Changing the bedding

Mumsy good question. I change my pillowcases midweek especially during the summer, bedlinen every week - even did that when DH and DS to do for.
Tea towels changed every day, bathroom towels twice a week.

Nothing like cwtching down into clean sheets at night time

Never iron sheets these days, (only pillow cases) but duvet covers for visitors get ironed and its a real drag!
I have to admit we have a top sheet so dont change our duvet covers that frequently, just when I think its needed! So I actually wash two sheets and 4 pillow cases weekly

I'm single, but share my house with 3 moggies, 2 of which share my bed. They have their own blankets on my bed, but I change my bed clothes every week, anyway. Bath towels I change after 2 uses. I normally have a couple of tea-towels on the go, so they're washed every few days. Hand towels are changed every day.

What is going on with all this bath towel washing? How dirty can they get? My husband uses 3 big bath towels every day, I use 2 and so does my daughter. Doing them every few days we'd use up half the worlds resources all by ourselves.

Christinefrance. I'm sooooo glad you said that! I thought it was just my husband. I'm really big on hand washing and it's been a mystery to me for years how, after my husband washes his hands, the towel ends up dirty when he dries. He does a lot of DIY so his hands do get dirty but... oh the light switches and the plug points - I'm constantly cleaning off finger marks.
It's comforting to know that I'm not alone haha. I wonder if there's a YouTube video on hand washing I can show him. If I say it, I'll be nagging. Hmmmm.

I'm on my own but love clean sheets so change them weekly. I also iron them which has classified me as mad among my friends!

Definitely weekly. We stayed in a hotel where we got clean sheets everyday and that was pure luxury.
My son rarely changed his sheets till he got a girlfriend and then his routine changed along with the pictures on the bedroom walls

Spare bed always clean for new user, towels and teatowels once a week (I have enough not to need to do more) but bedding probably once a month. Why does it need it more often? We shower most days, are retired so don't have energetic jobs and wear PJs to bed so washing more frequently is totally unnecessary.
My mother did the bedding every week but my Dad worked in the steel works and came home grimy. We had to fill the bath from the boiler by the fire so Friday night was bath night and showers unknown. Yes, in those days bedding did need washing every week but not any more.
Sorry if that offends your tender sensibilities ladies but I have better things to do with my time!

I'm like you Mauri I like my sheets ironed I wash bedding 1to2 weeks towels every other day I changed spare when needed

When this topic was aired once before on GN someone posted that they changed their sheets every day

Bedding changed weekly (and often change pillow cases mid week as well!)
Towels....personal hand towels for DH and myself changed about twice a week, but general hand towels that anyone may use, changed every day.Towels from our showers are washed straight away, so clean towels every day.

I'm with Kitty Lester - beds once a fortnight, towels weekly but hand towel more frequently. I also leave spare beds until someone comes as it is frequently someone who used the bed before.

I'm a weekly. But someone mentioned ironing... my mum did that as there was little polyester and no fitted sheets. She'd turn edges and save worn ones before they became dust sheets or cleaning rags.

Stayed with an Irish family in the 1950s for Christmas and the sheets were STARCHED and ironed as nicely as altar cloths, which the gran did for work. I didn't think I'd like them, but found the crispness comforting, and they did soften by morning. It's one of those childhood memories that really sticks with me.

I think it's different if there's only one person in the bed wearing clean jimjams and getting out the shower into bed so I don't have a set day I change when I feel it's needed Towels get used for two showers than washed Suits me

towels every second day and bedlinen every wednesday and saturday ,my mother did hers twice a week ( she was a stay at home mum) so I've always done the same .I love clean bedding and when my night sweats were really bad I changed it every day .My lovely mother in law wont sleep in a bed if someone else has even SAT on the cover,it has to be remade for her.Oh and I iron bedding too and always buy the best I can get,currently 1000 threadcount cotton

No routine - always wait till I can dry outside in the sun. Beds every 2 weeks approx, pillow cases every week, handtowel weekly or when required- towels the same. Hate routine...

I grew up with changing every other week - because of physical disabilities, it is a real nightmare changing bedding and we don't do it nearly as often as we should!

I am with Lucky girl ! Does everyone sleep naked ? How else would sheets get dirty or sweaty? I change mine whenI have the time and nothing better to do with it.I don't have a tumble dryer so it is difficult to get things dry these days. That's my excuse anyway. I should really do it more I know but changing the duvet is my hated job ever.

Do you think the Queen has clean bed linen every night (ditto clean towels etc.)? I would, if I were her. Is there anybody out there who could find out?

Keeping quiet on this one - I seem to leave towels a bit longer than most posters!

Ok Jack, I'll ring up Buckingham Palace and ask her. "How orften does ONE change ONES sheets and towels, ma'm?" If she's not home I'll get her to call me back. If I'm not on here any more it's probably a case of "Orf with her head"

When we lived abroad and had house help, we had clean sheets every day. It was lovely but. I stopped him from doing that because of water shortages. It felt wrong to be gaily using a scarce resource on bedding.

Now, our bed gets changed about every ten days. Sometimes I change just the sheet in between full changes. Towels get changed every three/four days. Cloakroom gets a clean towel daily and we get through several in the kitchen every day as I'm a bit of a freak about germs.

If I could afford it and had someone to do it for me I'd have clean bedding every day. As it is I do the bedding on a Friday and towels twice a week (quick wash with a splash of Dettol laundry stuff to nuke any nasties).

I don't know about the queen but the queen mother used to have her bedding changed several times a day. The maids would change the bedding in the morning then she'd have a nap in the afternoon and the bedding had to be changed again so she could go to bed at night with clean bedding. The servants also had to wear special shoes if they were working near her room when she was having a nap so that they didn't disturb her.

If I could afford it and had someone to do it for me I'd have clean bedding every day. As it is I do the bedding on a Friday and towels twice a week (quick wash with a splash of Dettol laundry stuff to nuke any nasties).

I don't know about the queen but the queen mother used to have her bedding changed several times a day. The maids would change the bedding in the morning then she'd have a nap in the afternoon and the bedding had to be changed again so she could go to bed at night with clean bedding. The servants also had to wear special shoes if they were working near her room when she was having a nap so that they didn't disturb her.

There is no answer to all that !!!