Soft Spoken

Amid all the celebration, make time for you.
At Soft Surroundings we anticipate the holiday season with child-like delight. Beginning with the marvelous holiday of Thanksgiving, we enjoy the fellowship of family and friends, the warmth of togetherness, and come December, sharing gifts and delights with those we love and hold dear to our hearts. We [...]

Customized gifts make it all the more special.
Remember as a child when you would see your name in a book or find out about a movie star that shared your name?  For many of us, it would make us feel special. Even now, when we see the personalized keychain rack at the store, some of [...]

Changing clothes and sheets in the middle of the night? Repeatedly throwing blankets off and putting them on again? The right bedding can help!
“Night sweats” can have a myriad of causes, the two most frequent being hormonal and medication related.  If you are tired of waking up to soaked sheets, there are a few bedding [...]

Still Shopping? It’s not too late to send the perfect, thoughtful holiday gift to someone you love! Rest easy knowing that your hectic holiday season can be made a little easier with these great gift ideas – all in stock and ready to ship today and at prices that won’t overbalance your budget.
There is no [...]

From the designers’ runways all the way into our bedrooms, texture is the hot new trend in bedding…and one that I personally love! The use of texture can add so much dimension and uniqueness.
Every surface has texture. What I am referring to is the use of different textures to effect others interests. More technically, I [...]

Another installment in our Behind the Designs series follows one of our Bedding designers, Nick.
Why did you decide to become a designer?

Honestly, it was more that designing found me. I started in the Soft Surroundings buying office in a support position working with spreadsheets and reporting. The more I was exposed to the creative side [...]

Home is one of my favorite places – there’s just nothing quite like it. It’s the place where I can kick off my shoes as soon as I step in the door, snack directly out of the fridge and not be embarrassed about how spoiled my dogs are. It’s also the space that I’ve made [...]

PROBLEM: Baring Arms
SOLUTION: Do you dread tank top and spaghetti strap season because of undefined arms and “jiggle”? You can target and treat this common complaint with tanners, bronzers and simple exercises to have your arms looking strong and sexy for summer.
Begin target toning of your arms. Doing a set of pushups every night or [...]

There’s an almost indescribable something about the feeling of pure silk next to the skin. For centuries, silk has been the hallmark of luxury and status – but it offers so much more. 

 
Lauren Bacall once said that her silk drawstring pants were the one clothing item she couldn’t live without.
 
Silk fiber naturally wicks moisture away [...]

How is rayon made from bamboo?

Bamboo based rayon fabrics are made by taking cellulose from bamboo stalks and grinding it to a wood pulp. The wood pulp is then converted to a thick liquid called “slurry” by using a natural occurring chemical, amine oxide. The slurry is then pushed through tiny holes to make continuous [...]