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Reader Survey: How Many Pillows Are On Your Bed?

atla-022808-pillows01.jpg Tuesday's blog on The 10 best Natural Pillow Alternatives has us jonesing for some of those kapok pillows. On our own bed we have four Queen sized feather-and-down-mix pillows, two per side. Simple. Utilitarian. But we're always curious about those people who have the whole pillow look going on...

 
 

You know: the neck rolls, some round pillows, maybe one of those things with the arms for reading in bed, a cute little square pillow with a saying on it or long needlepoint pillow with a bird silhouette. But then, the question of who's going to be reponsible for arranging all of those pillows during our already chaotic morning puts a full stop to our pillow dreams. That, and the fear of tumbling over the fine line between inviting and psychotic. So, we'd like to know: how many pillows do you have on the bed?

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4: 2/person

posted by callbob on February 28th 2008 at 8:29am
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a whopping 9 adorn my bed.

posted by mjr on February 28th 2008 at 8:29am
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I have 4 King sized pillows, and 3 decrotive pillows that came with my comfoter set.

posted by djohnson on February 28th 2008 at 8:35am
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I have 9 too...2 Euros, 2 standards in shams, 3 throws, and 2 sleep pillows!

posted by LuSHHus on February 28th 2008 at 8:36am
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I have 9 too!
2 Euros, 2 standards in shams, 2 ergonomic tempurepedic like pillows, 2 small square and 1 cheeky PillowPillowPillow (the Cha-cha).

posted by renee c.f. on February 28th 2008 at 8:39am
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I may be the only one to respond this way: During the day I have four pillows on my bed. Two sleepers, two for decor (they're part of a set).

But I sleep with NO pillow. Pillows hurt my neck. Before I go to bed I just put my pillows on my armchair. I may try a very soft and small neck pillow, though.

Anyone else not sleep with a pillow? :-

posted by *heather leaf* on February 28th 2008 at 8:40am
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Ooh, I'm jealous. I want 9 pillows!
I currently have 5, though it used to be 6. I'm in the need for some new pillows all together though.

posted by sparkle on February 28th 2008 at 8:42am
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5= 2 sleep pillows, 2 with shams and 1 decorative pillow.

posted by Laura on February 28th 2008 at 8:44am
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Eight, I think. Let's see:

2 in shams.
2 non down for my husband.
3 down for me. ( I like different heights, etc on different nights and at different times.
1 silk, also for me. (A wonderful indulgence which helps with head heat.)

posted by Lavren on February 28th 2008 at 8:49am
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Nine pillows, but the dog sleeps on two of them.

posted by Aldyth on February 28th 2008 at 8:50am
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6. Two per side.

posted by ridge_van_winkle on February 28th 2008 at 8:51am
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I mean ... 3 per side ;-)

posted by ridge_van_winkle on February 28th 2008 at 8:52am
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Oh wait ... 7. I have a big long roll thing behind the others for a headboard.

posted by ridge_van_winkle on February 28th 2008 at 8:52am
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Six, we sleep with two each and I have two European sized pillows for decorative purposes. Actually, I won the two larger ones through Apartment Therapy during the last holiday give-away season!!

posted by carla on February 28th 2008 at 9:12am
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6
3 per side, on each side there is one that kind of tucks between the bed and the wall to keep the others from scooting through the crack in the night - one decorative and one for sleeping.

posted by heidh on February 28th 2008 at 9:22am
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4, currently ALL MINE. i can't afford those big cool euro pillows and shams. all the pillow shams i see are like $30 EACH. weird. plus, they'd just sit on the floor all night anyway, for reals.

posted by kdkaboom on February 28th 2008 at 9:28am
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5 = 2 Euro Squares, 2 for sleeping and 1 boudoir.

posted by Kathryn on February 28th 2008 at 9:37am
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7 pillows. three on each side. bulldog sleeps across on all six of them. i'm in a corner with mine, seventh. god, i love that dog!

posted by Astrid Vladi on February 28th 2008 at 9:42am
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9
wow.

