I recently bought two sets of higher quality sheets at TJ Maxx. Their price was $25 for the 100% Egyptian Cotton and $20 for the Microfiber - both with 400 thread count. I have to say, although I usually option for natural fiber, I'm pretty happy with the microfiber. I think the point of microfiber is that its a mixed bag of fibers and that's why there are so many different experiences here. My microfiber sheets felt a little strange at first. They are silky but not exactly silk-like. Smooth, comfortable, light weight and are holding up extremely well after about a dozen or so washings. Recently, I started getting the "LIGHT SHOW". Thought I was hallucinating at first. Went to get back into bed in the middle of the night and saw all this blue light. Freaked me out to say the least. This was after months of using them and I never saw it before. Not sure about static because its mid-September and a bit damp right now. Decided to "google" it and this was the only thing I found about it. I do notice if I run my hands over the sheets repeatedly the Light gets fainter and less frequent, so there must be some kind of build up charge when I'm moving around in bed. We need a science person to explain this.

@Frank Gusto You turned one of the 5s into a zero and called the wrong number. Wait until they open again on Monday and call 800-726-5550. If you can put EZ-Levels on both sides of the diagonal support, I would use two to help bear the weight of that large cabinet. You may need to stagger them to put them on the same board but opposite sides. Since I commented earlier on this thread, my cabinets arrived and were installed with EZ-Levelers, and the whole process couldn't have been easier. The countertop installer was highly impressed with how level the cabinets were all around. Another benefit is that EZ-Levels lift the cabinets about 1/8 inch above the floor, so if there is ever any moisture on the floor, the cabinets won't absorb it unless it is a veritable flood. That also means that you need to take into account the final height of your cabinetry minus about a half inch for the EZ-Levelers and their leveling requirements if you are doing custom countertop heights like I did. It is probably mentioned earlier in this thread another great benefit of EZ-Levels, that they will keep the cabinets stable for longer than regular shims which can tend to work their way out over time, jeopardizing the stability of the countertop if it is a stone countertop. EZ-Level is really the way to go. The units are obviously more expensive than regular shims, so people with flip homes or trying to do things on the cheap are not going to order them, but if you really want to do a great job, get EZ-Levels.

Here's the thing you have to remember about relative humidity: when you cool air, relative humidity goes up. Yeah, air conditioners reduce humidity, but they do it by dropping the air to below its dew point, at which time the humidity condenses out of the air and becomes that condensation that drains away. The air emerging from the vents on your a/c unit is darn close to 100 percent relative humidity for its temperature, maybe 55-60 F or whatever. The lowering of relative humidity comes as a result of this newly-cooled air mixing with warmer room air and having its temperature go up. The other way to dehumidify air is simply to heat it. That's why the relative humidity goes down in the afternoon and you see those 90 - 100 percent relative humidity readings early in the morning when the temperature is at the day's lowest. This is also why a dehumidifier first cools the air to below its dew point and then warms it back up by routing the air first through the evaporator then its condenser. If you only cool the air (and then throw the heat away outdoors, as an a/c unit does) you're only able to dehumidify to the extent that you can continue to cool the air. You take a cool damp basement that's only maybe in the mid-60s to 70 temperature-wise, start running an air conditioner there that's getting rid of heat, and pretty soon you can't remove anymore moisture because your air temperature is getting colder (naturally increasing the relative humidity). And, the air emerging from the a/c is now only a few degrees cooler than the air going in, so there isn't much moisture being removed there either. This same thing occurs if it's a damp day and you run a/c to dehumidify the house. Because you're only cooling the air, it can only be dehumidified to the extent that it, a) needs to be cooled, and b) can increase in temperature after emerging from the a/c system. The bottom line is that precise control of indoor relative humidity is hard with normal mechanical equipment that's available to consumers. But here are a few things to keep in mind: First, a dehumidifier is good only where you can use some heat. They're going to add to the air an amount of heat exactly equal to the power they use, so if you buy a 900-way dehumidifier it's going to add about 3,000 btu of heat to your space. Do you want that heat? If you're also running air conditioning probably not. In cool, weather, or in a place that's normally damp such as a basement, yes - the heat is wanted and it also helps dehumidify. Second, the best way to control humidity with air conditioning systems is with low-capacity equipment running a high percent of the time. You can do this with a variable-capacity compressor, or if you want to do it on the cheap you can supplement your central a/c with a 5,000 btu window unit running constantly. (Combined with raising the thermostat setting of the main system so the window unit does more of the cooling, especially at high-humidity, lower-temperature times such as nights and rainy days.) The key is, keep removing moisture while cooling less.

The house I bought recently was built in 1979 and had never been updated. It had the lightbox in the kitchen. And arched golden oak cabinets would have been a big step up from the cabinets that were in the house. Formica countertops, . . well - you get the drift. I was so happy they left everything the way it was and didn't muck it up with half-baked and cheap changes. The price reflected the state of the house (functionally and mechanically the house was fantastic, just not aesthetically). We gutted the bathrooms and kitchen, and I got the kitchen of my dreams. We took a pass on other houses that had been "updated" but either not to my aesthetic or standards. Cheap changes do not improve a house.