Let me explain what duvet covers are and what are they are good for.
Simply put a Duvet Cover is a large pillow case with an opening at one end allowing you to insert a comforter or a quilt or even a blanket. The opening is at the footer of this large pillow case and usually comes with a zipper or buttons or even better plastic snaps to close it after you insert your choice of filler.
OK now you can see that a Duvet Cover is totally different than a Duvet pronounced [doo-vey] (dropping out the t) and comes from the French word to describe a down filled quilt. So make no mistake and confuse Duvet Covers with Duvets which in reality are comforters filled with some sort of insulating fiber.
Now lets talk about why you should consider buying Duvet Covers instead of plain bedding sheets in combination with a comforter or quilt.
Duvet covers have been popular in Europe for many years but now they are making their way into the American market and for many good reasons.
Duvet Covers have many advantages over plan sheets:
- Duvet Covers primarily allow you to decorate your bedroom like you never did before and with little money. The reason is that it costs much more to buy quality comforters and when you find them the choice of designs are very limited. But instead now days you will find an abundance of designs of Duvet Covers and in particular the printed ones that offers so many colors and designs starting from simple to exotic and from solid to floral prints, animal prints and so on.
- Duvet Covers protect your quilts or comforters and keep them clean so you don't have to worry about laundering them, which is usually hard to do if not impossible with some types of fillers that they can only be dry cleaned, but instead washing Duvet Covers is a breeze and as easy as machine washing your regular sheets.
- Duvet Covers work well for all seasons and temperatures. All you have to worry is the type of quilt insert that you will use and presto you now have nice decorating bedding for all seasons.
- Duvet Covers make it so easy to fix your bed in the morning, just grab the ends at the footer give it a shake and straiten it up and you are done.
- Duvet Covers make it so easy to sleep in them and they don't slip and slide as with the case of using a combination of sheets and comforter. This is also great for kids that tend to turn a lot at night and loose their covers or get them all twisted.
- Duvet covers take much less space to store away than comforters, so you can have a few duvet covers and easily change the look of your bedroom's decor. Duvet covers can be changed as often as you want to wash them or whenever you want to change the style of your bedding.
OK now that you know what Duvet Covers are and want to buy one here is what you need to look for:
- Look for 100% cotton Duvet Covers recommended. Although you can spend more money for more expensive material such as silk or bamboo, cotton seems to be the most practical and priced right material for duvet covers. Remember also that you want the comfort of machine washing them your self and as often as you want without warring off ruining some other expensive material.
- Look for Thread Count (also known as TC) between 200 and 400 with 300 as the balanced option. There is no need to fall victim to high priced thread count material which in reality makes no sense unless its expensive material and you know what you are buying.
- Buy Duvet Cover Sets as opposed to just the Duvet Covers where you have to color coordinate the sheets and pillow cases. In many cases you will end up paying more to put the complete bedding together as opposed to just buying them as sets.
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