Fresh Ideas Bedding Tailored Bedskirt, Classic 14” Drop Length, Pleated Styling, Queen, Ivory

I ordered this bed skirt to use with a black damask bedspread. I was hesitant after reading a few negative reviews but I’m glad I took the plunge and ordered it. Yes, it was very wrinkled out of the package (I’ve never seen one that wasn’t). It took about 10 minutes to iron it and it looks fabulous (a small price to pay for something that will remain on your bed for weeks/months or longer). The fabric is heavy enough so the light doesn’t shine through it so it completely covers rails and bed legs. The material that goes under the mattress resembles heavy paper but it isn’t and it’s strong so it doesn’t rip when you pull on a corner to try and straighten it. The corner pleats are not split open so you get full coverage on bed corners. There are also pleats on both bedsides. It is true to size which impressed me. I’ve had to sew seams in other skirts to keep them from pooling on the floor so I was pleasantly surprised to find this one actually fit my box springs and the length was perfect. I am a happy shopper and will order this in other colors in the future.

This bed skirt was the closest I could find online to what I wanted, so I thought I would try it out. The price was good, after all. I am pleased with the final result, but it took some work to get there. Read on for real life tips. First, I ironed the damn thing, using plenty of spray starch and pinning the pleats in place so they would hold while I adjusted it on the bed. It was a trick to iron because of the size: after ironing one section and repositioning to iron the next part, the first part would get wrinkled again -- but I digress . . . Here is the trick to getting it on your bed: you must remove the mattress entirely. With a king mattress, this means enlisting the help of another woman. Do not call on a man. He will complain, and every lift motion will be accompanied by a loud groan. Not worth it. After the mattress is removed, adjust exactly where you want the bed skirt to lie, carefully watching how far it extends to the floor, that the corners are exactly where they need to be, etc. Then, use a MASSIVE number of upholstery pins (available on Amazon, thank God). Be aware that you should not, as God is my witness, try to pull and drag the bed skirt around by the flimsy top part. It will fall apart like that first cake you tried to bake when you were twelve. Also, I neglected to mention that you should not, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, iron the top part while pressing the bed skirt. It will melt away as if it never existed. Once you have the bed skirt exactly where you want it, call your female helper back into the room to help lift and place the mattress back onto the bed. Do not drag it. Do not budge it. Do not shift it. See above notes regarding the flimsy top part of the item. Special problem I had: The bed skirt was actually too wide for my bed by a couple of inches, making it drag on the floor a bit on each side. I pulled it all toward the center and upholstery-pinned it in place. This worked pretty well, but throws off the center pleat. I ironed the crap out of the pleat, but now it's just a ruffle. Oh well.

What I love: I love the material. The poly cotton blend looks very nice and Stiff. Once it is washed and ironed I think it will look great. I love that the same plates that are on the sides, are on the corners, and that there is also one at the Midway point at the foot of the bed. The color comparison photo, with the white paper for reference, has the amazonbasics bed skirt on the left and the fresh ideas bed skirt on the right. What I don't like: This says it measures 78 in width wise, indeed I only measure it unwashed and new at 76 and 1/2 in at the same at the foot. Also, the interior material is absolute junk. It's not really material. I will wash it according to directions and see how it comes out. The drop is not quite as consistent as I would like it to be though I don't think it will be a problem. It ranges from 13 and 3/4 inches to 14 in. Although, with the normal settling on a bed, and the fact that it's going to be an inch off the floor anyways, I don't think it's going to be noticeable. The care symbols indicate a gental cycle 80 degrees Fahrenheit or below, non-chlorine bleach, low temperature normal tumble dry, and maximum iron temperature. Obviously you would not iron the platform which is made of polypropylene. I Washed it on warm heavy duty warm cycle with some other blankets because I was willing to test the durability of the polypropylene. Dried on a medium setting. The platform part appears to be completely intact, I found one tiny tear in a corner which it's possible was pre-existing. The skirt is mildly wrinkled which is in line with a poly cotton blend. It is roughly 76 1/4" wide after being in the dryer. This is fine for my purposes is I have a 76 in bed, but if you're actually looking for a true 78, this did not start off anywhere near that and it shrunk about a quarter of an inch on the footboard side. As nothing on Amazon exactly fit my needs, I went in this knowing full well that I was going to make an adaptation to whatever I bought. I ended up sewing a polyester queen-size flat sheet on the back of the polypropylene. I am so very very very very glad I did. I did a attach it to the sides, not to the polypropylene. When ironing, if your iron even considers the possibility of being near the polypropylene it melts like crazy. You can use the full hot iron just fine on the cotton-poly drop, but that junk platform material just melts like butter. I would say I am moderately pleased. This could have been the best bed skirt on Amazon if the platform material was a matching polyester. It doesn't even have to be the same exact material. And also if a tiny bit more time was given to the sewing. It appears that everything was probably cut correctly, and the bottom seam is superb, no puckering at all. It's the inconsistency in the drop and in the width. I most assuredly would have paid a few dollars more for those changes.

I bought 2 of these in Twin size and 1 in queen size for the beds in my newly redecorated guest rooms. I didn't have access to the beds before I ordered because we were painting, etc. When I set the beds up and measured from the top of the boxsprings to the carpet and then saw that the length of these is 14", I started to process a return thinking they'd be too short. After looking on Amazon and elsewhere for longer bed skirts and finding nothing as nice or as inexpensive, I thankfully decided to take these out of the package and put them on the beds to see just "how bad" they looked. They don't go all the way to the carpet, but they're long enough that they look fine! I helped that the part that sits on top of the boxspring is a about 1/2" bigger on each side, giving an additional 1/2" to the length of the skirt. I ran them through a cold water rinse and dry on low and they came out almost completely wrinkle free -- enough that if I wasn't being so picky I could have put them on the beds "as is". Seeking perfection I gave them a quick ironing on low heat and sharpened the creases on the pleats. They ironed up perfectly! I couldn't have asked for anything more. The fabric is substantial (unlike the microfiber fabric on so many other bed skirts an overall these look WAY more expensive than they were! Would definitely recommend them and will buy these again if I need bed skirts in the future!

