by offering unfussy, low maintenance bed linens that you won't shy away from using. Since then, the brand has expanded exponentially and now includes sleep and loungewear, tablecloths, napkins and more.
What we're buying:
Staying true to the company's original purpose, we are shopping Piglet's ‘Bedtime Bundles', a user friendly way to dress your whole bed in just a few clicks. Their striped options are particularly lovely as they offer a nice alternative to plain white bedding, but would look lovely paired with white pillows and a throw in complementary colours. Piglet in Bed offer smart linen bedding in a wide range of colours.
Bed Threads
Why buy Bed Threads bedding?
If it's linen you're after, Bed Threads offer an extensive range. Every colour in the rainbow is covered, with lovely pastels and saturated hues in between.
What we're buying:
Their ‘French Flax Linen Sheets’ are the perfect weight for summer bedding: they're wafty, without getting tangled up every time you roll over. We also love the ‘Build your own bedding bundle’ idea, where you can customise a whole bedding set according to your needs and tastes.
Soak and Sleep
Why buy Soak and Sleep bedding?
The best for every bed in the house. Soak and Sleep's website plays host to a huge range of bedding, from pure mulberry silk, French linen, chalk pure hemp, Egyptian cotton and more. As a result, you could kit out your entire household's bedrooms in one fell swoop, whilst catering for everyone's different wishes and needs.
What we're buying:
Soak and Sleep's 600 Thread Count Egyptian Cotton Bed Linen has a heavier weight feel to it that allows it to hang pleasingly over the end of the bed. Thanks to its sateen weave, it has a subdued and delicate shine that makes it look really luxurious.
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Fenwick
Why buy Fenwick bedding?
The best for creating your own sets. With their own ranges sitting alongside name brands like Yves Delorme and Sheridan, there's little wonder Fenwick is quickly climbing the bedding ranks.
What we're buying:
We love Yves Delorme's smart, embroidered ‘Duo Marine Duvet Cover’.
JORO
Why buy JORO bedding?
From cooling sateen sets to crisp linen covers, in elegant pastels and neutrals of pale sage or warming terracotta, JORO's breezy bedding is perfect for a seasonal bedroom refresh. Run by three siblings whose passion for fine fabrics runs in the family, they began by gaining experience of the industry working for their family's textile business, before branching out and starting JORO together in 2023. Their pieces celebrate Indian textile craft tradition combined with contemporary design. While most of their pieces are simple and pared back, and therefore easy to pair with existing decoration, they also have the odd lovely patterned piece, such as the painterly Landscape Duvet Cover, the print of which is inspired by the Punjab.
What we're buying:
Their pure linen percale duvet covers and pillowcases with wide contrast border trim are very smart. To complete the look, pair it with a linen flat sheet in a matching colour, or a contrasting one if you're feeling bold.
Oliver Bonas
Why buy Oliver Bonas bedding?
One of the best for decorative bedding. Oliver Bonas' bedding collection is full of sumptuous velvets and rich colours that look a lot more expensive than their high street price tag might suggest.
What we're buying:
They have a great range of reversible quilts that are plain on one side and patterned on the other, which look lovely when folded over at the top.
H&M Home
Why buy H&M Home bedding?
The high street go-to. H&M Home is a fantastic affordable standby, and its bedding collection is one of the most reliable things it stocks. There's a huge range of bedding online, in contemporary patterns and plain colours.
What we're buying:
While basic cotton duvet sets starting at around £20, we recommend going straight for their washed linen sets, which come in at about £80 for a double duvet set.
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Soho Home
Why buy Soho Home bedding?
When a hotel (or members' club) launch their own bedding, you know it's going to be excellent. Since its inception just under a decade ago, Soho Home has become a firm favourite here at House & Garden. They are a fail safe pick for items both small and large, and their bedding is no exception. Perhaps unsurprisingly given their sister business, Soho House, their bedding is hotel-grade luxury for your very own bed. Nearly all the fabrics and styles on offer are the same ones used globally in Soho House, so that luxurious feeling of slipping into a hotel bed can be recreated night after night. For more, head to our full guide to the best of Soho Home.
What we're buying:
Having honed their bedding across the 25 years they've been running, Soho Home's bed linen is a fast-track ticket to making your bedroom feel like a five star hotel. Above all, the brand is brilliant at understated luxury, so we'd plump for the simple white pure cotton set if you want to feel like you're sleeping in a room at a Soho House, every night.
House & Garden editors' top picks
Commerce editor and shopping expert Arabella Bowes loves Rebecca Udall for bedding, choosing the ‘Annabelle Scalloped Bed Linen’ with green trim for her own bed. Former deputy editor David Nicholls raves about the affordability of H&M Home's linen bedding: ‘it's super soft, washes like a dream and has a casual and relaxed feel to it.’ The recommendation from decoration editor Rémy Mishon is to hunt for vintage French linen at markets, or on eBay or Etsy.
