Functional design: great towels & sheets

So this is a recession-friendly post moreso than a strict design post. But I figure these are items that we all use every day, yet struggle over when it comes time to buy, so why not...

I recently decided that my 4-year-old Jonathan Adler towels from BB&B have reached the so-thin-they're-painful stage (which means that probably everyone else in my house, and my guests, reached that stage at least a year ago. I'm strangely stoic when it comes to things like this). So I'm doing a trial run with $10 bath towels I found from Target's Thomas O'Brien Vintage Modern line. Now, the fact is that these towels aren't particularly interesting from a visual design perspective - rather ordinary, in fact, though certainly not offensive in any way. They're just so thick and rich and delicious that I love them. They dry easily (a problem I've discovered with some thick towels, and just grosses me out beyond belief. I'm not so much into inviting mildew onto my body).They're also surprisingly lightweight, which matters if you're a big towel-wrapped-around-the-head sort of person. I went with white, of course - but there are many great colors available. Highly, highly recommend these...

[Note - it appears they're only selling these as bath/hand towel/wash cloth sets for $25 online; the bath towels are available a la carte in stores for $9.99. Really. Amazing.]

Next up on the function front - sheets. Also recently needed to re-stock the family sheet collection. Between dog, 2 kids, and the two of us our bed takes quite a beating. That said, it is our family oasis, and I really need amazing sheets to make it so. I just took a gamble and bought two sets of these from Overstock.com, and am thrilled. We especially love the darker, mocha-colored set ("truffle"); the "stone" color is sort of blah. 400-thread-count, lovely Egyptian cotton, really amazing. And $60 for a king sheet set! Hard to beat. Get'em while they last...

Comments

[Tanta Lizing]

i got the same towels, but for 9.99 and a backscratching tag that cant come off why wouldnt we just make handmade soap catchers out of used coconut shells? mind boggling when two things so different work so well together. if i was a bee and you knew that but didnt like bees would you think of me or the bee and come after me? I'll go thursday with you!