Beautiful Bedding: How to Choose the Best Sheets

Your bed should be a place of ultimate comfort. A space where you can truly relax and enjoy a restful night’s sleep. Choosing the right bedding plays a crucial role in your bedtime comfort, so it’s essential to select the best sheets. 

If you’re looking for new bed sheets, you’ve probably noticed that there are many different types to choose from. We’ve put together this handy guide to make it easier for you to find the best sheets for your bed so that you can rest and relax in complete comfort.

When it comes to choosing sheets, the fabric is really important. So, before you start shopping, it’s helpful to think about how you want your sheets to feel. Finding sheets made from a material that you love will make your bed feel so much more inviting. 

If you like the feeling of luxury against your skin, you’ll love the Madison Park Satin Sheet Set, which is made from 100% polyester microfibre, making it fade-resistant and long-lasting. This set also comes complete with matching pillowcases. The luxurious fabric stays wrinkle free and is suitable for use throughout the year.

Percale sheets are a great choice if you like sheets that feel super soft to the touch but still offer that cool, crisp feeling that stops you from getting too hot on those warm nights. The Justina Blakeney Sol Y Flor 100% Cotton Cool & Crisp Percale Sheet Set will keep you cool while ensuring your comfortable thanks to its 200-thread count. The 100% cotton percale weave of these sheets ensures that they’re also durable and long-lasting.

Cotton is the classic material for bed sheets and it’s easy to see why it remains such a popular choice. The Mariner Cotton 300-Thread Count Sheet Set combines classic cotton with a stylish sateen weave running through the sheet, giving the sheets a luxurious look. These cotton sateen sheets are perfect for use throughout every season as they are lightweight and breathable.

Flannel sheets, like the Great Bay Home 4-Piece Turkish Cotton Flannel Sheet, are ideal if you like sheets that feel soft against your skin. Flannel is a great fabric choice for sheets on cooler nights when you want to feel cosy in bed. These sheets are made from 100% Turkish cotton and are allergen-resistant and durable.

As well as selecting a material that feels most comfortable for you, it’s also important to consider the thread count of the sheets. The thread count of a sheet is the number of horizontal and vertical threads per square inch of the fabric. Thread counts for sheets are often between 200 and 800. With 200 being a lower thread count, and 800 a higher thread count. 

In general, a higher thread count is considered more luxurious, as the fabric feels denser and more like the heavier sheets that are used in hotels. However, if you prefer a lighter sheet to sleep on, a 200-thread count sheet may feel perfect for you.

These 250-thread count sheets from Dwell Studios offer a lighter feel due to their thread count, but still feel luxurious as they are made from percale cotton material. 

If you are looking for sheets with a much higher thread count, the Rachel Roy 1000 Thread Count Cotton Stripe Sheet Set is a high-quality, premium choice. This 100% cotton sheet set has a stripe running throughout providing a hotel-quality finish to the bedding.

At Gibbons, we have an extensive range of bed sheets in a variety of materials and thread counts to suit every taste.