Crochet Bed Skirts

A crochet bed skirt will add a whole new decorative layer to your bed and overall room. While it’s traditionally nostalgic and perfect in modern or more feminine settings, a bed skirt can also bring a cozier, familiar touch to more contemporary bedrooms. Plus, it’ll help reduce a buildup of dust underneath the bed which could lead to dust mites. Before falling in love with a specific model, however, remember to check the exact size of your mattress.

Crochet Bed Skirts

Buying Guide

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If the bottom part of your bed isn't visually appealing, then hanging a crocheted bed skirt over it is an excellent solution. Crocheted bed skirts come in a lot of different varieties, and that means you can easily find one that can hide a bed's bottom part and add a bit of attractive decor at the same time.

On the downside, the multitude of options can be a source of confusion. As a way to make the shopping task much more manageable, this article is going to be a buying guide for crocheted bed skirts.

How to get the right size bed skirt?

The most common mistake made by most homeowners is getting a bed skirt that is of the same size as their mattress. Most beds will have foundations, padding and extra parts that enlarge the total dimensions. Hence, don't assume that the size of the mattress is equal to the size of the bed. Your best bet is to measure the bed so you'll have more accurate dimensions of the bed skirt you need.

What is the drop of the bed skirt?

The drop of the bed skirt means the length in which it hangs from the bed. The considered industry standard is 15 inches, but bed skirts do come in varying lengths.

When it comes to the bed skirt drop, you also don't want it to be too high and too low. Also, you don't want to make assumptions, especially when you can quickly and easily do some measurements.

How to select the right color for a crocheted bed skirt?

When it comes to choosing the right color for your bedroom, there are few hard rules to follow so you have plenty of leeway. Perhaps the only thing that you really should avoid is picking a color that goes against the color of the bedsheet. Just refer to the color wheel, and make sure that the color of the bed sheet and the bed skirt are not on the opposite sides. Basically, you should match or blend the color of the bed skirt to the color of your bed sheet.

If you want to be safe, then you can pick white or a pastel color of yellow, pink or cyan.

You can also pick a color that is the same as the bed. It will appear as if the bed has a softer side, which makes it cozier. This makes for your safest option in terms of color as you won’t have to purchase lots of bed skirts just to have colors that match each bed sheet that you have.