Settles in like it was always there.
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from $379
The comfiest your bed has ever been
Style your bed in seconds
Interchangeable covers for a new look
Lean back and stay a while
Stay for the second cup of coffee
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Butterscotch is the colour of a room that glows. The stripe is so fine and tonal it reads almost as texture until you're close enough to see it properly. The ruffle and stripe are the same toffee tone, one delicate, one concentrated. Just like butterscotch, the depth comes from the same ingredient at different intensities.
Put it on your bed and your room shifts. Everything warm nearby gets warmer. The light seems to land differently. It lands in your room and never feels out of place.
Butterscotch is the rare thing that works for everyone. Warm, golden, unbothered about being timeless.
Product details
Linen Bedhead Cover
100% Oeko-Tex certified European linen. Premium stonewashed finish, buttery soft from day one.
Cushion Insert
Soft enough to sink into, supportive enough to lean back on for hours. A premium 100% cotton shell wraps a microfibre fill that stays plush through napping, reading, or a slow morning in bed. Piped edging keeps every cushion in its sculpted, tailored shape. Hypoallergenic and vegan.
How to style Butterscotch
Butterscotch earns its warmth back from everything it sits with. Natural linen, warm wood, earthy decor items.
The detail that completes it is simple: one trailing plant, something dark and organic against all that warmth.
Keep the palette in the amber-to-cream range and your room holds together without looking arranged. Cool greys and whites with a blue undertone will work against the warmth rather than with it.
Pairs well with
Mix and match these with Butterscotch.
Created by someone who uses one every day
I wanted my bedroom to feel styled and intentional, without the morning pillow ritual that felt like too much effort every single day.
So I created the Arlem Bedhead Cushion. As beautiful as it is comfortable, and so easy to style! The idea came to me on a holiday in Queensland, and the day I got home I taught myself to sew, pouring my love of fabrics into every cushion. The first few hundred were hand sewn on my kitchen table in Adelaide, where I obsessed over every detail, shaping them soft enough to sink into yet structured enough to lean back against.
Today I still design every Bedhead Cushion, and use one on my own bed every day.
Whether you have been here from the beginning or have only just arrived, I am so happy you found Arlem.
Read my full story →Common questions
Everything you need to know when considering an Arlem Bedhead Cushion.
The Arlem Bedhead Cushion is the understated statement piece on your bed. Use it with your existing bedhead, or in place of one. Maximum comfort when you're leaning in, maximum looks when the bed is made. Soft enough for a movie marathon, with a removable linen cover. It's beautiful, unique, and makes you want to stay in bed all morning.
Use it with your existing bedhead, or in place of one. The goal is to reduce a million karate-chopped decorative pillows down to one beautiful Arlem Bedhead Cushion as the statement. Your two everyday pillows in front, and the bed is done.
Good news. Our Bedroom Styler will show you. Upload one photo of your bed and we build your lookbook with every Arlem Bedhead Cushion, on your own bed, so you can see before you decide.
Build my lookbook →Yes. Every cover has a hidden zip. Slip it off in seconds, throw it in the wash, or swap it for a different Bedhead Personality whenever your room needs a refresh. Additional covers only are available separately here.
Browse the covers →Imagine sinking into something that holds you up. Soft enough to melt into when you collapse after a long day, firm enough to sit up reading until 2am. The microfibre fill keeps its loft for years, so it doesn't flatten out under you.
Year after year, it holds. Give it a quick plump after big sleeps and it bounces right back to shape. The piped edging keeps that tailored silhouette as sharp as the day you unwrapped it.
Our founder Emily designs every bedhead cushion from her studio in Adelaide, South Australia. We hand-pick and pack every order from there too. Aussie biz, big care.
The Bedhead Cushion Protector is a smart, easy add-on. It slips between the insert and cover as a padded, washable layer of protection. Keeps the insert looking new for years. Coffee spills, snack mishaps, life: it handles them all. Sized to match every bedhead cushion.
Butterscotch Bedhead Cushion
Butterscotch
Settles in like it was always there.
