As we have matured, our feelings for Ikea have matured as well. Things we used to love, seem a little shoddy to us now, while other things seem like great new discoveries.
One of the discoveries over the past few years has been Ikea's bedding department. We find the staples in this department are excellent in quality and super low in price. While we used to go to the Company Store or LL Bean store for down duvets, we now go to Ikea. While we used to go to BB&B for pillows and duvet covers, we now check Ikea first. As for sheets, we find the quality of the cotton too low for our sensitive bodies. What do you think? Tell us why...
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I agree with Rob, the 86x86 inch duvet on an actual queen-length bed is uber-annoying, especially for anyone who is somewhat tall. I always assumed Ikea was just being cheap by making them so small, but maybe European men are just short or perhaps only like their duvets to come to their nipples to keep their nipples and shoulders cool while sleeping for some reason.
Seriously, though, I bought the 86x86 duvet at Ikea since it was labeled to fit a queen bed. I even have a somewhat smaller bed than a queen since I'm using an Ikea couch thing that turns into a bed and is actually 54x80 inches when laid flat (a queen length, but a full width).
All the queen beddings I saw (and bought) at places besides Ikea are cut long enough to be tucked in at the bottom and still come to my chin. Quite simply an 86 inch length that is tucked in at the bottom with a 6 foot 1 inch man stretched out fully only comes up to about mid-upper chest or sub shoulder level. It also becomes perilously easy to untuck at the bottom while turning over while asleep at night with almost none tucked in at the bottom.
Did they even bother to do the math or do they just not care? 80 inch length of bed, plus 4-to-6 inches to hook around mattress and tuck in leaves basically zero for tucking in. I mean in theory it covers the bed with no one in it, but with someone in bed there are feet and body to go up, around, and over. And I abhor having the area around my feet and ankles pulled really tight like I'm in some Chinese foot-binding ritual to try and make it come to my chin when the duvet is too short. IMO, it should be at least 92 inches long to be labeled to fit a queen bed (just as nearly all the other manufacturers do). All my other bedding made for queen size is easily long enough.
And yeah, I could buy a king-size Ikea duvet, but then it would be longer than needed on the sides.
Plus, everyone talks about Ikea's "great designs" for cheap prices. If it's such great design then why do I have to buy a size bigger in order for it to fit a queen-length bed appropriately? And how am I supposed to know that it's not going to fit right (when it says it will) before buying unless I've experienced the nipple-length angst of their queen duvets before? Now I know not to trust Ikea bedding to fit what it says and to look carefully at the measurements, not the size it says it's supposed to fit. Or maybe they're only counting on five-foot-six women buying their merchandise?