On a cloud bed the fabric is not a finish: it covers everything. It decides whether the bed reads soft or graphic, warm or crisp. Here are the four materials we use, and what really separates them.
All four are OEKO-TEX® certified, which guarantees the absence of harmful substances in the finished fabric.
Bouclé wool
This is the fabric people associate with the cloud bed. An irregular surface made of small tight loops, that catches light instead of bouncing it back.
The look: matt, alive, never flat. The texture breaks up large surfaces, which stops the bigger sizes reading as a block.
The feel: dry and soft at once. It does not slip.
Worth knowing: it is the most forgiving fabric. The texture hides marks and the dent where people sit. It is also the one we offer in the widest range of shades.
Corduroy velvet
Regular parallel ribs running the full height of the headboard.
The look: the most structured of the three. The ribs draw vertical lines that stretch the headboard and give it visual hold.
The feel: smoother than bouclé, with the even relief of the ribs under your palm.
Worth knowing: it holds a line better in a room that is already very soft, where everything is rounded. It is the contrast choice.
Suede velvet
A dense matt surface, close to suede.
The look: the deepest. Colour reads more saturated than on the others, and shifts slightly with the angle of the light.
The feel: the softest, with that slight nap direction you know from suede.
Worth knowing: it is the fabric that does most for dark shades and strong colours.
Woven polyester
A flat, tight weave, with no pile and no loops. The most sober of the four.
The look: mottled. Two different grey threads cross, which gives a colour that never reads flat, even over a large surface, without creating any relief.
The feel: smooth and firm. Nothing catches, nothing lies down.
Worth knowing: it is the easiest fabric to live with. No nap direction to respect, no loops to lift. The mineral grey of the Lunaro is the most neutral shade in the range, the one that goes with everything.
How to choose without regretting it
Four questions usually settle it.
Is the room already soft? Lots of textile, rugs, heavy curtains: corduroy will put a line back in. A crisp, mineral room calls for bouclé instead.
Will the bed be used during the day? If people sit on it, if children climb on it, bouclé forgives more.
Is the shade dark? Deep colours read better in suede.
Do you want nothing to manage? Woven polyester asks for no brushing direction and no particular care.
The only real test
A fabric cannot be chosen on a screen. Two photos of the same beige give two different colours from one phone to the next.
The ten fabrics are laid out side by side at our depot near Brussels, by appointment, next to the beds. That is where you actually see the difference between two beiges: under the same light, at the same moment, within reach.
