Tonight, we hunt for pillows on a Pillow Hunt.
The old pillows have gotten old and tired, soaked with years and years of sweat.
They're downright rancid at this point, despite a prolonged airing out on the patio.
You know it's time when you wrap up a space blanket and use it as a headrest. Or you wrap up towels and stuff them into pillowcases.
I'm not going to try out any new-age space-age foam stuff. I want pillows, not glorified packing material shaped into memory bubble foam.
Maybe get a spare pillow, too, so that when my flood of flop-sweat hits the pillow, at least I can rotate the pillows around, giving one an opportunity to air out while the other two suffer my sweaty wrath.
Comments (5)
I throw our pillows in the washing machine every so often (like when they get peed on).
Works for us.
Posted by lisaviolet | August 1, 2006 8:43 PM
Posted on August 1, 2006 20:43
So glad I got that front loading, extra large washer. Our pillows get washed once a week. It's done wonders for our allergies.
Posted by kattonic | August 1, 2006 9:27 PM
Posted on August 1, 2006 21:27
Before our front loader, I used a top loader to wash the pillows....
Posted by lisaviolet | August 2, 2006 7:54 AM
Posted on August 2, 2006 07:54
Well, you can't wash down/feather pillows. I've tried the buckwheat hull pillow (yuck); the microbead pillow (double yuck); memory foam (ok, but too much money and eventually breaks down). I finally found one I like which has a thin layer of foam on one side and polyfill on the other so you can flip it depending on whether you want a softer or firmer pillow. It's also worthwhile to invest in those zip pillow covers that go on the pillow underneath the pillowcase. You can even get dust-mite covers.
Posted by plum | August 2, 2006 8:34 AM
Posted on August 2, 2006 08:34
Sure you can wash down/feather pillows. It just takes a long time to dry them. And they fluff up nicely when dried with a tennis ball.
Posted by lisaviolet | August 2, 2006 12:07 PM
Posted on August 2, 2006 12:07