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| Akemi exhibit at the SM Home Fair |
I
recently visited the SM Home Fair held at the SMX Convention Center in Mall of
Asia, Pasay City. As I visited each showcase exhibit, I was able to learn so
much. There’s definitely more to buying a set of comfortable sheets than just
choosing the right color for your bedroom. Sounds sensible right? After all,
you’re going to be sleeping on those linens every night for the foreseeable
future, so shouldn’t you buy the best? We spend roughly 33% of our lives
sleeping, according to the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research—that’s
equivalent to about 26 years. Let that sink in for a moment. Picture everything
that happened in 26 years of your life, wiped out in a dreamless sleep (a
pretty sobering thought). Fortunately, sleep doesn’t actually work that way,
but of course knowing exactly how much of our lives we spend in our bed—whether
it’s blissfully passed out or tossing and turning—makes us want our sleeping
conditions to be as conducive to a restful slumber as possible. And aside from
choosing the perfect mattress, the most important part of getting that deep,
so-good-you-don’t-want-it-to-end sleep is one thing: your sheets.
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| One of Akemi linens on display |
The best bed sheets depend on more than just a rating,
though. You have to pick the best-rated bed linens that suit your sleeping
style, the climate you live in, how cool or warm you keep your home, and the
feel you prefer.
So what are the things one must look for in a linen for it
to be considered good quality? First, you must look at the details of the
fabric, blends, and the reasons you shouldn’t compromise on linens for your bed.
Have you ever spread out new sheets on your king sized bed,
slid in between the fabrics, and then regretted your purchase? Some sheets can
be scratchy, uncomfortable, thin, and not at all how they were marketed. What
happened? You may not have paid attention to the thread count, the fabric, or
the instructions on how to wash your sheets. You’ll have to pay a little extra
for the best sheet set, but not as much as you may think.
I recently learned about thread count. Are as unfamiliar
with it as I once was? Thread count is an important part of getting the most
comfortable sheet set possible, but you don’t have to pick up 1,000
thread-count sheets. In fact, in some sheets, thread count doesn’t even matter.
It’s a matter of finding the right fiber and fabric, and we’ll get there in a
moment. Bottom line here, though, is that everyone deserves the best because
sleep is important, and your bed linens play a big part in you getting the bestnight’s sleep every night.
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| Another Akemi sheet at the exhibit |
I came across a world-class quality brand called Akemi. It’s
a Malaysian brand with a Japanese name which literally meant “Beautiful.”
According to the sales guy I had interviewed, its real name is Akemi Uchi which
meant “Beautiful Home.” But since in
the Philippines, only the bed sheets and linen are being sold, hence, the
owners dropped “Uchi” from its name because they do not carry other household
products here.
