Best Sheets And Towels For Your Home

Best Sheets and Towels For Your Home

The best way to save money on housewares, such as sheets, blankets, and towels is to buy . . . . . Read more . . .

The best way to save money on housewares, such as sheets, blankets, and towels is to buy irregulars. You can save a fortune.

One of the best places to buy these items is Value City, which has irregulars of just about any houseware item. Irregular sheets might have a minor stitching error, but who's going to notice? I don't, and we make our bed with hospital corners, something I picked up in the Navy, where you had to be be able to bounce a quarter off your bed. It drives my wife crazy at times!

We have bought beautiful king-size blankets for $19.00 that would have cost $90.00 to $100.00 or more if they were first quality. The most dramatic savings for sheet sets are for the premium, very-high-thread-count sheets, because most people who buy ultra-premium sheets aren't interested in irregulars. These sheets are very comfortable, and when you buy irregulars, all you'll notice are that they're the best sheets you ever had, and the price was great - as little as 430 for a queen set. That's probably less than an inferior set of first-quality sheets would cost.

More and more, stores and advertising the thread counts of linens, which technically are the number of threads running vertically and horizontally in one square inch of fabric. The most common style of sheets, percale, have a thread count of 180-200.

Luxury sheets these days have thread counts of 300 and above, some even higher than 600. But you can't judge a sheet just by its thread count or by the use of premium cottons such as Egyptian, pima, and supima, because the fit of the sheets and the strength and durability of the fabric - not just the softness - also are factors.

If you can get a quality sheet set for a good price, that's all you have to worry about. If you like ultra-premium sheets, blankets, and towels, or want to give them a try, a great option is Tuesday Morning, which sells extremely high quality brand names at very good prices, but more money than I would pay. Morning says it sells closeout merchandise at 50% to 80% off the prices you'd see in a department store or upscale catalog. They're not open all the time, but more than they used to be.

When I checked, Tuesday Morning said its stores were open from Feb. 5 to March 30, April 16 to June 30, Aug. 6 to Sept. 30, and Oct 1 to Dec. 31. You can go to their web site to see if any of this has changed.

Sometimes you'll find a deal just because the color is being discontinued. We saw some huge, oversized bath towels at Costco for $6.99, but there was one color, a shade of blue, that was on sale for $2.77. The new color was right beside it at $6.99.

If you have anything to add to this article I would love to hear from you. Where do you save money at? Use the comment section below. Thank you for your time today.

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