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 2010-04-21 8:19 PM in reply to: #2805711 |
Elite  3972      Reno |  Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR!This is a very important thread. Here is where Bootygirl stand on certain issues of decor: Decorative napkins/towels not for use - NO. I use cloth napkins in our home every day - we have a whole drawer of them - all cotton and designed for use and wash. I have some really nice ones I am afraid of using (real nice linen-vintage nice) because I don't want to iron them to restore them to their splendor. If the Queen of England, for example, comes for dinner unannounced, I need to be ready. Decorative Pillows on couches that get used - As needed. I had a daybed with a ton of pillows for a couch for a long time - the pillows were necessary. I have graduated from bohemia, and have a real couch these days. Only two pillows to make the corners more comfortable. Decorative pillows on bed - NO Unless it is something your granny or neice made for your wedding or something singularly sentimental. Fabric softener - NO. Slimy and ruins your high-tec clothing, plugs up the pores of the fibers. Scratchy absorbant towels dried on line - YES. Reminds me of home and exfoliates well. My addition to this rant: fake plants. NO. Go Real or go home. That goes for a few things around here. Mr. Booty, however, likes the supper fluffy soft towels. Mr. Booty is not from the States, and still encounters items that surprise him, and he gives me a look of dismay that says "why have you kept me from this wonderful thing all these years". Fluffy Hilton towels and street festival funnel cakes are two of these items that have evoked "the look of dismay" from him.
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| 2010-04-21 8:23 PM in reply to: #2808745 |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! ChineseDemocracy - 2010-04-21 8:09 PM Can anyone please explain how it's possible that my 20 year-old, 100% cotton, tattered, but absorbent towel can be so great...and my wife's big, fluffy towels (also 100% cotton) can't absorb fluid at all!??? Are there any scientists in the house??? Is it inferior cotton? Is the pattern of the cotton threads to blame? Is it a thread-count issue?? Perhaps this can be a science fair question your kids can solve for you. But, Man - maybe you need to live in a drier climate if it has you this upset. |
| 2010-04-21 10:57 PM in reply to: #2808745 |
| Delaware, OH | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! ChineseDemocracy - 2010-04-21 9:09 PM Can anyone please explain how it's possible that my 20 year-old, 100% cotton, tattered, but absorbent towel can be so great...and my wife's big, fluffy towels (also 100% cotton) can't absorb fluid at all!??? Are there any scientists in the house??? Is it inferior cotton? Is the pattern of the cotton threads to blame? Is it a thread-count issue?? I work for the Home division at JC Penney. I am not a towel expert but I do pick up somethings here and there. It's the density of the weave. In the past the idea was to pack more loops per square inch- the more density the better the towel, right? Well...not so much. They take forever to dry and if you use a dryer sheet it coats the fibers to make them slick....great with dress shirts, not so great at drying off. I have the JC Penney Linden St. Quick Dry towel. $4.99 on sale. They are thin vs. fluffy but are big enough to wrap around my body. They are woven with big fat wide loops that soak up lots of water AND my towel is dry when I go to use it the next day. The ONLY down side is you have to wash them twice once you get them home- lots of fuzzies left on your body otherwise. You should always wash ANYTHING you buy before using- there is often a starch on the fabric- thus an in store water fountain test would not really show you how well the towels work. |
| 2011-01-18 6:02 AM in reply to: #2805711 |
Regular 853 | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! I bought the best towel ever at PetSmart. Yes it is a towel used for drying dogs. It is super thin, but I can wrap my super thick hair in it after a shower and it absorbs the water so well. I also use it to dry my (eye)glasses after washing them, and it works as well as one of those special cloths at the optometrist. It is not very large and almost reminds me of a shammy cloth for drying cars. Now for the decorative pillows, well, I don't have any of those. I have no sense of decor whatsoever. My house looks terrible. It is for function only. Someone asks what my "theme" was and I told them "Early American Haunted." As long as it's clean, I'm good. jami |
| 2011-01-18 6:18 AM in reply to: #2805711 |
Expert 997 North Central WV | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! It is so funny what gets people going. I see no point in decorative towels. All of our towels are practical (even the old shabby ones get used for wiping up vomit or wrapping ice packs on knees). I have two decorative pillows on the bed. I like to have two pillows that match the comforter. If we sleep on those pillows, then they need to be washed regularly and end up looking old and shabby before long. And like a previous poster, it does give me some inner peace to have a nicely made bed. I do not like beds covered in zillions of decorative pillows. We use all of the decorative pillows on the couches. Most of them are covered in milk and chocolate at this point in time. |
| 2011-01-18 5:37 PM in reply to: #3305699 |
