As winter approaches and the nights start getting colder, now is the ideal time to update your bedroom with new bedding.

It’s coming up for the time to put away your thinner summer duvet and get out your warmer winter one. However, if it’s been stored away for six months it may have lost some of its plumpness so why not consider replacing it with a brand new one?

At Duvet and Pillow Warehouse we have a wide range of options available if you’re looking to replace your old quilt. Our luxury Hungarian goose down duvets are perfect for that touch of luxury and make your bedroom feel like a 5 star hotel, or if you’re looking for a more value for money option consider one of our goose feather and down duvets which allow you to get a good night’s sleep without breaking the bank!

If your mattress is becoming less firm, we have a range of mattress toppers which can extend the life of your mattress so you don’t need to replace it as often. Microfibre, goose and duck feather and memory foam options are available so there is something for every budget.

From luxurious silk pillowcases to 100% Egyptian cotton sheets, Duvet and Pillow Warehouse has everything you need to freshen up the look of your bedroom and make sure your get a relaxing night’s sleep every night!

We all know how frustrating it can be and what it is like to not be able to nod off at night time.

The tossing and turning; getting up and pacing your bedroom or putting a film on; but nothing works.

No matter how sleepy you are, for some reason you just can’t shut your eyes and dream.

So here are some top tips to get a good rested night sleep…

 - Bath Before Bedtime

A hot bath can be a great remedy for sleeplessness!  You might think that raising this temperature in a hot bath is what triggers your body into feeling sleepy but in fact, it is the cooling down that occurs when you get out of the bath that makes you sleepy. If you’re having trouble sleeping, try having a warm bubble bath about an hour before bedtime.

- Insomnia

Insomnia is in which a person has very erratic sleeping patterns. Hundreds of people in the UK struggle with the condition and once the body is in the irregular pattern, it can be very hard to break.

Sleep restriction therapy is one potential method, in which you spend less time in the bedroom. The aim of this treatment is to make the subject so tired that their body will be forced to re-establish a normal sleeping pattern.

- The Art Of Napping

Napping is a fantatic way of boosting energy levels, and no matter what people say you are never too old to nap. Naps are most effective when taken in the afternoon between two and five and the best nap duration is 30 minutes. Apparently, your body will naturally resist attempts to nap between seven and twelve o’clock in the morning, and between six and eight o’clock in the evening.

- How to Stop Snoring

It’s estimated that 15 million Britons snore. It can be linked to serious health conditions and as it can affect the sleep of more than just the sufferer, it can have a negative effect on relationships. It is due to the muscles controlling our airways relaxing, causing the air passage to narrow. As a result, when we breathe the soft tissues in the mouth, nose and throat vibrate, which we then hear as snoring. Nose strips can be used to help the problem. Alternatively, mouth guards can prevent the tongue from falling to the back of the mouth.

- Don’t Mess With Your Sleep Cycle

A good night’s rest is usually an indicator that the body has undergone five specific stages of sleep, drowsy, drop off to sleep, deep sleep and Rapid Eye Movement. The best way to ensure you have the right mixture of sleep stages is to avoid caffeine and alcohol before sleeping, as they can distort the natural sleep pattern, and ensure that you sleep for between seven and nine hours every night.

- Eat To Sleep

Pillow Remote Control by Brookstone

Love a pillow fight? Well maybe this wouldn’t be the best idea when using this newly released gadget; a pillow remote control.

Yes you heard me right, a remote control shaped like a pillow/cushion.

The living room pillow has a built-in infrared LED to make itself a six-in-one universal control, with codes for over 500 remote control devices.  

Powered by a pair of AAA batteries, the pillow remote even features an auto-shut-off function to save energy.

But I’m guessing it might hurt you (and break the remote) if this bad boy was whacked over your head. So no pillow fights.

The pillow remote, which would be really difficult to get lost unlike normal remotes do, has sewn-in fabric buttons to change channels, adjust the volume and access a DVD player.

It could be said to be the best Christmas present ever for lazy people and couch potatoes; although we’re still trying to work out how if you fall asleep on it, it doesn’t change channels or switch itself on and off?

For quality luxurious duvets and pillows (that you can have pillow fights with), visit Duvet and Pillow Warehouse.co.uk today.

In recent months the Hacker publication decided to compile a list of 2,600 words that are restricted by Google Instant.

Yes the new web giant’s Google Instant Search feature won’t work with certain words unlike its big brother Google.

Their intentions are simple. To not allow anyone to see pornographic or violent results they may find disturbing unless they really are searching for them. They are more specifically in place according to Google’s Johanna Wright to protect children.

However Google has opened a can of worms in the PR World because many of the omissions will be at vest bewildering and at worst offensive to particularly sensitive users who do not understand how Google Instant actually works.

