To ask how often you replace your bedlinen

[Applesauce29]

And do your pillowcases wear out faster?

My duvet covers and sheets are all stained with oil from massaging the pregnancy bump (annoying, tho no stretch marks so yay). Want to replace them all and buy extra spare pillowcases - mine always seem to fade quicker or get marks form make up / stain remover. Just curious how often people replace theirs, and how many sets you keep in rotation.

[TheCatsMother99]

Usually every 3 or 4 years but mine tend to get a bit worn out or they miss a button or popper and I get fed up with it.

I also apparently wear orange foundation that I'm also apparently bad at removing it at night (even though my makeup remover pads appear clear. Hmm) and covers get stained up the top near where my face goes. So even though I wash them regularly I get to the point where I can still see orange staining which gives me rage.

[Lesley1980]

I have 4 sets & replace them when they Start to get dull or get stained.

I find pillows get stained quicker so I have spare cheap pillow cases that I use to sleep on & the pillow case that matches the duvet is just for show when the bed is made.

[anxious2017]

I have 12 sets. Two are brushed cotton for winter use. One is a Christmas set and one an Autumn set. I have 2 jokey sets that I still use now and again because they're cute (pugs and space cats). The other 6 are sets that go with my bedroom. I do love a new set of bedding so I probably buy about 6 sets a year, then get rid of the oldest ones. I only buy relatively cheap sets (George etc) because I like having lots instead of one or two good ones.

The person who only has one set of bedding - what do you sleep in when you're washing/drying/ironing it?!

[FannyFanakapan]

my DD has a bed linen set that was mine - My mum bought it when I was about 14, it went off to uni with me, was used by my sister and then DD 1 at uni, now back at home being used by Dfd - so 38 years of regular use.

[weepat]

I am 46. 2 years ago I cried when my duvet set of "pierot clown" which I got for Xmas aged 12 finally got so thin it ripped in the wash. It had been used by me, my daughter, a friends daughter, my daughters friends daughter & I was washing it to give to a neighbour & it ripped. It had matching curtains. I was distraught.
Well loved & washed thousands of times over the 34 years.

[58NotBothered]

I still have the duvet and bedlinen set I was given for my 18th birthday. However, they are almost never used these days.
Just before Christmas I replaced a set of bedlinen that is wearing out. It is 15 years old and was from John Lewis.
I now have pure linen and it is wonderful.

[rookiemere]

My pillowcases ripped on the sets we got for a wedding so replaced them then after about 10 years of use.
Not happy that pillowcase has ripped on the John Lewis set that is about 2 years old.
Will invest in high thread count for new set I think.

[AuntGertrude]

Two sets from when we got married nearly 30 years ago, a couple of sets donated by mother-in-law since then, and three extra lush new sets in the last couple of years bought for us by our children and with Xmas & birthday money. I love them all, but esp. the brushed cotton set. I still have a single duvet set from when duvets first arrived on these shores in the late 70's, and it looks as good as new.

[Artandco]

Dimple - new every year? Don't you have hundreds of sets of everything? My slippers and pjs alone must be 10-15 years old. They both look as new

[Marylou2]

Absolutely adore bed linen. Duvet cover and pillow cases are a standard Christmas gift from DM. I have cotton/ brushed cotton / linen. Mainly white. Perhaps 12 sets plus kids linen also. All changed every Friday morning. I love towels too.

[DimplePeach]

Every year when winter sets in we get new everything for our bed. New duvet new pillows new covers and sheets and new nightwear and slippers! Dp bought an electric blanket last winter and its honestly the best thing hes ever bought me! I spend a lot of time in bed just chilling in the cosiness when its nasty and miserable outside! The old covers still get used sometimes but mostly for dust sheets

[YerDaSellsAvon]

I don't think I've ever binned any. In fact I have a bedding box on my landing with odds and ends in. I must donate it to the pdsa. I have stuff from the 80's plus a "counterpane" that my grandma paid for weekly.

[opinionatedfreak]

I need some new stuff to replace the sets I got when I bought my first flat >14 years ago.

Those sets are john Lewis and Laura Ashely and they are just starting to wear.

I can't find anything I really like so am holding off until I do.

[AllyJ83]

This is making me want to look at new bed linen.

[fingles]

Some inherited, some bought in Germany, some bought in an auction (hotel closed down, and really nice thickness double sheets).

Not much help, I know!

[Artandco]

We have 800-1000 thread count sheets

[Applesauce29]

Wow, wasn't expecting such a range of answers...

So where do people buy this mythical super high quality stuff now? I've bought the 400 thread count stuff from John Lewis, and although nice, it's not as great as in some hotels I've stayed in, or even as thick and soft as the stuff on the beds in the maternity wards (remember the clean sheets being super lovely post c-section but may have just been off my face on the pain meds)!

[2017SoFarSoGood]

DH insists on changing the bed twice a week, so it is a miracle they last any time at all! High thread count sheets the gulp at the price ones even when on huge discount seem to last forever, not so much the pillowcases. Have recently bought several sets of pillowcases and none are nearly as soft as the old (frayed, holy, ratty) ones, each set costing more than the last. No good, all. Am very sad about this. Need to be really soft and smooth; last truly great ones were french with beautiful lace but bought these about 20 years ago and now are fearfully shoddy!

[Silvercatowner]

I have a single duvet cover that is 40 years old - bought when I bought my first duvet. It is still going strong on the spare bed - doesn't get used much now though.

[RedBugMug]

I'm not fussed about the brand.
it needs to be 100% cotton.
and I hate white, all are colourfull.

[Natsku]

One set is 3 years old but is lidl bought so has gone threadbare and bobbly already. Others are Finlayson and are still as good as new. Only going to buy good quality Finlayson ones from now on (want Tom of Finland blanket cases next)

Fitted sheets need replacing more often because twat cat makes holes in them.

[BoredOnMatLeave]

I clearly need to buy more expensive linen. I buy a new fitted sheet and pillow cases every 6-12 months and replace the whole lot every 3 years. I only buy white and it seems to fade after this time.

Those of you that have bedding for 10 years + what brand is it???

[IAmNotAWitch]

Still got the sets we bought when we first got married so 20 years ago.

I have cot sheets much older than that though, they have been handed down/up/sideways many times.

Only throw out sheets if they get holes in them and even then they get chopped up to use as cleaning clothes.

I only buy 100% cotton.

[Artandco]

Ages. We only buy white high thread so no issues with fading

User - can't you just wash them? Blood washes out fine. Just always wash cold first as hot water sets stains.

[Whichoneofyoudidthat]

*25+ some are as old as me. The people who replace after less than ten years, what do you do with the "old" stuff?+

I wash them, fold them neatly and put each set together inside one of the pillowcases and then into the donation bin.