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Meanwhile, deputy digital editor Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes recommends a variety of retailers, from The White Company, Soak & Sleep and Christy, to Piglet in Bed for their brushed cotton. Virginia Clark, our digital director, and Christabel Chubb, acting deputy digital editor, are also big fans of The White Company, suggesting the Adeline and Essentials styles, depending on how decorative you want to go.
Frequently asked questions
The top place to purchase bed linen is obviously subjective, and depends on how much money you're willing to spend, fabric preferences, whether you want patterned or plain, and so on. For great simple white bedsheets, we'd undoubtedly go with The White Company; the styles with decorative edges or embroidery are some of our favourites. A great choice for affordability while maintaining quality is IKEA, with fun patterned sets in 100% organic cotton at some of the lowest prices out there. For cosy neutrals and smart striped bedding, we love Toast, while one of our favourite independent brands for pretty embroidered duvet covers and pillowcases is Rebecca Udall.
Bedding, and the best sheets to buy, depends largely on the time of year. Seasonality hugely affects your sleep, so it's a good idea to have a well stocked linen cupboard so you can sleep comfortably no matter the time of year. In the summer, a flat sheet is a lovely choice instead of a duvet for sleepers who run hot (we also recommend a good cooling pillow and mattress combination), though if you can't live without the latter we have a round up of the best duvets here. This gives you the comfort of coverage whilst remaining lightweight. We think high-quality linen, Egyptian cotton, or cotton percale are the best materials for this. If you don't want to have endless sheet sets in your house, then you always have the option to add a throw or blanket, in cashmere or wool, over the top of your flat sheet. If you're seeking comfort and a good night's sleep over all else, we do recommend buying good quality bedding for the softest finish.
When buying bedding, the key advice to always follow is to opt for the highest thread count you can afford. As our resident decoration expert Rita Konig says, 'getting into bed at the end of the day is made so much better if you are climbing between really soft, crisp sheets.' We spend more of our time up-close and personal with our bedding than anything else in our houses, so investing some time in choosing it will really pay off.
Preferences vary widely on the best finish for sheets. If you particularly like a crisp feel, opt for 'percale' fabrics - these are traditionally woven with a one-yarn-over, one-yarn-under method for a lightweight, matte finish. 'Sateen' fabrics expose more of the surface of the thread, with a three-yarn-over, three-yarn-under technique; this makes the sheets feel softer and silkier to the touch. Sateen bedding is also less likely to crease than percale sheets.
If you prefer an informal look, linen is the way to go. Made from the fibres of the flax plant, linen is stiffer in texture, though over time linen bedding will become incredibly soft. Linen bedding tends to be more breathable than most cotton weaves, so it's a popular choice for summer. It does crease very easily, but we think in a very attractive, relaxed sort of way. If you're thinking seasonally, you could opt for linen sheets in the warmer months, and then flannel bedding in the cooler ones. Flannel bedding is brushed on one or both sides of the surface to create a soft, cosy feel. For more on the fine details of fabric choices for bedding, head over to our comprehensive guide below.
And of course, don't forget to consider how you want your bedding to look. There's a huge variety of colour and detailing out there to choose from. If your bedroom is quite masculine, soften it up with scallop-edged or frilly cotton sheets, or if you want a super-feminine feel then patterned bedding or a floral eiderdown will have a great effect. A classic pintuck Oxford border, or an embroidered line around the edge, will create that sophisticated hotel look, or opt for rumpled linen in a soft pastel shade if you prefer a more rustic look. If you rent, and your bedroom is a bit of a white box, then we'd opt for patterned or brightly coloured bedding to spruce it up - it is truly one of the easiest ways to make your mark on a space, without altering the property. Alternatively, if you already have a lot going on decoratively - a block-printed wallpaper, perhaps, or colour drenched walls and ceiling - then classic white bedding creates visual balance and avoids the room becoming OTT.
Pillowcases are well worth investing in, as much if not more so than your fitted sheet or mattress topper. Of course, from a luxury perspective, silk pillowcases are the best that money can buy. Mulberry silk and other forms of the material have long shown to deliver benefits to your skin and hair by reducing creases and pressure on skin. Even better, they are not nearly so impractical as they used to be, with many brands offering machine washable options (though they do recommend hand washing). If you find your face is often puffy in the morning, take stock of what pillowcase combination you're using. If you are sleeping on down pillows, try changing to a hypoallergenic filling. To read our guide to the best pillows head here.
We've rounded up the best places to buy bed linen and the best bed sheets here in the UK and further afield. So, whether you prefer rustic linens, crisp cotton or soft flannelette; bright colours or pretty patterns, we have created the perfect shopping list for your very best night's sleep. Head over to our bedroom ideas guide for more decoration inspiration.
Looking for more bedding content? We've got a round up of the best beds here, as well a guide to the best mattress and best mattress toppers to go alongside it. On top of that, we have a thorough review of the best pillows, the best pillows for side sleepers, and the best weighted blankets to buy. If you want to go granular, we have compiled an edit of the best pillowcases and best silk pillowcases, too.
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