Elite 4547 | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! jdotten - 2011-01-18 7:02 AM I bought the best towel ever at PetSmart. Yes it is a towel used for drying dogs. It is super thin, but I can wrap my super thick hair in it after a shower and it absorbs the water so well. I also use it to dry my (eye)glasses after washing them, and it works as well as one of those special cloths at the optometrist. It is not very large and almost reminds me of a shammy cloth for drying cars. Now for the decorative pillows, well, I don't have any of those. I have no sense of decor whatsoever. My house looks terrible. It is for function only. Someone asks what my "theme" was and I told them "Early American Haunted." As long as it's clean, I'm good. jami 1st, thank you for bringing back this thread that is so near and dear to my heart!!! Thank you jami! I will have to check out the local PetSmart. I have old towels with holes in them that my wife is pleading the 5th about there whereabouts! I swear she stuffed them away somewhere so I won't put them out. But they dry sooooo well!!!! My wife can understand my dilemma to a point. (she's telling me otherwise right now, but I know her better than she knows herself!) She has a terrycloth bathrobe that is nice and absorbent...who on earth decided to make women's bathrobes in valour-like material that doesn't absorb worth squat!?!? I don't care about how long towels take to dry. I shower in the morning and after working out in the afternoon. That's not a concern. Fluffiness? I could care less. Softness? Overrated. No slimy fab softener for me. It's all about function. Absorbency is king!!! |
| 2011-01-18 5:47 PM in reply to: #2805711 |
Master 1929 Midlothian, VA | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! Beware the water softener. My parents have one and that thing was cranked to high for a while. All the towels came out SUPER FLUFFY, and the water in the shower was just weird. I couldn't just rinse off the soap. It was a double whammy: Couldn't rinse everything off in the shower, and then it took forever to dry off. -eric |
| 2011-01-18 7:19 PM in reply to: #2805711 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! Where does the "pretty" towel go in T1? Over the bucket or the bike rack? And where does the one which is "OK to use go? |
| 2011-01-19 8:30 AM in reply to: #2805711 |
Champion 4835 Eat Cheese or Die | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! ChineseDemocracy - 2010-04-20 7:36 PM How ridiculous is the concept of laying out pillows that perform no function, have to get chucked off the bed when I'm ready to sleep, and then have to be picked up in the morning? How inefficient is that? Grrr. Anybody else angry about these things???????????????????????? I HATE! decorative pillows. The Wife says they look nice. Look nice for who? No one sees our room. We are only in our room when sleeping and they aren't on the bed then. I think I'm going to train my dog to shred them. GD I hate decorative pillows. |
| 2011-01-19 9:21 AM in reply to: #2805711 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! I have a crafty Labradog who commandeers all pillows (not to mention the car and driving it). I have two KillahKats who will chew and destroy anything not stored in an alternate dimension. I live in a glorified surf shack. The curtains are sarongs. Pretty sarongs. Leopard print and geometry print and even an embroidered sarong and one with a parrot on it. But still. They are sarongs. Nailed on either side of the windowframe, or clothespinned to the (pretty wrought, but still) iron bar on the top. My cat has just tracked bloody pawprints (the blood being from a rodent) all over my bed. I generally consider any two pieces of clothing that are 'clean enough' to be matching items. The decoration on my door is a piece of checkered pink and white wrapping paper with cartoon characters and musical notes on it. It was the perfect size to cover the impromptu 'dog door' that had to be made when I needed to break out of my house the first time. 'Decorative' pillows, towels, and other items purely for aesthetic value have probably not even broached my galaxy. |
| 2011-01-19 10:43 AM in reply to: #2805711 |
Master 2946 Centennial, CO | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! Here's the trick. Get in bed first. This allows you to throw the pillows off the bed (just feels good). Then get up early to workout and go to work. Therefore you are neither responsible for making the bed or replacing the pillows.
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| 2011-01-19 12:14 PM in reply to: #2805711 |
Extreme Veteran 671 Not Quite DFL | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! Nope - my wife makes decorative pillows. And curtains, and drapes - and she's pretty good too. If you want to see samples, let me know. |
| 2011-01-19 1:35 PM in reply to: #2806185 |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! JoshR - 2010-04-21 12:02 AM While we're at it, what's the point of making the bed in the first place? I quote Jim Gaffigan here "My wife is always like, 'Why don't you ever make the bed?' For the same reason I don't tie my shoes after I take them off: It doesn't make sense" I agree. I only make the bed if company is coming over. Which is rare. |
| 2011-01-19 1:52 PM in reply to: #2805711 |
Champion 11989 Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! Dude. First a thread about Miss America and now decorative pillows? What would Axl think of this? |
| 2011-01-19 5:14 PM in reply to: #3309321 |
Elite 4547 | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! mrbbrad - 2011-01-19 2:52 PM Dude. First a thread about Miss America and now decorative pillows? What would Axl think of this? How 'bout my "The Bachelor" threads? I believe Axl would be totally cool with anything that doesn't compromise artistic expression. |
| 2011-01-19 7:42 PM in reply to: #3309276 |
Master 1366 PNW | Subject: RE: Towels and decorative pillows...GRRR! KSH - 2011-01-19 11:35 AM JoshR - 2010-04-21 12:02 AM While we're at it, what's the point of making the bed in the first place? I quote Jim Gaffigan here I agree. I only make the bed if company is coming over. Which is rare. "My wife is always like, 'Why don't you ever make the bed?' For the same reason I don't tie my shoes after I take them off: It doesn't make sense" I don't even do it then. That's what doors are for! Mine gets made once a week when the sheets get washed...sort of. Just say no to decorative pillows. |
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