About Textiles

Buying your Double Duvet Covers should be a pleasure. You just need to make some decisions about style, fabric and price.

Do you want your bedding to be the centerpiece of your bedroom? Or do you want your duvet cover to blend in with the rest of the decor theme? Or do you want something inbetween?

What material do you want?
These days, cotton is the benchmark. Frankly, it’s nice to sleep between cotton: cool, crisp, clean. Price-wise, it is more expensive than the artificial materials and organic cotton has a premium price.
Polyester and polyester mixes are typically easier to launder, and shouldn’t need pressing. You may get overly warm and perspire when you sleep in these fabrics. Generally polyester-based fabrics are more budget-friendly.
Linen can be nice, though some people find it scratchy on their skin.
For real luxury, try silks and satins. Their purchase prices can be higher. Check the Washing Instructions: they can need care and attention in the laundry.

And on the subject of fabric, be careful of buying curtains as part of the set. Bedding needs to be laundered every week, not so curtains. Curtains need to hang nicely against the window and absorb light. So bedding and curtain fabrics need to have very different qualities.
You can buy curtains that match the bedding. See, for example, the Waverly range.

Did you know… in the USA the word “duvet” refers to the loose washable cover for a “comforter” – the American word for what Europeans call a “duvet”?

Consider buying Double Duvet Covers as a gift. They would be an ideal wedding anniversary present. The second wedding anniversary is the “Cotton Anniversary” and the seventh is the “Linen Anniversary.”
Just be careful about giving real linen though. Some people find it scratchy, and you may be giving them a literal “seven year itch.”

Whether you’re buying double duvet covers for yourself or as a gift for someone else, buy them with confidence from a really reliable supplier like Amazon.com.