My sleigh bed is very similar to yours. I prefer my bedding to just cover the box springs since I don't like to cover the wood railings. The bedding I have purchased from Pottery Barn has always been more than long enough. OTH, I tried to use a king comforter which runs small on a queen bed and it just looked too big.
Dee

FWIW, I have a comforter (not duvet) from PB on my extra-thick mattress, and it's a generous size. I have had a lot of problems finding sheets deep enough for my mattress and quilts that are big enough, but PB bedding works well for me (I have their sheets too).

I just ordered a PB duvet online for the queen size bed (deep mattress) in our guest room (which is still a work in progress). I bought the full/queen and it fits perfectly. There is a brown bed skirt on the bed, as well as brown shams. However, I think I may order the matching shams in order to finish the bed. I love lots of pillows on a bed!

Here is a pic of the duvet:

I slipped the comforter into the duvet, but didn't iron or do anything else to the bed. Wanted to be sure the duvet was large enough to cover the deep mattress, and be long enough to meet the bedskirt. Also, to check out whether it would match the wall color and existing bed skirt & shams, etc.

I am very satisfied with the quality, and the price was very reasonable. I am not sure about the washing/cleaning instructions, still have to check that out.

There are so many other colors in this particular duvet to work with. However, it is a great match with the brown bedskirt, shams and current wall color.

HTH

work_in_progress: Yours does look to fit well with the deeper mattress. You have not washed it yet, though, have you? I wonder if the material shrinks since it's 100% cotton or if it is pre-shrunk.

Jay: Thanks for your picture as well. That is a very pretty room you are putting together. Do you know the measurements for the king duvet?

Thanks,

RH website says
106"Wx92"L

Jay

It might be just a matter of whether you like the oversize look, like in Jay's photo.

OP: Do you share the bed? Are the two of you always fighting over the covers? Then maybe bigger is better.

BUT--the flip side: In the winter months, I have a duvet that covers the side pieces of the bed, and I thought that would be good -- extra "blanketing"=extra warmth. Its a duvet for a smaller-size comforter. But it really does tend to overwhelm me, and the look of the bed. It's flannel, so I get overheated with that much more fabric.

Also, it is a BEAR to shake that duvet out in the morning and get the inside comforter's bunched-up parts (on the sides) to get back to where they're supposed to be. There are devices to keep the corners in place (inside laces, velcro, inside buttons, et.), but not so much for the sides. The full-size duvet, for me, verges on the unmanageable to get it back in place, flat, to make the bed look nice again. (It also doesn't help that I have a ceiling fan above the bed--I've bumped it a few times!)

So unless your husband/significant other usually helps you make the bed in the morning, that'd be something to think about.

I think you have a lovely bed, beautiful wood, and I would want to see a bit of the side rails.

I have a king size Pottery Barn duvet on a queen size bed. It covers the wood rails but I always fold the top of the duvet over so about 1/4 to 1/3 of the rail is exposed near the headboard. I do not have an over-sized mattress. I like my comforter over-sized to insure no one steals the covers. My corners do not touch the floor the way Jay's does because I have a foot board, so my duvet does not hang as low as Jay's by the foot. I also do not tuck in sheets, so the edges of the sheets are easily covered by my duvet even if I'm not being tidy about keeping the sheets even on either side of the bed.

I always order a king size duvet for my queen. The only exception is if there is a border on the top that needs to be centered on the bed. If it's a king, the border won't sit right.

Hi Val

Nice to see you here again :)

I have a very similar bed to yours - I purchased a lovely PB King silk comforter for our King bed - I loved the comforter but didn't like the way it hung on the bed - too low, uneven, covering the rails

This is the only pic I have, not great, & bad lighting

I now have the same white matelasse type comforter on which I put over my down comforter - I became tired of the duvet covers & found this works quite well

I would rec getting the mattress first - then carefully looking at the specs of your choices to see where they will hang & then proceed.

BTW I like the way the bed looks now!

I have a queen sized PB matalesse duvet cover on my wood sleigh bed and it is much too small. I wish I had a king size, the blanket shows under the duvet on the sides. It shrunk significantly after washing it, and after all isn't that why you buy a duvet cover, so that you can wash it as needed? I wish I had bought a king size.

Thank you everyone for all of the feedback and pictures. It really helps! When I called up Pottery Barn, they said that their duvets are made on the generous side, the kings being made to fit a California King and, even with an oversized mattress, they recommended the full/queen size. I did find that to be true with the twin size I had purchased recently for my DD.

jejvtr: Just to clarify, that is a king duvet on a king bed and you found it too big? If it's that big on a king seems to me it would be way too big on a queen.

I can see a matelasse shrinking a lot as mine did also and I think I may need to up the size on that. I do find it smaller when I wash it, but then it stretches out again. The duvets I am considering are the patterned floral ones.