How To Master The Utter Awfulness Of A Fitted Sheet

by The Candidly Team

Ahh, all the things I thought I’d just magically know how to do by the time I turned 40. Like eat my daily dose of vegetables. Blow out my stupid hair. Decorate my kitchen to look like it came straight out of Father of the Bride. Or fold a 🤬 bedsheet!

 
 

Alas, I am a work in progress, but thankfully, there are experts around to fill the gaps where I fall short. We called on one such DIY and decor expert Samantha Potter to break down the absolute soul-crushing disaster that is the fitted sheet. If you see her house, you will see just why we trust her to de-chaos our domestic lives.

 
 

Samantha told us how to yes, fold a fitted sheet. But also where to buy one that actually sits taute on the bed instead of bunching and snapping off the corners and driving us to madness.

 

Image from Kermit Memes

 

First, her step-by-step instructions for how to fold....

Alternately, if you’re the sort of person who throws away the instructions along with the packaging, here’s the visual version:

 
@signedsamanthaxo

Folding a fitted sheet sucks. Here’s how to do it as easily as possible. Tuck the corners of the fitted sheet into one another to create as much of a square/rectangular shape as possible (that shape will depend on your sheet size) - Start with the fitted sheet inside out.  - Grab a corner in your right hand and an adjacent corner in your left hand. - Bring your hands together and connect the two corners in your right hand. Flip the sheet that was in your left hand over so it is right side out.  - Repeat this step with the remaining two corners.  - Repeat this step once more, connecting the two pairs of corners - you'll have all four corners tucked into one another - Gently line up the other sides so that you have as clean of a rectangle or square as you possibly can. - Fold your fitted sheet in third so the elastics are hidden - this will create a cleaner fold - Take the elastic part of your fitted sheet and fold it over by 1/3. Fold the opposite side over by 1/3.  - Repeat on the long or short side (whichever side you haven't already folded into thirds).

♬ Coke with My Rum - Lior Shteinfeld
 

  1. Fitted sheets are a total drag - take your time and fold them on a flat surface whenever you can. 

  2. Tuck the corners of the fitted sheet into one another to create as much of a square/rectangular shape as possible (that shape will depend on your sheet size).

  3. On a bed or a flat surface, start with the fitted sheet inside out. 

  4. Then grab a corner in your right hand and an adjacent corner in your left hand. 

  5. Bring your hands together and connect the two corners in your right hand. Flip the sheet that was in your left hand over, so it is right side out. 

  6. Repeat this step with the remaining two corners. 

  7. Repeat this step once more, connecting the two pairs of corners - you'll have all four corners tucked into one another

  8. Gently line up the other sides so that you have as clean of a rectangle or square as you possibly can.

  9. Fold your fitted sheet in thirds (or more*) so the elastics are hidden - this will create a cleaner fold.

  10. Take the elastic part of your fitted sheet and fold it over by 1/3. Fold the opposite side over by 1/3. 

  11. Repeat on the long or short side (whichever side you haven't already folded into thirds).  If you want your sheets to be folded smaller, you can go ahead and fold them into fourths or more. 

 
 

And if you need more proof that she knows what she’s talking about, watch her turn her own bed into a literal cloud using a teeny tiny duvet hack.

 
@signedsamanthaxo Most stores use two duvet inserts to get that ultra fluffy duvet look but here’s my hack for getting it with one. Fold your duvet in half. Then fold the top half in half again. You then make a Z and basically have three layers of ultra fluffy duvet! #cozybed #duvetcoverhack #duvethack #homehack #makingthebed #foryoupage #fyp ♬ veggi. CANT GET YOU OUT OF MY RAINGURL - veggibeats
 

And finally, the sheet she says is the absolute best…drumroll, etc., etc. is…

 

parachute Linen Sheet Set

“My favorite bedding brand. Their sheets are excellent quality, sit really well on your bed and don't bunch up!”

Price: $189 - $229

And here are some of our personal favorites that promise to stay put… not to mention create the crisp yet silky, warm yet cool, cozy yet breathable conditions we require to get the sleep we so deeply crave.

OneBed Luxe & Lazy Sheet Set

An award-winning brand with the precise mission of creating a sheet that will stay put. The brilliance is in the corner straps that easily fasten to the mattress. They’re made in a soft and smooth, OEKO-TEX certified sateen. The also have a gloriously cool set HERE that’s designed for sleepers who run hot.

Price: $169 - $239

 

Ettitude Signature Sateen Sheet Set

We’ve admittedly never lusted after sheets until: 1. We saw the colors these came in. 2. We started reading the reviews. Clean, silky, bamboo heaven.

Price: $107 - $259

 

Resort Bamboo Bed Sheets

This sheet will transform your sleep. They’re inconceivably soft and possibly the most breathable bamboo viscose that will ever touch your skin. Buy them, and you will never look back.

Price: $279 - $319

 

Ugh, we’re ready for bed.

 
 

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