Peabody Award-winning journalist Larry King and his wife Shawn have traveled the world and stayed in some of the best hotels cities like Paris, France and Beijing, China have to offer. They are sharing what they experienced with homeowners in their new home collection Sleep Like a King.
The line was developed in collaboration with Sobel Westex and features sheets, pillows, towels and even baby alpaca blankets that bring the comfort of a five-star hotel right to your home. The line also includes accessories like bath robes, soaps and candles.
“We spend a third of our lives in our bedroom, so why not make that an important room and give it the importance that it deserves,” Shawn King said.
The sheets and towels in the collection are hypo-allergenic. In particular, the towels are made with a technology called Hi-Bloom. With Hi-Bloom, buyers no longer have to worry about stiff, over used towels. “The more you wash them, the fluffier, the softer they become,” Shawn said.
When selecting the materials they used to make their products, the Kings were adamant about it being of the highest quality, looking for things like softness and durability. One quality that did not determine what they used in their bedding line was the ever-deceptive thread count. “You can have a thousand thread count and if the material that they use to make that thousand thread count sheet isn't good... then it can feel like sandpaper. But you can have a much less thread count and have wonderful cotton...and we have great, great, great sheets.”
Although he credits wife Shawn with spearheading the development of Sleep Like a King, Larry King had this to say about the new business endeavor, “Your life will be a lot better, there's nothing like it. Trust me, I don't know the technicality of the 3 ply or the 6 ply, but I know how it feels and how it touches and when you take that towel after a shower, oy!”
Outside of giving buyers the best in affordable luxury home goods, the Kings have kept very busy. Larry still hosts his television show Larry King Now, as well as PoliticKING and his podcast Back and Forth with Shawn & Larry King. Shawn will be returning to the stage as a performer with her upcoming live show, which TheCelebrityCafe.com exclusively learned would be titled The Other Men in My Life. The Other Men in My Life will detail her life as a singer for such notable acts as Nat King Cole, Glenn Campbell and Willie Nelson and will feature both spoken monologues and songs. Mrs. King will be warming up her performance in Los Angeles at the Vibrato Grill Jazz before opening in November at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New York City.
For more information on the Kings’ new bedding line, you can visit SleepLikeaKing.com. Right now, if you enter the promo code King20 you can receive 20 percent off on any purchase.
You can watch more of our conversation with Larry and Shawn King here: