embrace the wrinkle!

yes, embrace the wrinkle :) I don't even know where my iron is.

Sexy!

So says the lazy one.

Who cares if you're just going to cover it up with a comforter anyway?

I can't imagine ever having enough time to iron my sheets every time I wash them (yes, some people actually do!).

We actually just got the RH Belgian Linen duvet and shams (on sale). They are awesome and are ever so soft. I'm a bit of a bedding freak so I wasn't sure if the wrinkles would bother me, but I actually love the look of them. Its definitely a casual look though. I'm actually mulling over the purchase of sheets now. I do wish they would sell sheeting items separately as I really only want a fitted sheet and pillowcases because we euro-style it and skip the flat sheet.

Anyone have another source for linen sheeting?

I say embrace the wrinkles, too. I think the bedroom is the perfect place for the relaxed look. And it's elegant, too, in it's own way.

Oops, that should have been its. (blushing)

Good quality linen sheets are amazing. However the ones from Restoration Hardware are pretty crappy. A high quality linen sheet will require no ironing and wrinkles will smooth out same as with cotton sheets.

Garnet Hill sells linen sheets separately. So you can just get the pillow cases and fitted sheet like you want.

Sorry, I don't like the wrinkled Linen look in clothing or anything else. I'll pass on wrinkled sheets and duvets.

I don't have linen sheets, but mine are wrinkled already! With a one year old, we're lucky to iron our clothes, there's no time to iron sheets (and folding straight out of the dryer, forget it).

Not sure I'd consider it "sexy" but if linen sheets feel good - then I'd go for it.

One of the best sources of linen sheets is Libeco Home; they sell online too.

There's also http://roughlinen.com/index.html

In Europe, Muriel Grateau has gorgeously coloured linen bedding, same as her table linens.

The thing about linen is that it is not uptight, which is very sexy... ("uptight" is totally unsexy)

well, sexy isn't the word that comes to mind when I see wrinkled sheets, but I love it! It makes me feel like comfy-ness doesn't need to be perfect! like bethanyboo said, it's covered up by the comforter anyway!

Oh -- and MatteoHome has some of the softest linen bedding around.

I have found that once a linen sheet has been laundered enough and softens up, the wrinkles aren't as obvious ... and the sheets feel wonderful at this point. I did have a lightweight one (heavier than handkerchief linen, but not much) that was "like buttah," but it wore through eventually (I'm saving the remnants to make pillow cases.) I also have a heavy antique European one that I only use in the winter because it's too warm. It's fairly coarse linen (maybe has some flax), but it's soft enough, after probably a century's worth of laundering!

Definitely sexy. There is no such thing as a walk of shame, don't listen to the lies:)

Are linen sheets cooler than cotton?

Linen is always wrinkled and I think that is one of the reasons we all love it so much. What a lovely natural fiber.

If it's linen it's sexy. I wish I'd known how luxurious linen could be earlier in my life but we were in the midst of 'no iron percale' when I was growing up in the States. Honestly some of the old ways, like linen, really are the best ways. The brilliant thing about linen sheets is that they're cool to sleep in and with proper care don't need to be replaced as often as other fabric sheets (i.e., invest well and use things forever). I have sets I've bought as an adult and those that belonged to my great grandmother and were monogrammed by my grandmother. For everyday, I make my bed with a top quilt that covers the entire sheet, so wrinkles aren't seen --> and linen becomes considerably softer with use and over time so very hard wrinkles are only a fact of life for the first few months of use & washing (with a quality linen). New linen is hard, crisp, wrinkles easily. Aged linen is soft, silky, doesn't show hard wrinkles unless you starch it. For times when I want a beautifully dressed magazine-inspired bed, I starch and iron my heirloom top sheet but mostly because ironing is needed to get the monogram to raise properly (above the surface of the sheet), then I turn back the bed so it's beautifully inviting. It reminds me of sleeping in my grandmother's cottage in the Alps. Yup, Heidi - goats - the works.

Wrinkles aren't a problem, but the _feel_ of ironed linen bedding is one of the truly great experiences. Dry cleaners have Mangles for ironing large flat items, and charge about $2.50 per pound. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangle_(machine)

As a spinner, I would like to correct some misconceptions you have about linen. The fiber is a bast fiber which means that it is literally part of the flax stem. Other bast fibers include hemp and bamboo. The process for harvesting linen includes a step called retting, in which breaks down the stem so that the fiber can be harvested. Traditionally, this is done with water or dew, but they have also developed enzymes to do so. They do use machines to separate and clean the fibers once the retting process is complete. However, these machines pretty much only exist in Europe, and therefor, high quality linens are generally imported from Europe. Hence the price. The reason linen is becoming more widely available may be that in the past couple of years they have started processing it in Eastern Europe and China too.

