Wool Wellbeing

Getting a good night's sleep is important for our mental and physical wellbeing and tired, puffy skin is a sure sign of lack of sleep. We sometimes forget that skin is the largest organ of our body and, just like the rest of our body, it needs sleep to regenerate, as well as to look and feel  healthy. Our blog explains why.

What should you be looking for when your little one is ready for their first pillow? There's a lot of choice out there but the best pillow will not only help them get a good night's sleep but will also be natural and chemical free. Our Little Lana range of pillows has been specially created for children - they are natural and chemical free, with each pillow  individually handcrafted here in our workshops on the edge of Dartmoor.

Finding it difficult to sleep on hot summer nights?  When we're restless, tossing and turning, this can make us even hotter, so we've put together some tips that will help you to cool down and make it easier to fall asleep.

What is the crucial link between good leadership skills and quality sleep? Effective leaders understand that true success goes beyond working long hours and instead manage their lives to include getting a good night's sleep. Sleep enhances problem-solving, cognitive function, and communication abilities. Discover how prioritising sleep creates a positive work environment, improves decision-making, and ultimately benefits both leaders and their teams. 

At Devon Duvets, we created the UK’s original British wool duvet over 14 years ago, because we wanted to find a way to help people sleep better. This was swiftly followed by our British wool toppers and pillows. Wool has many beneficial properties when it comes to bedding. It’s breathable and temperature regulating, helping to keep your core body temperate in balance whilst you sleep. It has moisture wicking abilities, keeping humidity levels down in your bedding, thereby making it naturally resistant to dust mites and the build-up of micro bacteria. This means that wool is also hypoallergenic and more hygienic.

Spring is here and there are lambs in fields around Devon and on Dartmoor. If that isn’t enough to make you smile, then the lengthening hours of sunlight are always welcome and gives us a sense of wellbeing.

Our entire focus is on how we can make products that help people to sleep better. We often talk about Wool Wellbeing, amongst the Devon Duvets team at our workshops, as well as on our website – and it’s something that is deeply ingrained in everything that we do.

We are lucky at Devon Duvets because we have many customers who come back to us when they want to purchase further Devon Duvets wool duvets. We are also finding that more and more consumers want a wool duvet because they are natural and sustainable, and therefore a responsible choice when it comes to buying bedding.

What is eczema?

Eczema is a non-contagious, inflammatory dry skin condition that can affect people of all ages. The most common form, atopic eczema, affects 1 in 10 adults in the UK. Symptoms can often get worse once a person has gone to bed and this can interrupt sleep. The temptation to scratch makes the symptoms worse and leads to cracked skin. Additionally, those that suffers from eczema can also suffer from asthma, triggered at night by dust mites and their droppings...

Winners in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023!
We are thrilled to be winners in The Independent's "Best Summer Duvet’" Awards. This marks our 5th consecutive year of winning this award, having previously won in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. In the article announcing the winners, we were praised for the drape and snug factor of our lightweight wool duvet, and the fact that our wool is sustainably sourced. They also highlighted that our duvets are handcrafted, here in the UK.

Here’s why we’re experts at creating award-winning duvets that tick all those boxes:

As Prospero, in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, said: “We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”  We all dream, even if sometimes we don’t remember the dreams when we wake up.