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sleep sanctuary Adjust the temperature
Creating a
You might love the feeling of being
warm and cosy in bed, but studies
show that sleeping in a colder room is
much more conducive to a better night’s
sleep. Sleep experts suggest that the
optimum bedroom temperature for sleep
is 18 degrees Celsius, which helps you to
maintain a lower core temperature while you
sleep. If that sounds too chilly for you, layer up
Catching ZZZs isn’t always that easy – so here’s how to transform
your bedding to keep it cosy.
your sleep space into a place of calm rest.

Block out light ‘daylight’ versions. It’s also key to avoid blue
Light can drastically impact your sleep light, such as the light emitted from our
habits, disrupting your circadian rhythms and electronic devices, in the hours before bed
impacting or even suppressing your melatonin – try switching from scrolling on your phone
levels, which help you to feel tired and settle or watching television, to reading, painting or
into sleep. knitting for an hour or two before bed instead.

Try to reset your evening habits by only Heavy blackout curtains or shutters can help
using dim lighting in the hours before bed, you to block out the daylight or any streetlights
dotting lamps around the room that use outside your window, ensuring you can get a
warm amber bulbs rather than bright white deeper sleep.

f one of your new year’s resolutions is to improve Start 2025 off right by transforming your
the quality of your sleep, we can understand bedroom into a Zen den of peace and
Iwhy. Poor sleep can impact everything from tranquility that can help you drift off into
your physical health to your mental wellbeing, so it deep, restful slumber more often. Here’s
makes sense to do everything you can to optimise how it’s done...
your time spent snoozing.

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