Cotton Duvet Covers

Does anyone here have silk bedsheets or duvet covers? Do you like them better than say eygyption cotton? Are they generally warmer or cooler or do they adapt to the temperatures well?

i didn’t have true silk sheets, but they’re sateen and very comfortable! nice and cool in the summer yet insulated in fall and spring. i wouldn’t recommend for winter unless you have a decent central heating system.
very fun if you’re sleeping with a mate

I have an awesome set for my oh so comfy bed. The whole thing (sheets, duvet cover, bedskirt, shams) all 100% cotton 200 thread count. They are a very very light blue. Will dying them a deep, rich color have a good result?

Yes, because they are 100% cotton which takes dye well. I would use more dye than indicated and do the duvet cover, bedskirt and fitted and flat sheets in separate loads for the best color saturation. The shams and pillowcases can probably go in a load together if they are standard size. I would also set the dye by using vinegar in the rinse cycle and then every time you launder the pieces so that you don’t get fade. I would use the hot water/washing machine method, check them frequently so that you don’t have fabric bunched up where the dye can’t get to and heat set the color in the dryer.

Do I buy the part with the cotton inside and then the covers? Or does it work like a comforter??

it works just like a comforter. You still need all the other bedding to finish making the bed.

Hypoallergenic down
Hypoallergenic down fill has been treated with Ultra-Fresh, an antimicrobial treatment to prevent the growth of odor causing bacteria
10-inch end to end box stitch and double-stitched piping
The box stitch design ensures the down won’t shift and leave thin spots in the bedding
Duvet cover is made of 100-percent cotton with a 205-thread-count

Price – 70$

Sounds a little too good to be true. But it will be fine and look pretty if it’s in your budget.

I have black furniture with light brown hardwood flooring. My two duvet covers are white and purple, and then white and lime green. I would like some kind of colour on my walls other than a white. Any suggestions?

im thinking a color that goes with both green and purple could only be yellow. nothing else goes with both. maybe a pale green….that would add a lot of pop to the purple and if its a contrasting depth of shade thats in your lime green, it will compliment it too.

I have a red duvet cover that is 65% cotton & 35% polyester with the reverse side being full 100% cotton…

I’m wondering if anyone has experience in this area – do you think I would be able to wash something like that? I have a front loading washer, so it would be gentle on it, and I only wash my colours in brights, as well as use the lowest heat setting on my dryer…would this work or is this asking for trouble? I really don’t have the money to dryclean, so I’m looking for a solution other than just airing it out.

Thanks in advance for all helpful answers!

yes, wash in cold and in a front loading washer without an agitator. Then dry on low in a large dryer so that it doesn’t get wrinkles.

It’s the 2nd chapter, so some things might not make sense. If you want to read the 1st:
http://www.booksie.com/young_adult/novel/ctj/battlefield-of-love

tell me what you think!

–Back home (which is Blakely, North Carolina) the sun was probably shinning. The temperature was probably just right to go hang out on the beach, as it always was, and my best friend, Paige, was probably lying on the beach with her two younger brothers, Caleb and Ben. I would have been lying there on the warm, sunny beach with her if I hadn’t been dragged here.
I braced myself as I opened the door to my dorm. No matter how much I didn’t want to be here, I didn’t want to be stuck here friendless even more. From here on out I would be nothing but fake smiles.
“You must be Eleanor!” A girl said as soon as I opened the door and walked into my dorm room. She skipped towards me from across the room to help me with my bags. Her wavy blond hair hit just below her shoulders, and I could still see the tanned glow of her skin from summer.
“Ellie” I corrected her. The room had dark wooden floors and plain white walls; there were four beds spread out across the room, and a dresser for each girl. Since every other bed was taken, I set my duffle bag down on the bed beside the window.
“I’m Norah Finley. The other two girls are saying goodbye to their parents downstairs. They should be up here soon.” she said as she jumped up on her bed, which she had already made up with a pink duvet cover and white pillows with a pink embroidered N in the center. Looking at her outfit, a pink polo dress, I could tell she was a girly-girl.
I smiled with fake enthusiasm and reached into my duffle bag; I pulled out zebra print duvet cover my mom had bought me and started making my bed. I figured I might as well start setting up my side of the room. Besides, I couldn’t think of a single thing to say to Norah.
Norah was flipping through a Seventeen magazine and I was still making my bed when the door burst open. “We’re back!” a girl shoulder length auburn hair said as she ran and jumped on her bed. I laughed and watched as another girl with a dark brown bob with bangs ran into the room.
“One day here, and I’m already chasing you through the school!” She laughed. They then noticed that I was there.
“I’m Brynn Adams,” the auburn haired girl told me.
“Myers, Abbie Myers” the other girl said then laughed at her own corny James Bond joke.
“Eleanor Roberts, but from here on out, call me Ellie.” I looked over at Brynn’s side of the room and saw her simple navy blue quilt. She had already stuck a poster of Marie Sharapova. I was guessing she was into tennis.
Abbie’s side of the room was already a complete mess. Her suitcases were open; her clothes were on her peace sign quilt and on the floor. In her attempts to clean up her mess, she threw all of her clothes in a pile and tossed it into her suitcase. I smiled to myself, realizing her messiness reminded me of Paige.
“Okay, so did any of you see the guys here? Can you say FINE?” Norah dished to us. She fell back on her bed and laid the magazine on top of her blushing face.
“They were too busy giving me the stink eye for me to notice,” Brynn said as she showed us the look she’d seen.
“They did that with me, too!” At least I knew now it wasn’t because I was horrifically ugly or had something on my forehead. That was a relief.
“Same reaction here,” Abbie started. “And I heard a few guys whispering as I walked by. They said we’re ‘intruding on their turf,’” she air-quoted and rolled her eyes………

