Ditto on the sheets with elastic all around the bottom. They work great and don't need to pay extra on special size.
Also, we added a memory foam topper to the mattress. To account for the wider than normal queen, we bought a king and cut it down. We did not cut the extra length off, just wrapped in over the end. With the roomy sheets, this was not problem.
This also solved our long time problem of a too short bed. Now it doesn't bother us that out feet are over the end. (We are tall.)
robbins wrote: WE found a set of regular queen sheets on sale that have elastic all the way around the bottom. They work great! Good fit because the elastic pulls the thing taut. I think we paid about $40.00 apiece.
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ditto here. got ours at IKEA but have found more pretty cheap at Overstock.com