Bed Cushions

I have just three pretty ones in the centre of headboard and use them when I go for an afternoon nap/book read or like right now when I'm on the bed doing leg exercises(afterTKR) whilst catching up on messages on my tablet. They go on armchair at night.

Haha phoenix I could have written that! I don't get the point of them, nor the runner - what the heck is that for?

I totally agree phoenix! Pointless frippery imo and I find them very irritating in hotel rooms I just lob them across the room ?

There is no point to them at all, I have loads but they are pointless........most men know that, but because men are rarely right IMHO we carry on the national cushion fetish.

DS1 to DS2 'What is it with women and cushions?'

Cushions on chairs not beds - Colourful quilt covers and pillow cases get my vote

I haven't . I'm as likely to buy a bed cushion as I am to buy a nuclear warhead.

Hate them. Just get in the way

Don't do the toilet roll thing phoenix but I love the look of the cushions on our bed - in my opinion it makes it look really inviting.

Unless you are in the habit of throwing open your bedroom to passing strangers in the hope that they might be journalists on the lookout for a random subject for a home interiors article, or you insist on dragging every visitor to your home upstairs to admire your artfully arranged cushions on your bed, what the hell is the bloody point?

If the only people seeing your bedroom is you and your husband/partner/significant other/dog/cat (delete where not applicable) then why spend time (and money buying the damn things) arranging cushions on the bed every morning, only to toss them off (!) on to the floor when you go to bed?

Do you fold the end of your toilet roll into a point as well?

Love my cushions and various throws on the sofas downstairs, as do the grandchildren who love chucking playing with them on on the floor!
But on the bed, I just can't be bothered with them. I use a triangular pillow, known as "a poorly pillow" in our family, to sit up and read in bed, it fits neatly by the side of the bed when I snuggle down to sleep.

This is fascinating! I love the look of the artfully placed cushions and pillows on beds but am completely unable to arrange them at home so that they look like they do in magazines or in hotels. That doesn't stop me making more and trying to achieve 'the look'. My husband, like others have written, finds them pointless and flings them all on the floor every night. If he makes the bed he picks them up in the morning but plonks them anywhere ?

cushions on the bed? Therein lies madness.

Can't see the point of bed cushions. I always chuck them on the floor or recently, when staying in a rented house, piled them up on top of the wardrobe along with the ridiculous, useless bit of material over the foot of the bed. I have extra pillows when reading in my big 6' bed and as I have no husband to share the bed with any more, pile them on the other side when sleeping. Far better use ??

mattress

Nobody except H and I see our bedroom and once I'm dressed in the morning I hardly ever go back into the bedroom so what's the point of a pile of cusions. Also I quiet often fold my duvet neatly to the bottom of bed all day to air the sheet and matress, so cusions would stay on the floor anyway.
I do however have them in the lounge. I use a firm one behind my lower back, the others are for decoration. H throws the one in his chair onto the sofa before he sits down.

My DH is the same, he loathes cushions and immediately chucks them on the floor if they are in a chair. However, if they are on the bed he stands there looking all pathetic and says 'What are we supposed to do with those?' The only bed cushions I have came with a set of VandA bedlinen I bought cheaply from Trego Mills and that was because they were too pretty to resist. I only put them on the guest bed, though, as DH would throw a fit if they were on our bed. I think cushions must be a woman thing.

This year (or should it be decade) is cushions everywhere.
Next year could well be the year of the naked bed or sofa!

And as most of us are
# 'Dedicated follower of fashion'

I get a bit shrieky about suitcases on beds as I have been informed that that is how bed bugs travel from New York. Not that we've ever suffered from them ( yet)

DH always flops on the bed in hotels with walking shoes on and watches TV. I think he likes to be prepared for a quick getaway in case of an emergency!! Not at home, I hasten to add!

Speak for yourself, my feet aren't dirty and Mrs.P would have a fit if I put my shoes on the bed. However, I will concede to putting cases on the bed, which could be dirty.

Isn't the runner on beds in hotels so that you can put your dirty feet/shoes on it and not get the white linen grubby?

I also cannot see any point in the runner that hotels put across the foot of the bed, why?

Oh, so I'm not the only one to not get the bed cushions thing. Have to confess to liking throws, but then they have a purpose especially on a winter's evening. Also a nice touch of hygge.

You obviously have a wise dog Lillie, what purpoe do bed cushions serve.? Friends of our have loads of them, trying to find somewhere to throw them is a pain.