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Re: Target & Bed, bath, and beyond alternatives
« Reply #46 on: June 28, 2017, 01:34:23 PM »
Assuming it's this right? https://www.hemashop.com/gb/shop?fh_location=%2F%2Fgbhema%2Fen_GB%2Fpgb_mcw_findable%3E%7Btrue%7D%2Fpgb_soort%3E%7Bnieuw%7D

Yeah, that's it! In store they have generic snacks and crisps and candy and stuff too. Also, from their website it looks like they have a lot more stuff online than in store (I've never seen bedding in the store).
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Re: Target & Bed, bath, and beyond alternatives
« Reply #47 on: June 28, 2017, 06:30:16 PM »
Isn't all bedding essentially at least partially dog bedding when you have a dog? hahaha :D

Pretty much! Haha. The dogs tend to take over a bit... 🤣 They're so happy to have me home early today.
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Re: Target & Bed, bath, and beyond alternatives
« Reply #48 on: June 28, 2017, 07:01:45 PM »
Pretty much! Haha. The dogs tend to take over a bit... 🤣 They're so happy to have me home early today.

haha my dog knows when she hears my husband coming to get off our bed and into hers haha
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Re: Target & Bed, bath, and beyond alternatives
« Reply #49 on: August 03, 2017, 11:55:49 AM »
haha my dog knows when she hears my husband coming to get off our bed and into hers haha

I just had a bed delivered from John Lewis! Here it's king size, there it's a short queen size bed. Anyway, the delivery guy looked at me in horror when I said the dog thinks it's for him. There's gonna be a lot of negotiation when there is another human to share 'his' bed with. Though he likes her so that should help! I tell him to get in his dog bed but as soon as he thinks i'm asleep he creeps on.   

Definitely possible to buy flat sheets here, and as others said we use duvet covers instead. Sorry we don't have a Target  :-[

For Homeware I guess I use combo of John Lewis, Ikea, Sainsburys, and Argos. Coop electrical too, and B & Q (like got lamps there). I tend to get sheets from John Lewis. They have good click and collect service if you happen to have a Waitrose nearby.
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Re: Target & Bed, bath, and beyond alternatives
« Reply #50 on: August 03, 2017, 02:10:54 PM »
I just had a bed delivered from John Lewis! Here it's king size, there it's a short queen size bed. Anyway, the delivery guy looked at me in horror when I said the dog thinks it's for him. There's gonna be a lot of negotiation when there is another human to share 'his' bed with. Though he likes her so that should help! I tell him to get in his dog bed but as soon as he thinks i'm asleep he creeps on.   

Definitely possible to buy flat sheets here, and as others said we use duvet covers instead. Sorry we don't have a Target  :-[

For Homeware I guess I use combo of John Lewis, Ikea, Sainsburys, and Argos. Coop electrical too, and B & Q (like got lamps there). I tend to get sheets from John Lewis. They have good click and collect service if you happen to have a Waitrose nearby.

The last few nights she's (the dog lol) been exceptionally fussy..I think it's because she wants to play with the hedgehog outside and can't...so she's climbed into bed on my side. My husband laughs as he tells me it's my own fault for allowing it so I'm not allowed to share his foot space (which I do anyways LOL)
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Re: Target & Bed, bath, and beyond alternatives
« Reply #51 on: August 03, 2017, 02:21:35 PM »
The last few nights she's (the dog lol) been exceptionally fussy..I think it's because she wants to play with the hedgehog outside and can't...so she's climbed into bed on my side. My husband laughs as he tells me it's my own fault for allowing it so I'm not allowed to share his foot space (which I do anyways LOL)
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Re: Target & Bed, bath, and beyond alternatives
« Reply #52 on: August 03, 2017, 10:05:52 PM »
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Re: Target & Bed, bath, and beyond alternatives
« Reply #53 on: September 05, 2017, 08:05:09 AM »
About flat sheets...

You can buy them (separately) at Ikea.

Or what I've done is use the duvet cover without the duvet shoved inside. It's like a double thickness sheet.

I second Dunelm. They are more expensive than Target but have good deals. Ikea is essentially the same as the US, but smaller and much more crowded in the cafes. And I find the pound shops (poundland, etc.) and B&M are great for cheap things.
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Re: Target & Bed, bath, and beyond alternatives
« Reply #54 on: September 05, 2017, 08:44:58 AM »

Ikea is essentially the same as the US, but smaller and much more crowded in the cafes.

I think that it might depend on where you're from originally in the US an where you ended up here? I find that the IKEA here where I am (the two I've been to) are about on par with the IKEA that I had gone to back in the US.
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