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silentreflux · 2026-11-08T21:35:50+00:00

I’ve been feeling a bit low and fed up, under the weather. I’ve just changed my sheets and wow, I feel so much better and I’m enjoying just relaxing. AIBU to think clean sheets are an underrated treat?

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 08/11/2026 22:09

Tweeply · 08/11/2026 22:04

This time of year you need flannelette or brushed cotton.. lush and warm

Yes to this. Switch from summer to winter bedlinen on the first day of the October holidays, back at Easter. We have four brushed cotton sets we rotate through, two gingham, one stripy, and a recently acquired Laura Ashley print set - absolutely love them all. We do fresh sheets Friday in this house.

mybiggreenfrog · 08/11/2026 22:10

If I won the lottery and have ckean sheets every day (or maybe every 2 days) as I really love the smell and feel.

Isittimeformynapyet · 08/11/2026 22:24

BIossomtoes · 08/11/2026 22:07

It’s even better with freshly shaved legs.

Now you mention it, yes. That is an extra little cherry on top.

Crudd99 · 08/11/2026 22:29

daschaund · 08/11/2026 21:46

We bought a tiny solar powered heater system and OMG game changer - everything smells like fresh air because we leave the clothes outside over the horse on the heater and they dry in no time - just need to keep an eye out for the rain!!

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What system is it and how does it work TIA.

Clonakilla · 08/11/2026 22:32

I don’t know if they’re underrated but if I were the kind of rich that has a housekeeper etc I’d have clean sheets every day!

ClaudineMallory · 08/11/2026 22:32

mybiggreenfrog · 08/11/2026 22:10

If I won the lottery and have ckean sheets every day (or maybe every 2 days) as I really love the smell and feel.

That's what Jackie Onassis did.

DangerousThingsILove · 08/11/2026 22:33

19Since7 · 08/11/2026 21:55

YANBU. I often think of really rich people, like the Royal Family, who have clean sheets every day.

Unfortunately unless you want to spend half your life washing and drying sheets and wrestling with a duvet, it's just not practical for the ordinary person to change them daily 😞

How do you know the royal family change their sheets every day?? They probably don’t.

ClaudineMallory · 08/11/2026 22:34

LauraJaneGrace · 08/11/2026 22:04

Well I was reading a thread before about a woman complaining that her DP hadn't changed his bedsheets in four weeks and LOADS of posters were telling her it was perfectly fine to go a month without washing the sheets, so I suspect that there is a fairly high percentage of minging mumsnetters.

But given that your OP actually mentions clean sheets the mingers probably won't be queuing up to answer here.

What the hell?! God that is utterly revolting! I change them once a week, but I'd do it more often if I had the time.

ClaudineMallory · 08/11/2026 22:35

PauliesWalnuts · 08/11/2026 21:47

They’re even better when they’re ironed.

gets coat

#goals

ClaudineMallory · 08/11/2026 22:35

DangerousThingsILove · 08/11/2026 22:33

How do you know the royal family change their sheets every day?? They probably don’t.

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Yes, I doubt it!

Pinkissmart · 08/11/2026 22:36

One of life’s great pleasures 💖

Delphiniumandlupins · 08/11/2026 22:45

Sahara123 · 08/11/2026 21:40

Yes ! Especially if they’re straight off the line and smell of fresh air.
I used to say if own the lottery I’d have someone to put crisp clean sheets on my bed every day but ecologically I don’t think I could now .☹️

Exactly how I feel

WitchesBritches · 08/11/2026 23:42

LauraJaneGrace · 08/11/2026 22:04

Well I was reading a thread before about a woman complaining that her DP hadn't changed his bedsheets in four weeks and LOADS of posters were telling her it was perfectly fine to go a month without washing the sheets, so I suspect that there is a fairly high percentage of minging mumsnetters.

But given that your OP actually mentions clean sheets the mingers probably won't be queuing up to answer here.

I used to manage a ski chalet, group for a company, and despite the staff being able to put their sheet into the laundry service, many of them wouldn't even bother to change their sheets for an entire season! & what's even more grim is that they weren't sleeping alone in them or even sleeping with the same other person for the entire season🤢

XenaBallerina · 08/11/2026 23:43

Love fresh sheets especially line dried ……. Have to draw the line at ironing them tho. That’s a hard no!
Love rolling over onto a cool spot if DH is not there too.

Beekman · 08/11/2026 23:45

I don’t think they are at all underrated and even people who don’t change then that often would probably like to but the effort is too much

WitchesBritches · 08/11/2026 23:47

ClaudineMallory · 08/11/2026 22:34

What the hell?! God that is utterly revolting! I change them once a week, but I'd do it more often if I had the time.

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I generally do it weekly in the autumn/winter, but much more frequently in the summer! Partly because of how quickly they dry. Partly because of how hot I get at night., but mainly because it's so easy to change the sheets in the summer as opposed to the Winter!

BaronessBomburst · 09/11/2026 00:12

I immediately thought of her too!
Even if you cant/ don't want to change the whole bed you can change the pillowcases. I often do it midweek, especially in the summer.

19Since7 · 09/11/2026 07:46

DangerousThingsILove · 08/11/2026 22:33

How do you know the royal family change their sheets every day?? They probably don’t.

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It was mentioned in a book I read about life at Buckingham Palace - they detailed the whole daily routine for various staff including those who look after the bedrooms. It was really interesting.

daschaund · 10/11/2026 13:33

Crudd99 · 08/11/2026 22:29

What system is it and how does it work TIA.

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Ours is an Axorafow which we leave out to charge and then plug the heating unit in, chuck a clean bedsheet over the washing on the airer and it creates almost a seal, leave in the garden and it circulates the warm air inside the sheet across the clothes and everything comes back in smelling of fresh air - think it was about £50 off Amazon iirc

Lovecleansheets · 10/11/2026 13:37

I agree. (as per user name)

ClaudiaNaughton · 10/11/2026 13:45

I’m sure I read in some drivelly newspaper that King Charles has linen sheets changed every other day.