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Bed Sheets

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Bed sheets are usually made out of a simple piece of cloth and are meant to lie on top of the mattress, in order to protect it, or at least that is what they primarily used to be. Lots of things have changed since bed sheets first have been used.

We now have two types of bed sheets: flat bed sheets and fitted bed sheets. Also there are two ways in which we can use bed sheets: as a top sheet or as a bottom sheet. Manny people use two bed sheets, one on top of the other, and they sleep between them. Any other forms of bedding such as blankets, duvets or bed covers are to be found on top of the second bed sheet that is the top sheet.

Normally the flat bed sheet can be used as both top sheet and bottom sheet, but the fitted one serves only as bottom sheet. The fitted sheets have elastic parts in all its corners so that it can be attached to the mattress and prevent it from sliding off the mattress during a night of use.

Lots of changes have happened over yeas as well with the bed sheets’ colour and texture. Initially they were all white same as the whole bed linen, but nowadays they come in various colours, prints, even pictures.

Also the fibre used for bed sheets have changed. It used to be cotton and linen, followed by a mixture of cotton and polyester. You can also find satin, silk, rayon and even bamboo fibres used for bed sheets these days.

There are certain things you need to know when buying bed sheets. First you need to make sure you have the right measurements of your bed. Knowing only the terms of queen bed or king bed won’t help you enough. These are vague terms since all manufacturers have their own different sizes for queen or king beds. The right thing to do is note on a piece of paper the exact dimensions of the length, width and thickness of your mattress, and make sure you don’t forget the paper home when you go bed sheets shopping.

Another important factor is the quality of the bed sheets you intend to buy. You can find the indicator for that on the manufacturer’s label. The number written there is the result of number of threads per square inch of material. We can usually say that the bigger the number is the finer the material is, but there are some exceptions as well. Still we recommend not buying any material under 175 thread counts.

You must choose the appropriate material you want for your bed sheets. Cotton is considered the most comfortable material but maybe you plan on a romantic evening and in that situation nothing is more appropriate than satin. In case you want your bed sheets to warm you during cold winter nights you should go for flannel but if you want to escape of the hot summer night you should consider silk instead.

One last advice: you should always buy more sheets than you think you need, you can never have too many and make sure you check the washing instructions carefully and follow hem thoroughly.

It is always a pleasure to shop for your home, even more so when you find discount furniture.