Flannel sheets, an electric blanket, and duvet in the winter. Cotton sheets and a coverlet in the late spring/summer.

We have a lightweight duvet, and switch between a light white cotton cover, and a heavier brown flannel. I like to change the look, and it works for the changing temperatures too.

I use darker colored blankets and layer them in the winter and a lighter one in the spring and summer. I used to love flannel sheets, but now they just get too hot.

I must know where the sheet and duvet set in the photo is from! Where can I find it?

We have deep jewel colored flannel sheets and duvet cover for the winter and neutral lighter colored cotton sheets for the summer.

Oh hells yeah! What's the point of having so many different linens!

Winter - gray and dark gray flannel sheets, a pebbled coverlet, and a heavy duvet with a cover from Ikea in gray, black and orange. gray/black shams, and an orange throw pillow to pull it all together.

Spring - gray cotton sheets (not flannel), lime green/forsythia yellow and white graphic duvet cover, slipcover of white canvas goes on orange chair in corner. Pillows kept a minimum.

Summer - Crisp white sheets with linen banding on top sheet and shams. Taupe/khaki cotton coverlet with stitched squares. Maybe a throw pillow on the bed if there are no flowers in the room and it needs 'freshening up'.

Fall - spring scheme except duvet cover is switched to a great linen one I found a few years ago. No coverlet, but a wonderful creamy Pendleton blanket that was my grandparents instead. Some great orange and brown and cream pillows in a random 'stick' pattern. Slip cover off chair to reveal orange wool upholstery.

I know this is elaborate, but I LOVE nice bedding and am a sucker for a good deal. I also have some delicious sheets, cases and shams from Yves Delorme that I have on the bed when I get back from any trip. It's like still being on vacation. :)

I tend to stick with whites and light colors, but I use flannel sheets in the winter with the heavyweight duvet. In the summer, I use a very lightweight duvet and cotton sheets.

Outside temperature inside temperature heat flashes=bedding crap shoot.

Wow, I am surprised by the results. I don't ever change my bedding unless I buy new stuff. My comforter is reversible, so sometimes I'll flip it over. In the winter I add a flannel quilt to the top of the bed. But I really don't ever switch out the complete set.

Always buy the best, life is too short. Hate traveling because of the cheap linen, makes for a poor nights rest.

although i'm in florida, i do change from the cool cotton sheets in the summer to a flannel fitted sheet w/ a soft bamboo flat sheet once it gets cooler (we had a record cold snap this month that produced sleet). and then i add a coverlet on top of my regular duvet. i only used the heater once so far this season! all of the covers are in a cream-to-taupe color range, which is duplicated in the duvet cover, so it's mix-and-match, and i love it!

I have a variety of duvet covers and change them according to my mood, but I tend toward my rust-colored West Elm or cream and gold silk duvet in the winter, and lighter- or brighter-colored cotton duvets in the spring and summer, like a gray/cream Martha Stewart I've had for years, or a newer Garnet Hill with bright red and pink abstract flowers.

I don't have room for that many sheets! Everything is pretty much the same colours from season to season, but I do switch from the winter weight down duvet to a cotton blanket and top sheet when it's warmer.

It's actually been unseasonably warm here in this part of Canada this January - I've got the cotton blanket back on the bed.

I love my duvet, but it is bulky and troublesome to store in the summer....

Seriously LisaAD - do you refer to all your things
by the brand name? wow.

Always! In the summer, I pull out the linen sheets and exchange the duvet for a light wool blanket. Or a thin quilt. Or a white cotton blanket. Bedding is my weakness, I can't stop buying it. I could probably put something new on every month!

Yup! The whole thing, top to bottom. But we do live in Chicago and it's a huge benefit to be able to drop the heat down at night and snuggle under some layers. Gas for heat is flippin' $$$ here. It's not unusual for us to get a $700 gas bill in the coldest months and we live in a tiny house.

Winter I do an electric mattress pad, flannel sheets, a cotton blanket, and a thick down comforter with a velvet duvet cover. We can pull off or add layers as-needed.

Summer we lose the electric mattress pad, go to cotton or bamboo sheets, a loose weave cotton blanket (I like weight on me when I sleep), and a coverlet.

The winter stuff is darker, browns and smokey blues. The summer stuff is white and fresh greens & blues. I like nesting for the seasons. :)

-Alana
http://www.waterspiper.com

Hey, LisaAD --

Pay no mind to nikki. I refer to my sheets and things by their brand name/color, especially if I'm describing them to thousands of people who'd like to get a good mental image w/out a photo.

I still own the duvet cover I made from red check and windowpane sheets (okay, Ralph Lauren) that I bought way back in the 90s. But I haven't used it in awhile. A temporary stint in a hot city made me switch to just sheets in a refreshing, cool color: a light blue paisley, paired with other sheets in a complementary pattern of dots on white background. You'd have to see it to get it.

But now I can't wait to just use white sheets and a white matelasse coverlet, with a hand knit, dark blue throw... all to complement a Tommy Bahama "indigo isle" bedskirt I found at Tuesday morning. I also bought pillow shams from a different brand in a quilted, solid indigo color. Once I finally move, it's gonna look fabulous.

I definitely change with the seasons.

