SLEEP SUNDAY – LET’S TALK ABOUT SLEEP AND DUVETS…

It’s Sleep Sunday – Let’s Talk About Sleep and this week I am writing about Duvet’s.

Duvet’s, love them or hate them we all sleep with them now. I still use a sheet under my duvet but that’s just so it makes it easier for me to change the bed. It means I change my sheet every week but only change the duvet once a month as the sheet is against our skin. Being small ( in height 😀) it’s quite an effort for me to change a king size duvet and my back certainly doesn’t like it so that’s when I decided to use a sheet under the duvet.

I don’t know about you but I absolutely LOVE getting into a clean and fresh bed. But then I do love my bed. My bedroom is my sanctuary somewhere I love going to for my afternoon rest. When we moved down south this year I spent time planning how my room would look and feel and I could not be happier with the finished room.

Beth Urmston from Fibro Flare Support Group a registered charity sent me a link to an article in Country Life Magazine on How to Sleep Like A Lamb : The Benefit of a Pure Wool Duvet. They say that you can get a perfect night’s sleep with a pure wool duvet made of old fashioned sheep’s wool. ‘It creates the perfect climate for each person,’ explains Bridgett Kelly, interior textiles director of the Campaign for Wool. ‘a duvet containing synthetic fibres doesn’t adjust to the individual, but wool gives you improved quality of deep sleep, which leaves t‘he body rejuvenated.’ said Julie Harding from Country Life Magazine.

Wool in bedding isn’t a new concept, but the arrival of the Continental quilt in the 1970s meant that heavy, itchy, difficult-to-wash blankets were consigned to the airing cupboard. in 2009, Channel 4’s My Dream Farm, presented by Monty Don, showcased Dick and Pauline Beijen’s early attempts to add value to their sheep’s wool by using it as a duvet filling and this helped bring about the resurgence of wool as a bedding material.

Countrys Life writes that sales have grown by 800% in the past three years, making The Wool Room the market leader. The company’s researchers took 12 years to develop a wool filling that can be washed in a machine and it invited allergy UK to devise a test for allergens. ‘after six weeks, there were no dust mites, no bacteria and no fungus in our duvets,’ confirms Mr Tattersall, who promotes his products as suitable for asthma, eczema and allergic-rhinitis sufferers, although he cautions against buying inexpensive imports. ‘The cheaper wool duvets use synthetic liners, which will defeat the object, plus you don’t know where the wool comes from. The UK has the best wool in the world. We tend to buy from the eastern seaboard. Provenance is important to us.’

There choice of where to buy your wool duvet from is –

Southdown Duvets, Scotland Farm, Upland Lane, Hawkley, Hampshire (01730 827148; www.southdownduvets.com)

Devon Duvets, 9, Bluewater Estate, Bell Close, Plympton, Devon (01752 345399; www.devonduvets.com)

The Wool Room (01780 461217; www.thewoolroom.com)

Baavet Baavet Cyf, Unit 12, Tan y Castell, Harlech, Gwynedd (01766 780780; www.baavet.co.uk)

Personally, I have never slept under a wool duvet and would love to hear from any bloggers that have one and their verdict on if it gives you a better night’s sleep. It’s certainly not something I would have thought of buying as I would immediately think I would be too hot in one. It’s certainly something worth thinking about.