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Pinzon Pyrenees White Goose Down Topped Featherbed Queen 400 Thread Count
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New Hollander Cluster Top Baffle Box Feather Bed FULL
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Ultimate White Goose Down Top Featherbed NEW
Ultimate White Goose Down Top Featherbed NEW
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Pacific Coast Queen Euro Rest Quilt Top Feather Bed
Pacific Coast Queen Euro Rest Quilt Top Feather Bed
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Pacific Coast King Euro Rest Quilt Top Feather Bed
Pacific Coast King Euro Rest Quilt Top Feather Bed
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Charter Club Vail Skirted Down Top Cal King Featherbed NEW
Charter Club Vail Skirted Down Top Cal King Featherbed NEW
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Pacific Coast Full Size Euro Rest Quilt Top Feather Bed
Pacific Coast Full Size Euro Rest Quilt Top Feather Bed
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Charter Club Vail Elite White Goose Down Top KING Size Featherbed with Skirt NEW
Charter Club Vail Elite White Goose Down Top KING Size Featherbed with Skirt NEW
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Charter Club Vail II White Goose Down Top TWIN Size Featherbed NEW 230
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Charter Club Vail 300T Skirted Down Top Queen Featherbed
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Pacific Coast Cal King Euro Rest Quilt Top Feather Bed
Pacific Coast Cal King Euro Rest Quilt Top Feather Bed
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Charter Club Vail Elite White Goose Down Top QUEEN Size Featherbed w Skirt NEW
Charter Club Vail Elite White Goose Down Top QUEEN Size Featherbed w Skirt NEW
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Charter Club Vail Elite White Goose Down Top Featherbed Cali King
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Claritin Anti Allergy Plush Top Twin Fiberbed Featherbed
Claritin Anti Allergy Plush Top Twin Fiberbed Featherbed
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Charter Club Down Top Feather Bed Vail Hypo allergenic ecodown
Charter Club Down Top Feather Bed Vail Hypo allergenic ecodown
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CHARTER CLUB VAIL GOOSE DOWN TOP FEATHERBED FULL NEW
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Featherbed 5 Pillow Top 100 Cotton 88 128 Free Ship
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Do They Make A Feather Bed For The Summertime?

The idea of a featherbed is to provide an extra layer of cushion and loft to sleep on. Adding a featherbed on your bed is a great way to boost the softness overall.   Feather beds come with a variety of different shell constructions in order to satisfy the different levels of comfort.  There is bag style meaning the feather bed acts just like a giant pillow on your bed with no stitching in the middle – thus allowing the fill to float freely. The channel construction has either horizontal or vertical columns sewn through the top and bottom of the fabric or ‘shell'. Lastly the baffle box style has a thin fabric that joins the top and bottom layers of the shell which allows the fill to touch along the sew lines.  The baffle box provides more loftiness than the sewn through styles and is the easiest to take care of simply requiring a fluffing about once a week.

It is important to realize that by adding a featherbed, the sleeper now has a new layer of insulation under them and therefore might need a lighter comforter to balance the warmth factor through out the night. This added layer of insulation might make you question whether the featherbed is appropriate for the summer months.  It is absolutely normal to be able to use a featherbed during the summer months.  There is such a thing as an 'All Seasons' reversible featherbed.  This summer feather bed has a down top side for winter months and a cool touch Tencel side for the summer months.  Tencel Lyocell is considered to be a miracle fabric, continuously offering  a silky yet cool touch. Tencel Lyocell offers great moisture wicking in the fabric itself thus giving a cool feeling for the warmer summer months. 

Because most mattresses use a poly cotton fabric, they can often feel warm against contact. Furthermore some beds or even bed toppers like memory foam can cause an extra amount of surface warmth.  By using a featherbed in the warmer months you are adding a layer of breathable material between your body and the mattress or topper. Whether it is the cotton ‘winter' side or the Tencel ‘summer' side you will benefit from the extra breathability.

The easy to distinguish color coded piping shows which side is appropriate for the current season.  The red piping is to be used for the winter months while the blue piping is to be used for the summer months.  The top, ¾ inch in height is filled with White Goose Down.  The 12 inch box construction keeps the fill from shifting too much.  This luxurious Down Top provides the perfect winter feather bed.  The cool touch Tencel bottom provides the proper moisture control for the summer months along with adding the appropriate cool factor.  The ¾ inch in height bottom has the 8 inch quilted diamond construction which also keeps the fill from shifting.  This makes the blue piping bottom the perfect summer feather bed.   The middle of the feather bed is 3 inches in height andconsists of a blend of 5/95 White Goose Down & Feathers with Soft Down Alternative Polyester.  The Channel construction allows the fill to shift appropriately while still providing balanced coverage. 

The key to keeping your summer feather bed lofty lies in the fluffing of the featherbed once a week.  The appropriate way to fluff the bed would be as follows: start on one side of the bed and fold one side to the middle then allow the featherbed to fold back and give it a good shake.  Repeat the same process on the other side along with the headboard and footboard areas. 

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My featherbed is realy large and I'm trying to figure out how to get my sheets to fit comfortably over it.

Even when I pull the sheets they don't go completely over the mattress. I really don't want to sleep right on top of the featherbed because I'm sure it will get dirty

This might be an excuse to get some new sheets! Sheets today are larger to accommodate the new larger mattressess and paddings.

However, if that is not an option, get some lengths of sturdy fabric, and while the bottom sheet is on the bed (on top of your feather topper) sew or pin a length of it from one corner, under the mattress to the other corner, at a diagonal. Do this at all four corners. Even though your bottom sheet doesn't fully fit. these corner straps will prevent the sheet from flipping up.

And, no, you do not want to sleep on top of your feather bed. In fact, you should still have a fiber-fill mattress pad, because no matter what, those pesky little feathers will manage to poke their way through.

Because you have feathers, you need to be a little more cautous about dust mites and other allergens. Spray with allergen reducers, and if you cannot fluff the bed out doors or in a dryer (at least monthly) vacuum it thoroughly.

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