Pottery Barn 400-Thread-Count Organic Percale Sheets: Editor-Tested Review

In case you haven’t observed, we’re huge followers of Pottery Barn right here at AT. They’re considered one of our favourite on-line sources for small-space furnishings, and we’ve even examined their sofas, rugs, and mattress frames. And whereas I’m very acquainted with all the decor they’ve in retailer, I’ve to confess that I don’t actually know a lot about their bedding and tub collections. In actual fact, Pottery Barn was by no means among the many locations that got here to thoughts after I was contemplating shopping for new sheets or towels. So after I had the chance to check Pottery Barn’s 400-Thread-Depend Natural Percale Sheet Set, I jumped on the likelihood. You by no means actually know the way good linens are till you attempt them for your self, and after utilizing these sheets for nearly two months now, I can let you know this: They’re a sleeper hit!

Pottery Barn’s 400-Thread-Depend Natural Percale Sheet Set is accessible in 5 sizes and has a easy design that’s each crisp and clear. I examined the Queen set, which comes with a flat sheet, fitted sheet, and two pillowcases. Crafted from 100% natural cotton percale, the sheets have a 400 thread rely (percale’s optimum thread rely vary is 200 to 500) that offers them a easy, hotel-quality really feel. Every set is offered in 5 soothing hues: White (my desire), Basic Ivory, Grey Mist, Pearl Blue, and Navy.

Once I first took the Pottery Barn 400-Thread-Depend Natural Percale Sheet Set out of its packaging, I might instantly really feel the standard — actually. Rubbing the highest sheet between my fingers, I might inform that they have been sturdy and made to final. Whereas the brushed-cotton sheet didn’t really feel super-soft, it additionally didn’t really feel tough or scratchy. Pottery Barn recommends giving the sheets an preliminary wash earlier than the primary use, so I did simply that. Taking them out of the dryer, I didn’t discover any actual distinction within the really feel of the material, however the true check of how snug they have been got here later, after I put them on my mattress.

Sliding between the sheets, my preliminary response was that they felt very luxurious. They have been easy, crisp, cool, and durable, just like sheets at nicer lodges I’ve stayed at and very like sheets from dearer manufacturers that I’ve examined. Mendacity on them nearly felt like a deal with, and for sure, I slept very effectively that night.

The sheets impressed me much more because the weeks went on. True to Pottery Barn’s declare, they did begin to really feel softer after every wash and have been so cozy that I virtually needed to drive myself to get away from bed every morning. However what actually wowed me was how effectively they regulated my physique temperature, regardless of fluctuating exterior components. In the course of the first few weeks that I slept on them, New York Metropolis was experiencing main winter climate adjustments, with some days feeling springlike adopted by arctic blasts. As a result of my constructing controls the warmth in my house, the temperature in my studio was additionally all over — when Jack Frost wasn’t nipping at my nostril, it felt like I used to be residing on the floor of the solar. By means of all of it, I slept comfortably utilizing simply the 400-Thread-Depend Natural Percale Sheets and an all-season comforter, and I by no means woke up feeling too chilly or too scorching.

You must positively give the sheets a wash earlier than utilizing them for the primary time to assist break them in and begin that softening course of. Whereas they’re cozy proper out of the bundle, you’ll discover that they begin feeling a bit softer by the second wash, and much more so after that. One other factor price noting is that though the sheets are crisp, they appear fairly wrinkled straight out of the dryer, so anticipate some creases once you put them in your mattress.