Duvet covers.

[geminisnake]

Roughly how many duvet covers is a reasonable amount?? My daughter reckons I have too many, ok I have at least 10 but I like pretty covers and you need at least 3/4 surely?

This is for one bed only btw

 

[Pickman's model]

Get another bed and then you will have an appropriate quantity of covers for each.

 

[lefteri]

Surely you only really need 2 per bed?

 

[Pickman's model]

Surely you only really need 2 per bed?

Yeh but another four beds would be excessive

 

[Reno]

They often stay in the laundry basket for a while because clothes have washing priority, so I have 4 or 5 duvet covers. A couple are quite old and faded. I always get them at Ikea where they are cheap and they have some nice designs which I like to change.

 

[bi0boy]

Only ever had one. It doesn't take more than 16 hours to wash and dry it.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Bed linen dries so quickly though, I never find it impinges on my other-laundry schedule.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I have two, but only so I don't have to wash it immediately when I want to change it. Bed linen is expensive.

 

[bi0boy]

Also, who wants to fold it up and put it away?

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

I have 2 identical ones for my bed.....they match the curtains ... one on the bed while the other is in the wash.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I've got about four I think - all white and plain. I detest patterned quilt covers.

Ten might be a tad too many, unless you obsessively change the bed every day.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Just realised - geminisnake is acting out The Princess and the Pea, but with quilts...

 

[Rebelda]

At least 10 I love bedding. I do now have two double beds in the house so it's less excessive than it used to be.

 

[2hats]

Two. Even that’s excessive; I usually take the set off the bed, wash it, dry it and put it back on the same day.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I have a second duvet cover but it's been languishing at the bottom of the laundry basket since I bought my current one over a year ago.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Two is just fine. Although I found myself looking at Egyptian cotton ones on Amazon. I don't know what happened to me.

 

[spanglechick]

Two is essential - in winter I'm not sure how people are getting theirs dry in the time between the end of lie-in and bedtime.

I have a couple more - maybe 5 total, but some don't have coordinating fitted sheets and pillow cases any more.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Two is essential - in winter I'm not sure how people are getting theirs dry in the time between the end of lie-in and bedtime.

I have a couple more - maybe 5 total, but some don't have coordinating fitted sheets and pillow cases any more.

I'd use a tumble dryer, except my other half is morally opposed to them.

 

[2hats]

Two is essential - in winter I'm not sure how people are getting theirs dry in the time between the end of lie-in and bedtime.

Numerical weather prediction models and rainfall radar are handy for this. Tumble drier never used (I’ve only ever run it once - to finish a goretex coat after I reproofed it).

Pick the day of the week with a >=5 hour daytime rain free window, lowest humidity and maximum wind. Strip bed by 9 or 10, wash, spin, hang on line, put on radiator to finish off late afternoon/early evening/when rain is approaching (bathroom extractor keeps indoor humidity at/below 50% throughout this), make the bed just before jumping into it. Job done.

 

[bi0boy]

Numerical weather prediction models and rainfall radar are handy for this. Tumble drier never used (I’ve only ever run it once - to finish a goretex coat after I reproofed it).

Pick the day of the week with a >=5 hour daytime rain free window, lowest humidity and maximum wind. Strip bed by 9 or 10, wash, spin, hang on line, put on radiator to finish off late afternoon/early evening/when rain is approaching (bathroom extractor keeps indoor humidity at/below 50% throughout this), make the bed just before jumping into it. Job done.

I reckon a tumble dryer would be more efficient than having the heating on and the bathroom fan running for however many hours it takes. Having a never-used tumble dryer sat their depreciating when it could be owned by someone who would then not have to buy a new one is also a poor use of resources. It's a double thumbs down for your eco credentials I'm afraid.

 

[purenarcotic]

I'm not sure, 6 or 7 maybe? We rotate four during the winter as they are brushed cotton and have another couple for the summer. I like bedding and you can get sets for less than a tenner in poundstretcher.

I find bedding takes ages to dry, pillows not so much but duvets in our house in winter take forever if they aren't on the radiator for hours.

 

[2hats]

I reckon a tumble dryer would be more efficient than having the heating on and the bathroom fan running for however many hours it takes.

Not for a combo washing machine/dryer (not my choice) that dumps the moisture directly into the wall plasterboard behind it in a room with no ventilation. The radiators are warming the flat anyway.

 

[colacubes]

I have 6 altogether I think, but 3 are for my bed, and the other 3 are for the two spare beds as mine and the spares are different sizes. It was only 4 before Christmas but I had to buy extra sets due to people staying and washing crossover.

 

[Dovydaitis]

I've got 4 at the mo but 2 are due to be thrown

 

[lefteri]

I recently got a brushed cotton one so might sheepishly admit that 3 is an acceptable maximum

 

[miss direct]

Two only.

 

[xenon]

3. 2 for my bed, 1 on the spare for sofabed.

How many pillow cases? Think I've got about 10.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'd use a tumble dryer, except my other half is morally opposed to them.

Why opposed?

 

[moonsi til]

I want it to be 2 but it was 5 till this afternoon but one set I don't use but keep as I might again. This is a timely thread as I think I need to have a rethink on my duvet cover etc. My bedroom is white furniture, white floorboards & white duvet etc but I'm finding them hard to keep white and just rendered about 6 pillowcases no longer for the bed. Sheets & duvet mostly ok but pillow cases look yellow.

ETA: I put one set in charity bag today.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I dry all my washing indoors, because my backyard has a low gate right onto and is viewable from the street and I don't want to invite knicker-stealers and the like. Anyway, there's always some washing on a radiator or a clothes horse somewhere or another. Even without being directly on the radiator, bed sheets dry incredibly quickly - especially if you've used a spin setting first.