Two single instead of one double duvet experiences, please.

The Linen Cupboard do a small double (and the duvet covers in several colours) which is much nicer than a single and easier to change than a standard double. I use them in my holiday cottage on single beds to provide more coverage for an adult. In the summer I use them when the singles are zipped into a superking and the guests seem to like it that way.
They have lots of offers on this week.
linencupboard.co.uk/collections/small-double-duvets

Thank you for the range of answers. It’s interesting to hear what other people do. I won’t be using two double duvets - I’m trying to cut down on work, not expand it! 😂

Our house is generally warm so keeping cosy isn’t an issue, in fact me being too hot is a more likely scenario. After four nights, we’re getting better at not finding the quilts on the floor by morning and last night I didn’t get tangled up, either.

When my late DH and I needed a new bed we opted for two singles, + 2single duvets and a giant throw over both. = BLISS. No more him hogging the whole duvet or me, with RLS, kicking him where it hurt, but close enough for a cuddle or more. When DH developed dementia = restless sleep and incontinence, this arrangement meant we could remain together and only one side of the bed needed changing after 'accidents'

Continental quilt with arms

We had the first continental quilt, my dad’s army overcoat thrown over the bed 😁

To answer your question, we have a double duvet at home but in hotels of course there are always the two singles. Happy with either, but then DH and I seem to have the same sensibilités when it comes to temperature. I do prefer the windows and shutters wide open at night, though, while he shuts both hermetically. Guess who wins out there.

The neatest way to make the beds is, as described, by folding the duvets in half across and laying them on the bed with the folds parallel to the side of the bed. Sometimes you even see them folded into thirds.

Yes, here in Germany the two single duvets is the norm. You have to really search for double duvets and covers if you want to buy one. Special offers are always only for 135 cm width, which is the standard single size.

I once read a hotel review from a German visiting Ireland who complained that there was only one double duvet on the hotel bed. They had never seen that before.

What puzzles me is that (again going back to the old days, before fitted sheets) German beds are far larger than British ones, but the sheets are ridiculously small and hardly reach under the mattresses. I have had sheets inherited from my mother and mother-in-law on the line together to verify this!

Back before the fall of the Berlin Wall, when the area where I live was still occupied by Americans. I was talking to an American lady who had moved here and was living "on the economy" (which means not on the US compounds, but in the local community). They had been given a handbook on how to behave to fit in with the locals and she was amused to read that you were supposed to hang your bed linen out to air in the morning, but on no account after 10 am. I wish I could see a copy of that now.

My son runs hot while his wife feels the cold.

They converted to individual doonas/douvets a couple of years ago and have not looked back.

A simple and effective solution.

We had a single duvet each for years, great to wrap around you to keep warm and no duvet hogging. Then during Covid as my husband was vulnerable we swopped to separate bedrooms, and have never gone back. It’s wonderful!

You have a king size bed so a double douvet each should be perfect.

I like oversized duvets, as, at least, there's a chance of them staying put. They look more luxurious on a bed if they reach the floor on both sides. Use the roll method to change the covers without pulling muscles.

My real favourite, though, is my weighted blanket - especially when the nights turn chilly. It's a bit time consuming to tie it into it's cover but I love the way it wraps so closely around you, with no cold spots - really cosy. I bought the biggest size, not the single.

Two electric single beds clipped together with 2 single quilts = bliss.

I hung my duvet out of the window the other day. Have never seen it over here but was very common in Germany and other countries too no doubt.

I visited Switzerland in 1957 and was fascinated to see the quilts hung over balconies in the morning to air.
It seemed many years before they became common in this country.
I sleep alone in a standard double with a king sized duvet.
I can’t imagine a single quilt being in place all night .
I think you would need two standard doubles to adequately cover each of you.

We always hung our duvet out the window in Holland. Made it so fresh. We also have two duvets as did our Dutch friends.

My late MIL was German and she used to hang her duvet out of the window in good weather and said most people she knew did the same to keep it fresh and aired.

I’ve never stayed anywhere on the continent, even with a long standing PE friend’s family, where the beds had two duvets on one bed. The most recent house did have an interesting way of making it easy to change the cover.
The side seams stopped about 15cm from the top so you could reach in, grasp the duvet and pull the cover down.

How I have always seen it done is fold width wise, then lay on each side of the bed sideways with folds to the middle of the bed.
Try both ways, width or length, and you can decide which way you prefer

Ah yes, I’ve been trying to find a system to make the bed. I’ve been pulling up both duvets as if you were ready to get in, then folding them back down to air.

Do you mean fold in half lengthwise, Silverlining then placing them with the folds together in the middle of the mattress?

To make the bed fold each quilt in half and lay on each side of the bed sideways.
Airs the bed and keeps things neat. Some might cover with a large throw.

We've been trying 2 single top sheets over the Summer as it's been too hot for a duvet. The only problem is that the bed looks messy as they overlap. DH is still using the sheet while I'm back under the king size duvet now it's cooler.
I think we'll have separate duvets when it comes time to replace the one we have as it makes a lot of sense.

Definitely easier to change the covers with singles.
And if one of you likes to curl up in the duvet with half of it underneath you, it works to have one each.
DH slept sitting up, so he pulled his up as far as he needed it, and I could snuggle down in mine.

King size should be big enough, hopefully you will get used to it.

King size bed. I’m not sure our bedroom could accommodate anything larger! Also, our bed is only a couple of years old and v comfy.

Sur la continent they usually have two single size 3’ bases joined so their own quilt has sufficient room