Crisp Percale AND thick sheets

[Anonymous]

I bought LL Bean percale sheets last winter. I don't remember the thread count but percale is supposed to have a lower count. I LOVE them. I like my sheets crunchy. I have three sets of sheets in rotation for my bed, one is ancient and soft although percale, one has a high thread count and is nice but not crisp. I crave the week when I put the LL Bean ones back on. I'd buy more but I have been saving ferociously and as of today it looks like furlough and no job come September. This was a full size set and it was $140 as I recall.

[Anonymous]

^^

I would never want "silky" sheets. I can't comprehend sateen as something anyone would want, and flannel? no f ing way. And whatever LL Bean I got are definitely thick--substantial feeling. I recall the ones I got did not come in white, which I had hoped for. Kind of a deep ivory.

FWIW in winter I want my blankets to be heavy, too. My grandparents lived on farms and did not have central heating, some kind of stove in their dining room with square hole registers in the ceiling to warm the bedrooms. When we visited in winter the sheets would by icy cold (you won't move a bit while they warmed up) and you'd be under a heavy wool patchwork quilt. That's my paradigm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK I'm in the market for sheets. No more than $130 for a queen size set. I love the feel of crisp, cool, cotton sheets (percale preferred), but also want ones that feel like they have a bit of weight to them.

I had 300 thread count organic cotton Pottery Barn sheets which just felt soft and worn after a few years.

I've read good reviews of the Threshold 400 threadcount performance sheets on this site, but want to know if they also feel thick or thin on the bed? What about the organic Threshold sheets?

I looked at LL bean and Garnet Hill but their thread count isn't that high.

Considering maybe Crate and Barrel 400 threadcount percale? Brooklinen but their thread count also isn't that high? Company Store?

Thread count has become a bit of a scam. https://www.redlandcotton.com/blogs/news/thread-count-what-you-need-to-know

[Anonymous]

I feel like I've found my people. I had no idea that others liked what my youngest calls a "cracker" bed. Stiff hotel sheets all the way!

[Anonymous]

Parachute sheets are fantastic.
You just missed the labor day sale but they do another one around labor day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^

I would never want "silky" sheets. I can't comprehend sateen as something anyone would want, and flannel? no f ing way. And whatever LL Bean I got are definitely thick--substantial feeling. I recall the ones I got did not come in white, which I had hoped for. Kind of a deep ivory.

FWIW in winter I want my blankets to be heavy, too. My grandparents lived on farms and did not have central heating, some kind of stove in their dining room with square hole registers in the ceiling to warm the bedrooms. When we visited in winter the sheets would by icy cold (you won't move a bit while they warmed up) and you'd be under a heavy wool patchwork quilt. That's my paradigm.

Flannel sheets in winter are the only way to go! They are warm quick and stay warm so you don’t have to stay in the warm spot.

[Anonymous]

Target shabby chic are great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parachute sheets are fantastic.
You just missed the labor day sale but they do another one around labor day.

My Parachute percale make me very happy. I started with the duvet cover and loved it so much I added the sheets.