Beds (not divans)

[horseshoes]

Hi all, This will sound odd but I'm wondering if any of you have a bed that isn't a divan style, and what you use as bedding. Our bed has spindles head and foot, and I find that a duvet "rucks" up too much as it can't hang over the bottom of the bed if you see what I mean. and then it's very hot and uncomfortable. I'm interested to hear what you think.

[sherrardk]

We have a sleigh bed (King size) thing but we have an extra large quilt (maybe six foot?) which hangs over the edges but fits the bed from top to bottom.

[gingejbee]

That bed would have to go - or,at least, surgery on the spindles at the foot!

[hc4361]

I have a footboard too and tuck the duvet inside it.

[horseshoes]

Lol Gingejbee - I can picture myself with a saw sorting the spindles out! I have tried tucking it in but it always ends up in this big ruck. I think I shall abandon the duvet and use a sheet, a blanket and an eiderdown - just like the old days; although we stayed in a hotel in France last week and that's exactly what they had. Funny how things come around.

[AlBags]

Some hotels have duvets with a short bit of fabric on the bottom to tuck in under the mattress to keep quilt moving and giving you cold feet!
Don't know what it's called that bit.

[ummmm]

I use to have a footboard but made sure I didn't when I bought a new one.

[craft1948]

I have a brass bedstead and just have an ordinary duvet. It looks a bit untidy at the bottom so when I make the bed I put a throw across it....

[Kathyan]

We've got a metal bedstead with headboard and footboard. The footboard is the same height as the top of the mattress, so the duvet hangs over the end of the bed, like a divan!

[craft1948]

I'm in Brighton Helen.........

[Mosaic]

Haven't had divans for years. At present, an IKEA frame and mattress, so there's no 'foot' sticking up.

[craft1948]

shame ....and I'd got her chair ready....plugged in and everything.