Duvets

Many parents will opt for a cot bed when a child is ready to go from the crib to a bed. These beds give toddlers the room they need to roll around without the walls of a crib keeping them in place.  However, choosing the right bedding for these beds can challenge new parents. After all, what sort of duvet...

Good duvets can make a welcome addition to any bed. Duvets are warm, cosy, and have a way of making you feel safe and secure when you turn in for the night–as if you’re wrapped up in a friendly hug. They’re also a cinch to keep clean and ready for your next snooze sesh—unless, that is, you don’t have a dryer. If...

Picking a new duvet is tricky. You need to work out what you can afford, the size, the time of year, whether you have allergies and finally, the type of duvet filling you want to have. The filling can give you a warmer duvet or a cooler duvet, and it can help with night sweats and be naturally hypoallergenic all at the...

Centuries ago, people discovered the benefit of stuffing duvets with the fluffy down taken from ducks and other aquatic species. By the 16th century, the down duvet had spread throughout Europe’s wealthier classes, as the peasants continued to stuff their cloth bedding with grass, straw, or hay. Since then, the down duvet has been filled with either the eiderdown of...

Night sweats can happen for all kinds of reasons, and for many, they happen nightly. Waking up drenched in sweat isn’t a pleasant feeling, and if you have the wrong duvet, it can be even more uncomfortable as they can disrupt your sleep significantly and affect your sleep quality. However, it is essential to know that sweating at night is...

It’s time to learn something completely life-changing. Putting on a new duvet cover is one of the chores many people genuinely despise. Not only can it be painfully awkward, but often your duvet doesn’t sit inside the cover all that well, or you somehow didn’t get it quite into that one corner, and you’ve got a flappy bit of sheeting. ...

It’s hard not to find yourself constantly thinking about germs, cleanliness, personal hygiene, and safety. While you’re busy disinfecting your kitchen, bathrooms, and communal living spaces, you might be shocked to learn just how much filth and bacteria your bed could be collecting.  A survey of UK citizens covered by Healthy Magazine found that 52% of people are aware they...

There's almost nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby wrapped in a cosy duvet. However, fluffy duvets and tiny pillows can pose a hazard to your newborn. If you're waiting for your little one to arrive, an infant duvet shouldn't be at the top of your shopping list. While a child-sized duvet is often an excellent bedding item for toddlers, it's...

Feather duvets help you sleep well every night by keeping you very comfortable and warm. The most sought-after version of a feather duvet is a down duvet, a specific kind of feather duvet that only uses down feathers which are fluffier and lighter.  At Sleepseeker, we’ve put together a guide on the differences between feather and down duvets, making it...