Sheets and blanket or duvet in summer

[razz]

As i washed and then made the bed with the fresh clean sun-dried sheets this afternoon, I wondered how to make things easier and more comfortable.
I believe that in Scandinavia, beds are made up with just lower sheets and a duvet on top. Both items get washed routinely. Sounds easy and comfy. What do they do in the warm summery temps?

In summer, I have both cotton bottom and top sheets and a light cotton blanket to pull over my shoulders in the early morning hours. I have a lightweight down duvet for fall and spring and a warm wool duvet for winter. I am considering getting rid of the top sheet which is a pain to keep in place. I lift the mattress each time and fold it under. Would a washable duvet better? What do you do for bedding?

[Tammy]

I don’t tuck in the top sheet. I can’t sleep with sheets pressing down on my feet so I like them loose. I use bottom and top sheet only in the summer and add a light blanket the rest of the year.

[Sad Eyed Lady]

Sometimes I forgo the top sheet. I have heard this is "European" style and have noticed on some T.V. shows just a comforter or duvet rather than a top sheet on the bed. Much easier to deal with, but you do have to wash the duvet more often of course. I use a lightweight down blanket on top for summer.

[jp1]

We have a duvet and I hate it. Getting the comforter out and back in after washing is a pain. And I never want anything that warm when I sleep anyway. I just need a light blanket, so SO uses the duvet and I sleep under a top sheet and light blanket. He doesn't like top sheets so he actually sleeps on top of it. Consequently I let him decide when the duvet cover needs washing so it only gets washed once a month. (usually after the amount of cat puke has become intolerable.)

[iris lilies]

We have a duvet and I hate it. Getting the comforter out and back in after washing is a pain. And I never want anything that warm when I sleep anyway. I just need a light blanket, so SO uses the duvet and I sleep under a top sheet and light blanket. He doesn't like top sheets so he actually sleeps on top of it. Consequently I let him decide when the duvet cover needs washing so it only gets washed once a month. (usually after the amount of cat puke has become intolerable.)
Exactly. I figured wrestling the comforter into the duvet cover was more trouble than just making a bed With a top sheet. I do throw a comforter on top, a Light one, it is easy to wash. Ditto the cat puke.

[pony mom]

I use top and bottom pima cotton sheets in summer, with a light blanket on top. Winter is a flannel bottom sheet and duvet in a flannel duvet cover.

This is the way to fill the duvet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1IzS2oBBN0 It is as easy as it looks.

[razz]

This is the way to fill the duvet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1IzS2oBBN0 It is as easy as it looks.

Thanks so much for this link. It will make life a lot easier.

[Simplemind]

Bottom sheet and a duvet for us.

[razz]

Bottom sheet and a duvet for us.

Seriously considering doing this as it sounds like a lot less effort.

[catherine]

I truly hate duvets, and I've actually watched the video that pony mom shared, and it's still frustrating to me. So I keep the top sheet. I love simple white sheets and down/fake down comforters, and that's what we do. I'd rather stick a top sheet in the washer than wrestle with that extra heavy piece of bedding.

[Teacher Terry]

I agree Catherine.

[IshbelRobertson]

I have two different tog weights of duvets that snap together. In the early winter we use the higher tog on its own, then snap them together in the colder weather. In summer we use just the lighter tog one. I use a fitted bottom sheet and a standard flat sheet on top, under the duvet(s)

[Gardnr]

Summer: cotton sheets, top and bottom, and a quilt (I am a quilter).

Winter: flannel sheets, a wool blanket and a quilt.

It doesn't bother me at all to take 5 seconds to tuck in a sheet and then throw the quilt up over our pillows. And I love the weight of the wool and quilt in the winter. Makes me feel all snug as a bug.

[rosarugosa]

I truly hate duvets, and I've actually watched the video that pony mom shared, and it's still frustrating to me. So I keep the top sheet. I love simple white sheets and down/fake down comforters, and that's what we do. I'd rather stick a top sheet in the washer than wrestle with that extra heavy piece of bedding.

I did a duvet with a duvet cover for a few years, and definitely concluded it was more trouble than it was worth. I use a fitted sheet, flat sheet, blanket, and a quilt or coverlet depending on the season. Sheets are either percale, jersey or flannel, depending on the season.

[ApatheticNoMore]

I pretty much always make my bed with just the bottom sheet, lately I'm using one quilt on top or none, in winter I use up to 2 blankets and a quilt. I have used a top sheet instead of a blanket/quilt on top in summer before.

My sheets are cotton (most low thread count because it's cooler) or flannel (not that many months to use this here realistically, but in deepest winter it gets some use)