British, Irish and Swedish houses lack closets in the American sense, as far as I know.
A duvet without a separate washable cover would be a quilt, no?
An underblanket between the mattress and fitted sheet makes the bed both cleaner and comfier; cooler in summer and warmer in winter etc. Mattress protectors and memory foam mattress toppers/pads and things are a thing now too.
We have mattress, optional waterproof layer depending on continence of occupants, cotton layer, fitted sheet, duvet cover full of duvet. We wash the duvet covers and sheets about weekly and the underblankets about fortnightly, modulo biological events.
Duvets are sold with a TOG rating to indicate how much warmth they hold in. We also wear pyjamas of different weights depending on weather. In the depths of winter we use the spring/autumn and summer duvets together; in high summer we use no duvet at all, just a sheet. In between times we have a blanket to add to the duvet if necessary.
The children have duvets of varying weights according to personal preference and laundry (all the duvets in the house can be washed in the machine), and also stacks of polyester fleece blankets for topping up. And footed sleepsuits for freezing weather or camping.
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Date: 2013-04-23 11:23 pm (UTC)A duvet without a separate washable cover would be a quilt, no?
An underblanket between the mattress and fitted sheet makes the bed both cleaner and comfier; cooler in summer and warmer in winter etc. Mattress protectors and memory foam mattress toppers/pads and things are a thing now too.
We have mattress, optional waterproof layer depending on continence of occupants, cotton layer, fitted sheet, duvet cover full of duvet. We wash the duvet covers and sheets about weekly and the underblankets about fortnightly, modulo biological events.
Duvets are sold with a TOG rating to indicate how much warmth they hold in. We also wear pyjamas of different weights depending on weather. In the depths of winter we use the spring/autumn and summer duvets together; in high summer we use no duvet at all, just a sheet. In between times we have a blanket to add to the duvet if necessary.
The children have duvets of varying weights according to personal preference and laundry (all the duvets in the house can be washed in the machine), and also stacks of polyester fleece blankets for topping up. And footed sleepsuits for freezing weather or camping.