What's with all the duvets???
Nov 13th, 2006, 08:11 AM
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In my childhood, eiderdowns were usually the outermost layer and therefore something of a display item, elaborately stitched and shiny. Hence the (relatively recent) and much quoted Victoria Wood line "Not on the eiderdown?!" (when a domineering mother has discovered to her astonishment that her 40-year-old son has discovered S - E - X).
A duvet is something simpler and much less formal; easier to deal with (except when replacing the cover).
A duvet is something simpler and much less formal; easier to deal with (except when replacing the cover).
Nov 13th, 2006, 08:36 AM
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After our first family vacation to Europe, I went out that fall and bought down comforters and duvets for all of us. We love them! Look for a high thread count for the duvet cover and also for the down comforter. Be sure to study up on fill power also. Has to do with the size of the down I guess. I got our down comforters at Costco and I believe they are made by Pacific Coast Feather Co., which supposedly cleans the down super good. There are lots of cheap ones out there-- do not buy them!
Nov 13th, 2006, 08:55 AM
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I love the matrimonial beds (twins put
together) with matching single-sized
duvets. Everything in pristine white
cotton......so European-chic; so unlike
my boring patterned quilt-covers.
Last month I threw off my Q-size colored
bedding and replaced it all with blindingly white ensembles. During
the day the duvents are folded in
thirds width-wise and lay side-by-side
on the bed.....so snowy, so Swiss!
DH walked into the room and asked
why the Albino enchiladas.....now
that's all I see after I fold and
form! lol!
Down(!)side is the Q bed is too
narrow and the duvets overlap -
okay in the Alps but H O T in a
N.A. centrally-heated house.
Suffocation is a possibility and so
is divorce........
together) with matching single-sized
duvets. Everything in pristine white
cotton......so European-chic; so unlike
my boring patterned quilt-covers.
Last month I threw off my Q-size colored
bedding and replaced it all with blindingly white ensembles. During
the day the duvents are folded in
thirds width-wise and lay side-by-side
on the bed.....so snowy, so Swiss!
DH walked into the room and asked
why the Albino enchiladas.....now
that's all I see after I fold and
form! lol!
Down(!)side is the Q bed is too
narrow and the duvets overlap -
okay in the Alps but H O T in a
N.A. centrally-heated house.
Suffocation is a possibility and so
is divorce........
Nov 13th, 2006, 09:13 AM
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We have several comforters, two duvets with covers, and a down blanket--the last is our favorite, as it's long enough to tuck in if we want. It pretty much works all year around, too.
We seldom use the duvet covers, as I find getting the duvet in and out to be a royal pain. I feel very sorry for hotel maids who have to do that with every room. Here's the URL for an article about the problem:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/us...nd&emc=rss
As for the hotels, I love the duvets; I just wish there were an option in places like Nice, when the duvet was much too hot.
We seldom use the duvet covers, as I find getting the duvet in and out to be a royal pain. I feel very sorry for hotel maids who have to do that with every room. Here's the URL for an article about the problem:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/us...nd&emc=rss
As for the hotels, I love the duvets; I just wish there were an option in places like Nice, when the duvet was much too hot.
Nov 13th, 2006, 10:30 AM
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NeoPatrick, if your duvet was only 6ft long you got shortchanged. All my duvets are 220cm long, which works out at 86.6" if my math is correct.
The best duvets are made of down, not feather, and come in different levels of warmth, or tog value. I have a 2.5 tog for the summer, and several others up to 13 tog, which is warm enough to sleep with the windows open in midwinter.
A true eiderdown is made from the down of an eider duck, of course, and is very expensive. White goose down duvets are slightly less expensive, but still very good quality. Once you are used to using a duvet, there is no going back. A down-filled duvet is warm, but very light. The best part is, in the morning, a couple flicks of the wrist and your bed is made.
The best duvets are made of down, not feather, and come in different levels of warmth, or tog value. I have a 2.5 tog for the summer, and several others up to 13 tog, which is warm enough to sleep with the windows open in midwinter.
A true eiderdown is made from the down of an eider duck, of course, and is very expensive. White goose down duvets are slightly less expensive, but still very good quality. Once you are used to using a duvet, there is no going back. A down-filled duvet is warm, but very light. The best part is, in the morning, a couple flicks of the wrist and your bed is made.
Nov 13th, 2006, 10:59 AM
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I just checked my duvet, that I bought here in Switzerland on sale, called 4 seasons. You can attach two layers in winter to make a thicker cover and use only one in warmer seasons (roughly spring and fall. Actually I don't use that in summer. That's too hot. So it's not really 4 seasons but 3 season for me. In summer, I cover myself with plain sheet or maybe with an empty duvet cover. The duvet is 160 x 210 cm that is large enough for me, I'm 172 cm. There should be longer ones but I didn't see them on sale.
Nov 13th, 2006, 11:58 AM
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There were duvets on the beds in our hotel in London in October, and they were much too hot. We requested top sheets and got them, but the duvets disappeared. The sheet wasn't quite warm enough toward morning.
We found the duvets stored on the top shelf of the closen and put them on the beds ourselves, but each morning they were neatly put away in the closet again.
Dumb Americans. Just can't make up their minds.
We found the duvets stored on the top shelf of the closen and put them on the beds ourselves, but each morning they were neatly put away in the closet again.
Dumb Americans. Just can't make up their minds.