So when you type a word into Google that is on the restricted list, it will ask you to confirm that you actually want to search for these types of results before it gives you any. You can still search for certain terms, it just means that Google stops reporting results on the fly and you must further hit ‘enter’ to see any results.

Google Instant is designed to remember your previous searches and results and predict what you are going to type. It’s the same algorithm that handles auto-complete or the Google Suggest pop ups in the original Google search.

So basically it goes a bit like this. If you type in the word dirty pillows or dirty duvets and you are genuinely wishing to find out how to perfectly wash dirty pillows or duvets then Google Instant will certainly stop showing you results because they don’t want to show you anything dirty…if you catch my drift.

So next time you are looking to wash some clothes, try and think of a more inventive and appropriate way to write it in Google Instant search bar, else you never know what might come up!

Studies have revealed that pregnant women who have below five hours of sleep each night increase their chances of having preeclampsia – a serious pregnancy complication related to high blood pressures.

Maintaining a good night’s sleep while pregnant helps maintain the blood pressure at normal levels.

Pregnant women who are getting below six hours of sleep every night during the early stages of pregnancy have systolic blood pressure readings during the last trimester phase. The research found that this was almost 4mm/Hg higher than those women who get around nine hours of sleep each night.

However on the other hand, too much sleep can cause problems as women sleeping over 10 hours each night in their first trimester phase have a twofold increase in the chance of contracting preeclampsia.

1,272 healthy pregnant women took part in the survey.

The first interview was conducted during the first 14 weeks of gestation with their blood pressure periodically checked. Further information on their health and lifestyle as well as sleeping habits was also reported.

They found that the duration of sleep each night did not have an impact on the blood pressure in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy; however it was in the third trimester the effect became more prominent.

It is highly important that pregnant women stay as comfortable as possible when they sleep each night. To do this purchasing high quality bedding products is a sure fire way to ensure a comfortable environment while you sleep. You can find a wide range of duvets and pillows as well as supportive memory foam mattresses and memory foam pillows via the duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk website. Their products are of a high standard and all set at affordably low prices.

Make sure you visit the Duvet and Pillow Warehouse autumn sale which see hundreds of bedding products slashed in price.

The dedicated online duvet store has some fantastic deals with up to 40 per cent off many of their duvets, pillows, memory foam products as well as much more.

The team at Duvet and Pillow Warehouse are continually slashing the prices on their products in order to give their customers real value for money. All of the items are of high quality yet at affordably low prices which is sure to go down a treat in your home.

And while the winter creeps in, you will find some super cosy duvets at the online bedding store.

Take a look at these fantastic duvets featured on the website which are at fantastically low prices.

Ultimate Hungarian Goose Down Duvet – Super King – 9.0 Tog

Hungarian Goose Down Duvet

It is believed that Hungarian geese duvets are the best down in the world. This duvet is ideal for autumn featuring cassette construction, a pure cotton cover and cord edging, with a guarantee for 10 years. This duvet is now on sale for just £126!

Goose Feather and Down Pillow

Goose Feather & Down Pillow

For just £7.50 you can purchase a goose feather and down pillow that is lavishly stuffed with nautral feathers (85%) and down (15%). Covered with a breathable 100 per cent cotton case and finished with cord edging, you would be mad to miss out on these fantastic bedding supplies.

For all of our products please visit Duvet and Pillow Warehouse today.

We are still going strong with our Duvet and Pillow Warehouse sale, but our stock won’t be around forever so make sure you visit our online bedding store today for high quality bedding at affordable prices.

With up to 50 per cent off some of their top quality products you are sure to find everything you are looking for to furnish your bedroom to be comfortable, cosy and the place you want to be each night.

From 50 per cent off goose down quilts to fantastic savings on memory foam pillow products you are sure to find everything you are looking for that certainly won’t break the bank.

Our team can guarantee that our prices are the cheapest and you will struggle to find lower priced high quality bedding products elsewhere.

And it’s not just mega sale that you can get excited about.

Our team are giving customers an extra £10 off your overall price if you spend over £100 via our online store! The savings are endless!

And better still, if you are purchasing bedding products that cost over £50 you will find that you will receive free postage and packaging on your order.

For more information visit Duvet and Pillow Warehouse today, the place to be for all your bedding products.

After a long hard week in the office and many sleepless nights, many people think that a long lie in on a Saturday will help rejuvenate our worn out bodies.

Scientists, however, have said that having a catch up on your sleep that you loose during the week can often be a pointless task.

Restricted sleep – four hours or less per night – has been found to be cumulative and that little sleep each night is almost as bad for the body as having no sleep at all.

