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Very large pillows question.

151949 — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:28:08 GMT

What do you do when you are at someones home and they offer you a seat in the living room, but the sofa and chairs are covered completely with large pillows.Do you sit there against the pillows, or remove them to sit and put them on the floor? I never know what the proper behavior is regarding those pillows. My DH - typical of a guy - just tosses them on the floor and makes himself comfortable.I always sorta move them over and try to just sit on the edge of the seat, but that isn't usually very comfortable.

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151949 — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:34:17 GMT

My friend who is an interior designer says you should always buy large pillows that use all the colors in your room and that completes your look and pulls it together. I say, no thanks to pillows on my furniture. In my house furniture is for sitting upon. My sofa has one very small pillow on it that my best friend bought for me because we have a very large sofa and she is under 5' so she needed a pillow behind her back when she's at our house.I just keep that one in the middle so you can sit around it.

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CAMOGIRL — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:48:26 GMT

Went a little pillow crazy did they?, is usually my first thought!! I always just lean them up on the side of the chair/couch arm on the floor. Put them back before I leave too, trying to get them back how they were to begin with. (They look pretty when no one is actually sitting there, but other than that I just find them to be in the way and not adding anything for comfort either.)

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software — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 13:02:33 GMT

@151949 wrote:
What do you do when you are at someones home and they offer you a seat in the living room, but the sofa and chairs are covered completely with large pillows.Do you sit there against the pillows, or remove them to sit and put them on the floor? I never know what the proper behavior is regarding those pillows. My DH - typical of a guy - just tosses them on the floor and makes himself comfortable.I always sorta move them over and try to just sit on the edge of the seat, but that isn't usually very comfortable.

I'm with DH. I find one to support my back the rest go discreetly to the floor or if the couch is big enough, to another area of the couch. I only have a few pillows and a couple of throws on my couches, when my guests come over, I don't have a problem with them re-arranging to suit them. When they leave, I re-arrange it all to suit me.

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dex — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 13:39:58 GMT

My DH will sit on them but I am sure that doesn't make the homeowner happy.I always tell him to move them over before he flattens them out.

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SahmIam — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 14:21:45 GMT

Sit back on them. If you don't want people to sit on your stuff, don't put the stuff where people are supposed to sit.

I have pillows; they're meant to make your sitting more comfortable. So...SIT and enjoy. : )

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SilleeMee — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 14:24:05 GMT

Years ago I used to have many pillows on my couch and chairs. I usually bought ones in colors to compliment the rest of my room. People were always fussing with them when they came to visit. I felt that the pillows appeared irritating to them and myself. So I decided to get rid of them altogether. I'm focused on minimalistic now. Just pure couch and chairs for me now.

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wilma — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:31:50 GMT

I always sit back on pillows to make sitting more comfortable. I have a few pillows on my sofas. Most guests use them. A few of my guests push them aside or lean them against the sofa on the floor. It doesn't bother me one way or the other.

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MyShadowLove — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:34:23 GMT

I love my funky shaggy pillows!....I feel they add warmth to a room, as well as a lovely accent color....They are not very large though which is what your post refers to....They are just average size throw pillows, so they don't really pose a problem when company is over.

They usually just adjust the pillows to how they are comfortable with them....no problem...and I do the same when at other people's homes.

Here is a picture of my funky shaggy pillows that I have on my living room couch and also the couch in our den area.....green in the living room and teal in our den area....Love them!

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GCR18 — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:48:37 GMT

I would lean back on them. If there were too many I couldn't sit, I'd move them over on the couch. No room, then on the floor next to the couch.

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CelticCrafter — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 16:18:38 GMT

I move them unless I'm at my nieces house, then I'll put them behind me. I don't know what kind of a sofa she has but if I want to lean back my feet don't touch the floor - think Lily Tomelin as Edith Ann in the big rocking chair!

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SoX — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 16:43:03 GMT

I love large pillows ... they become a big part of my decor.

I usually change from season to season, although not so this summer. I have a storage bin in the basement to accommodate them ... but because of knee and hip problems I'm not changing them this year.

I just let guests do what they want ... lean back on them, move them on the sofa or to the floor ... whatever. I have two 24-sq" on the couch, the same size on the chair next to the sofa ... but smaller (20") on two additional chairs.

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151949 — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 23:13:36 GMT

@SoX the issue is when the person has 4 to 6 24" pillows across a sofa. There is literally no where to sit.If you put them on the floor sometoimes it upsets them, because they don't want them to get dirty.

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151949 — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 23:17:28 GMT

I tend to either keep on standing until the host moves the pillows or I ask where they want me to put them. My one friend - who has about 6 pillows on her sofa - I asked her husband where to put them - he threw them on the floor then handed the final one to me and said when Patty gets in here I give you permission to whack her with this one - maybe she'll get the idea what a PIA these stupid pillows are.

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Mominohio — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:07:36 GMT

I was raised that the pillows in chairs and sofas were for looks only, and especially in other people's homes, never to sit on them or squish them behind you and 'ruin' them.

At my house, there is just one pillow at each end of the sofas (except for holidays, I sometimes throw an accent pillow on a chair here or there), and they are smaller and for decoration mostly. I'm ok with people moving them or using them, whatever works for them.

I feel kind of funny using other people's pillows, as most people lay on them, prop them behind their back, etc. and they get kind of 'personal' like a bed pillow does to me. I don't like using other people's soft surface things, like pillows, it just seems kind of germy to me.