Blooming scatter cushions

Teacher11...cushions are called "pillows"
across the pond in the States.
Ive bought some lovely Laura Ashley cushions online with heavy discounts.
So I wait for that time to arrive !!

Exactly, Indinana. I guess it's a harmless habit for people who want to do that but .
I'll stick to pillows for comfort, propping etc.

I wouldn't call a cushion a 'pillow'. Just wrong. But the bathroom basin is a sink. As well as a basin. Or the trade 'wash hand basin'. Which sounds ridiculous.

Cushions and strips on beds at home is pretentious.

No cushions is my bedroom, scattered or otherwise, only pillows. I don't make the bed until late afternoon, as I throw back the duvet to air, and on fine days hang the duvet out the window. Very continental!

I air the bed. Just while I have brekker and GN though. Leave it any longer and it wouldn't be done at bedtime. (and that's horrible!)

Haven't got the nerve to dangle out of window. I do put 'em on the back line when I change for seasons.

I meant he duvet out the window. Not me!

I suppose my neighbour could see my dangling duvet, but then hers is probably dangling, too, J. No secrets in a French village

Nankate, no idea what they are called now but I hadn't heard 'scatter cushions' for ages.

Anyway, jing has decreed that I am pretentious so what do I know! And, not only do I have cushions on the bed but I have a matching strip. I had them made to match the curtains (it's getting worse!) In my defence I would like to say that our bedroom windows are small and the bedding is white so I wanted more pattern!

Another confession - each time I have given birth, DH has bought me a monkey (soppy s*d!) so there are 5 spread around our bedroom and are very special to me. Unfortunately, DGD1 has decided that I like cuddlies and remembers every single one she has bought me and checks where they are!

Love cushions! Made some out of a silk sari someone gave me, and anyone who visits is so complimentary! We have some on the bed and I just chick them on the floor at night.

I use cushions to prop up if I'm reading or unwell, I like to feel snug when under the weather. The strips on beds in hotels are for a purpose,Many people myself included relax on the bed to watch TV or just rest before changing for dinner, the strips are to prevent scuff or polish marks from shoes or boots marking the duvet cover

kitty

(GD1 sounds lovely btw)

I call the bathroom sink the bathroom sink. Don't think I've ever called it a basin.

I also share my bed with Minnie Mouse, a polar bear and a monkey. All are escapees from the parks when we went on holiday to Florida. They just appeared in our apartment and I had to bring them home with me, in case they'd get into trouble for running away.

I like cushions on the bed,also have a beautiful bedspread. It just makes the bed so inviting and cosy looking,it takes 20 seconds to take them off at night and 20 seconds to put them back in the morning

They look pretty but to have to fight your way into bed and find somewhere to put the B cushions so you don't trip over them if you have to get up in the night drives me mad.

It's particularly difficult to store them if you only have a small single bedroom.

I agree with Indinanas post at 10.37. I just cant see the point of them especially in a private house. In hotels we always fold the strip of cloth upand put it on a chair or on top of the wardrobe with all the cushions. If we wAnt to sit up in bed we use the pillows. But I do like cushions on the sofa and chairs downstairs as they support my back - ive got short legs. Also they look nice in a more public room.

Have just discussed this with D her comment
"You put them on the bed when you make it in the morning and you don't see them again until you chuck them off at night, so why?"

Absolutely nina - im with her there. Cant stand cuddly toys in the bedroom either (except for a child) sorry Wilma and Kitty. My DH would be very scathing if I had any! And i call the thing in the bathroom the wash basin. The Sink is in the kitchen!!

But we are all different. Thats what makes life interesting!

Just scatter them on the floor (not where you might trip over them when you have to get up in the night to pay a visit)

We got two 'free' cushions with each of our new sofas - they will probably end up as seats for the DGC! They are quite large and annoying me already

polly I gave away all my cuddly toys and told my family to stop buying them for me. For years I owned just one and it lived in the wardrobe (sentimental value). Then three of them appeared during that one holiday in 2005. They're a reminder of one of our best holidays, but thankfully no more have appeared.

Do none of you go into your bedrooms to change during the course of the day? I usually dress in scruffs until I'm going out and then I have to go up and change.

I expect you all have dressing rooms - now that's pretentious!!

Who knew that about those cloth strips chrishappy But I wouldn't dream of putting my shod feet on a bed ...
DH just about tolerates cushions on the downstairs setttees .But he would get annoyed with any on our bed IME most men dislike cushions...