'New' Bedding Set for £6

Ta da - my 'new' bedding set which cost me the grand total of £6.00 - £5.00 for the rather splendid supima cotton sheet in the M&S post-Christmas sale (thanks, Mum, for encouraging me to buy it), the £1.00 duvet cover that had to be re-sized from a king-size to a double and the pillowcases that came with another duvet set (Ikea, but bought in a charity shop) seven or eight years ago.  I'm rather pleased with this ensemble, especially as it goes rather nicely with the lavender coloured paint on the walls.

I'm always on the lookout for second-hand duvet covers, pillowcases etc as much of the bedding I already have is seriously ancient - and I'm talking 15 plus years in many cases.  Duvet covers are wearing very thin as are some of the pillowcases and it's only a matter of a very short time before mahoosive holes will inevitably start appearing.  Apart from my 'new' bedding, the next newest bedding we have is rapidly approaching double figures in age - the charity-shop-bought Ikea set and a rather spiffy paisley-print Caroline Charles duvet set which was bought on mega mega discount when a large department store closed down in Bristol.

I never fail to be amazed by how expensive duvet sets are new - although, to be fair, there is a huge amount of fabric involved - although I was surprised to find in the latest Aldi leaflet that a set of one fitted and one flat sheet was priced at £16.99.  Anyway, next time I come across a king-size duvet in a charity shop or a car boot sale, I'll remember that it can be (fairly) easily sized-down to a double.  And, I'd just like to say thank you very much to The Shopping Sherpa and Lindsey for your inspired suggestions to resize the duvet cover on my post when I discovered it wasn't a double after all . 

Comments

[Ilona]

Wow, it looks lovely, everything matches perfectly. How clever. I have some very old bedding, but I was lucky that my friend gave me a big pile when she emigrated. It is not worth paying shop prices when you can get it so much cheaper through using your own intuition.

[Jennifer]

What a great deal, duvet covers are hard to find over here for good prices. I scored two fantastic ones at a church rummage sale last summer, but it was a rare find. I'm always keeping my eye out.

[Lindsey]

The bedding looks great. So happy that my suggestion was useful (even if I can't remember posting it!). Anyway, the effort was certainly worthwhile.

[Barbara]

It looks great, I am always on the lookout for sheets and duvets and I am very lucky as I find heaps. I use them to back quilts and even made a kimino style dressing gown last week. The boys were so impress they asked me to make them one each, no flowery fabric though.

[Frugal Trenches]

oooh I love it. One word comes to mind, Spicey!

[Quilt]

The bedding looks simply awesome and amazing. I specially love the bold and rich colour of the one in the image.