The Lowdown on Down: The Three Sheet Rule

Author: Stacey
27.03.2009

Now that spring is here, everyone is cleaning up, putting away winter linens and displaying light-colored cotton sheets.  Make sure you follow the “three sheet rule”.  When you have three sets of bedding sheets for each bed, they last much longer.  There are also plenty of sheets to use when another set is in the laundry or someone gets sick in bed.

Before storing your sheets, make sure to wash them.  For cotton bedding sheets, wash with like colors in warm water and tumble dry on a medium setting.  Cotton naturally softens with each washing to be even softer and more inviting.  If your bedding sheets are a cotton/polyester blend, machine wash and dry on the warm/permanent press setting of your machines.  Before washing any of your sheets, make sure to verify the fiber content and washing instructions on the label.  If the weather is warm enough outside, you can hang your sheets on a line for a fresh air fragrance when you go to bed.  You also save money on electricity by drying your sheets on an outdoor line.

Store your winter bedding sheets in a chest or linen closet.  To keep pesky moths away, fill a pouch with rosemary or lavender.  Cedar chips and blocks also work well to deter moths.  If you keep your sheets stored in a wooden chest, make sure to line it with muslin so the wood doesn’t stain your sheets.  Consider luxurious, silky Egyptian cotton bedding sheets in an array of pastel colors for the spring/summer bedding season.


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