All Those Pillows - Where Do I Keep Them

I am asked all the time how many hundred pillows I have and where do I store all of them.

I don’t have nearly as many as you might think.

and they are mainly pillow covers.

A long time ago I swapped out all the polyester pillow inserts I had with down feather inserts. I always look for pillows with a zipper, so I can just swap out the covers. If I find a pillow I really, really want and it doesn’t have a zipper, I’ve given several tutorials on how to add one.

Trying to store inserts is a real pain and I have a small house. So I only have a few that I use all the time and just change out the covers.

A small house also requires that furniture has to do as much double duty as possible. We have had this armoire for years, it has fabulous storage and a reasonably small footprint, so perfect for the wall opposite our bed.

Shelf and drawer storage is this piece’s greatest asset. TV on the top shelf and the drawers hold our seasonal sweaters and cool weather clothing. (remember, we live in the desert, so we don’t need a lot of cool weather clothes.)

These two shelves hold my pillow covers and decorative throws. Perfect.

Pillow covers are on the top shelf along with a couple of sequined pillows.

Left stack is browns and grays – middle stack is black/white, leopard –

right stack is all of my prints. I stick mostly to oranges, pinks, greens and gold.

The bottom shelf holds fabric and throws.

I always have a stack of fabric that is waiting to be used for something, so I keep it folded here so I can see it and get to it easily.

The left side of the shelf holds my throws that are not currently in use.

You can see there are also a couple of fur throws on the quilt rack. Decorative and easy to grab.

That’s it – you don’t have to have hundreds of pillows to always have something fresh. By mixing and matching you can come up with dozens of combinations that always looks fresh.