What determines luxurious bedding? Is it how the sheets look, how they fit the mattress, or fiber content and thread count? It is all of the above. If you have a set of sheets that you don’t like because the print is obnoxious, they won’t be luxurious in your eyes. They will just annoy you if you can’t stand the way they look in your bedroom. Maybe your linens were a gift from your former mother in-law, or worse yet, from a former marriage. I would be donating those sheets because they probably won’t promote relaxation if you are thinking of unpleasant experiences from your past. It matters that all of your bedding fits the mattress properly. Your sheets won’t have a long life if they are stretched and pulled too tightly over the pillow top mattress. It would be very easy to rip or tear the seams of a fitted sheet. You could find yourself in the middle of the night with a sheet wrapped around your feet because it has popped off of the corners. There is a lot that can be said when it comes to fabric content and thread count. First of all, cotton is said to be the most comfortable but there are many different qualities of cotton. I had inexpensive 100% cotton sheets but they shrunk, pilled and were very uncomfortable to sleep on. Egyptian and Pima cotton bedding are still the best and were once found only in high end stores, but that has all changed. You can now find them just about everywhere at any price. Read the fine print on the label because if it is “cotton rich“ you will only find a small percentage of cotton and the rest will be polyester. Now for the confusing thread count issue. Thread count refers to the numbers of threads per square inch of fabric. A count of 200 - 280 is very good, but 300 - 400 is better. Usually a higher thread count has a softer “hand“ and is pill resistant so logically they should be softer and more comfortable to sleep on.

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