Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Know more about Duvet Covers

The duvet cover is becoming popular each day, if you aren’t using them, then you better start, as these covers have so many uses and advantages. If you don’t know what duvet covers are, they are covers that are used to fit your precious comforter or quilt in hem. And in really cold nights you can fit more than one comforter in it to get more warmth at night. And on the contrary, on the warm nights, you can remove all the comforters from the cover, and you can use the duvet cover itself alone for some warmth.

That’s not the only advantage of such covers, as apart from warmth, they protect your favorite spread or comforter from dust and stains. So if anything is spilt on the bed, you can easily clean the duvet covers or even change them without having to change your precious comforter. Also the duvet covers give you the ability to easy change the look of your bedroom without having to re decorate the whole room. By simply changing the color and style of the bed duvet cover, because the bed is the focal point of the bedroom, and when the bed’s colors and style changes, the whole room changes with it.

As for outer material it can be something natural, mostly cotton, which is the most affordable choice, then there is the more expensive choices such as satin and silk. And there is the high thread count cotton which is very expensive as well. Thread count is the number of threads per inch, the higher the count, the better and softer the material becomes. And then there is the synthetic material, but it isn’t that recommended, as a lot of people are allergic to them.

Then it’s time to talk about the filling of such duvet covers, they are mostly natural organic fillings. The best choice would be duck or goose down. Especially goose down as it is considered one of the best fillings for duvets as it provides you with the best insulation and would keep you warm, but such quality comes with an expensive price tag of course.

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