Shaz36 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hi, I have the shippers coming in a few days and thought I should get round to buying some duvet covers to take over. I'm taking my double bed to keep as a spare so have plenty of double duvet sets, but will be buying a new bed for our bedroom. Can anyone tell me if Queen size is the standard size people buy over there and what size duvets you need to buy here to fit it? I looked online at international bed sizes and it looked like a queen size bed in Australia is the same size as King size in the UK, but wanted to check with anyone who's bought in the UK for aussie beds before going and buying the wrong size. Thanks Shaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 My understanding is queen sized there is UK king give or take a cm or two. Sheets and duvets for a king sized should fit fine therefore. We have a king sized bed and I'm stocking up on a couple of spare sets before we move over. That and a really good extra duvet and a couple of spares for kids and guest beds. I also used this Bed size - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dawnpepper Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 yes we bought a new bedroom suite over here but are still using our UK mattress and I can tell you that a king size mattress fits a queen size bed here but is still smaller. If you buy king size duvet covers then they will fit the duvets (or doonas as they are called here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaz36 Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Thanks, just ordered some in the M&S spring sale! Just ordered online, should come tomorrow and can pack for Thursday. They've got some great buys in the sale. You have to be quick though as I picked a few duvet covers but by the time I got to pay, one set was sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HavenMarra Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Good luck with the packing - we're right behind you!! Flights booked for 20th!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wendyd Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Hi Ladies Re Duvet's , Don't Buy feather Duvets As Customs Wont Let Them In As They Are Of animal Origin ,:wink:Had Shippers Here Today & Feather Cushions Hope This Helps Good Luck To All Packing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HavenMarra Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Seriously! We've loads of feather stuff - duvets, pillows - the sofa is massive and all feather filled! Oh no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cob Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 brought loads of feather pillows and duvets over plus sofa is feather filled and leather - not an issue. only untreated stuff is a problem such as your xmas pine cones and straw hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CandS Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 brought loads of feather pillows and duvets over plus sofa is feather filled and leather - not an issue. only untreated stuff is a problem such as your xmas pine cones and straw hats. HOLY $%&*! MY PRICELESS COLLECTION OF STRAW HATS! :shocked: What am I going to do??? Actually, we are going to have chuck out our laundry basket and some storage baskets... Glad to hear your sofa is going to be ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I can confirm that an Australian Double size duvet (or doona) does fit in a British Double size duvet cover if that helps anyone.... Probably not. I will say that Australian Morino wool duvets (or whatever you want to call them) are really good and far better than most of the duvets available in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CandS Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Actually, that is really helpful. We were wondering whether it was worth bringing our duvet to Brisbane, especially as I guess we won't need it for most of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesman Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I am very relieved to see I can bring our down duvets as we have loads of them which cost us a fortune and two are still nearly new. Really didn't want to get rid of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacoonkitty Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Im being very daft tonight....sorry...im a little confused on sizes of duvet ???, i have a standard 4.6 double sized bed here in the u.k...( and i have loads of new double ) sized sets of duvet covers here...will they NOT fit a standard double in australia ??.....i need to know as i wont shipp them if they wont and will go and get some new covers ...please help.x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisme Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 UK double duvet is 200 x 200 cm Oz double donna is 180 x 210 cm What you may find is with the bigger bedrooms in the houses over here you will get a bigger bed. Most beds sold here are Queen size, similar in size to UK King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisme Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Good for all bed and bedding sizes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedding#Bedding_sizes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petals Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Not a fan of feather here in Aus as due to the climate and heat in summer find the wool doonas and microfibre doonas a lot easier to clean and keep clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisme Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 I use a feather one in winter, which annoys me, all the feathers seem to work their way down to the bottom, and I have a thin polyester filled one for summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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