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[mommydama]

My parents bought me a down comforter for Christmas, but I never got a duvet cover for it. Now, moving into a new home and redoing my life in major ways seems as good a time as any to find one. But I'm remembering why I never did it before. I'm impossible to please.

So I'm looking for something unique, kind of exotic, lush and luxurious, possibly Indian or Moroccan inspired, with deep, rich colors. Bohemian maybe? Something to go with my Klimt prints and make me feel like I've entered another world when I go in my room. I have some dark purple and sage green stuff that I'd like to keep (for curtains and pillows and such) so those colors need to be in it or blend with it. I've found a couple that I like...one by Natori that is not only apparently discontinued so impossible to find, but way out of my price range:



Here is another, from Crate and Barrel that I think I like, but not nearly as much:




So I need suggestions of where to look. I like patchworks too, if they are in velvets and silks and just generally lush and sensory.

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[altarflame.livejournal.com]

I had to google what a duvet was.

I still don't get it.

Why does one need whatever it is in addition to the down comforter, which I assumed would suffice on it's own?

[ariellejuliana.livejournal.com]

nak

you can't wash a down comforter, and they are plain white, so you get a duvet for pretty.

i cover mine w/ a plain white one and have a quilted bedspread over both for pretty.

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

I have a pretty darkish sage green bedspread I was using over it, but I want some more color and "lushness" and pattern I guess. I'm going to ruin that comforter if I don't get a cover for it. But I'm being so picky!!

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

What Arielle said. The word "duvet" actually means "comforter". So a duvet cover is just a cover for a comforter. Since comforters were traditionally stuffed with down and couldn't be washed, covers are made to be easily removed and washable. My comforter is a plain white, very stainable and as it is not washable, not good. Needs a duvet cover.

Hopefully Arielle sees this, too....

[altarflame.livejournal.com]

You can't wash them...ever? They can be dry cleaned or something at least, right?

I guess I just don't live in the climate for a down comforter. The wikipedia page for "duvet" claimed that the duvet itself WAS the down comforter - wiki even has pictures of plain white down comforters captioned "this is a duvet"!

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[mommydama.livejournal.com]

That's right. That is a duvet. So I need a duvet cover. Isn't that what I said? I'm confused.

Dry cleaning is probably the best option. I did wash mine once. Not a good idea. Won't do it again. I don't think I ruined it, it is still fluffy, but I did lose some feathers. Heh.

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[mercyorbemoaned.livejournal.com]

You send them to a down cleaning specialist who does something magical and charges you like forty bucks. Also you sun and air them regularly, if you don't live here, anyway.

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[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Sun. Yeah, that.

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[mercyorbemoaned.livejournal.com]

I vaguely remember it.

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[ariellejuliana.livejournal.com]

I've dry cleaned mine once, but it really didn't do any good. I'm sure it made less germy, but it didn't look any better. This was after the apartment janitors threw it off the fire escape in the rain.

[kizmet-42.livejournal.com]

Domestications.com has a big variety of sets for you to look at.

Good luck - you may end up sacrificing what you already have - using it in another room perhaps? - to get the look you want. Those greens change just that much to make it impossible to match them.

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

If I could find the perfect bedspread or coverlet and then just get a plain duvet cover, that might work, I guess. But you are right. Matching up the greens or even getting them to blend may be impossible.

[rowannrose.livejournal.com]

I want to find a bright, pretty one, too. Ours is dark green, which, I didn't realize at the time, really darkens a room. Trying to be patient, since we do have a cover, so it isn't a "need", but a "want".... Hope you can find one you like!

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

In this case I do NEED to get a cover soon so I don't ruin the comforter. Just don't want to settle, you know?

[rowannrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I know. I just feel like maybe we should wear ours out for a few more years. I definitely think you should shop around and get the one you really want!

[ariellejuliana.livejournal.com]

Having a light bed makes a big difference to me. Even if my entire house is trashed, I feel SO much better just by making my bed. The one decorating thing I was sure of when I got married was that I wanted an entirely white bed. I couldn't find the white quilted bedspread I wanted for the registry, so the woman I worked for gave an old one of hers and it is perfect. My room is sunny and bright and that white stretch of neat bedspread makes me so happy I walk into my room to look at it every time I'm feeling overwhelmed by the rest of my cramped, messy apartment :)

You'd think having an all white bed is a disaster with little kids, but I can bleach everything on my bed. My shower curtain is exactly the same as my bedspread, and I just bleach that too :)

[rowannrose.livejournal.com]

I *love* all white bedrooms. Our cotton quilt is a really light green/white floral print, and I like how light it makes our room look. I would just put the down comforter away in the summer, but my husband actually still uses it--he's cold blooded, while I just use a sheet and light blanket, with the window open. ;) So the dark green is always folded over on his side of the bed, haha. Anna's bedding is also really light green and white.

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

You guys are making me rethink this whole plan.

[rowannrose.livejournal.com]

Ack, sorry! I like all-white bedrooms, but I also like the Bohemian look you were describing. I think it would really depend on the room and the windows, too, and how much natural light you were getting in there...

OR, you could have a summer look and a winter look. :)

[pikefish.livejournal.com]

why don't you just buy a cheap one that you only kinda like so you don't have to be rushed into buying the perfect one? do you have an Ikea? you can look online at their stuff but I think there is a bigger selection in the stores. did you try eaby (my fav) or etsy?