Here I am trying to ignore the smell of garbage in the kitchen and suddenly I have to care about wrinkles? One first world problem at a time, please LOL

Embrace the wrinkles. If you don't like wrinkles, don't get linen.

And thanks for the info on best sources for linen sheets. I think it's my next purchase.

Sexy!! I would just need someone to iron them for me after each washing...

Linen sheets are the best. Substantial, cool, crisp and they last pretty much forever, getting better with use. Wrinkles are part of the deal and part of the charm!

If you don't like wrinkles then linen just isn't for you.

I find linen sheets, even the very expensive, to be way too scratchy, even after several washings. Proceed with caution and first try just pillow cases, to see if you can sleep on them, as one cannot return bedding once opened and used. This can be a very costly mistake.

Definitely sexy.

Our sheets are wrinkled. I like to call it "lived in." And when we make our bed, you can't really see them anyway. They definitely don't bother me one bit.

Linen sheets rocked my world, just do it and never look back, so soft and comforting, in winter or summer.

One thing to know about linen. Because it is a bast fiber (nod to fellow spinner @Gaidig above), it has a bad habit of 'splitting' along sharp creases. So if you do iron your linens, don't iron hard creases into them. With really fine linen (ie an altar cloth or damask tablecloths), they should be stored on rollers so that there are no creases at all other than along the hems and those are handled very lightly. Also, bast fibers are generally stronger wet than dry, so if you do iron, start out with a damp (not dry sheet) and use LOTS of steam on the highest setting (it's marked "Linen" for a reason).

I actually have a home mangle from the 1930s that was my great aunts. She 'took in' fine linens and shirtwaists and lace and curtains - laundry that couldn't be easily handled by an ordinary housewife.

I have a really high quality linen duvet and the wrinkles never come out, because we put in new ones every night. I cannot stand the look of a constantly wrinkled bed and been looking for a replacement duvet in satin or perhaps cotton in the same color as my current one with no luck.

All I know is that hospital corner is HAWT!

I have the restoration hardware linen sheets. I admit to ironing the finshed edge of the flat sheet and pillow cases BUT not the entire sheet. I don't mind too much- but I think the next linen purchase will be a duvet cover and I'll go european style sans the top sheet

Linen is awesome, but is it really durable enough for daily use and weekly/biweekly washing? I am NOT taking bedsheets to the drycleaners!

I don't mind wrinkles. I'm just not sure yet if I like sleeping on linen. I LOVE linen everywhere else though.

I have been saving up money to buy Irish linen fabric for bed sheet and duvet. If you know simple sewing, you can whip up your own. You can buy extra wide pure Irish linen fabric at Thomas Ferguson in Ireland (http://www.fergusonsirishlinen.com/index.asp). Go to "Fabrics" section, and from there you can take your pick.

I did say I have been saving up, yes? This thing does not come cheap, esp. when you add shipping cost.

I think wrinkled linen is cozy and homey ... Just begging to be jumped into and snuggled.

Rumpled = Sexy

I LOVE my linen sheets.

Quality linen with a tight (not loose) weave is an extremely hardwearing fabric.

But as someone posted above, the caveat is that it can over time split on hard edges, thus many manufacturers (e.g., Matteo Home) instruct NOT to iron.

The trick with any sheets is to take them out of the dryer or off the line and put them right back on the bed. They do wrinkle, but they wrinkle worse folded up (and then they have fold wrinkles). Needless to say, I don't wash sheets at night.

Linen rumpled sheets look fine, but I'd add another luxury note that's perfect, like a pristine monogrammed pillow in another fabric, so it looks intentional and not "eh, I don't care."

I like a sheet with a polyester blend. I know people are screaming, but this sheet thing is a marketing ploy. The polyster blend has few wrinkles and the older they get the softer they get. I have been stealing my mothers sheets every time I go home. They are from the seventies and they are usually wild chartreuse colors. I don't see or feel the fascination with high thread count sheets. Especially sateen. I hate sateen. They bead up, are slick, and a fitted sheet does not stay tight. I have had high thread counts and now use them with the dogs. Give me a 300 count, white, jcpenny ,polyster blend any day.

If you worry about wrinkled sheets, your life is VERY boring.

Really like it! Have found some cool on etsy as well
( https://www.etsy.com/listing/107008865/autumn-sale-bed-linen-set-100-organic )