Pipeline Bedding

Bedding for a full house, from the spare room to the family bathroom

Families come to Pipeline Bedding with a list rather than a single item: three bedrooms that need new fitted sheets, a guest bed that only gets used twice a year, towels that have gone thin in the wash. This page walks through how that usually works in a Johannesburg home, and what to check before you fill a cart.

Before you order: how we define things

Families ordering for several bedrooms tend to ask the same handful of questions. Here is how we describe sizes, colours and care, so what arrives matches what you pictured.

Sizes and bed types

Single, three-quarter, double, queen and king are listed by mattress width, not by the duvet. Three-quarter is a separate cut, not a trimmed double, because older flats and student rooms still use that frame. If your mattress is extra-length or pillow-top, check the depth note before choosing a fitted sheet.

Colour naming

White, stone and charcoal are dyed in small batches, so a restock can sit a shade or two away from the previous run. If two bedrooms must match exactly, order them together in one cart rather than topping up later.

Thread count, stated plainly

We list the woven count of the finished fabric, not a multiplied figure. Percale is a plain weave, so it feels crisp and cool at first and softens over the first few washes. That is normal, not a fault.

First wash and shrinkage

Cotton percale moves slightly after the first wash. The care card in each pack gives the temperature and drying method we tested, and following it keeps fitted corners and hems where they should be. Towels shed a little lint on wash one, then settle.

Bundles and mixed carts

A linen bundle for a spare room is a set combination, not a discount code. You can mix sizes and colours across one order, and the packing slip groups items by bedroom so unpacking is quicker.

Delivery and returns

We deliver to Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria and outlying farm addresses. Unopened packs can be returned within the window stated on your slip. Once a pack is washed, it is treated as used, so check the size against your mattress first.

What a family order actually covers

Most households don't buy one duvet cover and stop. They work through the house room by room: the main bedroom with the extra-length mattress, the kids' rooms with three-quarter beds, the spare room that only gets used at holidays, and the bathroom cupboard that runs out of towels every second week. The list below is what families tend to sort in a single cart.

Pipeline Bedding for families

  • One size chart that covers every bed

    Single through king, plus a three-quarter range for the older flats and garden cottages that still have them. You match the bed, not the other way around.

  • Sheets that stay on deep mattresses

    Pillow-top and extra-length beds are the usual culprit for corners popping off at 2am. The fitted sheets are cut with a 40cm wall and elastic all the way around.

  • Colours that survive a shared laundry

    White, stone and charcoal across bedding and towels, so a mixed load doesn't leave you with mismatched rooms. The care card explains the first wash before anything shrinks or pills.

  • Restocks without the wait

    Fabric comes from mills in Pakistan and Portugal and is cut and stitched in Gauteng. When a shade sells out mid-term, the next batch doesn't sit on a ship for months.

  • Delivery to where the family actually is

    Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, or a farm road outside town. Build the cart across bedrooms and send it as one order instead of three separate parcels.

Sorting a spare room from scratch? Start with the cotton percale duvet cover set and add fitted sheets and towels to the same cart. If you'd rather talk through sizes for an odd bed, reach us at contact.

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