Bedding for cot...fed up of pastels!!

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Can anyone help please?! We don't know if we're having a boy or a girl so we're trying to go for unisex colours in the "nursery" (in reality a bit of the spare room) . We don't want to spend loads of money decorating, so we've gone for a wallpaper border from Mamas and Papas in the half price sale, and a couple of the canvas prints, also half price. These go with the paint already on the wall and the curtains we've got.

Now, I know I'm probably being a bit PFB and retentive about the whole thing , but I would really like some sheets and blankets for the cot that match the colour scheme - green, red and orange. However, the matching range of bedding in M&P's is enormously expensive (IMO) and the pastel shades of cream and lemon available for separate sheets and blankets, etc really don't do it for me...

Any ideas anyone? Where can I get brightly coloured sheets and blankets from, without spending a fortune? Has anyone tried dyeing white sheets in the washing machine?

IKEA

That is what I was going to say wishwales

Oooh - thanks! I hadn't thought of Ikea. I'll have a nosey at the website now.

I got some nice cot bedding from Ikea :) nice green sheets with matching blankets and other accessories (cot bumper, mobile etc.)

www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/childrens_ikea/18690/

Cheap too! x

X- post! :)

I second IKEA, also have a look at Jojomamanbebe, they have some lovely bright coloured stuff!

Amazon have some colourful sheets orange and green

Ikea Ikea Ikea....I sang that in my head :o

Def try Ikea. Was coming on to say that but you all beat me to it!

Otherwise, yes I have dyed lots of things in my washer.

Ahhh - thanks for all the replies. The textiles section looks great online, so will waddle off there this weekend to stock up. Thanks ladies - they were exactly the kind of thing I had in mind.