Wednesday, November 26, 2008

what i picked with my birthday gift certificate


Because it's all about a good night's sleep, I decided it was okay to treat myself to a brand-new uber-stuffed down pillow. I picked the Royal Velvet Majestic Gold 1200-Thread-Count Hungarian White Goose Down Pillow. I leave the full label in there, because there are [not kidding] seven billion different varieties of down pillow from this company and the differences are freaking subtle.

In the end, I went for pure down, Hungarian [because I'm half Hungarian, don'tchaknow], with the largest fill amount [26oz] I could find. I like the gussets on the side.

I've had many down pillows over the years and there are two on my bed that are so squooshed from years of use that they're not so much good any more. I am thinking, when the new pillow arrives, I'll take the two oldies to a down shop [we have several in town!] and have them made into one new pillow. They usually clean/refresh the down when they do that, so I'll have a fabulous backup pillow as a result!

Thus endeth my diatribe on pillowness.


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There are Down Shops? Is that a Canadian thing/ How amazingly cool!
( I like gussets to but have to go hypoallergic.)
 
Share dazed amazement about the down shops. We are such heathens here.

Lucky girl. There's nothing like a good pillow.
 
That pillow looks yummy, I would love a down pillow.
 
What is a down shop? I've never heard of such a thing before!
Awesome pillow, i love getting new pillows that have just the right amount of filling - makes for a much better nights sleep! :~)
 
Good idea re the smooshing two pillows-into-one idea.
I used to live/etc with a down quilt manufacturer years ago; he and his partner made their workers wear face masks coz of the teensy feathers that can (apparently) get lodged in respiratory systems! So, also use a dust-proof envelope!
Patricia-same-birthday-as-you
 
You know you're an adult when. The great pillow is a luxury I also recently explored.
 
There is nothing that improves a night's sleep like a great down pillow. Right now I have two, both of them constructed of two skimpy cheap down pillow stuffed into one pillow cover -- instant plump down pillow!
Enjoy!
 
Hi, I just joined today, and happened to read this blog. Oddly enough, I'm half Hungarian, too, and still have my grandmother's Dunya (sp?) -- her Hungarian goose down comforter -- as well as a huge down pillow that used to be on her bed. They both shed a bit, but I love them dearly!

szia! Karen
 
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