When did patterned sheets go out of style????

[greatauntoftriplets]

I needed a new set of sheets and went today to Bed Bath and Beyond to get a new set because one wore out. All my sheets are fairly old (10 years) and all have/had (including the recently departed ones) great patterns. Virtually everything there was a solid color or really boring lame prints. So I ended up buying pale-green solids.

Do people these days want boring beds???

[Kutjara]

1. I think pattered sheets went the way...

...of lace curtains, chintz cushions and flock carpeting. It's irremediably tacky to current design thinking. Give it another five years and we'll all be back in Laura Ashleyland again. :)

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Hmmmmmmmm.....

I have no lace curtains (no curtains at all since I have wonderful architectural windows with built-in blinds), no chintz cushions and no flocked carpeting. But one surviving set of sheets is Laura Ashley.

:D

[idgiehkt]

2. I bet Martha Stewart is to blame

The Queen of whitemanistan, where everything must be bland, bland, bland.

(Not that I don't like her...just sayin'...)

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. At least I purchased green sheets...

And the only white room in this place is a bathroom.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

7. I live in a white room with black curtains.

Just felt like putting that out there.

[Catshrink]

12. At the station?

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Hahaha!

Well played.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. Nah, in a house. The station is about 5 miles away.

I just felt like saying that.

[Catshrink]

18. I wait in the queue, where the sun never shines...

[Radio_Lady]

31. Oh, God... I don't know what you're referring to... a song?

Am I showing my age again?

[Catshrink]

45. White Room by Cream

It's Clapton so I know it.

[bleedingheart]

4. they did???

tells you the last time I bought sheets

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Yes.

:(

[barb162]

8. I didn't know they went out of style. I haven't bought new sheets

forever but the current ones are white anyway

[cedahlia]

9. I've had the same problem!

I've looked at Target and several department stores and can't find any pretty printed sheets with a decent thread count. I'm going to try looking on the internet, as I am tired of driving all over the place searching for my ideal set of sheets! x( I know you said you already settled for the solid sheets, but if you do decide to keep searching, I'd suggest trying something like Froogle.com, as that way you can search many stores all at once.

[Whoa_Nelly]

19. In the design world, simple and plain sheets are "in"

And the color choices out there these days, in my opinion as a designer, are about as exciting as the blah colors of the '70s home decor accents.

You may do better by checking eBay. It IS very difficult to find interestingly patterned sheet sets these days.

[Radio_Lady]

29. Tried ebay -- no luck. Nothing on Craig's List, either.

Ah, well -- I told my husband he's sleeping on Ralph Lauren sheets from the last century, whether he likes it or not.

I'm sure he never notices it, as long as there's something to sleep on.

[Mutley]

10. My sheets are patterned

and I like them.

:shrug:

[Radio_Lady]

11. Well, I'm not alone. I tried to find sheets in a Southwestern theme --

and was told they were gone with the wind. They have some on the Internet as specialty items. The last set I bought at Meier & Frank (now Macy's) in 1998 -- a Ralph Lauren print called the Canyon Collection.

And my Colonial quilt? Out of fashion.

I dislike solid colored sheets. They show ever spot. So, fashion be damned. I'm going with patterned sheets.

Dammit. I hate it when fashion passes me by. :sarcasm:

[Floogeldy]

13. Who gives a shit?

Newsflash: It is boring when we sleep.

[Radio_Lady]

17. I do, Floo. As far as your activities when you sleep, kindly speak

for yourself, not me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Floogeldy]

25. I think I speak for all of us when I say . . .

. . . I love you, Radio_Lady. :loveya:

[Whoa_Nelly]

21. Where is the kinder, more sensitive Floogeldy?

:cry:

Aesthetics are important to some people.

[Floogeldy]

24. Yow.

Like when my ex-wife made me buy that $2800 bed after saying, "Wow, how would like to sleep in that?" I replied, "Uh, I don't know because I sleep WITH MY EYES CLOSED."

;)

Oh gawd I'm such a bastard.

[Whoa_Nelly]

41. Ahhh...Ve haf issues....

Please, lie down on ze couch, und ve vill explore zis.......

[greatauntoftriplets]

33. Ah there is that time when you are reading before going to sleep...

and take in your environment. Nor do I find sleeping boring.

[Catshrink]

16. I found solid colors with a pattern

a stripe on one pair, a windowpane check on the other. They're white, but a step above plain. I also saw some nice damask stripe in white or blue or green at Marshall's. Ross has great sheets -- cheap!

