With heat waves blanketing the country, a cotton bed cover is all you need at night. Here are a few appealing options.

Above L: Organic Cotton Blanket; available in ivory, driftwood, or salmon; $79.50 for a queen size at Lands' End. Above R: Twill Stripe Cotton Blanket; $74.50 for a queen size at Lands' End.

Above: On our wish list, the linen/cotton flat weave Pinstripe Blanket from Maine-based Brahms Mount; $378 for the queen size.

Above L: Organic Plissé Blanket; a queen size in white is $99 at West Elm. Above R: Area's Harry Blanket, made from 100 percent cotton woven in a herringbone pattern; a queen size is $180 at Velocity Home & Design.