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A grandmother and her grown-up grandson making a bed together in a high-ceilinged Vienna bedroom

What Are Hospital Corners, and Where Do They Come From?

Hospital corners are a way of folding a flat sheet so its corners sit square and stay tucked. Here is how to make one, where the habit comes from, and...

What Are Hospital Corners, and Where Do They Come From?

Hospital corners are a way of folding a flat sheet so its corners sit square and stay tucked. Here is how to make one, where the habit comes from, and...

Two people pull a grey fitted sheet over a mattress in a bright guest bedroom with tall white sash windows.

Thread Count Is the Wrong Question: What to Check Instead

Thread count only tells you how many threads cross a square inch. Five hands-on checks tell you far more about a sheet, and we walk through them with one fitted...

Thread Count Is the Wrong Question: What to Check Instead

Thread count only tells you how many threads cross a square inch. Five hands-on checks tell you far more about a sheet, and we walk through them with one fitted...

A brother and sister spread a grey sheet over a bed together in a lamp-lit bedroom

Christmas Gifts That Get Used Every Night

A gift for the bed is a gift that stays in use. Three ways in by budget, how to get the size right without spoiling the surprise, and when to...

Christmas Gifts That Get Used Every Night

A gift for the bed is a gift that stays in use. Three ways in by budget, how to get the size right without spoiling the surprise, and when to...

A made bed with a grey fitted sheet and a folded grey sheet at its foot, in a bright bedroom with light oak floors.

Meet The Grounding Company: Grounding Bedding for European Homes

Who we are, what we sell for the bedroom and the desk, how an order reaches you, and who answers when you write.

Meet The Grounding Company: Grounding Bedding for European Homes

Who we are, what we sell for the bedroom and the desk, how an order reaches you, and who answers when you write.

Open books and loose papers on a long table in a panelled library reading room.

How We Decide What to Say About What We Sell

The rule we write by: describe the object and the connection, never what it will do for you. Here is how that works in practice, and where it leaves us...

How We Decide What to Say About What We Sell

The rule we write by: describe the object and the connection, never what it will do for you. Here is how that works in practice, and where it leaves us...

Hands placing a folded grey grounding sheet into an open front-loading washing machine

How Do You Wash a Grounding Sheet?

Wash with liquid detergent, dry low, and keep fabric softener and bleach away from it. Softeners coat the conductive fibre; bleach attacks it.

How Do You Wash a Grounding Sheet?

Wash with liquid detergent, dry low, and keep fabric softener and bleach away from it. Softeners coat the conductive fibre; bleach attacks it.

A hand plugging a socket tester into a Schuko wall socket beside a bed, its indicator lights lit

How Do You Test That a Wall Socket Is Earthed?

A socket tester plugs into the outlet and shows, in a second or two, whether its earth pin is actually connected. Here is how to read one on EU, UK...

How Do You Test That a Wall Socket Is Earthed?

A socket tester plugs into the outlet and shows, in a second or two, whether its earth pin is actually connected. Here is how to read one on EU, UK...

A grounding sheet on a made bed with its cord running to a wall socket

How Do You Set Up a Grounding Sheet?

The grounding sheet goes on top of the mattress with nothing insulating between it and your skin. Here is the full sequence, including where the cord goes and how to...

How Do You Set Up a Grounding Sheet?

The grounding sheet goes on top of the mattress with nothing insulating between it and your skin. Here is the full sequence, including where the cord goes and how to...

A tape measure stretched across a mattress fitted with a grounding sheet

What Size Grounding Sheet Do I Need?

Measure the mattress, not the bed frame, then match it to the sizes below. Every size is given in centimetres and inches, with the plug adapter each country needs.

What Size Grounding Sheet Do I Need?

Measure the mattress, not the bed frame, then match it to the sizes below. Every size is given in centimetres and inches, with the plug adapter each country needs.

Split image: bare feet on grass, and a grounding cord plugged into a wall socket by a bed

Grounding vs Earthing: Is There a Difference?

They are the same concept. "Earthing" is standard British and IEC usage, "grounding" is standard American usage, and in this context both describe a conductive connection to the earth.

Grounding vs Earthing: Is There a Difference?

They are the same concept. "Earthing" is standard British and IEC usage, "grounding" is standard American usage, and in this context both describe a conductive connection to the earth.

A large double bed made with the grey Grounding Fitted Bed Sheet — 6% Silver, by a tall bedroom window.

What Is a Grounding Sheet Actually Made Of?

Cotton, a conductive fibre and a grid. What each fabric is, how the versions differ from one another, and what the cord and resistor are doing.

What Is a Grounding Sheet Actually Made Of?

Cotton, a conductive fibre and a grid. What each fabric is, how the versions differ from one another, and what the cord and resistor are doing.

A living room at dusk in winter, two low lamps lit, a woman reading in an armchair by a tall window.

What Does a Slow Evening Look Like in Winter?

Northern winters make an evening long. Here is what people actually do with that hour — lamps, layers, a made bed — and where a grounding sheet fits into a...

What Does a Slow Evening Look Like in Winter?

Northern winters make an evening long. Here is what people actually do with that hour — lamps, layers, a made bed — and where a grounding sheet fits into a...