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I LOVE just having a duvet, but my DH is totally old school when it comes to the bed--sheets, hospital corners, the top sheet folded over just so. He makes it every day, so it isn't a big deal, but I miss my old duvet days..
Omnis-- a duvet is GREAT, Something like this: [link] Then, you have just a bottom sheet and you straighten the duvet over it and you're done! Tidy-looking and comfy bed, and no fuss.
What's the difference between a duvet and a quilt and a comforter?
There are plenty of non-girly comforters out there.
To add: well, I know what quilts are, of course, but am still baffled at the difference between a duvet and a comforter.
Duvets are thicker?
Yeah, I'm a big fan of duvet with cover, and no flat sheet. It's a little hassle when you wash the cover to put it back on, but that's less than the daily hassle of straightening sheets. Then all you have to do is flop the duvet on the bed and it's more or less made.
This is totally me.
Once I gave up the top sheet, I felt completely liberated. Now, I can almost make the bed while I'm still in it.
AFAIK, a quilt is a thinnish cover which is meant to be put directly on the bed on top of the sheets. A duvet is a thicker item which is meant to be put on a the bed inside of a washable cover, and serving as quilt, blanket, bedspread and top sheet all in one. A comforter is thicker, like a duvet, but has no cover and is also meant to go over the sheets.
I think I like a little more granularity in my heat maintenance in bed. I start with a sheet then end up under my quilt by morning--and partway through the night I often kick everything off when the sweats start. Another reason Hubby and I have separate sets of covers.
Yup, that's it as far as I know, Scrappy. My duvet is down, as well, although you can get down comforters. But because of that (down is difficult to clean), having the washable cover makes all the difference in the world in ease of use. And the bed can get all dirty and I can spiffy it up in a hurry. Whereas with a comforter, if it gets dirty it needs to be professionally cleaned.
Then I also have summer and winter covers. So in summer the duvet is nice and light and in winter it's flannel covered and so cozy.
I have a winter duvet and a spring duvet. Thin cotton blankets for hot weather because I can never be without a cover.