Add an extra layer of comfort to your bed while prolonging the life of your mattress with this Luxury Hotel Collection mattress protector. Filled with premium quality hollowfibre and covered in beautifully soft peachskin, this double mattress protector is sure to provide you with the ultimate night`s sleep. Casing: 100% Polyester Peachskin. Filing: Polyester.Synthetic fillingMachine Wash 40°CPolyester casingDouble Care Instructions: Machine Wash 40°C Buy and Collect - FREE for orders over £30 or £2 for under £30 (7 days a week) Order before midnight for collection in store from 12 noon the NEXT DAY or on a day of your choice (For Belfast and Dundrum please allow up to 48hrs for delivery.) Standard - £3.95 (Monday to Friday) FREE on orders of £50 or more. Delivery within 3 - 5 working days. Next Day - £6 (Monday to Sunday) Order before 7pm for delivery the NEXT DAY (For Belfast and Dundrum please allow 48hrs for delivery.) Nominated Day - £6 (Monday to Sunday 6pm)
Same Evening - £8 (Monday to Friday)Order by 12noon for delivery between 6-9pm. FREE on orders of £50 or more*. Find out more about delivery and charges We hope you will love your new things but if you don’t, you are welcome to return your items free of charge. Here’s how to do it: Bring your items and proof of purchase into store within 28 days from the day your parcel arrives, for a full refund via the original payment method. Please send your return by post or courier within 28 days from the day your parcel arrives for a full refund via the original payment method. You will need to return your goods by post, if PayPal was your original payment method and you would like the refund back to your account. If you make your return to a store, we will only able to give you a House of Fraser gift card to the same value. You'll still have 28 days to return. See the full refund policyAccording to the fairy tale, the test of a true princess was whether she could detect a pea hidden beneath a pile of 20 mattresses and eiderdowns.
Today, peas are out and thread counts are in. The higher the better.But what does it really mean? Technically, the term ‘thread count’ refers to the number of threads woven together in one square inch of fabric. Manufacturers count them both horizontally and vertically across this little square. The idea is, the more threads they cram in, the more luxurious the sheet.Yet, this is not always an exact indicator of quality. Some manufacturers ‘cheat’ by counting the strands that make up an individual thread as additional threads, meaning a thread count of 600 might really be just 300, low-quality double-ply threads. Sam Taylor (pictured) puts all the different bed linens to the test to see whether a higher thread count really does make a difference Other factors include finish and tightness of weave. For example, sateen is cotton yarn woven like satin for a lustrous sheen, while percale is a closely woven thread-count of more than 200.Sam Taylor tests what the High Street has to offer...
I grew up with a mother reared on rationing and devoted to keeping things for ‘best’: crockery, cutlery, glasses, tablecloths and bed linen, the ‘best’ cupboard was packed with things that were put away and never used. This sheet would certainly have been consigned to her Aladdin’s cave.The packaging describes Geniusa as offering fibres that are longer and finer than anything else. Without an industrial strength magnifying glass, it is impossible to tell, but certainly the sateen cotton feels thick and sumptuous — and you can’t see the mattress cover through it. The elasticated corners are generous, which means no stretching and the pillowcases are like resting on silk. If you have children in the house, oversleeping is something that happens to other people. But this sheet could shake things up a bit. Sam Taylor (pictured) rated the M&S: Supima cotton double fitted sheet at 4/5, praising it for it's impressive non-iron finish The packaging claims it will deliver the perfect night’s sleep — and it certainly does.
Getting out of bed was very difficult and I dreamt of going back to it even more than I usually do. Once on, the sheet looks impressive and having a non-iron finish just adds to its appeal. It also has the added benefit of a 10 in overhang on the edges — which means no nasty gaps on the side, even on a deep-filled mattress. When polyester was first invented in the Forties, it was heralded as a miracle fibre. There was little it couldn’t do — except convince us that it was a luxury item. It was always a bit scratchy and it still is.Primark’s 50/50 cotton and polyester mix is almost transparently thin. No matter which way I lay, it made me itch and overheat, an unwanted extra for the menopausal woman.That said, the manufacturers made no claims for its slumber properties or its deluxe appeal. It is a sheet. Or more accurately, a dust sheet. But at little more than the price of a couple of cappuccinos, it seems churlish to complain.Sheet makers to the Queen and the Prince of Wales, Dorma simply don’t make sheets that are below 200 thread.
Since 1921, they have been producing top-drawer bed linen and pride themselves on giving you that extra edge over the neighbours on the washing line. Sam says the Dorma: Fitted double sheet is fit for a Queen and allows coverage for even the deepest mattressThe 350 thread, double sheet is one of their biggest sellers. It’s not difficult to see why.Part of their indulgent range of luxury bedding, it is fit for a Queen who has never knowingly wasted money. It is 14in deep which allows for coverage of even the deepest mattress, perhaps even two mattresses, and the pillowcases are as crisp after five nights as they are after one. Coloured bits around the borders of sheets and pillowcases have always made me anxious and the silver streaks that define the Brompton collection fall into that category.Like most of the sheets I was testing, it has a sateen finish, but set against the almost neon finish white dye used on this range, it gives it a reflective quality that makes the bed look like something off Star Trek.In fact, so shiny is it that it works like a mirrored ceiling in reverse.
The experience of sleeping was so slippery that at some point in the night I subconsciously started holding on to the edge of the bed. All daughters believe they are princesses and mine is no exception, so the chance to upgrade her single bed linen to something that costs more than a flight to Paris was very appealing. Sam says although the £140 sheets from House of Fraser: Luxury Hotel Collection are luxurious they're not quite worth the moneyI approached this test with the question of wondering quite who would spend this amount of money on a single sheet. In fact, who would spent this amount on any sheet?True, it does deliver a relaxed and warm night’s slumber as the cotton is very dense, which makes it feel toasty. It’s luxurious, but I think I’d rather wait for the sale. The guest room often gets overlooked on the bed linen department. When VIP guests go to stay in the White House, the sheets are ironed six times before being put on the bed.This doesn’t happen in our home, which is probably why we don’t have many VIP visitors.
The matt finish of the John Lewis: Cotton and Percale gives a classy look and feel, making it seem more expensive than it is However, this sheet could change all that. The percale weave gives it a matt finish, which immediately makes it look and feel very classy — more like an expensive linen than a mid-market cotton.The ivory colouring is very flattering against the skin; past 50 everything helps. And it gives the illusion you have thought about the picky relatives, even if you can’t wait for them to leave. The majority of us will spend a third of our lives asleep — if you discount some students who notch up another three years in a virtual coma.They leave home with a bag full of freshly laundered towels and sheets and return a couple of months later with a putrid, foul-smelling laundry bag no detergent can bring to heel. So why waste money on them?This sheet is comfortable, the cotton isn’t too thin and it promises longer lasting durability. It also requires minimal ironing and suggests that it can be washed at lower temperatures unless it is dirty.