Understood. I think we'd be able to fit a CA king in the elevator, but it'd fill up the bedroom and who knows where we'll be living next. That's the attitude I'm going with now to resist redecorating the apartment. That and my nonexistent budget for it. I really don't know how people are throwing out their stuff and buying whole new apartments. Ikea helps, but that still gets expensive.
google, my friend.
Much appreciated!!I am buying a NovaFoam Full sized mattress from Costco, bed from Ikea, and linens from....god knows where
Love Aziz!
Problem with me is I go in for a sheet set and end up looking around. You start thinking well I DO need a toothbrush holder and you gotta get the matching soap dish....that candle set is so pretty......it really adds up quick.
Anyway, still haven't gotten around to actual shopping yet so hopefully later today. Good luck!
The 20% coupons for BB&B when you have a big ticket item are awesome though. It makes it comparable if not less than Target/etc. But I agree, go into any of those places and you wind up coming out with a lot more stuff than you went in for. I think it's a natural law that any time you go into Target, you will spend $100.If you know what you want and are particular about patterns etc. then Bed Bath & Beyond will make it easier because of the selection. They're generally only slightly more expensive than Sears (for what I was looking at at least). I think for a duvet cover set (1 duvet cover and 2 shams) it was around $100 for something really simple (non-print) and the same design was around $50-60 at Sears or Target. I agree with GC that Macys will be even more expensive so I would just avoid them.
Problem with me is I go in for a sheet set and end up looking around. You start thinking well I DO need a toothbrush holder and you gotta get the matching soap dish....that candle set is so pretty......it really adds up quick.
Anyway, still haven't gotten around to actual shopping yet so hopefully later today. Good luck!
I have the usual suspect in my mind to blame, but it might turn out to be a red herring.
Men...
I honestly forget the recommended thread count, but IIRC, it's not AS important as people make it out to be. Google it and you'll see what I mean. I really wouldn't worry about the comforter "warmth factor", either. Maybe they care about that at Ikea since they originated in Scandinavia, but I'm sure you'll be plenty warm enough. I WOULD get a flat sheet. Firstly, you'll almost always get sheets in a set: fitted and flat, and usually pillowcases, too. Secondly, the sheet, IMO, keeps your warmer than the comforter. If I'm too warm in bed, I'll kick the sheet down and keep the comforter on (if I don't kick off both) and I feel cooler than if I threw off the comforter and kept on the sheet. Another good reason for the flat sheet, it's usually between you and the comforter, keeping the comforter cleaner (unless you kick it down like I just said, ha!).
Also, a fitted sheet is not a mattress pad. The mattress pad is the white thing, usually with a little bit of padding, that goes over the mattress. The fitted sheet goes over that. And pillow shams are not pillowcases. They're a decorative thing to go over the pillowcases and just look nice when the bed is made. I've had bedding sets with them and you take them off when you sleep. Those ARE pretty useless, and yeah, so's the bedskirt. They just look pretty.
A duvet cover is made to put over a plain (usually down) comforter. There are also regular comforters that are one piece, but I don't suppose there's any reason you couldn't put a duvet cover over one of them to keep it cleaner, if it fits. That's actually a pretty good idea.
I agonized over everything that went on my bridal registry. You should have seen me try to pick out cookware.
I agree some of those other things are useless. Our bedding set (which we got at BB&B as well) was just pillowcases, sheets, and the comforter. That's all you really need, though I WOULD still get the mattress pad. It keeps the mattress cleaner, keeps sweat and body soil away from it.
i think we're taking away your mancard for a weekAll I can say is that last night, I was on skype with a friend and after I had said "omg that bedding set does NOT come with a duvet cover? I NEED a DUVET cover...ugh!", my friend responded "Trio, that was singlehandedly the gayest thing you've EVER said to me!"
Yes, the matress pad will get dirty, but you can throw it in the washer. The matress pad is kind of spongy so it'll absorb a lot more gross stuff than the fitted sheet. (Insert gross-stuff-on-Trio's-matress joke here)
I wasn't around when introductions were made so....is Trio Canadian? I know he's mentioned Canada before but wasn't for sure. The u's totally throw me off. I actually used to include the "u" in words and was forced to drop them when I was in high school. I now resent people who are able to use them freely.
Trio's a Canadophile. That's why he uses the metric system and French any time he can.
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Beds without mattress pads feel weird.
All this talk about bedding makes me think Trio's never slept before.
Trio's a Canadophile. That's why he uses the metric system and French any time he can.
I prefer white sheets and towels because I'm a germophobe and I like to bleach that kind of stuff to know it's really clean.
I did grow up with parents who learned British English, so they use terms like "water closet" and whatever else rubbed off on me. I switch in and out of the written conventions at random..lol. (so colour/color, favorite/favourite--but a few things I never deviate from are "theatre" and "cancelled"...go figure.
Daisy's right about both of these points.
A friend of mine told me that a Scottish guy scolded her about calling a period (as in . ) a period. He insisted that Americans are ruining the language, and periods are called "full stops".
Because you're really a secret agent and it's tough to keep all your identities straight?Oh my god...a professor of mine (non-english) would always use the term "full-stop" during lecture, and I would never understand wtf he meant by it (other than "end of story"). It was just hilarious because he'd also make awkward semi-panting sounds in the middle of lecture.
I also occassionally say ZED. like "x, y, and ZED"...yeah I'm crazy like that. I'm sure my roommate must have been a bit wigged out by random British conventions in my emails to him...well if he reads this post, then he'll know why.
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