Bed linen

All the beds are ottoman’s. I have king, double & single. Each bed has its own storage box for the right size bedding. Two sets each bed. Extra pillows, I use those bags that the pillows come in, also use those bags for extra throws & mattress covers, etc. Towels are kept in a single size airing cupboard my husband made me.

I did downsize my stash, But I still have 3 sets for each bed. The single bed is not in use, so the spare sheets are packed into a big cushion cover that sits on the bed. The spare duvet and guest towels is squished into a vacuum pack - not a fan as it just goes into a funny shape, nothing like the adverts, but it does keep them clean and dust free on top of the wardrobe.
I have space in my old airing cupboard for the towels (also decluttered to the local dog sanctuary)and 2 sets. The winter duvet goes in the underbed drawer.

I was only talking of "sides to middle" sheets yesterday.
I used to do this but I'm afraid yesterday I decided not to.

I also used a flat felled seam, taught by my mother.

Sillymoo

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

And "top to bottom" when the sheets were changed, to save on the laundry.

I gave a lot of my extra bed linen to a Women's refuge nearby which was in need

V3: Had forgotten about "top to bottom". I suppose because most people now have duvets, the habit has disappeared. But I do remember the bliss of getting into the cold, crisp linen sheets which had just come back from the laundry (delivered in a large, rectangular box). I still have some of my mother's linen, complete with laundry tag! H2170!!

Oh, and my father used to have a circular box of collars delivered every week! Do the young know what a collar stud is?

If duvets are made with feathers or down, they can be used in compost.

I'm lucky enough to have a big linen cupboard.

We are a bit of archaic in our choice of bedding. For many years we lived in hot countries and always used cellular blankets and the habit has stayed with us. We can’t cope with duvets, fighting them and getting overheated and unhappy. We have four blankets that we add/ subtract according to the temperature. They are so easy to wash and dry and I do this very regularly. Flat sheets are so neat to store compared with duvet covers and don’t take up much room nor do I have a fight with the duvet when changing the bed. We have duvets for guest rooms but as I am pretty ancient and have short arms, I leave guests to put the cover on the duvet. I am amazed more people are not like us as. Each to his own.

In 50 years, I've never had more than 2 sets of bedding per bed. Dilly of Stacey Solomon fame tells me to put the clean set under the mattress so they look ironed when you change the sheets.

Our bedding is kept in the bottom drawer of my chest of drawers. I have 3 duvet covers with matching pillow cases 3 fitted sheets and 6 white pillow cases. In the other 2 bedrooms I have 2 single z beds, and a single/king size pull out daybed. All duvets and pillows are stored in grey zip up bags (amazon) and kept on the top shelf of our wardrobe. Sheets, duvet covers, pillow cases are in the small chest of drawers in one bedroom and in a zip grey bag under my bed. I have 2 DS, DD, Nephew, and 3 DGC staying frequently here overnight so I often have a houseful. It's rare if we get 2 weeks alone.

Vintagegirl

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.

Are you on Facebook? Our city has a few pages on FB for gifting items you no longer use. I have gifted a few duvets through one page to people who need them, I've also gifted quite a bit if other stuff throughout the years, it's great because you get rid of things you don't need anymore and they are going to people who will make use of them. Some people suggest gifting duvets, towels and pillows to local dogs homes or the RSPCA but if my stuff is still good then, I'd rather gift it to people who need it.