Reader Survey: How Many Pillows Are On Your Bed?

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?

Comments (40)

4: 2/person

a whopping 9 adorn my bed.

I have 4 King sized pillows, and 3 decrotive pillows that came with my comfoter set.

I have 9 too...2 Euros, 2 standards in shams, 3 throws, and 2 sleep pillows!

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).

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? :-

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.

5= 2 sleep pillows, 2 with shams and 1 decorative pillow.

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.)

Nine pillows, but the dog sleeps on two of them.

6. Two per side.

I mean ... 3 per side ;-)

Oh wait ... 7. I have a big long roll thing behind the others for a headboard.

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!!

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.

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.

5 = 2 Euro Squares, 2 for sleeping and 1 boudoir.

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!

9
wow.

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.

Wow. We have just 2. I suddenly feel like my bed is under-dressed!

I have six standard sized pillows. What. I need all of them.

6 - 4 for sleeping and two in shams - all mine...

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.

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.

Two Euros
Two Kings
Two Standards
Three decorative

One for me and one for the hubby... but I actually like sleeping with my head wedged between the two pillows.

2 decorative shams
2 smaller rectanguler decorative pillows
1 small decorative square pillow

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!

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.

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

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.

er...4. I'm horribly deprived, apparently.

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

7. 5 decorative, 2 for sleeping.

8

2 king size pillows
3 standard pillows
3 decorative

6: 2 Euro, 4 standard (2 different cases).

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. :-)

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.

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!