Originally Posted by Wibblypig (Post 9837049)

Hmmm I appear to be the only person on here who's bed's, duvet's and duvet covers appear to be the same sizes for UK and US....

The beds we brought from the UK are exactly the same size as the beds here:

Single = Twin
Double = Full
King = Queen
Super King = King

The bedding we bought is the same, my bed has a UK M&S Super kingsize duvet cover on a US bought Kingsize duvet! My son's UK single bed has all US bedding on it (Cars 2 of course ;) ). We bought our daughters Queen size bed's when we arrived and we use UK kingsize bedding on them!

Did we just happen to be REALLY lucky? Although before we came we researched and the bed sizes matched up as above.... :sneaky:

As for buying bedding we have bought bits and bobs from most mentioned although some charge outrageous prices! :ohmy:

Vicki

Originally Posted by Mummy in the foothills (Post 9836125)

IKEA. We bought duvet covers from there and used them with UK bought Duvets.

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 9837062)

Not quite the same...it's the fitted sheets that make the difference.

http://www.csgnetwork.com/bedsizes.html

Originally Posted by VJW (Post 9838157)

Thanks for all these replies. I have lots to think about. All my sheets are muddled after the move, it will take days to sort them out. Some we bought when we lived here previously, some IKEA UK, some normal UK, all very confusing. Great tips, thanks everyone. Now I want to put a smiley face but can't find them. How do I do that?

Originally Posted by winterbird (Post 9837492)

Another alternative that I like is to order online from MUJI, the Japanese store, they have stores in Manhattan, but they run a online store as well. they have really comfortable cotton and jersey beddings and duvet covers.

Originally Posted by VJW (Post 9840560)

Found them.:rofl::thumbsup::thumbup:

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 9837062)

Not quite the same...it's the fitted sheets that make the difference.

http://www.csgnetwork.com/bedsizes.html

Originally Posted by Wibblypig (Post 9840624)

AHA thanks! :) Maybe when we checked we thought they were close enough?! As for fitted sheets we haven't so far had any problems fitting US ones to our UK beds and the UK ones we have fit the queen beds we bought... obviously been very lucky so far but will definitely be wary if/when we need to buy more.

Does anyone know where to buy cotton comforters that aren't going to break the bank?! They are easier to wash and we don't have to worry so much about the warmth factor being in Florida! Everything seems to be polyester (too sweaty!) or cost $100's :ohmy: