1. What is a Duvet?
2. What is a Comforter?
3. What is a Bed Skirt
or Dust Ruffle?
4. What is a Quilt?
5. What are Pillow Shams?
6. What is Memory Foam Toppers?
7. What is a California King?
8. What is Thread Count?
9. What is Percale?
10. What is Cotton?
11. What is Egyptian Cotton?
12. What is Polyester?
13. What is Sateen?
1. What is
a Duvet?
Let’s make this simple. It is a large cover to
put your comforter into. It will protect your comforter
from dust, dirt and helps on keeping the wear of your
comforter to a minimum. It allows you to redecorate
and change the theme of your bedroom in an instant.
Duvets give you the flexibility to add color, texture
and excitement back into your bedroom. Then just accessorize
with a wide array of accessories.
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2. What
is a Comforter?
Comforters are usually a printed shell with a solid
or coordinating back that is filled with polyester.
A comforter does not go to the floor like a bedspread.
It just covers the sides and end of your mattress. The
box spring has a bed skirt (dust ruffle) which coordinates
to the comforter. Shams and decorators pillows are used
to accessories.
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3. What is a Bed Skirt or Dust
Ruffle?
The Bed Skirt or Dust Ruffle are tailored or ruffled
fabric that will cover your box spring on three sides.
They are used to give your bed that finished look.
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4. What
is a Quilt?
Quilts come in a wide array of patterns. You can also
purchase your quilt to match your comforter and accessories.
It is made of an assortment of fabric solids and prints
sewn together and is much lighter than your comforter.
The fill varies by style from either a cotton fill to
a polyester fill. It is reversible usually to a solid
back. The quilt helps on the wear and tear of your comforter
without losing the decorator look you have created.
When you are not using your quilt you can display it
on a quilt rack or to keep warm on those cold nights
while reading or watching a movie.
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5.
What are Pillow Shams?
Pillow Shams fit over your pillow. They are usually
either have a ruffled trim or more of a tailored look.
Pillow Shams come in three sizes; standard is 20”
X 26”, King size is 20” X 36”, and
the Euro Sham is 26” X 26”.
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6. What
is Memory Foam Toppers?
Memory Foam mattress topper could be the answer to all
those restless nights of sleep. It recognizes your shape,
pressure points and adjusts to fit your body. Originally
developed by NASA researchers, memory foam was designed
to make long trips more comfortable for astronauts.
Memory Foam relaxes according to warmth of your body
and dynamics. It softens and conforms to the body, creating
the sensation of floating.
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7. What is a California
King?
A California King or Cal-King size is a longer and narrower
king size mattress. Usually found on the west coast.
It measures 72” X 84”.
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8. What is Thread
Count?
Thread count is used to gauge the quality of fabric.
It is the amount of threads within a square inch that
are crosswise and lengthwise in that inch of fabric.
The more threads per square inch the higher the thread
count. Giving it a softer, stronger feel and a great
night of sleep. Your better linens have high thread
counts in their sheets. There is nothing like the experience
of a 500 Thread count sheets. Percale sheets start at
180 thread count and go up. We recommend that if you
want to experience the great feel of a higher thread
count sheets buy 200 thread count or higher.
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9. What is
Percale?
Percale is a softer and stronger cloth that gives you
a smooth feel to the touch. Percale fabrics start at
180 threads per square inch. However many designers
tend to use a higher thread count percale for their
bedding.
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10. What is
Cotton?
Cotton fabric is a cooler fabric to sleep on and is
softer than a polyester/cotton blend counter part. It
allows the fabric to breathe giving you that great night
of sleep you desire.
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11. What is
Egyptian Cotton?
This cotton comes from the Egypt, the Nile River Valley.
It is considered to the best cotton in the world. It
is uses the strongest and longest fibers giving you
the softest feel possible. Many of your designers use
Egyptian cotton in their top quality linens. We recommend
the Egyptian cotton as a fabric that you won’t
forget.
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12. What is
Polyester?
You will find that polyester or a polyester/cotton blend
in much of the linens on the market. It gives vibrant
colors and tends to need less attention because it doesn’t
wrinkle or shrink as easy as its cotton counterpart.
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13. What is
Sateen?
It is a process that puts more threads per square inch
on the surface of the fabric. It is said to be one of
the softest and best sheets made.
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