Good Questions: Other Sculptural Duvets?

I bought West Elm's Organic Pintuck duvet earlier this season and I'm in love with the sculptural look but not the thread count! Are there any other pintuck or cool, "sculptural-esque" looking duvets that I should look into?

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First we'll refer you to this post that talks about an option from Anthropologie. Anyone else have any ideas?

Comments (18)

I almost bought that duvet 2 days ago. I love it in the photos. And then I went to the store and touched it...the thread count really turned me off, unfortunately.

I'm still undecided as to what I want to do. I really love the look and color, and what we have right now isn't that great so it wouldn't be a downgrade, but still.

Haven't yet found anything similar.

Check out
http://www.garnethill.com
and their Eileen Fisher home collection. Nothing quite as sculptural, but beautiful fabrics and excellent thread counts.

I doubt you'll find something anything near that price range. have you tried washing it a few times? Also, if you use a higher thread count top sheet along with it, the you won't feel the duvet and its count won't matter as much.

wow...something anyWHERE near that price range

Cirrus by Anthropologie is less modern and more romantic but might work for you (300 thread count).

I was going to mention the Anthropologie duvet. I have it, it is great.

I love love west elm but stores like that are for some furniture and decorating accessories, not bedding in my opinion. But I agree with the top sheet idea. Buy some nice high tc sheets and the duvet cover won't matter as much. Overstock has some really nice sheets for good prices.

If you want texture rather than pattern - Why not instead choose a Matelasse bedspread - such as those found at Lands End Home...
...or a vintage Chenille bedspread/throw?

I have this Duvet Cover and I love it... I just use a nice top sheet and I don't have any problems with the thread count.

That's a tough call because you need to use a stiffer fabric to get the 3D effect. If the fabric were more supple and soft, it would just lie down flat and not produce the same effect. Also, you should expect to pay more than that for organic so the combination of the two does not add up to that price, no wonder it's scratchy. To get a sculptural duvet like that in a soft fabric would be more in the $500-800 range.

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does the texture still hold up after washing? i can't imagine ironing.

I was also recently thinking about the fun pin-tucked duvets from Anthro and West Elm.

What about creating the pin-tucks yourself?

I have not tried it yet but I posted about it here: http://cayennecarob.blogspot.com/2008/09/fiber-arts-pintuck-duvet.html

Martha Stewart Living had a tutorial for similar pillows in the Sept '08 decorating issue. Maybe it could be adapted for duvets?

I have almost bought this a few times but here are my problems:

1. What does it look like after a few washes?
2. West Elm is HORRIBLE about ambiguous color. They put lables of what the colors are but then they have like 4 different pictures and the color looks different in each one.

alexarc is right - that West Elm duvet cover is a complete uh hommage to Eileen Fisher's original, and the sheets uh pay tribute to Fisher's "washed linen" sheets. Have a look at the Garnet Hill catalogue for the Fisher original; more money, better quality.

I went to look at this cover at West Elm, but the only one they had out on a display bed was brown, and I didn't want to risk the off-white or whatever it's called looking sucky when on a King bed.

What I'd REALLY like is a duvet cover like this from the Wheatleigh Hotel in Lenox MA:

http://www.wheatleigh.com/hbrochure20.html

hello. you are shopping at west elm. you are NOT shopping at pratesi. the pintuck is fab and holds up really well. the thread count for a duvet at that price you cannot find anywhere else!! details are great and looks amazing after many washes!!! color choices are perfect!!! their bedding looks better than anywhere!!!

I bought the West Elm duvet and took it back a couple weeks later because the stitching at the pintucks kept ripping. I'd pick up a pillow and hear a rip, or straighten the duvet and hear it rip. The fabric is just not strong enough for the treatment. When I took it back, the lady helping me wasn't surprised, and said had she helped me buy it, she wouldn't have recommended it for a master bedroom that gets daily use. Bummer because it was beautiful and my husband even liked it. I'd love to find one a little better quality for a similar price, but I don't think that is going to happen!