Tuck your duvet under the mattress on the sides.

Am I the only one who hates both a head board and a foot board? I don't want to feel hemmed in. It's a wonder I don't float the bed in the middle of the room. Hey . . . . that's an idea.

stitch an elastic strap at the top side of the duvet. Sew a snap on the end of the strap. Sew the other snap onto the hem of your fitted sheet. Wrap the strap down around the head of the mattress and snap it in place.

Or get a less slippery duvet.

Or put a bench at the foot of your bed. It will catch the duvet.

I just can't imagine that this is a problem for many people... seems just kind of strange for it to be a big sleep issue. I agree with the suggestion to tuck it in on one side to hold the rest in place.

If it's just an issue of slipping, I agree you need a less slippery duvet or a duvet made of heavier material. You could also place a heavier throw across the foot of the bed to weight it down.

If it's an issue of you actually kicking it down, then again I'd get a duvet made of heavier material and/or tuck it in on the sides.

My guess is the high cost materials and workmanship. Plus, if you have a small bedroom, not having a footboard makes the room feel more open. Though, personally, I think the four posters are cool!

I'm too tall for a footboard that impedes the edge of the mattress - I rely on being able to hang my feet over the edge. To keep the duvet from falling off, tuck in the bottom or at least the two corners.

Village - I am proof you are not the only person who feels that way.

You could try a bench at the end of the bed. Love your bed though.

While I truly love the look of most footboards, the lazy me dislikes the effort involved in making the bed around most footboards.

I doubt that this has much to do with why they are unpopular - but could be a factor.

I don't know, but I love footboards too, and have often wondered why they aren't more popular. When we bought our new bed a few years ago, I insisted on a footboard (although ours is metal, and not nearly as grand as yours!).

Unlike other reviewers who have said that footboards leave them feeling closed in, I think they make the bed seem cozier. I also like that they help keep the blankets in place without having to tuck them under the mattress. I hate having my blankets tucked under the mattress because it makes them too tight around my feet.

I actually had a high, four-poster bed growing up and I currently use it today (though there were many times in my adult life that I had a different bed). I never had a canopy which is a good thing given how infrequently I dust.

I sympathize with you because it is simply terrrible to wake up in the middle of the night freezing. I also used to have the very serious problem of the vanishing duvet, however the culprit wasn't slippery fabric. It was my dog. She slept on a chaise at the foot of the bed and when I was fast asleep, she would quietly drag my down comforter off of my body and pull it onto her chaise and then sleep on top of it. I used to tug and tug at the edges as I lay shivering (and trying not to wake all the way up). She weighted it down like a brick. I used to think that I kicked it off during the night until I actually caught her in the act one night. I was upset with my dog for weeks! I ended up putting a pillow on her chaise for her to lean on which covered up the footboard and she stopped stealing my covers after that. I guess she didn't like the footboard very much.

make sure your sheets & duvet cover aren't slippery.

on footboards....for those of who are tall (my feet hang off the bed laying flat), footboards are a total pain. rarely get a good night's sleep, when you stub your toe in mid of night

BEAUTIFUL bed and dresser, btw.

I don't care for head/footboards, but with that bed I'd gladly adjust :-)

I hate footboards. I'm short, but I have foot issues that lead to severe cramps in my arches if too much weight bears down on my toes (and it doesn't take much). So if I sleep on my stomach, I dangle my toes off the foot of the bed, even though that leaves almost enough room for another person (or, in my case, my cat) to sleep between my head and the headboard. A footboard would cramp my style, pun intended (with chagrin!)

My partner's bed has a footboard, and although it looks nice, it makes making the bed very difficult -- the comforter doesn't want to be stuffed between the footboard and the mattress.

I agree with a previous poster, if the duvet asked about here slides off the bed, why not get a new (non-slippery) duvet cover? Seems the most economical option.

I can't wait to get rid of my footboard - I hate making the bed when there is one...I actually have a scar on my hand from scraping it while trying to make the bed!

I agree with some of the other posters who suggested getting a duvet cover that doesn't slip, however, if your current duvet is one of your must-haves, you could maybe consider attaching a non-slip/less slippery fabric to the backside of it. A quick no-sew project; just use that iron on tape adhesive stuff and add strips of fabric along the length of the duvet. The fabric: Out of sight, out of mind. The duvet: On the bed instead of the floor!

I hate footboards, but I hate the duvet falling on the ground more...and that happens to me every night. I don't know if the duvet is slippery or we just kick around and it falls off with nothing to catch it...

I have never had a footboard. I don't care about them. Adjusting to not having a headboard is my conundrum. A new headboard falls very close to the bottom of our home decor improvement list. I lust after a low-profile headboard in a bright yellow or orange velvet. If I had any sort of handy skills I'd just make one myself and get it over and done with. Sadly, I will probably have to keep looking at pictures of headboards for a few more years and live vicariously through others.

Headboard, no headboard, all a matter of taste. However, if you find yourself kicking your duvet, or what have you, off at night, you are probably too warm under it.

Just tuck the duvet under the mattress along with the sheets. It's done at hotels - why not at home? A bench could also do the trick though it would take up precious space.

I never had a footboard and don't want one, even though some are pretty, since I hang my feet over the edge.