We custom ordered some last year from a Wisconsin shop for our son's dorm; I wanted a top sheet and flannel with fitted feet so they would be easy to put on neatly and stay put on the bunk. Just give them the size of the mattress and other specifications. http://bedderbedding.net/

Thanks everyone! It's no fun having a son going off to college. He won't shop, has no interest in anything other than what kind of TV he can have in his room. I asked him what color he'd like, and he said it didn't matter. I'm thinking about buying him hot pink as a joke. However, the joke would be on me since I'd have to return them... I was on overstock.com last month and they had twin XL memory foam mattress pads, so I ordered him one because he loves his memory foam mattress topper on his bed at home. When I asked him if he wanted one for the dorm, he told me no, he'd just take the one he had. I said, how will that work since your bed now is a queen and your dorm will be a twin. It honestly hadn't occurred to him that it wouldn't fit. I fear one day his wife will come to my house and just smack me. He's messy, leaves cupboards open as he makes himself a snack in the kitchen, leaves his shoes by the door, drapes his clothes on the kitchen chair/FR couch and it generally oblivious to his surroundings. When I yell at him, he picks the things up, closes the cupboards etc...but he does it again the next time. I've failed miserably to train this one well. At least he's not a punky teen. He's polite, hard working and does well in school. Just a nightmare to live with!! At his college orientation session during the parent meeting we were all talking about parental concerns etc. and one parent commented that changing the sheets on these dorm loft beds was a nightmare. Knowing my son, I raised my hand and said - that's a big assumption that they will ever change their sheets. I'm hoping for once a quarter.

Twin XL's will be the same length as a king. If you have a king size bed you can lay the comforter lengthwise on the king & see if you need extra length; you do have to buy twin XL sheet for twin xl mattresses. We are in a resort area with golfers & most rental agents require XL twins for golfers because they need the length. Rental agencies usually require bedspreads rather than comforters with bed skirts & shams as shams get lost & bed skirts get torn; bedspreads are easier as far a laundry purposes also.

Most of today's mattresses are not two-sided, flippable. They don't require true box *springs*, just a platform or slats. I think it's because they rest on their four wooded sides, and the mattress doesn't 'feel' any springs other that what's inside of them. Last fall we bought a latex-plus-springs mattress and have been satisfied with them. (Amore Beds in Chicago) We bought two TwinXLs that we use as a twin. They were shipped to us. We needed our DS and DGS to carry them into our bedroom, as each was 70 lbs. They sit on our existing boxes (no springs inside). We'd tried all-latex in a store but didn't think we could get used to the sort of solid/cement feeling (no springs in them). These have been a good compromise. There is minimal 'hammocking'. We rotated them once, but as others have said, I don't see the point of it if you can't FLIP 'em!