No, it will be too large and get all bunched up.

It will fit yes, but I don’t think it will look good.

You listed the sizes does it sound like it will fit?! You can cram it in- will it look good no

What kind of duvet insert are you looking for?

Most people use duvet covers for their down quilts? There are many places that sell high quality down quilts in full sizes. I have bought several from The Company Store.

You would have to check measurements of their full sizes but they sell down (and down substitute) quilts in Twin, Twin X-Long, Full, Queen and King.

Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I thought many on this site used to advise buying a down comforter one size bigger than the cover so that it would look full rather than have the fabric of the cover empty and flopping around.

Daisychain, you are right. That was often the recommendation. I'm not sure if that has fallen out of favor or what.

If you check the websites of the various companies that make comforters and covers, you'll see that almost all of them have slightly different sizes. A decision made, no doubt, to force you to buy components from only the one company.

Piggybacking on Jan Moyer's comment. Stores also often put 2 comforters in their display duvets. Helps keep the cover nicely taught.

Exactly.........: ) The reason your bed, never looks like THEIR bed : )

Jan is correct. Also you need to verify the sizes. Not all "queen/full/king/twin" duvets or inserts are the same dimensions.

And tatts, don't you feel a little silly now? feathers are not the same as flour so yes you can and should use a larger insert in duvets AND in down pillows as well.

You will be fine .

But why do these duvets never extend far enough down the sides of the bed? I have a king bed with a down comforter inside a duvet. It only covers part of each side of the bed. I have a white sheet around the 'box spring' to blend in with the white duvet so that helps, but why aren't duvets and comforters made wider to accommodate thicker mattresses nowadays? They sell deep pocket sheets, yet the duvets and comforters aren't available in wider sizes. My total mattress thickness is about 22 inches. I don't think that's ridiculously thick for a duvet to fully cover each side. I'd be willing to pay extra for an extra wide king duvet, but I've never seen any available.

Drsaj, I think it has to do with how down duvets work. They need have “loft” to keep the warmth in. I think if they were wide enough to hang down, they would be too heavy and drag down rather than loft up. This is only my own musings so I may be wrong. I’ve done as you have and put a fitted sheet on the box spring. When I win the lottery, I will have fitted sheets in coordinating colours and patterns. Right now all are white - my way of coordinating on the cheap.

IMO forget box springs and do a platform bed then no problem

Patricia, I was using the term 'box springs' so that everyone would know what I was talking about. In actuality, we have a Duxiana bed that doesn't have box springs. Instead, we have the large mattress and a topper on that. I guess you could call it a platform bed, but we still have the same problem.

IMO....... a duvet w/ covering should be folded at the foot of the bed. It isn't a bedspread, and it isn't a "poly filled bed in a bag". It is both decorative, and it is functional. Put a quilt or coverlet underneath as a "covering"

Americans still do not understand these bed covers and how to use them.

It is Not uncommon in Europe that the duvet is merely the exact WIDTH of the mattress and zero "drop", no overhang!

Or the duvet cover is a very casual "toss on" with no angst, is changed weekly like a sheet would be and the bed is thus a very simple "make" each morning.

If you need it to look like a custom/ to the inch thing, you have it made. All of it.

Queen is easy! Buy a darn KING everything. Or go oversized from Company Store.....

Jan, I fold the duvet back to cover the bottom third of the bed. A coverlet is a good idea. I'll try that.

Hubby likes to bunch the covers around him, we have a king & when we are in the RV/queen I still use a king size cover so I have a chance of having covers on me.. the new build is an ICF house and since I am running "hot" these days, generally I end up with just the top sheet on me..

How you want your bed to look is teaching yourself to see! Go in a store with display. A Pottery Barn, a Bed bath Beyond. LOOK at the beds! What is on there? What is neath, on top, folded. not folded, . How many shams....textures, layers etc.

If you love a luxurious dive in look? Take a picture. Count up the layers! It is never a flat half filled cheap duvet with a cheap insert and two drooly sleeping pillows , wrinkled from the night before. IS it? No...................no no no. lol

Want to go to Camp Pottery Barn? That's what they want you to do $$$$$ and that's how they show you. Dive in. Like someone walked past with a hair dryer FLUFFFFFFF and a hot iron. Same with Williams Sonoma, and guaranteed they show you all on a queen bed, because it's just a better proportion than a king: )

I get exhausted just looking at the pictures of beds with multiple layers and gazillion decorative pillows.

I am working with a designer who showed me inspiration photos and I had to put my foot down in terms of the reality of my life - I have no desire to take everything on every night and put everything back in the morning :-).

I agree. I don't want the look of the store beds with all that stuff piled on. I just want to nicely hide the mattress when I make the bed.

C & B duvets and covers are beautifully sized for a queen. Good coverage on the three sides that need coverage. I love mine.

I’m with Helen, those PB setups are overwhelming. Personally, I like the look home stagers are using now. Keep it simple. Who has time to fuss with fluffing all that stuffing?

I can barely get my bed made every day with just sheets, a quilt, and 4 pillows. I can't imagine doing it with all the extraneous stuff. Besides, I wouldn't have enough space in my bedroom to take all those layers off to change the sheets.

drsaj we have the dux king (its actually two extra long twins) adjustable. I have never found a large enough duvet and when I tried to have one made I was told there would need to be two seams on the edge of the bed. They told me fabric doesn't come that size.

A custom duvet of ANY size will have seams that result from the fact that fabric ( unless a sheer) is 54 inches wide. There is nothing wrong with seams, and they are an expected facet of all custom bedding.

There is ONE way around this of course. Have your duvet cover created from very high quality flat sheets. No seams. You need two. : )

That may in fact get you as much as 114 inches in width before seaming edges. You can achieve more by adding a matching or contrasting flange on three sides.

There's always a way to get what you want, seams or not. But king is a challenge for even custom, as there is no getting around that 80 inch wide mattress , kiddos

I’m another one who loves the look of the elaborate layered beds, and they LOOK so cozy, but I find simpler bedding to be not only easier but more comfortable. A little while back I eliminated the top sheet and now I just use a bottom sheet and a comforter in a duvet cover that gets changed with my sheets. A few sleeping pillows and I’m all set.

But I admit that changing a king-sized duvet cover is a pain. With a queen size, I could kind of shake to comforter into the cover, but with a king size, I have to practically climb into the thing.

Ooo, ooo, ooo...kmarissa, you’ve got to try this trick! https://youtu.be/EFOhjljieqs

Laura, totally going to try this! Thanks!

Laura Hill, I tried this yesterday and it worked! So I might not have looked as cool and effortless as in the video, and at one point I might have been worried I’d end up with a de facto body pillow instead of a comforter, but it worked! Thank you.

That’s a game changer. Usually take me ten minutes.