World Sleep Day 2025: How to Get the Best Night’s Sleep

This year’s World Sleep Day is on the 14th of March 2025 and acts as a reminder on why good sleep is so important for our health and wellbeing.

Our sleep environment can have a profound effect on the quality of slumber we get, so ensuring your bedroom promotes snoozing, not stress, is fundamental.

In this post, we explore why sleep is important, how to improve your Zzz-zone, and what to look for when choosing a bed, so you awake feeling wonderfully rested.

What is World Sleep Day?

World Sleep Day is an annual event designed to celebrate the effects of good sleep, increase awareness of sleep disorders, and encourage people to improve the quality of their sleep.

It falls in March – the Friday before the spring equinox. In 2025, World Sleep Day is on the 14th of March.

Why is World Sleep Day important?

Ironically, World Sleep Day tends to fall pretty close to the night the clocks change and we lose an hour of sleep. Even more reason to recognise sleep’s importance, as we all miss it when it’s taken away!

Good quality sleep is conducive to living a healthy, well-functioning life. It’s up there with diet and exercise when it comes to the fundamentals of health and wellbeing. 

Regularly missing out on satisfactory slumber can have a long-term impact on your health, including your immune system and memory.

Let’s explore some ways to enhance the beauty of your sleep. 

Set your bedroom up for good sleep 

The set-up of your bedroom is crucial to the amount and quality of sleep you’ll get each night.

To create your zen palace this World Sleep Day, consider the following.

• Keep it cool: There isn’t total agreement on the perfect room temperature, but the consensus is around 16°-18°C. This supports your body’s natural cooling process and helps you fall asleep easily.
• Make it dark: Your room should be as dark as possible to promote melatonin (the sleep hormone) production. Opt for blackout curtains, consider an eye mask, and ensure artificial light is removed or reduced. 
• Ensure it’s quiet: Most of us have experienced the negative impact of noise on our sleep. If sound levels aren’t completely controllable for you, try earplugs (our favourites by far are Happy Ears) or playing calming sounds or music to reduce distracting noises.

In addition to the above, your room should be as stress and distraction-free as possible.

This means removing technology. Blue light isn’t good for sleep, nor are last-minute work emails, so it’s best to make your bedroom a tech-free zone.

You should also avoid heavy conversations before bed (or at least finish them outside of the bedroom), and avoid things like the news of which thew content can often be stressful, to allow your room to remain a sleep sanctuary.

Choosing the perfect bed this World Sleep Day

If you’re considering a new bed this World Sleep Day, the following will ensure it’s as siesta-friendly as possible.

Size Matters

Generally, the bigger the bed, the better the sleep, so aim for the largest frame your room can allow.

Don’t just consider floor space though, as the frame must fit through your door! Be sure to also check any room required to open storage doors and drawers too.

Additionally, check that your frame and mattress are good bedfellows. Sizes aren’t always standardised across manufacturers, so it’s worth checking if the two work together.

If you’re redecorating and re-furnishing your bedroom, we can ensure everything is the perfect fit with our interior design service.

Bed Height

When picking your perfect bed frame, it’s important to consider your ideal height. Both for the bed frame off the floor, and the overall height of the bed frame.

Many factors could feed into this decision, from accessibility requirements, style preferences or storage needs.

If you’ve seen something you like but the height isn’t quite right, let us know. We offer a bespoke furniture service, enabling you to customise products to your needs.

Style

This is down to personal preference, the key is ensuring your bedroom is finished to a style that will promote good sleep for you. 

A more classic bed frame can be inviting, as it takes centre stage in your bedroom, inviting you to sleep like royalty.

Alternatively, a frame with a more modern feel can beckon you the same way a luxury hotel room does.

For a bit of character, art deco bed frames ooze elegance and sophistication.

Materials – Made to Last

Quality is key when it comes to anything rest-related.

Mattresses should be the best you can afford (you spend most of your night there after all). Frames should be built using materials that not only match your room style, but are sturdy enough to stand the test of time, avoid sagging in the middle, and prolong the life of your mattress.

Quality shouldn’t end there. Invest in your linen and bed clothes too for the best night’s sleep possible this World Sleep Day, and beyond.

Other design considerations to promote rest this World Sleep Day 

Your colour palette

Your colour choice is fundamental to promoting your preferred nighttime mood. 

Lean towards a deep dark hue to be cocooned in the safety of a rich colour as you drift off. Colour drenching the room in this shade has an even more impactful effect.

Prefer something lighter and more neutral? Organic tones, like Mocha Mousse, this year’s Pantone Colour of the Year, are a great choice for spa-like zen before bed.

Use storage to hide distractions

Your bedroom should be a distraction-free (and clutter-free) sanctuary.

Bedroom storage, like a luxury chest of drawers, is a great way to hide belongings and keep the area as clear as possible, so the focus becomes on priority number one: sleep!

Put essentials within reach

Once in bed, you want to avoid getting up again as much as possible, which is why bedside tables are a must.

They’re perfect for ensuring everything you need – water, a book, your alarm – are within arm’s reach, whilst anything you don’t need – your phone – can be tucked away in a handy drawer (or ideally another room!).

Bedside tables can also house a low-lit bedside lamp, you could also consider an adjustable floor lamp for directional lighting to read by before laying down to sleep.

The ‘big light’ should be off as much as possible in your bedroom, especially before bed – ambient bedroom lighting is key. Opt for something soft, consider shades to match your style, and ensure it’s placed within reach so you can turn it off easily as your lids start to close.

Design your perfect bedroom this World Sleep Day 2025

Use this World Sleep Day as an opportunity to reflect on what your bedroom needs to improve the quality of your slumber.

Whatever your bedroom design dreams, we can help them come true at Juliette’s with our bespoke furniture offering and full interior design service. Speak to us about your vision and we will bring it to life.