Posts Tagged ‘Queen Sheet Sets’
Bamboo Cotton Sheets
Bamboo cotton sheets are soft, luxurious fusion of bamboo cotton with Egyptian cotton. Bamboo fibers are as soft as silk and naturally breathable, and are an eco-friendly fiber. You’ll love sleeping on this fabulous bedding. It feels cool in the summer and warm in winter. It doesn’t pill, so the silky softness lasts and lasts. With 60% of Bamboo cotton & 40% Egyptian cotton, makes this new product in a class above the rest. As many people are used to Egyptian cotton sheets, this new blend creates a meeting point between old and new, luxury and softness.
Why We Want Egyptian cotton Bed Linens #2
Here is number two reason for wanting to buy Egyptian cotton bed linen.
Egyptian cotton is great for its moisture absorption and its breathability. This is important for people when sleeping to stay dry and comfortable. While sleeping a person’s skin gives off small amounts of perspiration and transferring it to the air in the room. This caused by the ability of the cotton as it is able to breath. With the Egyptian cotton sheets staying dry and comfortable this insures a sound sleep for a person despite the naturally perspiring body.
The next reason for Egyptian cotton linens will be about pampering yourself in these luxury linens.
Setting up the Guest Room at the Cottage
The days are getting longer and warmer as we get ready to head for the cottage to open up for another great summer. Looking at the bedding from the guest room it looks a little worn. This is the time to freshen up the guest room before the summer gets started and you start inviting friend’s and family to join you at the cottage.
The one new item for the guest room is a new set of sheets. Bamboo sheets have become the latest home accessory for the past few years. The benefits of using bamboo sheets is that there soft almost like silk but you don’t feel like your slipping and sliding with bamboo sheets.
These sheets are anti- bacterial and have hypoallergenic qualities giving them the ability to resist bacteria. This makes bamboo an ideal material for bedding given the recent coverage of the problem s such as bed bugs.
Bamboo is great in the summer and winter months. The material can a just to the climate by keeping your guest cool in the hot summer months and warm in the cooler nights. This is because it’s insulation ability and the material’s breathing nature.
With these new fresh bamboo sheets on your guest room bed your guest and family will surely enjoy there summer visit with you at your cottage this summer.
Bamboo Sheets and Allergy Suffers
Suffering from allergies, waking up with red eyes a runny nose and lots of congestion maybe you should think about buying bamboo sheets. How does this help people who suffer from allergies Well bamboo sheets will not cause allergies to shoot off the charts? Tracing the roots of any sheet material you will find that regular sheets can cause an allergic reaction. Bamboo sheets are ideal for those who suffer from allergies.
Bamboo material is derived from the eco- friendly bamboo plant; where as natural sheets are made from natural materials. The bamboo plant is naturally hypoallergenic, since the fibers do not cause allergic reactions. Cotton is often placed in the “natural” category though this is debatable.
The difference between cotton and bamboo is cotton is known to cause allergic reactions like itching rashes, and hives. Synthetic material like sateen, satin and polyester are also known to cause plethora for allergic reactions.
Synthetic materials are made from various chemicals causing allergic reactions. Most sheets on the market today are made with mixture of different materials. Cotton usually has a mix of material like polyester this helps to lower the cost of cotton sheets. Synthetic materials are often mixing with other synthetic materials which then cause harmful chemicals. When buying sheets and the word “blend” is in the description this coded word means there is mixed material in the product. Try to avoid buying these types of sheets if you are an allergy suffer.
If you suffer from allergies make your next purchase bamboo sheets luxurious eco-friendly, hypoallergenic bed sheets made from100% bamboo fibers. This could be one way to helping your allergy problem.
Queen Size Mattresses
By Jenny Watson
Queen size mattresses are amongst the most popular size. Their size makes them comfortable, as you can stretch out into your preferred sleeping position without your hands or feet hanging off the bed and without disturbing your partner. A queen mattress set is a great investment.
Queen Size Mattress Dimensions
A queen size measurement is sixty by eighty inches. When you compare this to a standard double bed at fifty four by seventy five inches you can see that it is more generous and therefore a lot more comfortable if you like to stretch out.
An Olympic queen size mattress measures sixty six by eight inches. Simmons is well known for this size and it is worth buying one of these if you want some extra room.
Buying Tips
You will need a bed frame with five or six legs to support a queen size mattress because it is bigger and heavier than smaller models. If your bed has a headboard and footboard, you will need to use a minimum of five wooden slats with three of them arranged in the center third of the bed.
An innerspring mattress will last about ten years. A memory foam or latex mattress should last double this amount of time. Some memory foam can last for twenty five years but they do vary according to how you treat them and what kind of brands you have. When it is dirty, you can clean it with a slightly damp cloth and a mild surface cleanser or with a vacuum cleaner.
A queen size mattress needs to go on top of a firm base so it does not sag. You should rotate a new mattress every four weeks for the first half a year, and then every couple of months after that.
We always should make sure that we take the measurements of our mattress to get the perfect fit ted sheets as some mattresses need queen sheet sets with deep pockets.
Bamboo Sheets and the Benefits For Your Hotel
By While attending a bed and breakfast conference recently, I visited Inn Style in the vendor section to investigate what they had in the way of organic cotton sheets. Instead, I found organic bamboo sheets. The sheets I found are 100 percent bamboo fiber sheets, not a bamboo/cotton blend.