Even if it is just a couple of nights a week can completely affect how the mind works and one single night sleep will not immediately reverse this.

Lead researcher Dr Chiara Cirelli from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said, “There is a huge amount of interest in sleep restriction in the field today.

“Instead of going to bed when they are tired, like they should, people watch TV and want to have an active social life.

“People count on catching up on their sleep on the weekends, but it may not be enough. Even relatively mild sleep restriction for several nights can affect an individuals ability to perform cognitive tasks.

“For instance, recent studies in humans have shown that five days with only four hours of sleep each night result in cumulative deficits in vigilance and cognition, and these deficits do not fully recover after one night of sleep, even if ten hours in bed are allowed.”

Insomnia can also increase the bodies resistance to insulin and further lead to diabetes.

Dr Cirelli’s team studies how sleep deprivation on rats and recorded their slow wave activity (SWA) while they were asleep and awake. SWA indicates when an individual needs to sleep because the longer someone stays awak the higher the level of SWA.

Dr Cirelli explained, “Monitoring SWA levels during waking time is very important in understanding the whole picture.

“High SWA levels during periods of both sleeping and waking signal that you need to go to sleep.”

The research is expected to help scientists understand the harmful effects of sleep disturbance.

If you are looking for comfy bedding to keep you in the perfect slumber each night then visit online bedding store Duvet and Pillow Warehouse. From goose down quilts to memory foam pillows, there is something for everyone to ensure that you get the best sleep right through the night.

Women have been found to wake their sleeping partners up at night because they are jealous of their partners nodding off within moments of hitting the pillow.

Sleep envy – as it is known – can turn a lovely lady into a less than likeable partner.

Figures show that 1 in 4 women admitted to deliberately waking up their partner because they are jealous they aren’t able to fall asleep as easy.

The most common revenge is to simple toss and turn until their sleep-eyed partner wakes up.

The next wake up tactic is the ‘accidental’ poke or prod in the ribs.

Others used less than subtle tactics such as chatting until they got a reply, making a loud noise and even turning on the light or television.

One in ten actually confessed to pinching their partner to wake up.

The sleeping envy confessions came about after a poll was conducted about women and their sleeping habits. Around 25 per cent of the women took up to an hour to drop off, while most men said they fell asleep in under ten minutes.

A third of women said that they felt frustration at watching their partners effortlessly fall asleep while they toss and turn, leading to unnecessary arguments before bed.

“Not being able to sleep can be frustrating enough, bout our survey shows that it is made worse when you are next to someone who is sound asleep,” the Daily Mail quoted for Silentnight, which carried out the poll, as saying.

“However this sleep envy phenomenon is actually doing more harm than good and will only prevent you from getting to sleep longer.

“Sleepless Brits should try tiring themselves out by reading or having a warm drink in another room, so as not to disturb their partners,” he added.

If you are struggling to sleep at night you may want to consider changing your bedding to a more cosier duvet and pillow to ensure you are getting the most out of each night’s sleep. From memory foam pillows to goose down quilts the Duvet and Pillow Warehouse website has some fantastic bedding supplies on their dedicated online store.

We love bedrooms at Duvet and Pillow Warehouse and love to see what’s going on in the world of interior design and how people are furnishing and decorating their bedrooms.

From the modern to the contemporary look, we love it all and make sure we are updated with the latest styles and trends in the home interior world.

However with the good comes the bad, with the beautiful comes the ugly and with the creative comes the way out there designs.

While scouring the World Wide Web, we come across these rather wacky designs that we think are fab!

Outside looking outside

Two Brazilian artist lived like this for four months during 2009. Their bedroom featured a bed, hammock, sofa, potted plant, chest of drawers situated on the outside wall of a building in Rio de Janeiro. Luckily the pair didn’t expose all of their daily living and scrambled over the wall to use the bathroom in the neighbouring art gallery.

Bed in a box

A Japanese company designed this folding bedroom to allow apartment owners to make more space around their home. Designed for urban living, the idea was to fold down necessary furniture without compromising on form or functionality.

The rather bizarre but very practical design is a great way to create more space in a room, however we are not too sure how comfy those mattresses will be and would definitely have to opt for a memory foam pillow or memory foam mattress topper to sleep on each night.

Mirror room

From Propeller Island City Lodge in Berlin, this Mirror Room is diamond-shaped and lined top to bottom with mirrors created a kaleidoscope effect.

While rather cool and very retro, we are not too sure that waking up would be a easy task, especially having to see your own face in the morning staring back at you!

Whatever your style make sure that your room is super comfortable with a goose down duvet or memory mattress topper from Duvet and Pillow Warehouse.

The online duvet store has a wide selection of bedroom furnishings that are sure to suit your needs and requirements.