Changing the duvet cover can feel like a full-body workout, especially if it's a king or super-king size. Fine, if you're saving on a gym membership. Not so good if you're working your way through a long list of chores.
Do you shake it out with a death grip on the bottom 2 corners? Do you do the inside-out grab of the top 2 corners? Use your bed as a trampoline until the bedlinen submits to your will?
According the duvet specialist
Scooms, there are two easy ways to put on a duvet cover; the traditional way and the rolling method.
The traditional way to put on a duvet cover
Lay your duvet flat on top of your mattress so that it’s fully spread out.
Turn your duvet cover inside out, put your hands inside and grab hold of the two top corners.
With your hands still inside the duvet cover, pick up the two top corners of your duvet.
Hold on tightly to the corners and then flip the duvet cover right side out over the duvet. Shake it out so that the cover falls down the length of the duvet.
Lay the duvet back on the bed and pull the rest of the cover down over the end of the duvet so that the corners are all in place.
Do up the cover and then give the duvet a good shake to get everything settled in the right place.
The rolling way to put on a duvet cover
Lay your duvet cover out over your bed with the opening facing away from you.
Place your duvet on top of the duvet cover.
Make sure all the corners and edges are neatly aligned.
Stand opposite the opening of the duvet cover and carefully roll the duvet and cover up together.
Then put your hand into the duvet cover opening and pick up the roll. Flip the duvet cover over the bit of roll you are holding and continue along the roll until it is all covered.
Unroll the duvet and duvet cover, then fasten the duvet cover up and give the duvet a good shake to even it out.
Here is a
Video of the rolling method, AKA 'the California roll' (inspired by the sushi roll!) courtesy of Crane & Canopy. It takes a little finesse to get it right but once mastered, you can say sayonara to the regular dual with the duvet.
While we're at it, Scooms has created a series of 14 '
Getting to Sleep' articles including: 'How to get a better night's sleep' and 'What is my circadian rhythm?'.
