The best striped sheets tell a story, and that story is, ideally: It’s bedtime in coastal Cape Cod, or a Parisian pied-à-terre, or maybe the vintage look of linen stripes transform your bedroom into a ...

January is a month for trying new things as we kick off a brand new year, and if you think that a new look for your bedroom is in order, then your bed is probably the first thing you'll start with.

But choosing the right fabric to turn your mattress into cloud nine isn’t easy. There’s cotton (with everything from Egyptian cotton to cotton percale) linen, silk, flannelette and bamboo to name a ...