posted by elizabet on February 28th 2008 at 9:42am
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4, all for me. 2 usually stay on the bed at night since i roll around a lot. the other 2 live on the chair in front of my desk at night.

posted by sarahduckie on February 28th 2008 at 9:43am
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Wow. We have just 2. I suddenly feel like my bed is under-dressed!

posted by Molly Margarita on February 28th 2008 at 9:46am
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I have six standard sized pillows. What. I need all of them.

posted by angelabaca on February 28th 2008 at 10:09am
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6 - 4 for sleeping and two in shams - all mine...

posted by Wigorama on February 28th 2008 at 10:34am
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I used to have two, one for me and one for current boyfriend, then the most recent boyfriend demanded two for himself and it looked lopsided, so it is now four.

posted by sciencegeek on February 28th 2008 at 10:38am
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This just begs for a "the children in Africa have NO PILLOWS TO SLEEP ON!!" comment.

But 9 pillows. Good heavens. 10? Anyone have 10?

I have three at the moment, and that feels like too much, though all need to be replaced.

posted by artnerd on February 28th 2008 at 10:43am
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Two Euros
Two Kings
Two Standards
Three decorative

posted by patrick (the other one) on February 28th 2008 at 10:49am
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One for me and one for the hubby... but I actually like sleeping with my head wedged between the two pillows.

posted by AnnadyL on February 28th 2008 at 10:53am
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2 decorative shams
2 smaller rectanguler decorative pillows
1 small decorative square pillow

posted by IdRatherBeDesigning on February 28th 2008 at 10:56am
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four pillows for sleeping, one large decorative, one small decorative...and I want to get two more decorative if I could only find just the right one!

posted by emhoop on February 28th 2008 at 11:57am
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I can't believe 9 is such a common number, I remember a few years ago I was walking with a hotel manager and he was so proud while telling me they were upgrading from 6 to 10 pillows per king size bed, that that was now 5 star standard... I thought he was nuts then, they're probably rounding out at 20 by now.

posted by Laurie on February 28th 2008 at 12:32pm
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Seven:
--2 giant square European pillows to lean against when sitting up in bed
--4 regular pillows in two different sets of shams, partly for looks and partly to provide more flexibility in pillow use
--1 round ornamental pillow to complete the color scheme

posted by wende in the twin cities on February 28th 2008 at 12:46pm
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5

2 memory foam for sleeping
2 big firm white ones on top of those
1 sheep-skin pillow in the middle

anything more than that seems ridiculous.

posted by my little apartment on February 28th 2008 at 1:47pm
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er...4. I'm horribly deprived, apparently.

posted by mmadden on February 28th 2008 at 2:13pm
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Me:1 foam, 1 roll (to keep the foam one from being pushed backwards into the headboard)

Partner: Some combination of 2 King, 1 roll, 3 normal

posted by hja on February 28th 2008 at 2:24pm
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7. 5 decorative, 2 for sleeping.

posted by pacca on February 29th 2008 at 5:18am
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8

2 king size pillows
3 standard pillows
3 decorative

posted by SFCarlos on April 2nd 2008 at 2:46pm
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6: 2 Euro, 4 standard (2 different cases).

posted by littleinkpot on January 8th 2009 at 11:18am
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4 standard pillows, when there's company 2 for you and two for me.

You can't be too rich, too thin, or have too many pillows. :-)

posted by John H on January 8th 2009 at 11:57am
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Well we use four - two for me and two for the fiance. If the bed is all made up nice, there is about 6 or 7 pillows on it since I love throw pillows during the day.

Now go into our guest room to the daybed and you'll find two sleeping pillows and about a dozen throw pillows of all assorted sizes.

posted by ChrisGal on January 10th 2009 at 9:48am
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I have five. Two for each side, and a u pillow that I tend to either sleep with over my fave, or curled up in the middle of the bed with. It must look very strange!

I usually use both of the ones on my side, but if I'm sleeping particularly restlessly, like I am at the moment, I put one off of the bed to stop myself tangling up in it or ending up stacked super high!

posted by Kaviare on April 24th 2009 at 12:56am
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