Between The Sheets

Discover Your Perfect Luxury Duvet Cover

1. Why Opt for Luxury Duvet Covers?

Luxury duvet covers can be a sleep game-changer, helping you get deeper, more refreshing rest. But let’s be real, the term ‘luxury’ is so overused these days it’s hard to know what it means anymore. We’re going to put that right!

For true luxury, every luxury hotel buyer knows that a duvet cover must blend outstanding quality and durability to provide lasting comfort and style. From the finest materials to meticulous craftsmanship, every step of the process is carried out with the utmost care and attention. The result? Blissful sleep, night after night.

 

2. Essential Features of High-Quality Duvet Covers

Creating high quality bedding is an art involving careful craftsmanship, premium materials, and attention to detail. While thread count, or TC as it is also known, is often used as a measure of quality, ply and yarn quality are just as important in crafting the best luxury duvet covers.

Fabric: The top choice for luxury duvet covers is 100% cotton, and for good reason. Cotton is highly breathable allowing airflow to maintain an ideal body temperature. It’s also soft and cosy, durable, and naturally hypoallergenic, thanks to its tight weave. Click here to discover the best bedding for banishing pesky dust mites.

Ply: This three-letter word deserves more attention. It refers to the number of yarn strands used to create a single, thicker strand. Single-ply yarn comes from one strand of fibre, two-ply from twisting two strands together, and so on. Single-ply yarn gives you bedding that feels silky-soft against the skin. You can find out more about why we only use single ply here.

Cotton quality: Luxury duvet covers are crafted from single-ply long staple cotton (fibres 1 1/4" long). This makes your sheets soft, smooth and long-lasting. In contrast, short staple cotton has exposed fibres which can make sheets feel rough and prone to bobbling. Long staple cotton – a hallmark of all Tielle bed linen – is important for ensuring the real deal in luxury.

Thread count (TC): Thread count refers to the number of threads packed into a square inch of fabric. Generally, the higher the thread count, the smoother the linen feels. A 200 thread count percale woven sheet has a light, crisp feel, while a 300+ thread count sateen woven sheet has a silkier feel. We recommend 600tc or less for the ideal mix of durability, luxury, and practicality.

Beware: A high thread count can sometimes mean multiple yarns have been twisted together to artificially bump up the thread count. All our linen uses top-quality single threads. Find out more about the impact of thread count and ply on the quality of your bedsheets in this Between the Sheets feature.

 

3. Explore the Best Materials for Luxury Duvet Covers

While most people opt for cotton duvet covers, alternative materials such as silk and satin can bring a touch of va va voom to a bedroom. Additionally, weave style – whether it’s percale or sateen – can affect a cotton sheet’s sensory appeal. Percale, with its tight-knit weave, creates a smooth, crisp texture reminiscent of a freshly ironed shirt. Sateen (not to be confused with satin) offers a soft, silky feel with a gentle shine. Most top hotels use high-quality cotton bedding for its comfort, durability and timeless good looks. You can see which luxury duvet covers UK hotels use in our bedding bundles guide.

Popular types of bed linen material include:
Cotton - Soft, breathable and durable - ideal for everyday use
Linen - Breathable and moisture-wicking – check out our Portuguese linen throws
Silk – Luxurious, smooth and naturally breathable
Satin – Shiny and soft to touch but less breathable than natural fabrics
Bamboo – Soft and moisture-wicking but beware of false ‘eco-friendly’ labelling
Polyester – Fast drying, heat-trapping and less expensive than natural fabrics


For a night of pure comfort, team your cotton duvet cover with an equally high-quality bed sheet and pillowcase. You can see what luxury duvet cover sets UK hotels such as The Dorchester and The Pigs use in our bedding bundles guide.

 

4. Design Ideas for Luxury Duvet Covers

While the colour white may bring to mind weddings and winter wonderlands, in bedrooms it plays an entirely different role. White creates a calm, timeless backdrop that opens up spaces and lets other design elements shine. Its versatility makes it a top choice for setting the stage when creating the perfect bedroom sanctuary.

Interior stylist, Emma Hooton of Studio Hooton, says: "White bedding always forms the perfect backdrop to any other hues or textures in the bedroom. We prefer it over coloured linen which fades over time, dates easily and never looks as timeless or inviting as fresh white.”

Emma recommends adding a statement headboard and incorporating patterns or colour popping cushions to make your bed truly inviting. Other design elements such as a rug can help to anchor the bed and tie it to the rest of the room décor.

Interiors expert Ben Spriggs adds, “Bed throws are a great way to add colour and pattern, especially if you don’t want to commit to anything that’s more of any outlay price-wise. And if you’re renting, investing in good linen means you can take it with you when you move. White sheets look great combined with an accent colour, and stripes, checks or florals will add even more character.”

For inspiration on mix and matching colours and patterns check out queen of colour Sophie Robinson or the inimitable style of Kit Kemp.

 

5. How to Choose the Perfect Luxury Duvet Cover for Your Bedroom

Choosing bed linen is a matter of personal preference – no one pillow or bedding style fits all. While our founder Robert Lancaster-Gaye has a personal preference for soft, silky sheets in pure white, yours may be something different. Use this chart to help you find out.

Whatever style you choose, a white duvet cover will blend seamlessly with your interior. Its neutral tone acts as a blank canvas, effortlessly complementing whatever colours, patterns and textures you choose to use in your bedroom scheme. However, there are a few things to check when buying linen that go beyond material and thread count. These include:

Sizing: Make sure the duvet cover matches the size of your duvet. Stuffing luxury king size duvet covers into double covers will lead to an uncomfortable night’s sleep.

Closure type: Check the closure mechanism of the duvet cover suits your needs. Simple ties can be easier to close than fiddly buttons that can easily detach.

Durability: While it’s often hard to assess a duvet cover before you buy it, where possible, perform your own quality checks with these 3 simple steps. Nothing says poor quality more than uneven patches of light filtering through the weave.

Caring instructions: Some materials are higher maintenance than others. Cotton is easy to wash and launder but delicate fabrics such as silk will require more care.

Brand and reviews: The true mark of quality linen is whether it looks and feels good wash after wash. Gauge the quality of the duvet cover with online reviews.


Find out what single to luxury king size duvet covers UK hotels such as Claridge's use in our bedding bundles page.