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Duvet cover hell.

I remember a certain Urb we lived with for a while, crawling in to the living room inside a duvet cover like it was a big sack and then pretending she couldn't get out :D
Much hilarity ensued :D
 
Yeah, don't put it over your head, that just complicates matters. Keep it inside out, put your arms in, grab two corners of the duvet and don't ever let go, stand on the bed and shake furiously. It's almost fun.
I tried that once but as our bedroom is at the top of our house I nearly knocked meself out cracking my head on the ceiling when I forgot how low it is.
 
I'm a 'short arse' :)hmm: :mad:) and can manage this household task without resorting to Kraken - although I only have a 'double'. People...really :).
 
I didn't do a smiley smiley after saying I was a 'short arse' :mad:...I did a :hmm:. Stupid boards :mad:.
 
tbh, I can't remember how I do the duvet cover, I just do it - and quickly! as I has a kittycat who wants to join in the fun....and can often find her way under/inside the thing. Fitted sheets are OK on t'bed but are a PITA to fold for the airing cupboard.
 
How to put a duvet cover on in 24 easy steps.

1) Take duvet cover out of laundry
2) Find that there are socks etc in various corners inside the duvet cover. Fish these out
3) Check whether or not duvet cover is inside out. Don't think so. Turn inside out.
4) Oh. It was inside out. Turn inside out again.
5) Lay duvet on bed. Is it the right way round? Does it matter? Are duvets square? No-one knows. Guess which way round.
6) Scrabble around inside duvet cover to find top corners. (Do with head inside duvet cover for extra confusion)
7) Match up with corners on duvet whilst half-inside the duvet cover. What if I'm matching up with side rather than top edge of duvet? Doubts about squareness/directionality of duvet return. Go for it anyway.
8) Frenzied shaking to turn cover back inside-in whilst trying to not let go of corners
9) Duvet cover has now turned itself sort of back the right way round but only half way down duvet. Let go of corners to remedy.
10) Previously aligned corners now out of alignment due to actions to remedy point (9)
11) Re-align corners.
12) Duvet is still sticking out bottom of duvet cover. Try to lift duvet high enough to shake down. Not really possible.
13) Stand on bed to complete (12)
14) Bang head on pendant lamp whilst carrying out (13)
15) Cursing and swearing
16) Duvet is now nearly inside cover but still sticking out bottom slightly
17) Repeat (12)-(15) with duvet they other way around
18) Re-align corners
19) Start doing up poppers along the bottom
20) [much time passes]
21) You have done it wrong somewhere along the line because when you get to the end there is one popper left over with no partner
22) Return to (19)
23) Realign corners yet again
24) Complain about process on internet forum
It's 2024 and duvet covers are still a living hell. The only thing that has improved from the above list is point 21 because I now have duvet covers with zips.
 
It's 2024 and duvet covers are still a living hell. The only thing that has improved from the above list is point 21 because I now have duvet covers with zips.
if you have zips on your covers then that should have improved point 2. unless you're admitting you don't use the zips when you put them into wash. maybe you could wash your socks separately if this remains an issue
 
Superkingsize duvet covers are still not made to standard sizes. Nor are fitted sheets. I don’t personally get involved in changing bed linen, but I am blamed when the duvet migrates to my side of the overlarge cover, which is not something I can actually control.
 
Superkingsize duvet covers are still not made to standard sizes. Nor are fitted sheets. I don’t personally get involved in changing bed linen, but I am blamed when the duvet migrates to my side of the overlarge cover, which is not something I can actually control.
There's a wonderful gadget that would help with that - 1711454737170.png
 
if you have zips on your covers then that should have improved point 2. unless you're admitting you don't use the zips when you put them into wash. maybe you could wash your socks separately if this remains an issue
Yes, I admit, confess and confirm that I put them in the wash with the zips open, and have never considered closing them but will do this next time. This may be the first ever time that you have responded usefully to a post of mine. The date, for the benefit of future historians, is the 26th of March 2024.

If closing the zips in the wash causes some unforeseen issue then the above statement will be retracted. I will keep thread viewers updated.
 
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