These sheets have all the benefits of satin, silk, and high quality Egyptian cotton bed sheets, with few of the disadvantages of any of them. The price is quite reasonable. Nothing slips off them during the night (the way you experience satin sheets). The hand (how it drapes across your hand) is heavenly. These sheets, be they knit or woven, are soft, supple, and silky to the touch.
Bamboo and silk fibers are more easily damaged by bleaching than other fabrics, so using baking soda and white vinegar in your wash and rinse cycles, respectively, are a better way of keeping sheets clean, bright and soft (and not stinking of perfumes found in fabric softeners). If the sheets get a tough stain, Stain Solver is powerful oxygen bleach you can safely use on them. Bamboo sheets also fair better with a cold-water wash, rather than a warm- or hot-water wash. Think of the comfort you create and the money you save with these laundry changes!
Bamboo sheets are a great alternative to organic cotton because bamboo grows readily much less water than cotton, and without fertilizers or pesticides. By buying natural-colored, un-dyed sheets, you have completed the cycle of natural bedding. And they feel so good you are taking care of your guests, treating them like royalty, but on a reasonable budget.
The knit bamboo sheets I bought from Inn Style to experiment with came in several, softly-hued colors; I chose natural. I later found white, 250 thread-count woven bamboo sheets at Sam’s club. They are a much better quality than any discount bed sheet I’ve ever experienced or purchased. The fabric in both sets of bamboo sheets is soft and drapes nicely. They breathe well, helping keep your guests comfortable all night.
Personally I have preferred jersey-knit sheets because I live in a cool-temperature climate and these sheets regulated my temperature year ’round. I was concerned that I was going to lose that temperature balance if I gave up my knit sheets. Neither of the bamboo sheet sets is a problem for me; I maintain the right temperature while I sleep.
The sheets were soft when we first opened the package. Each has been laundered only twice, so far, but the laundry results are positive. When I removed the knit sheets from the drier the first time, after a few hours of being crumpled, I was relieved to see they weren’t terribly wrinkled. Both sets are somewhat wrinkled after the laundry cycle, which will be a problem for some people, but a non-issue for me. I’ll report again after we’ve had them longer and washed them many more times.
Organic bamboo sheets are a natural for the lodging industry. Bamboo is ecofriendly in its growth patterns, and if you take care of your bamboo sheets naturally, they also are good for your guests with allergies and chemical sensitivities. You can buy them at several places.
Does Thread Count Affect Bed Sheet Quality?
By Corinne Waldon
There is no feeling better than getting into a clean bed, turning the lights off, closing your eyes and falling asleep as your head hits the pillow. On the reverse side, there is nothing worse than crawling into bed, turning off the light, tossing, and turning for hours on end, trying to get comfortable so you can get some sleep. The night seems long and never ending, and knowing you are going to be tired the next day when you get up makes it all the worse. Statistics show that people need between seven and nine hours of uninterrupted sleep nightly. Being comfortable in bed is important since so many hours are spend sleeping, and good bedding can make the difference between sleeping like a baby or laying awake counting sheep.
What is Thread Count?
Measuring fabric and seeing how many yarns or threads there are woven into the length and width of one square inch, is know as the thread count.
Bed linens can be anywhere between 80 to 1,000 and the average range that is commonly carried in most stores is from 150 to 400. Sheets made of cotton, muslin other cotton blends typically have a count of 150. Thread counts of around 160-180 believed to be average quality. Two hundred and over are sometimes referred to as percale. A standard rule is the higher the number, the more expensive the bed sheets.
Does Thread Count Affect the Quality of Bed Sheets?
Consumers want to purchase bed sheets that feel wonderful and will be around many years. Thread count is important but there are also some other things to consider. Among other factors, does affect the ‘hand’, or the feel of the bedding when it touches your skin. You need to consider what fabric the bed sheet is made of and the finish. Counts in the range of 200 to 600 are very durable and soft but remember that other features should be important to you also. When choosing your bed sheets, here are a few items to remember:
1. Cotton/polyester blends of fabric do not feel as crisp and cool but the seldom wrinkle.
2. Flannel and brushed cotton are the right choice for you if you are looking for warmth.
3. By picking 100% cotton weaves, you will get the feeling of satin but it will not be as slippery.
4. Cool and luxurious percale gets softer with each washing.
5. Egyptian cotton has the longest fiber and is known as the ‘King’ of sheets. It becomes softer with each washing while remaining luxurious, smooth and durable.
Most people enjoy a good quality bed linen with a relatively high thread count for optimum comfort. To make sure that the correct sheets are purchased check the thread count before making a decision.
History of Egyptian Cotton
As Egyptian cotton becomes more and more prolific across the globe, more and more people are becoming familiar with its luxurious and superior qualities. But still, people are not aware of the history of this durable cotton. Some people believe that this particular brand of cotton actually existed in ancient Egypt, but there doesn’t actually seem to be any proof to support this theory. Rather, it is more readily accepted that it was first planted in the 19th century.
To that end, it was brought to the Egyptian banks by Mohammad Ali Pasha. And while the American Civil War was raging, this Egyptian cotton was an alternative source for English textiles. So, while it’s a romantic idea that Cleopatra wrapped herself in queen Egyptian cotton sheets every night, it simply doesn’t seem likely. Rather, Egyptians were thought to have made their clothes and bedding from linen, which is derived from the flax plant.