FALL INTO THE HOLIDAYS- EVALUATE YOUR BEDDING

Hi friends, welcome back to the second part of our Fall Into The Holidays series!  With the encouragement of our organizer Lisa from Shine Your Light, each week we're sharing simple ideas to get 4 rooms in your home holiday ready now, before the hustle and bustle of the season sets in.  Last week we shared kitchen related projects, and today we're working on ways to get our bedrooms in shape for the holidays.

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The goal of this series is to share fairly quick and easy ideas, and you can't get any quicker or easier than the project I'm sharing with you today!  Here it is... change your bed pillows!  Sometimes the things that need to be addressed and are right under my nose get neglected the longest in my home.  Case in point...my kids have been sleeping on pillows as flat as pancakes, and our bed could use a new set too.  However, that's an "out of sight out of mind" need, and I never remembered to pick up new pillows when I was out.  Recently, when preparing for this post, I finally remembered!

We'll start with my bed.  I picked up a set these pillows from Homegoods.  This monogram might be 95% of the reason I picked these pillows.  ;)  Just kidding, but those little details don't hurt!

Even though we have a king sized bed, we really prefer sleeping on standard sized pillows rather than king size.  That creates an issue though when my sheets have king size pillowcases...they're too big!  I hesitated to share this because I thought this might be something everyone knows even though I didn't until recently.  But, maybe you don't know this trick either and it will be useful!  I actually learned it from my husband.

If you're using a standard size pillow with a king size case, insert the pillow all the way into the closed case.  There will be a lot of extra case on the open end.

Then, fold the top side of the case to the inside, between the outside pillowcase layer and the pillow form.  Start to smooth it out a little, but more smoothing will come later.

Now take the bottom side of the excess case and fold it up inside the section you were just working on.  Slide both hands inside and across pillow, smoothing out both ends of the case on the inside.

That's it, now you have a form fitting king sized case for your fluffy new standard sized pillow.

While you're at it, toss a fun seasonal pillow on your bed for the holidays too!

I also got the kids all taken care of with new pillows on their beds.

My poor son- when I went in to change his I noticed he had sandwiched TWO of his pillows into his pillowcase, that's how flat they were!  Ha ha!  At least the boy's resourceful.  ;)   He's all set and happy now with a new plump pillow.

We don't have a guest room (or a need for one), but if you do, this is especially something you need to consider before the holidays.  Are the bed pillows comfortable and in good shape?  Are the sheets and blankets in good condition?  Do you have an extra blanket or two available if your guests need them?  Take a few minutes today to evaluate your bedrooms and make note of what items might need to be replaced or spruced up, and save yourself the rush in a few weeks when guests are on the way!


Yes, I just wrote an entire post about changing your bed pillows.  ;)  This is such a basic "maintenance" project, but it's one thing you can check on and cross off before the holidays get any closer!

Question for you-  I've never found a specific brand or type of pillow that we absolutely love and purchase repeatedly.  I'd love to know details if you have a pillow you love!!

If you missed it last week, see Part 1 of Fall Into the Holidays here:

Be sure to check out these other great ideas to get your Bedroom ready for the holidays too:

Shine Your Light  ||  Simple Details  ||  Crazy Wonderful  ||  Less Than Perfect Life of Bliss  ||  This is Happiness  ||  Miss Dixie

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