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?
4: 2/person
view callbob's profile
a whopping 9 adorn my bed.
view mjr's profile
I have 4 King sized pillows, and 3 decrotive pillows that came with my comfoter set.
view djohnson's profile
I have 9 too...2 Euros, 2 standards in shams, 3 throws, and 2 sleep pillows!
view LuSHHus's profile
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).
view renee c.f.'s profile
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? :-
view *heather leaf*'s profile
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.
view sparkle's profile
5= 2 sleep pillows, 2 with shams and 1 decorative pillow.
view Laura's profile
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.)
view Lavren's profile
Nine pillows, but the dog sleeps on two of them.
view Aldyth's profile
6. Two per side.
view ridge_van_winkle's profile
I mean ... 3 per side ;-)
view ridge_van_winkle's profile
Oh wait ... 7. I have a big long roll thing behind the others for a headboard.
view ridge_van_winkle's profile
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!!
view carla's profile
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.
view heidh's profile
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.
view kdkaboom's profile
5 = 2 Euro Squares, 2 for sleeping and 1 boudoir.
view Kathryn's profile
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!
view Astrid Vladi's profile
9
wow.
view elizabet's profile
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.
view sarahduckie's profile
Wow. We have just 2. I suddenly feel like my bed is under-dressed!
view Molly Margarita's profile
I have six standard sized pillows. What. I need all of them.
view angelabaca's profile
6 - 4 for sleeping and two in shams - all mine...
view Wigorama's profile
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.
view sciencegeek's profile
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.
view artsandletters's profile
Two Euros
Two Kings
Two Standards
Three decorative
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
One for me and one for the hubby... but I actually like sleeping with my head wedged between the two pillows.
view AnnadyL's profile
2 decorative shams
2 smaller rectanguler decorative pillows
1 small decorative square pillow
view IdRatherBeDesigning's profile
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!
view emhoop's profile
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.
view Laurie's profile
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
view wende in phoenix's profile
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.
view goodnightdean's profile
er...4. I'm horribly deprived, apparently.
view mmadden's profile
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
view hja's profile
7. 5 decorative, 2 for sleeping.
view pacca's profile
8
2 king size pillows
3 standard pillows
3 decorative
view SFCarlos's profile