That’s amazing! you have natural talent and i would LOVE to read this. Is there anymore? email me if you have the book and you can also read mine!
candyeyed104@yahoo.com

I am wanting to redecorate my room and have bought one roll of purple big swirly wall paper:
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=miranda+plum&selected=products
which I am planning to put in the alcove I have with my chest of drawers and a mirror above it. I have a deep purple duvet cover with a bright pink bit at the bottom which I love and have been told Im not allowed to change. I now want to know what colour(s) to do my walls. I was thinking soft coffee:
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9240915&fh_view_size=6&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB&fh_search=soft+coffee&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=search&ts=1235311707667&isSearch=true
but now Im not sure if it is a bit dull and will look like polyfiller! I have quite a small room but am despirate for it to look grown up. Please help! Any ideas are welcome…
I was also wondering about a coffee bean brown??

Try using Sherwin Williams Color Visualizer to get an idea of what you like. Pick the bedroom that looks the most like yours. If you don’t like the coordinating colors, you can drag other colors to the boxes where it says Scene Colors.
http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/

For some reason I sweat almost every night when I sleep. I’m not overweight or anything and keep it at 74 in my house (I live in AZ) so someone suggested I get a goose down comforter, a thinner one. So I bought a new lightweight "level 2" comforter form a department store yesterday. The only lightweight one I could find was of course just all white. I didn’t want all white, it would get dirty and oily i think, plus I just wanted a nice color of my own choosing. So the lady was just like "Oh yea you just need to buy a Duvet for it (comforter cover)" So I went to another store and got a 620 thread count Duvet.

Well when first got home I pulled out the comforter and it was perfect. Really light weight I loved it. I laid down for about an hour with it and didn’t get hot like I usually do after like 30 mins with my cheapo Wal-Mart comforter.

So then I put this 620 count cotton duvet on the thing, it looked great. But holy crap it was the hottest thing I have ever slept in my entire life. Is there a cover I can get for this comforter that won’t make it a sauna in my bed? Or will I just have to return all of this and buy a colored comforter? Will a less thread count cotton Duvet be better? The thing weight a ton now with this cover over it. It like defeats the whole purpose of the lightweight comforter if it’s designed to go into a cover. Why the hell don’t they make more of a verity of colors???? Just white???

Just start all over and buy this:

The one I use is by Laura Ashley. I got it at Bed Bath & Beyond it was about $100. It is immitation down. It is VERY comfy, feels just like down but not so much heat and no allergies so i love it.
it is plain white so you can cover it any way you like or leave it plain.

You will love it!

** I dont see it on their website but they still carry it in the stores in Florida so Im sure you can call your local store and see if they have it in stock.

So I’m thinking this will look good together but my mom isn’t so sure about it. What do you think? Be honest please.

These blue dottie sheets:
http://www.pbteen.com/products/dottie-sheet-set/?pkey=cgirls-sheets-sets

With this brown zebra print comforter:
http://www.pbteen.com/products/zebra-duvet-cover-and-pillowcases/?pkey=cgirls-duvet-covers
Perla: My name isn’t Somer.
Me: Uhm…that’s pretty honest. But by saying be honest, I meant like tell me if it looks bad or if it looks good.

A little p.s. If you don’t think that would look good, can you look on PB Teen and find some sheets or a different comforter that would look good and post the links? Thanks so much (:

way to busy