Bed linen

I don't have that much but I pack it in a pine chest I have in the bedroom...

Under bed storage.

I have a cupboard in one bedroom I used for linen, but when the room was occupied by visiting grandchildren, I couldn’t access it to retrieve bed linen for a surprise visitor for another bedroom.

I now put one set in the bottom drawer of each room (different size beds) and it is so much easier. After they have gone I wash and replace in the correct room.

The linen cupboard now holds a small amount of spare linen and is easier to keep tidy.

Thanks for the replies.

My under bed storage is limited. For various reasons.
For instance I have bunk beds[soon to be 2 sets]. Plus one bed is a pull out bed, so has another bed underneath.

Keeping specific bed linen in the specific bedrooms, is giving me food for thought.

I have a linen cup ordered in the bathroom

We moved in the height of Covid so when we went round the house there was a general reticence about opening doors that lead to cupboards, so what I thought was going to be a really large airing cupboard had limited space because it housed a big hot water cylinder. I can get some of my fitted sheets around it, but not so much as in our previous house. All my ironed duvet and pillow cases are spread between a pull out drawer under a divan bed and a two chest of drawers in spare bedrooms.

I have 2 sets of bedding per bed and one set for the very occasionally use inflatable bed. Thats it.

All kept in the airing cupboard with the 2 sets of towels for each bathroom, swimming towels and half a dozen extras. Thats all.

I have the same problem. The linen is kept in under bed storage, but pillows and duvets have to be stored in a big attic cupboard as we have both winter and summer duvets and two pillows for each bed. I have tried vacuum storage for some and your post has prompted me to get some more bags so I can do the rest.

I keep bedlinen for guest room in drawer of same also good towels. I have used vacuum bags but they seem to lose vacuum after a certain time so best for short travel trips maybe or am I using cheap ones? I once had 17 duvets to cover the three seasons and tog values. Now trimmed back as less visitors but duvets are hard to dispose of.

Can you not leave the beds made up? As that would ‘store’ 10 sets of bedding for you automatically then just have a spare set of each size, it’s unlikely that you would need to change more than one set at a time whilst you have visitors

I have a linen cupboard in the spare bedroom I’m probably like you I love buying bed linen

Duvets can be recycled at Dunelm, at least they can at our local one. Worth checking as they do this to keep them out of landfill.

I replace by bed linnen in the correct room as looking for all the different sizes in the linnen cupboard became too big a task. Also I now have a Stiltz lift which comes up near the cupboad so it is not fully accessible when the lift is up.

I have a cleaner once a fort night and she makes any beds that are not fully made up and returns and sheets. I have a laundry bag in each room sothat guests can strip their beds before they go. then I collect them and take them down in the lift. etc.

Thank you for the extra posts.

Still musing on duvets and pillows in particular.

I did vacuum pack a few things which have helped a bit.

Not sure pillows can be vacuum packed?
I havent got around to finding that out yet.

I am thinking about buying an ottoman??

I do keep beds made up most of the time.

I dont have as many beds with underneath storage as I would have liked.

I have recently decluttered mine, I have a canvas storage thing which hangs in a big wardrobe, the type you might see for camping, with separated partitions. I find it really useful and for towels, it just velcros over the rail
Because the duvets are so reasonable in B&M as I'm not particular about feathers, and they come in different togs, I just dispose of and get a new one with £10, although I have washed when it fits in the washer if smaller
I always get easy care sheets and I wash them on a good day. Dry very quickly. But I appreciate not everybody like cutting corners 😆Good luck with it.

Older bed linen is something I really cherish and hang on to. If it’s pure cotton it has a lovely soft surface through much use and washing and the quality is far superior to anything you can get now.. even John Lewis’s at vast expense. I sleep with little on and love the soft feel of the older almost velvety feel of the older cotton .. some of it as far back as the 50’s!!. When they have gone thin in the middle I have even been known to tear them in two and sewn the outside edges together!!

I am struggling with this as well. We moved from an eight bedroomed place to this five bedroomed number. The airing cupboard here looks twice the size of our previous one but it does not accommodate as much linen. Furniture still not sorted but I am going to put a cupboard in each bedroom, which will contain the appropriate linen.

The "past it" duvets go into the dog baskets and some used as underblankets on the single beds (they are complete with school nametapes!). We are using several "sides to middle" KS sheets and I have made pillowcases out of 2' 6" bunk bed sheets! The edge bits go into the rag box for dusters or car cleaning!!

Waste not and all that ..........................

Side to middle sheets remind me of growing up in the 50s/60s!

I have wall dividing one side of my bedroom (about 10' x 5'6") giving me a walk-in wardrobe. One side is hanging space, the other has floor to ceiling shelves all along one side, deep enough for folded linen, towels and all the household stuff that has no other home. I find these open shelves are better for storage than cupboards as you can find things so easily - it really doesn't matter that you wouldn't normally think of keeping them in a wardrobe.
I'm also in a quandary about my linen, we used to have a lot of guests but rarely have people staying now so realistically don't need much at all. I also had loads of king sized duvets but have given most of these to my children, just one per bed now in our smaller place.

Philippa111

Older bed linen is something I really cherish and hang on to. If it’s pure cotton it has a lovely soft surface through much use and washing and the quality is far superior to anything you can get now.. even John Lewis’s at vast expense. I sleep with little on and love the soft feel of the older almost velvety feel of the older cotton .. some of it as far back as the 50’s!!. When they have gone thin in the middle I have even been known to tear them in two and sewn the outside edges together!!

I despair of the quality of most new cotton sheets, the M&S supima used to last well, but most now seem to wear thin so quickly. I prefer a thicker cotton, and don't like the "sateen" finish that is so popular now as it is so thin that you can see through the pillowcases.
I do have some old Peter Reid pillowcases and sheets in what I think they used to call "Linen Union" but last time I looked they were selling at an amazingly high price.

I use vacuum bags from Lakeland, more expensive than most but they do last, I can store my huge amount of bedlinen and towels for when the hordes descend in about three of these .

Philippa111

Older bed linen is something I really cherish and hang on to. If it’s pure cotton it has a lovely soft surface through much use and washing and the quality is far superior to anything you can get now.. even John Lewis’s at vast expense. I sleep with little on and love the soft feel of the older almost velvety feel of the older cotton .. some of it as far back as the 50’s!!. When they have gone thin in the middle I have even been known to tear them in two and sewn the outside edges together!!

My Gran taught me how to 'sides to middle' sheets with a felled seam

@fancythat
I find the vacuum packs very useful.
Pillows can be packed this way.
Don't overfill the packs as they can split when being moved if they are very heavy.
Lakeland are good quality

Lakeland may be the way to go.

Thanks for all the ideas on this thread.
Ideas I would not even have thought of.

I need/will have a further think.