Costs money dont it Not good for the environment either, and the hotter it is, the more skin is on display

Is this a pun?

Bed sizes in canada are the north american ones. Beds/ bedding brought over from the UK will not necessarily be interchangable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed#Bed_sizes

Oh I'm sorry I forgot it still matters to some.

When IKEA first opened in North America, their bed sizes (and their bed linens too, of course) were different from NA bed sizes. Consequently, if you bought an IKEA bed, you were tied to IKEA bed linens forever.

However, some years down the line (I forget exactly when), they changed the sizes of the beds that they sold in their NA stores to be compatible with NA bed sizes.

and less clothing is worn, if thats an issue

See post number 19 above.

OK, sorry to jump in on the thread BUT what is with all the different sizes for queen duvets and duvet covers?????

I went to Linens N' Things and the queen duvets in stock were about 3 different sizes, and the duvet covers they stocked didn't actually correspond to ANY of those sizes. What, why???

Yep, absolutely bonkers. And they sell you mattresses that are SO deep you need a stepladder to climb into bed and then none of the king-sized fitted sheets will actually stretch over them and tuck underneath. And why oh why are there so many different sized pillows and cushions - none of which fit any known size of pillowcase. Don't even get me started on Ikea.... :curse:

If you have a deep matress, you have to remember to buy the deep fit sheets. Its not difficult, and even zellers sell them...

In theory... but we're fussy. And when the mattress is 18" deep (or more) on a king-size the range of bed linens is not great. We tried all kinds of stores across Calgary (Sears, the Bay, Linens 'n Things, Bed n Bath, Zellers, Walmart, Ikea... I could go on) and could not find one single matching set (i.e. undersheet, oversheet, quilt cover and/or comforter, plus pillow/cushion cases) - at least not in an acceptable plain colour, not even white.

Then there were the aforementioned pillow problems - if we could find the sheets to match a duvet cover (or a comforter) we couldn't find matching pillow cases in the several sizes needed (yep we fell for that store display option of having king-sized plus regular-sized pillows plus square cushions).

Fortunately my sister-in-law had spares of everything so we borrowed her stuff the first trip, then brought bedding with us from UK the second trip (superkingsize in John Lewis fits a NA kingsize bed 6ft wide just fine; and JL kingsize fits the queen which is essentially a 5ft wide). I have yet to find or make covers to fit that fine set of multi-sized pillows that came with our kingsize bed so they lurk unused on the top shelf of our closet.