SHeets

[supersurgilator]

I was just wondering how often you guys change the sheets on your bed.

 

[rickr]

Every week. I just strip the bed, launder, and put the same sheets and pillow cases back on the bed.

 

[tuthill]

Fairly often

Just for the sake of washing them

 

[dirtybuck]

Every 2-3 weeks, or whenever I have the time to do laundry...which will be done this Saturday.

 

[nmaineman36]

Every week and usually on Saturday unless some "activity" has occurred and then its right after. And I dont think I need to spell out the "activity" part....lol. The summertime I can the sheets twice a week if we dont use the a/c.
Then there is the kind of sheets that get put on the bed. I have at least a 600 thread count sheet set that gets put on and I have 5 sets that way the same sheets are not in constant use and things last longer. In the summer those sheets get used. The wintertime we use the flannels. And I have 5 sets of those as well. Nothing like climbing into bed on a cold winter night and feeling the comfort of flannel next to your skin. Plus add the heat from 2 cats and my partner and its sheer heaven.

 

[vintagesearch]

every 2-3 weeks and that includes the body pillow and small stuffed dog LOL

 

[dj-gabriele]

Every week usually, more often in summer because here I don't have A/C. I use cotton in winter too, because the heating stays on 24h per day and otherwise with flannel it would be too hot.

 

[whitekingd]

Every week

I have five sets of Martha Stewart Everyday Sheets. They are WONDERFUL and have held up beautifully. They are from K-mart. THANK YOU MARTHA!!

 

[rp2813]

It really varies with us too, much like what's already been posted. The type of action the sheets have seen is the absolute deciding factor of course.

Might be washing sheets, and especially the king sized mattress pads, more often now that the Affinities have arrived. At least until the novelty has worn off, then it will be back to the "hey, how long have these sheets been on here?" routine. Sad commentary when the "action" reason isn't as much of a factor as it used to be . . .

 

[peterh770]

1-2 weeks... Mostly depends on how much hair the cats get into the bed...

 

[appnut]

Usually weekly, sometimes up to two weeks. I used to have 5 or 6 sets, but now only 2. Wintertime, 3 sets of flannels.

 

[re563]

Well you guys are gonna die with this one.

I wash the sheets after every 4th night of sleep. With 3 dogs in the house and a partner, who goes to the bedroom after dinner to "recline" has all the dogs on the bed with him till I come to bed. Hence, after every 4th night of sleep.

 

[laundromat]

Every other day

I wash my sheets every other day because I enjoy the fresh aroma of hung out bedclothes.I use Gain w/bleach that smells so great!i also like a generic brand(H.E.B)that smells real nice.I also hang my towels and do not use fabric softner on either.

 

[revvinkevin]

For me... I like the feeling of clean sheets and I don't let it go more then a week. They get changed a little more frequently if there is a "need" to change or if it's been exceptionally warm (without the A/C).

 

[polkanut]

At our house it's weekly as well, unless as Mike said, some "activity" has taken place. We wash 'em and put 'em right back on. We have a set of flannels for winter plus an electric mattress pad, helps to keep things very toasty.

 

[autowasherfreak]

I wash sheets once a week in the summer, and every other week in the winter. Unless there is "activity" which is very, very, very, rare.

Jim

 

[vulcanchef]

when they look like they need to be vacuumed

 

[frigilux]

I love the crisp feel and scent of clean sheets, so I wash sheets twice a week. I have only one set. They go from the washer to the clothesline/dryer, then back onto the bed.

And they're white cotton sheets, so they can be bleached and washed in hot water.

 

[karmann]

I try to change the sheets every week, unless the muddy dogs have made it to the bed before I can stop them. ;-) Sometimes it might be 2 weeks. Then, when it rains, it may be every couple of days. Four wet cocker spaniels can make a big mess. My husband complains about the dog dirt!

 

[bleacho]

twice a week.

every thursday and sunday.. without fail. like the idea of clean and fresh,, not to mention dust mutes, or whatever other creepy thing that everyone talks about..

 

[mrsalvo]

Since I work in a movie theatre, I change them one a week, usually without fail. Pillow case covers also.
My comforter cover about once every two months or so.
Always hang my sheets on the line, no fabric softner. Just a nice clean smell.
Laundromat is right on, HEB brand is a wonderful smell.

 

[angus]

Every week, sometimes twice a week

 

[lightedcontrols]

Well....

I like my sheets changed daily and ironed. One of life's little luxuries. Mark Lightedcontrols

 

[westtexman]

I change my sheets once a week. I wash them in very hot water with no FS and then tumble dry them. I hung them out at one point, but with dogs in the backyard I've not done that in a while. I do prefer sheets that have been hung out to dry, however.

I iron my pillowcases but rarely have the patience to iron the sheets. Mark, do you use a mangle or do you iron them by hand?

Bryan

 

[lightedcontrols]

My housekeeper uses a Meile ironer. I don't let her use the old ones! Mark

 

[gansky1]

Like a flower.....waiting to bloom.

All the "active" people are starting to depress me...

Weekly... I have two sets for my bed, one for the guest bed and 3 for my son's. Hot water for all bedding - quilts/duvets and mattress pads monthly. I line dry most everything, outside weather permitting and inside line otherwise.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Line Drying

When I lived with my Mom, we always hung out clothes. I loved how fresh everything would smell. I would start washing early in the morning, and leave everything on the lines for several hours after they were dried, unless a neighbor would start burning trash, then everything came in ASAP.

I have never ironed my sheets or pillowcases, but my Mom told me that when she was little they ironed just about everything. My how the times have changed. I have an iron somewhere in the house, exactly where I couldn't say. I don't have an ironing board. I have been thinking about getting an ironing board that you hang on a door.

 

[neptuneguy27]

Every week without fail....

I have six sets of sheets for my bed and I change them every Saturday or sooner if something has "occurred". Yeah, so, like I said, every Saturday. I love settling down in bed after placing fresh sheets on the bed. Such a wonderful feeling. I always wash them in Persil and with a touch of Midnight Garden Downey in the rinse. They smell awesome and hold their fragrance when they are in storage for a long time.

 

[lightedcontrols]

Jackie Kennedy

I remember reading a few years back, that Jackie Kennedy liked her sheets changed every three days. She insisted on 900 thread count all cotton and ironed with starch. Mark

 

[launderess]

IIRC,

Story goes as First Lady, Mrs. Kennedy had her family's bed linens changed twice per day. Once in the morning and again in late afternoon. This tradition grew out of changing linens once after they had been slept in the night before, then again later in the day if someone took a nap; thus one always slept on "clean" linens.

Worth pointing out that Mrs. Kennedy at that time had an army of servants paid for by tax payers. While help still may have been cheap in the 1960's, cannot imagine many clug to those old ways for long. First of all it produces moutians of linens per day, and someone has to do all that washing and ironing.