People sleep anywhere from seven to nine hours a night. More if they can. While that's not half a day, it is still a very large portion. The nicer the bed, the more comfortable we sleep. And it's the little but big things that can make all the difference. Little big things like king flannel sheets and overstuffed pillows add just that right sense of coziness to the bed.


Bed sizes in the United Kingdom differ from those in the United States and Canada, and also different from the bed sizes of Australia and Europe. While a regular mattress can be called a twin or a single in our experience, a real luxury mattress is a king. King flannel sheets need to fit a mattress that is up to twenty inches. What some people call a 'full' sheet set is often called a 'double' by others.


Large king mattresses and their even bigger counterparts, California king, do not come with box springs to match. What a person usually has to do is buy two single box springs and put them side by side beneath the king mattress. While this is convenient and solves the challenge, it means that when we buy sheets sets we need to be careful. Does our king flannel sheets set come with a bed skirt? If it does, will that skirt fit appropriately over the two single box springs? The fit is usually good but can be awkward to place at first.


Flannel, often called flannelette, is first mentioned in early France and Germany. It is a soft woven material that comes with a rougher surface referred to as a nap. In most fabrics, after production there is that rougher side. This is typically sheared off. With flannel, it is trimmed but remains. That's how flannel gets to be so warm and cozy. If you're going to be out buying a king flannel sheets set, keep in mind that this is one warm material. If you live in an area with hot summers, consider something else for the warmer seasons.


The youth of the nation at one point were very focused on grunge music, a type of harder rock that came out of cities like Seattle and Vancouver. It could have been the fact that the two cities, with their similar climates, experienced a lot of outdoor activity that people wore flannel in. Somehow or other, grunge rockers were wearing flannel on stage and it soon became a popular trend for all grunge fans. Singers like the deceased Kurt Cobain and other grunge groups like Stone Temple Pilots inadvertently brought flannel of all things into fashion.


A new type of king flannel sheets is now available from the store JCPenney. They are Micro Flannel, a trademark of the JCPenney company. And surprisingly, they come with some really great features. They are considered wrinkle free, meaning that the travel from the dryer to the mattress doesn't ruin their look with creases or wrinkles. And because they are so easy to wash and dry, they lessen the time it takes for them to get clean in either the washer or the dryer. This means less energy taken from the earth to do the laundry, an especially important consideration for someone running a bed and breakfast, with many king flannel sheets in their house.


Although some sheets have pockets to make them hold in heat, flannel doesn't require such. We usually see a strong material like flannel used in winter pyjamas for children or pants for adults to sleep in at night. Wearing flannel pyjamas doesn't actually compare to being tucked away in the bed of our dreams in king flannel sheets. But it's a good feeling all the same.


A king sized bed is in itself a luxury. Having matching king flannel sheets, oversized pillows and all that room makes a person want to fall back into bed. It can make us feel as if every day is a lazy Sunday, and forget the work that is coming up. A world of warmth awaits us within those sheets, as do all of our warm and cozy dreams!