to think that those of you of have abundant cushions on your bed are just as bad as the loons who have teddy bears on theirs?

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A friend (rather DP's workmate's girflfriend) just moved into a new house. She is a lovely girl, went round their house with some lilys to nose have a look.

She has about 6 great big cushions on her bed all nicely arranged. And one of those strips of material like a scarf at the bottom.

I made all the right noises but then said 'what do you do when you go to bed, do you just throw 'em on the floor?'

She looked at me as if I was old man Steptoe and said 'no we put them in the ottoman'. And by the window is a blanket box in which she puts the cushions at night, and then puts them back on the bed in the morning.

That's MAD isn't it?

Mind you, she is only 24. Surely a bit of real life will knock that madness out of her.

GOD, NO, I CAN'T STAND HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS THAT ARE 'NOT MEANT TO BE USED'. It reminds me of pretentious post-war fruit bowls, in which the fruit was not for eating.

I just had to shout! Sorry. YANBU!

I have two cushions on my bed - when I go to bed I put one behind my back to stop me rolling onto my back and snoring. The other one supports my iPad at the right angle for reading or watching videos, while I am lying down.

The throw that spends the day at the foot of the bed goes on the floor next to the bed where I can reach it when I have a hot flush in the night & find the duvet too warm, but I want something over me.

I'm lucky if I get round to making the bed. Sod faffing with cusions.

Just as a little aside, NorbertDentressangle loving the name - ds and dh scream out your name everytime we see it on a lorry (not sure how this started but it causes great excitement which is quite sad as we cross the channel every 2 months). Just thought i'd mention that....might get it put on a stone....

What log things you get in hotels?

puddlepuss

It is the coolest real name ever isn't it?

Especially if said with a deep, phlegmy French accent

Yuno

Bolsters. Uncomfortable bastards that look good.

Shaped like a sausage

Norbert I was hoping you'd say "Ooo, well puddle, I own the company - here's a lorry for your ds. Now he shall be forever happy" . Failing that, yes, much phlegm and spitting is required.

puddlepuss -sorry, I'm afraid not (but on the positive side I'm not a hairy trucker either )

Stands Up

I am Shoshe and I have cushions ....... lots of them........ and silk throw at end of my bed ... and a bedroom jug and bowl on the dresser and fancy candles........ And a box at the foot of the bed to put cushions in...... and DH IS NOT ALLOWED TO LAY ANY PART of his sweaty anatomy on them

In my defence (I have one honest dont laugh till you here it)

All my Children are grown up and left home, y bedrooms for the first time ever are grown up bedroom, NO CHILDREN ALLOWED.

AND the way our flat is laid out, the first door as you enter the flat is out bedroom, and I hate the door closed in the summer, I like the air to circulate.

SO THERE [sticks tongue out!)

Ah well, I'll just have to stalk the ports some more and steal one when the hairy truckers are sucking bean juice out of their beards

I have 8 pillows and a bolster (used to be my maternity pillow) on my bed. I also have 8 cushions and my DD's teddy bear ( I dont usually abide soft toys but this one is different).

I have two duvets, one main one and one as a throw. I also have a handmade lap quilt (was also DD's donated by a special organisation).

Everything is pink. Every pillow case is different and the duvet covers are too.

I think my bed is beautiful. A heavenly mix of shabby chic and butterflies (for my DD).

Someone's nightmare is someone's bliss.

It does take fecking ages to change though

We sold our house in 6 weeks last year. Dressed it as much like a hotel as I could given piles of kids stuff everywhere.

Put orchids and Molton brown soaps in all bathrooms and loos

put matching throws, pillows and runner things on all the beds.

Jo Malone candles in reception rooms. New cushions and matching throws over sofas.

My bed is covered in hippos. And I'm proud of it. We all reserve to right to decorate our homes (and beds) as we see fit!

Annie - tanks - now i know where to hide if the feds ever come looking for me....

In my defence - I cant have much in the way of soft furnishing in the rest of the house. DS is very allergic to dustmites.

My room is also my girly haven in a house full of males.

OP - You are So Totally NBU. Throwing the cushions off a bed nad then back again in the morning drives me nuts. MIL has them all over the shop, finding somewhere for them at night in her tiny guest room means they have to go on the floor - what's the point? What a waste of time, shuffling them around. These ones are small, too, so no bloody use to lean against if reading as they slip down the back ... waffle waffle blah blah...

See, I am TOTALLy with you on this. They look so naff, too, stuck in the '80s and ...>

YANBU - the ottoman is the finishing touch. An object whose ONLY use is to keep useless objects in. Hmm.

One can only hope for her sake that it might have additional shagfest properties which she was too delicate to mention.

I hate 'accessorised' rooms it is a real epidemic in this country.I blame linda barker

Oh and yy to bloody hotel bed paraphernalia. Stupid bolsters and nasty bedspreads that you just KNOW haven't been washed between guests - boak.

I have four nicely arranged cushions on my bed. and an ottomon/blanket box.

But yes, I chuck the cushions on the floor every night. Or mostly sometimes I just leave them there for days.

I hate extra cushions, rugs etc on beds that have nothing to do with keeping warm/comfortable while sleeping.

But I do like beds to have a "look". Our bed currently has a charcoal linen undersheet, a poppy red linen duvet cover, two poppy red linen pillow cases and two grey/white cowboy shirt check pillow cases; and the bed head and valance are also charcoal linen.

On the other hand the suggestions for words such as TWAT and DUMP on appropriate walls are inspired.

I need to defend my cushions now.

My bedroom is extremely plain and pared down, and neutral/griege, except for the surplus --pointless- bed cushions which add an important accent colour, and some pattern (duck egg blue with bits of deep charcoal and chocolate if you're interested) which picks up the colour on the walls in the en-suite.

So not pointless. Pivotal in fact.

Don't you know who I am? I am Martha Stewart/Kelly Hoppen. Pah. You know nothing of accessorising. I can't be expected to work with these fools who don't understand about my art.

And my ottoman does not contain pointless items thank you very much. It contains my pristine white, very high thread-count bedlinen. Four sets of it.

Some of it is from Frette.