You want your guests to be comfortable in your guest room, but are stymied by all the different types of bed sheets available today. Pima, cotton, bamboo, hemp … and then there are the thread counts, which are supposed to be an indicator of quality, but are actually a voluntary standard for the textiles industry, and might not mean what the packaging says. What’s a person to do?

If you’re in the market for new sheets for your bed or your guest’s, keep these factors in mind.

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