Having my duvet laundered

My new one came from Sainsburys, and its like a lovely marshmallow, and very 'cottony' too.

Our local night shelter will no longer accept double/kingsize duvets, so that's not an option. It is a sad fact that new ones are now so cheap. We bought a summer weight one for £3 in IKEA!

Primark also have duvets and mattress/pillow protectors at very affordable prices - their bath-mats are really good value.
My winter duvet is filled with Hungarian goose down and came with a huge mahogany California King bed frame from Maceys (on ebay) I agree with others who say that the cost of cleaning a duvet is often more than buying a new one but there are some good ideas on here as to re-purposing your old ones.
My winter duvet costs £24 to be washed by a valet service. I don't like dry cleaning fumes and washing gets things cleaner than cleaning fluid.
I have various throws for this time of year which make the bedroom cosy and inviting.
I'm a big fan of nice bedlinen and prefer lots of proper pillows, not those tiny cushions.
Bring on the cold weather.

I prefer washed too. Although recently like Greengran I have found fleece throws are so comfy and warm no weight at all.I usually discard the duvet and wrap one around me. It molds to your body.

You should never dry clean a duvet. They should only ever be washed!

kittylester
Reading your post above made me realise, I've said our duvets get dry cleaned. What I meant was that I send them to the cleaners, who I usually only use for dry cleaning. The duvets of course, get washed! D'oh!

I want to get my new feather and down pillows washed and dried. (They absolutely reek, I didn't notice until I had slept on them so can't return them ?). I don't drive and getting them to my local place that will launder them and dry them will be difficult AND I need to pay £8 each for the privilege!!! They will fit in my washing machine individually but I have nowhere to dry them properly. I have tried febreeze etc to no avail.
Yes to animal shelters or homeless shelters for used duvets. Do food bank type places take duvets? (In good condition obviously).
Near me we have a place very like a food bank but with clothing and household goods. It's a referral only set up but wonderful. I only donate to them now.

Don't donate duvets that needs washed!!!

Two of my duvets are 'dry clean only' but are beautifully soft and warm so I'm reluctant to get rid of them. The local supermarket plus dry cleaners (no dry cleaners locally) used to take them but they no longer dry clean duvets. Not sure what to do now. And storing them is another problem - I'm not sure the loft is the most hygienic place to put them, and they are supposed to be able to 'breathe' but we don't have anywhere else. Maybe blankets is the way to go.

Well you need to find a dry cleaners but after that I can't think. Maybe buy some nice colourful zipped storage boxes. I got nice ones in Ikea to match bedroom decor. Look ok on top of wardrobes. Better than loft maybe.

Good idea annep, thank you.

Places like Lakeland sell duvet bags.

Actually, thinking about it, I got mine from Johnson (dry cleaners) when I took mine in to be washed and dried.

I drape ours over the line and use a steam cleaner on it. Seems to freshen it up quite well.