The Guide To Keeping Your Bed Linen Clean

Here's what you need to know about cleaning and maintaining your sheets, pillowcases and duvets to guarantee a healthy good night's sleep

- Feature courtesy GoodHomes

Bedsheets, mattresses, pillows (and pillowcases), duvets, blankets – all essential components for a good night's sleep. We spend more than a third of our lives in bed, and it is fitting that we should look after our bedding. Sleeping well can have a profound effect on our mental and physical health, and it's only right that we invest more time in keeping our bed linen clean.

Experts say that our bodies relax while we sleep and, in the process, shed dead skin and exude body oils. An important factor in sleeping healthily is keeping track of the hygiene of your bedding. Here's how...

1. SHEETS & PILLOWCASES