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Bed linen
Duvet covers, pillowcases, fitted and flat sheets. The heart of the catalogue, in linen, percale, cotton gauze, bamboo satin and flannel.
- Soline
- Salomé
- Candice
- Céleste & Sirius
Suite · guest rooms · seasonal rental
L’Effet Papillon
France · Roanne, since 2020Household linen,
what wears out fastest
In a rental villa, nothing ages as fast as the linen: hot washes, fast drying, weekly turnover. It is the only purchase in the house that has to be thought of as a fleet, with its spare sets.
L’Effet Papillon — bed linen
The house
A French brand born of an observation about quality
L’Effet Papillon was founded in 2020 in Roanne, in the Loire, by professionals of conventional bed linen. The starting point: the sector’s falling quality and excessive packaging.
The name states the programme — every small gesture has large-scale repercussions. In practice that gives named and documented materials, a stance on responsible consumption, and prices that stay bearable when several bedrooms have to be equipped.
2020Founded in Roanne, in the Loire
MaterialsLinen, percale, gauze, satin, organic cotton
600 g/m²Weight of the Garance collection towels
ResponsibleReduced packaging and recycled materials
The ranges
Four families, named materials
Every collection carries the name of its material as much as of its pattern. That is what lets you rebuild an identical set three years later, or own a deliberate mix.
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Cotton gauze
The Gaïa & co range: plain cotton gauze and its matching patterns. The material that dries fastest and softens with every wash — the right reflex in the tropics.
- Gaïa & co
- Plain
- Matching patterns
Bedroom · siesta · terrace
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Bath linen
Towels and bath sheets in organic cotton, including the Garance collection at 600 g/m². The weight is chosen for the humidity, not for comfort alone.
- Garance
- Organic cotton
- 600 g/m²
Bathroom · pool · pool house
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Outdoor and extras
Garden cushions, foutas, throws and indoor cushions, plus a children’s line. These are the pieces that finish a villa and that get renewed every season.
- Foutas
- Garden cushions
- Throws
- Le lit des minots
Terrace · beach · living room · child’s room
Why this brand here
Six criteria for the linen
of a villa that lets
It is not the same purchase as for your own bedroom. This is what we look at with an owner or a manager.
- DryingThe number one criterionIn this climate, linen that dries slowly moulds between two lets. Gauze and percale dry fast; heavy satin far less so.
- WashingHot, and oftenThe linen of a rental villa goes through the machine every week. Colour hold matters as much as fibre hold.
- WeightTowels: neither too much nor too littleA towel at 600 g/m² is comfortable and still dries. Beyond that it stays damp all day in this humidity.
- SetsThree per bed, minimumOne in place, one in the wash, one in reserve. It is the calculation that avoids an emergency purchase in high season.
- ContinuityRebuilding a setA lost pillowcase should not condemn the whole set. We check the collection stays available.
- MaterialsLinen, gauze, percaleLinen and gauze improve with washing and age well. Those are the two registers we push here.
Best-sellers
What we recommend here
The materials that take the climate, the frequent washing and the drying — and those that improve wash after wash.
L’Effet Papillon — printed bed set Cotton gauze set
Gaïa & co. Dries fast, softens with every wash, needs no ironing. The material best suited to the climate.
In stock in the region
L’Effet Papillon — bed set Washed linen set
The high-end register, which ages better than it wears. The linen that makes a villa’s listing photograph.
To order from the factory
Garance towels
Organic cotton, 600 g/m². Comfortable and still able to dry between two services.
In stock in the region
L’Effet Papillon — throws and cushions Foutas and outdoor cushions
The companion to the pool deck. Light, fast-drying, washed at every turnover.
To order from the factory
Ordering and delivery
Linen is counted in sets
A bed that turns over every week needs three sets, not one. It is the calculation nobody makes before opening a villa to rental.
- Fleet
- Three sets per bed: one in place, one in the wash, one in reserve
- Dimensions
- European and American mattress sizes differ — we check them before ordering
- Storage
- Linen stored in a closed villa takes up damp. A cover and a ventilated place, not a sealed cupboard
- Lead time
- Immediate from stock; 4 to 6 weeks from France for the rest
- Reordering
- One pillowcase does not condemn a set: we check availability collection by collection
What happens next
A selection, a price, a date
Tell us the island, the volume and the installation date. We come back with a costed selection and a lead time. The study is free and without obligation.