If you're looking for a set of beautifully golden, perfectly soft, and wonderfully substantial sheets, look no further! I couldn't find the sheets I wanted in stores, so I tried 14 sets of sheets here on Amazon (thank goodness for Prime) before I finally found this amazing set. In person, the golden color is a bit richer than it looks on screen; there's more true gold and less beige. The hand of the sheets is fantastic--they are soft and thick (but not heavy) right out of the package, and after just two washings, I could not be happier with the way they feel when I sleep on them. It is truly worthwhile to get 100% cotton!My one small criticism is that if you want the nice pleated design on the border of the flat sheet to look like it does when you first receive it, you will definitely have to iron your sheets; when it comes out of the dryer, even after just a short time (as recommended), that part does not lay flat at all. Overall, the sheets are fairly prone to wrinkling, but that is something I don't care about since they're constantly underneath a quilt.In short, I definitely recommend these sheets and plan to purchase a "backup" set so I don't have to hunt down another option in the future. <=)