[flamingyouth]

20. Garnet Hill has some neat printed sheets

I like their stuff, even if it's spendy. Fun to look at, at the very least :)

[Radio_Lady]

27. I just love Southwestern patterns -- guess I'm stuck with Santa Fe!!

http://www.santafedecor.com/Bedding/Southwest-Southwestern-Bedding.htm

If I could have any bedroom, I'd want this:

[Nicole]

22. I love solid sheets

I have a great collection of antique quilts & printed duvet covers for my down comforter. So the solid sheets allow me to match those pieces. In fact my bed is far less boring since I went with solid sheets.

I think a lot of people use duvets & quilts so maybe they prefer the solid sheets for the same reason I do? :shrug:

[Radio_Lady]

26. You're probably right, but my husband doesn't like comforters or

quilts. I got him used to sleeping only with a beloved white dual control electric blanket years ago, and now, he won't switch.

The bed dressing on our bed from bottom to top is: fitted mattress cover for allergies, then bottom fitted sheet,(husband goes here), top flat sheet, electric blanket, top PATTERNED Southwestern flat sheet on top of that. Anything else and he screams bloody murder -- well, not that bad, but he won't condone anything else. He hates any extra weight on top of the electric blanket. It's too much trouble to undress a king-size comforter, where most of the patterns go today, from the bed nightly.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. I don't often buy sheets.........

But Lands' End has good ones.......and those include patterns....

:hi:

[Radio_Lady]

28. Thanks Peggy -- oh, you've probably gone to sleep by now.

G'night or g'morning, whenever you see this!

This one is NEW and I've never seen it... did I tell you I like BRIGHT???

[skygazer]

44. No offense but I'd have a constant migraine if I slept in that!

I guess I like plain and understated. :shrug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. My sheets are patterned, but I don't care.

I'm not sure what the big deal is, since, like Floogeldy said, we sleep with our eyes closed. I just want some sheets under me!

:D

[Radio_Lady]

32. Good morning, Maine lady! You're in the other Portland, right?

I guess there are two kinds of people -- I love decorating a home, and my husband couldn't care less.

Funny story:

We met in Boston in the summer of 1972. I moved into his home with my two kids -- and a blonde Cocker Spaniel dog. We married in February 1973. He had three kids -- his first wife had died of cancer in 1971. It was sort of busy in that house with five kids and two parents.

Anyway, among my possessions was SOLID colored, forest green rug 8' x 10' -- and I promptly rolled it out in one of the rooms.

My dog Buffy kept shedding and shedding on that rug, and I kept after the hair almost daily with a vacuum cleaner. Weeks went by -- and I finally asked, "Do you mind all that fur on the rug, y'know, from the dog?"

New husband replied, "WHAT FUR?"

After that, I was less sensitive to the almost constant clutter from seven people. But, now, it's just the two of us. He still doesn't notice most things, so I could get away with murder if I wanted to. However, we do have one rule -- the bed in the master bedroom has to be made up every day. Guess who gets to do that?

In peace,

Radio_Lady in Oregon

[Deja Q]

34. They shouldn't have.

They hide stains better. :wow:

I drink kool-aid and eat tomato pizza in bed, you see... and I'm one hell of a slob! :7

[RebelOne]

35. I have had a problem finding solid sheets.

Went to Target a couple of weeks ago and all I could find were patterns. And the solids were in outrageous colors.

[fudge stripe cookays]

36. I found some gorgeous flannel ones at Costco a few years ago...

white with lavender and green hydrangeas on them to go with our ragged pale green walls and the gorgeous lavender velvet comforter in the guest room.

fsc

[Tikki]

37. One of the older things I have.....

in this house is this flat sheet we bought in 1970.





Tikki

[Radio_Lady]

38. Tikki, I think I remember that pattern.

Or at least something similar to it. (Wasn't everything?)

I used to ask smart-ass young callers to my radio program, "HOW OLD ARE YOU? I HAVE TOWELS OLDER THAN YOU!" It was sort of a funny put-down!

Now my program has no call-ins, but you folks are my audience.

Thanks for the SHEEEEEEET... naw, not that yucky stuff.....

In peace,

Radio_Lady in Oregon

[greatauntoftriplets]

39. I had that pattern, too!

Great looking sheets.

[MissMillie]

40. solids for sheets, prints for comforter/duvet

right?

[Missy Vixen]

42. Lands' End has patterned sheets

and make the best sheets on the market today.

www.landsend.com

Try the overstocks area -- it's possible to get HUGE bargains there.

Julie

[TimeChaser]

43. I love getting cute children's patterned sheets

I sleep in a twin size bet at home, so it's easy to find kid's sheets for it. I've got snowflake prints sheets that I use durring some of the winter months. And I found these really cute cartoony insect/fish/other random stuff print sheets at Costco a while back.