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What is your choice of bedding

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Whenwillthiscoldevergo · 02/05/2025 17:37

This is not a problem & obviously it's down to personal preference, but I'm curious if I'm doing it wrong. We have just a duvet & a couple of pillows each. No top sheet under the duvet & no bedspread/throw. Should there be a top sheet? I see so many photos of luxury beds that have all thus stuff. Dh says no to all this extra stuff as it'll all just get kicked onto the floor, resulting in more stuff to tidy up.

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Van34 · 02/05/2025 18:08

Oh I love a top sheet. We have a couple of very nice quality ones (I think 1000 thread count) they are lovely and weighty but still cool. I love being able to snuggle down when I get in bed but then throw the duvet back in the early hours when I get hot.
I never find it tangles up even with DH thrashing about (god knows what he's doing sometimes).
It looks so nice with the top sheet folded over the duvet WHEN the bed is made.

JudithOnHolidayAgain · 02/05/2025 18:04

I hate duvets....I can't regulate my temperature.
I have a sheet, cotton cellular blanket and a thin bedspread on top. Perfect!!
I can snuggle up or throw off a layer as required.

Vaxtable · 02/05/2025 18:01

Duvet and pillows but I do have a throw as well as it matches the curtains, it does get dumped on the floor at night but does make the room look nicer when the bed is made each morning

Runmybathforme · 02/05/2025 18:00

Egyptian cotton sheets and pillow cases and a top sheet. It feels very luxurious.

WWomble · 02/05/2025 17:56

No top sheet, just something to get tangled I and prolong making the bed!
Egyptain cotton bedding and muslin blankets for summer nights.

Cyclistmumgrandma · 02/05/2025 17:52

No top sheet when duvet is on.

MoistVonL · 02/05/2025 17:52

Duvet one size bigger than the bed. Two pillows each. 600+ thread count as a minimum- high thread count is so lovely.

In winter, a large wool blanket across the top because our bedroom gets very cold.

driedgrasses · 02/05/2025 17:50

Whenwillthiscoldevergo · 02/05/2025 17:49

@driedgrasses I have to admit, being newly retired I have a lot more time on my hands. Trying to give our home a more luxurious feel & look

Fair enough. My setup definitely doesn't look luxurious 😂

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Whenwillthiscoldevergo · 02/05/2025 17:49

@driedgrasses I have to admit, being newly retired I have a lot more time on my hands. Trying to give our home a more luxurious feel & look

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Murdoch1949 · 02/05/2025 17:49

Bottom sheet, duvet cover, all white Egyptian cotton. In the deepest depths of my northern winter I get out my 13 tog duvet, rest of year it's a 4.5 tog.

driedgrasses · 02/05/2025 17:46

How can you be doing it wrong though? There is no right or wrong, you just do what suits you.

Me and dh have separate bedding because he runs cold and I'm like a blast furnace. I have to have all cotton (no polycotton). No duvet, just a homemade calico throw or perhaps a cotton throw and three pillows. A blanket on in the colder weather. Dh has a single duvet and about 10 blankets.

squashyhat · 02/05/2025 17:44

Same as you OP with optional blanket in the winter.

HateHorridHenry · 02/05/2025 17:40

We have 4 pillows and a light duvet, but I’m always cold so a blanket over the top.