https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:14:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-766953 Wed, 08 May 2013 07:19:56 +0000 chanzi 766953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use a duvet/comforter and a cover without a flat sheet. I wash the cover with the rest of the sheets. Actually our covers are both home made from two flat sheets sewn together anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-766758 Tue, 07 May 2013 22:15:38 +0000 LovelyPlum 766758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I know that look :) It's usually followed by eye rolls and grumbles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-765095 Tue, 07 May 2013 09:42:43 +0000 .twist. 765095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: haha! you should see him when I ask him to help me put the duvet cover back on. *glazed over* </p> <p>@Smurfette: I end up crawling right inside the duvet. DH thinks this is hilarious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764488 Mon, 06 May 2013 20:39:42 +0000 Smurfette 764488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I have to wash ours every couple weeks since it is white. It is even more of a pain now since we got a king bed. Feel like it is a workout!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764380 Mon, 06 May 2013 19:24:38 +0000 charlotte 764380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our duvet cover is a plain white one that gets horribly wrinkled! I hate it!!!!! Any ideas for a non wrinkle white one??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764323 Mon, 06 May 2013 18:40:51 +0000 tysonja 764323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: hehe yeah i wash it every few weeks or more :) i don't mind stuffing it too much because i make dh help me! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764303 Mon, 06 May 2013 18:25:39 +0000 Foodnerd81 764303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tysonja: But then, do you wash your duvet cover frequently? I only wash it a few times a year, because the sheet is always between our bodies and the cover. I hate the unstuffing, restuffing part of it. I also spread everything out before bed-- not quite making the bed but enough that it's even. DH like a "nest" aka a bundle of blankets and sheets that he burrows under. I can't stand it if it isn't smooth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764153 Mon, 06 May 2013 16:54:51 +0000 Koolbreeze 764153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tysonja: I hate flat sheets! No matter what it ends up bunched at the foot of the bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764152 Mon, 06 May 2013 16:49:17 +0000 tysonja 764152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: lol, growing up we had the same arrangement, too! i didn't really understand flat sheets at hotels until i was almost out of my teens :)</p> <p>i love using fluffy down comforters now with duvet covers! so comfy. i still don't like using flat sheets though :( just too bunchy :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764113 Mon, 06 May 2013 16:29:02 +0000 LovelyPlum 764113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: @pui: nothing makes DH zone out faster than when I start talking about linens. All I have to do is mention the word "duvet" and his eyes glaze over. Men ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764107 Mon, 06 May 2013 16:23:42 +0000 Koolbreeze 764107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Growing up we called everything a bedspread...no matter if it was a quilt, comforter, whatever. Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764063 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:57:00 +0000 Foodnerd81 764063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I've sewn ribbons into the corners of both the cover and the comforter (not using the word duvet at all to avoid confusion :) It helps a little but not a ton. Weirdly, in our old apartment the comforter was always bunching on the bottom, but now it hasn't since we moved. We have a queen blanket on a king bed though, while we look for a new one, and I wonder if that has something to do with it. </p> <p>I always had regular comforters growing up. What I think is sort of gross now is we didn't even always use top sheets, just a fitted sheet and comforter, that got washed a couple of times a year at best. Seems icky now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764052 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:54:46 +0000 IRunForFun 764052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I'm the opposite! I had quilts or comforters all my life and never heard of a duvet cover till I was with an ex who had a duvet/duvet cover. I like the idea of the duvet and cover, but still use a quilt because I have had it for a few years and am too cheap to buy new stuff right now. Maybe when we upgrade our bed!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764050 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:54:28 +0000 .twist. 764050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: When I shake it out it fits perfectly. haha He just sleeps wrong I think ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764038 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:47:19 +0000 pui 764038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Yeah same here!! My DH had never heard of a duvet until we started living together lol! We use duvets in this house ;)</p> <p>Weird with your duvet moving so much... maybe your duvet is too small for your duvet cover...? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764033 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:45:43 +0000 Koolbreeze 764033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: @pui: ah ok! Haha. I like this idea! Easy to wash! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764032 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:45:39 +0000 .twist. 764032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I've always had them too and didn't realize people used anything else as their main bedding. However, then I met DH who has only ever had comforters/quilts and I tried to conform him to duvets. I'm slowly starting to feel like I may switch to quilts. UGH. He somehow manages (and I've never had this problem in my 22 years of life before him) to get the duvet scrunched up at the bottom of the duvet cover. I've even started pinning it. I don't know what else to do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764029 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:44:17 +0000 Koolbreeze 764029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I have never had a duvet cover before! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764028 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:44:04 +0000 pui 764028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Koolbreeze: Some zip shut, some have buttons and some just have a piece of fabric that folds over the bottom... The zipper ones are the most practical and stay on easier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764026 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:43:56 +0000 .twist. 764026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Koolbreeze: mostly buttons on the bottom! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764023 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:42:50 +0000 Koolbreeze 764023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: @IRunForFun: ok thanks y'all! I get it now. I was looking on IKEA and saw duvet covers and white comforters....nothing called a duvet so I was confused. Lol. Does it zip shut or something? How's it stay on? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764020 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:41:44 +0000 pui 764020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like Twist said, a duvet it basically a padded blanket that you put a duvet cover over, making it easier to clean.</p> <p>I always had duvets and duvet covers all my life... I thought everyone had them lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-764006 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:37:16 +0000 IRunForFun 764006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Imagine if you had a plain, white down comforter, that would be the duvet. You can buy covers (obviously in all sorts of colors and patterns) to slip over the duvet. The cover comes off for easy washing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-763997 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:34:14 +0000 .twist. 763997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It goes over the duvet like a pillow case. and a duvet is just like a quilt, but you don't want to use it as such because it's white and will get dirty and it's not pretty... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/duvet-cover#post-763986 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:31:44 +0000 Koolbreeze 763986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could someone please explain a duvet cover to me? I have no idea what one is! </p>