I purchased this bed skirt to use in my Guest bed room. I just bought a new bedset and completely forgot to pick up the bedskirt so I figured i would just order it online because i didnt have time to go to the store and really wanted to get the new bedset put on.. This one wroked great. it washed really well and though it was really hard to get it on all by myself, once it was on there, it was nice. the fit was good, it took a bit of tweaking to get it on right ( again because i was putting it on by myself) i like the ones like this that have the skirt connected to a flat "sheet" that holds it all in place. the color was right on. I ordered a navey blie and it worked out with the bedset that i already had in the room. i would purchase from this seller again if i needed another bed skirt.

I’m writing this review for two groups—customers and the company that produces these bed skirts. Back before Amazon eliminated the comments section, I got responses to my reviews from sellers that let me know they monitor the reviews and ideas for improvement. Thus, I hope that this company monitors reviews and will consider my suggestions. My first suggestion is to change the packaging from a fat rectangle (3”x5”x9”) to a wider, flatter package. Why? It would reduce the number of folds and related wrinkling. To companies this may not seem like much of a deal, but for consumers it creates more work before the skirt can be used. I realize it reduces costs to squeeze products into the smallest packaging possible, but that means the fold marks and wrinkles get really pressed in, particularly if products sit in that tight packaging on a shelf for a while. Plus, what I’m suggesting won’t mean more square inches in packaging...just change it from a thick rectangular block to a wide flat package. I have no idea how long my skirt languished on a shelf, but I can say that trying to get the skirt to match the product shots took considerable effort. I’ve dealt with this issue before, so I washed the skirt and ironed it right out of the washer so that it was quite damp. Still, it took an iron on high, a good bit of pressure and quite a few passes to eliminate the folds and wrinkles. It is because of this arduous task that I came up with my second suggestion. Make the platform material cloth (as reviewers in 2014 suggested was the case) instead of paper (as consumers have indicated from 2017 on). As I was pressing my very hot iron up near the skirt edge (where it meets the platform material), I overshot once and saw a meltdown similar to watching the edge of a lit piece of paper. I hit a spot of the platform perhaps an inch wide and 1/2” deep; and when it stopped disappearing, it was 3” wide and 1” deep. At that point, I decided to forego trying to get rid of the wrinkles near the border to avoid any further meltdowns. It’s really absurd that the platform of this skirt is so easily damaged by a brief touch of an iron or a washing (as another reviewer experienced). This is an item that needs to be laundered and ironed without having to be treated as something fragile. The platform doesn’t need to an expensive fabric...just a fabric, not paper. (I do think this is a realistic request, given that I got a skirt here on Amazon a couple of years ago for the same list price and a platform that is fabric.) Again, I hope that the company is checking these reviews and will consider my suggestions. The skirt fabric itself is quite nice and has enough body to hang well. The beige fabric is not opaque, but it is thick enough to hide whatever sins you are trying to disguise. In fact, I find the skirt fabric so satisfactory that I would likely make another purchase...if the platform material were fabric (not paper) and if the packaging involved fewer folds.

Spent the time to iron it beautifully using a light spray starch before putting on the bed under the mattress. Took a prior poster's idea to pin it to the box springs before putting the mattress on (I was doing it all myself, hubby travels) and it worked like a charm. I was able to put the tempurpedic mattresses back on by myself without having any slippage of the bedskirts. It peeps out from under the bedspread and covers the bins I have under the bed for storage. AS A PRIOR POSTER STATES: do NOT touch your hot iron on to the mattress cover part as it instantly melts. I was being very careful, but still got it in a couple small spots. It did melt. I put some duct take over that part and it stayed intact without a problem & was covered by the mattress. They have stayed crisp and look lovely for over 2 months now.

This bed skirt fits my Queen sized bed perfectly. It was a bit wrinkled when I took it out of the pack, but that was to be expected. I particularly like this color because it's simple yet classy and goes well with almost all color schemes. I am happy with this choice and I would definitely recommend it to others as I believe that its well worth the money.

Buen producto! Estaba escéptica del material de la base. Una anterior que había comprado tenía este material que desaparecía al planchar. Pero… Es tela! No es non-woven o cualquier material que se desaparece con la plancha caliente al planchar. Las costuras son decentes… la caída está a plomo, porque el grosor de la tela -que es de mediano peso- es suficiente para marcar los tablones que tiene marcados…Después del lavado hay que planchar un poco, pero si un poco. La medida de base a piso es la correcta. Compraré una segunda pieza para tener para lavar una y poner la otra en tanto sale lista para usarse de nuevo! Buena calidad.

I was sceptical of buying as people said it was thin and tore easily. Ì did not have any issue with the fabric. It ironed well and hung very neatly on the bed. It looks very nice; the material is heavy and the pleats are a nice touch. Ì had help moving the mattress so I did not encounter any issue with keeping it in its place. Overall very nice product.

Die Ware wie geschrieben; passt und sieht gut aus

Muy buen precio, tamaño y calidad, lo pedí en negro yes muy bonito, quede muy bien, me gusto mucho :)

For the price it is fine. You will have to iron it. Very white, so up close on the corners it’s a bit sheer. I am happy with my new skirt.