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A chenille bedspread will add an elegant, sophisticated look to your bedroom

An elegant chenille bedspread can add such a romantic flair to your bedroom. The beauty of genuine hand-tufted chenille bedspreads will give your room that shabby chic look that so many interior decorators are after. The soft, muted shades of blue, green, pink, and white are very feminine and lovely to look at and touch. The chenille spread earned its name from the soft, thick raised piles of fabric that make up the spread itself. It is quite suiting then that chenille is French for caterpillar.

Women began making chenille spreads back in the 1900's. Since then, chenille covers have made a steady come back demanding quite a price in the market place. The vintage bedspreads are quite hard to find today. If you really must have one, then try vintage chenille spread retailers or online auctions, but be prepared to pay! Sometimes, if your lucky, you may find them in second hand stores for next to nothing. I have seen a few in my time and snatched them up. Some of these beautiful chenille spreads are at least 100 years old and can be classified as antiques. What a great heirloom to pass on to your children and grandchildren!

Nowadays, most chenille bed covers are made in factories where special machines do the chenille tufting. Production of the bedspreads is far more efficient of course and the prices for the spreads are far more affordable. Maybe it's time you added a little personality to your bedroom with a tufted chenille bed cover!

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