| Shopping for bed sheets has become a | | | | satin? Or do you prefer the warmth and |
| difficult prospect for many of us. | | | | comfort of flannel sheets? I usually |
| There are just so many choices to make | | | | buy simple cotton sheets for our family |
| regarding materials, thread counts, and | | | | beds. They are easy to clean and |
| more. Not long ago, I was having tea | | | | maintain, and I can usually pick them up |
| with a friend and we were discussing | | | | at a very fair price. And I never buy |
| this shopping dilemma. She shared a | | | | sheets with a thread count of less than |
| number of tips and ideas with me, and I | | | | 280. |
| am now going to share them with you. | | | | The last thing you might want to |
| Listen up! | | | | consider is the type of laundering your |
| The first thing you must know is what | | | | sheets will need. Last year, I bought a |
| size of sheet you are shopping for. | | | | set of sheets that I felt were perfect. |
| This may sound silly, but I have had to | | | | They fit well, and they were wonderful |
| return my new sheets to the store on a | | | | to the touch. The problem was that they |
| few different occasions. If only I had | | | | needed to be dry cleaned, and by the |
| thought to double-check the size of each | | | | time I discovered this it was too late. |
| bed before I went shopping! | | | | I put them through the washer and dryer |
| Experts recommend that you measure the | | | | and when I took them out they looked |
| length, width, and height of your | | | | like they would barely fit a single bed, |
| mattress before you shop. This may | | | | much less my massive queen size |
| sound extreme, but with so many mattress | | | | mattress! |
| types on the market it may not be a bad | | | | These are just a few points to consider |
| idea. I had to return the last set of | | | | when purchasing new bedding. The other |
| sheets I bought because they didn't fit | | | | things, I feel, are a matter of taste. |
| the new pillow-top mattress I had | | | | I have a preference for solid colored |
| purchased the week prior. | | | | bedding, but there are many wonderful |
| The next thing to consider is what feel | | | | patterned sheets out there. Whatever |
| you would like your sheets to have. Do | | | | you preferences may be, please keep |
| you like smooth, pressed cotton? Do you | | | | these ideas in mind. Now get out there |
| prefer the slippery feeling of silk or | | | | and shop, shop, shop! |