I must be an oddball. I put the brighter bedding on in winter (the bright greens and yellows on a big, fluffy comforter) and save the more sedate stuff (no comforter, traditional quilt) for the summer. I like having the brightness in the dark seasons.

Definitely need a change of sheets in Chicago - flannel during the fall/winter/spring paired with thicker pjs, then bamboo cotton during the summer. The same comforter stays on the bed year-round but usually gets kicked off the bed from May - August.

where is the bedding from in the picture above?

in autumn/winter/spring the bed is 'Czech style': just big warm duvet (but the duvet covers are made in Italy); in summer the bed is 'Italian style': light cotton sheets and a white cotton blanket ( various other blankets in case of necessity). Sheets and duvet covers are all colorful without a special theme (some are presents, some I have boughts, some I got from my parents).

Change colors each season? I change it every week! I put on a different duvet with whatever weight comforter inside (determined by the weather). Just got a flannel duvet because it was so cold. I have a black/white graphic flower duvet, blue damask stripes, a scrolly slate blue linen one I made, loud stripes, a seafoam solid one...I just go with whatever suits my mood! My room is not that tied to a theme or "look". That being said, I would like to start getting some funky pillowcases to liven things up - we don't use throw pillows. I have discovered that my sheets come in sets, either, after finding an awesome bamboo fitted sheet at Neiman's last year. My bedding is a far cry from my mother's extended coordinating set in shiny florals!

Bee T.,

I like that idea. Maybe it's time for a change of attitude for the winter stuff. :)

-Alana
http://www.waterspiper.com

Where we are in Stonington, Maine in summer we need to keep the flannel sheets on through June! But they're white so they look summery and feel snuggly. I use darker colors in winter and in summer I put pale / bright cotton quilts on and switch from heavy down comforters to lighter summer ones.

It's pretty much Always cold here in SF - So it's the same cozy sheets and bedding year-round.

Living in Salem Mass right on the water I have to change out my bedding 3 times a year. In the summer I have a crisp white cotton duvet cover with a pastel green cotton sheets. Then in the mid spring a mid fall I switch to my red / burgundy velvet duvet with the same pastel green sheets (surprisingly the red and green doesn't look Christmasy but I love the contrast of the two colors against each other ) In the winter I switch over to my white t-shirt sheets and my king sized deep ultramarine duvet. Its just so cozy I have such trouble getting out of bed for an 8 am class. : )

Thanks, Sunshiney, that is exactly what I was trying to do--to convey the feeling of the duvet with no picture. Nikki, I'm not sure why you would get personal about what I put in one post on one day, but I hope you have a better day tomorrow.

I change my bedding as the temperature changes during the year. I never used to do this when I was younger, I just had a summer comforter and a winter comforter and used the same duvet year round. However, I had to develop a layering system for my bedding when menopause set in. I have three basic combinations and the number of layers used will vary. The colors were picked to tie in with the rest of my place to keep things cohesive, seasonality didn't enter into it.

Bee,

I'm with you! Just bought new bedding in green and white--very fresh and spring-like even though it's still grey and wintery.

For me, a lot of what I do with my bed color-wise depends on the light in the room.

I hate the feeling of sleeping in flannel. HATE! I keep cotton sheets on all year round.

I am still so in love with my duvet cover (an Imperial Trellis knockoff/tribute, so overdone, I know) that I've kept it on since summer, but I have changed out the duvet itself from summer weight synthetic to winter weight heavy down. I've also layered a woolen blanket at the foot of the bed, and the sheets have gone from white to chocolate brown... I so prefer no top sheet though. The Europeans were onto something there.

I do the exact opposite! During the winter, I throw on the brightest duvet cover that I can find, because I find that it helps combat the New York City grey skies... but in the summer, I put on a more subtle, calming duvet cover.

It's always the same basic look. I love my quilt. I switch my flannel sheets out for regular sheets and the duvet goes away in the summer... but I consider that to be a tiny change that simply practical with the weather change.

I love my current duvet cover too much to ever take it off! It's a rough twill in a natural linen colour, with a big bold pattern of artsy flowers, branches and leaves. I think it works for all seasons because of the colours in the print; it's a mix of lights and darks in blues, greens, browns and pinks!

Of course, if I happened upon another duvet cover i loved, I might have to rethink my current position...!

Warm weather. Celadon bottom sheet and pillowcases. White cotton blanket in slightly open square weave. No top sheet or cover. Blanket shakes out smoothly to cover bed like a coverlet, it's cool, and it is easily washed weekly like a sheet.

Cool/cold season : Down comforter (Lands End set of several years ago which has one very light comforter and one medium weight comforter. Can change depending on temperature and they have snaps so they can be made into one thick comforter for coldest weather.) Indigo patchwork cover and pillow cases.

I have warm reds and browns in the winter time (two sets that I switch between) and two sets for summer: one white & lemongrass colored set, and one white & orange set. It changes the whole mood of the room!

Normally I just add/subtract blankets as needed, without much visual effect. But this article (and dirtydesign's comment in particular) has inspired me! I live in a small studio so the bed is a major focal point, but somehow it never occured to me that investing in several colorful duvet covers and rotating them could totally change the room. Thanks!