[trishalishous]

I want a bigger cupboard, DH says we just need less linen!
we have:

4 adult towels
4 kids towels
2 'gym' towels

3 sets of cot linen and about 20 wraps/blankets (had 2 spewy winter bubs)
4 sets of single linen (we have 1 single bed, and a single fold out couch in the granny flat)
10 sets of queen linen (mostly gifts, and sentimental. we have 2 queen beds and a queen fold out couch)
5 sets of king linen (for our new bed, really nice ones, some as a 'gift' when we bought the bed set)

~20 tea towels (I change it every night, or every time its used to dry)
that takes up the entire cupboard!

I try to have enough so I can change it more often than I do the washing (and its hard to get things dry in winter)

How much linen do you have?

[little lion]

Hmm by our standards you have a lot of sheets. I joke DH is king of towels though, so I'm not judging, haha. For each bed we have three sheet sets and maybe two quilt covers. Dozens of towels. Then two sets of cot and cradle sheets. About 20 tea towels too I guess.

[~Supernova~]

In my linen cupboard...

30ish towels (mostly gifts)
4 queen bed sheets
3 queen doona sets
3 single doona/sheet sets
around 7 or 8 cot sheet sets
20ish tea towels
20ish face washers (use them a lot instead of baby wipes)
a bunch of hand towels
5 tablecloths
heaps of baby blankets
a few queen sized blankets
3 or 4 single blankets
a dozen or so cloth nappies, which get used for various things
a few spare pillows

[Jellybean900]

You have a lot! But I don't have much at all.

2 Adults, 2 children. We have-

2 sets of sheets for each bed/cot
2 doona covers per bed
2 cot blankets
2 bath towels per person
1 beach towel per person
2 spare towels
2 hand towels per bathroom
4 tea towels
1 spare doona
No spare pillows

I do a lot of washing. Our issue is lack of space, including in the laundry so used linen (and clothes) gets washed straight away.

This post has been edited by Jellybean900: 01/03/2013, 05:24 AM

[AvadaKedavra]

You have way too much.

We have six adult towels. Four kid towels (2 kids). Two bath mats. Four hand towels (2 bathrooms). 10 face washers.

2 sets queen sheets for us. 2 sets double sheets for spare bed. 2 sets cot sheets for baby. 2 sets single sheets for 3.5 year old.

One in use, one in wash. Why would you need more than that?

[Cyaira]

I love linen. I want more! We have:

5 queen sheet sets, only use about 3 regularly but one set is flanellette for winter (will get another set).
2 doona inserts (winter and summer weight)
1 doona comforter
About 3? Doona covers
Lots of extra pillowcases

2 bassinet sets
3 cot sets + a few extra fitted sheets

6 'good' towels, maybe a couple of worn ones
4 beach towels
4 hand towels
Various washers
Lots of tea towels

[mavisandjack]

We have two adults and a toddler. A king bed, a double, and a single.

2x summer sheet sets for the king
1x winter sheet set for the king (will get another)
1x summer doona for king
1x winter doona for king

2x summer sheet sets for the double
1x winter sheet set for double
1x summer doona for double (queen size)
1x winter doona (queen size)
4 spare doona sets (used to have queen size bed)

1x summer sheet set for single
1x summer doona for single
Spare set single doona set

6 adult towels
2 baby towels

I think I have some more that we don't use, I will have to reduce it as the clutter is driving me mad. I think we have some queen sheet sets which are completely useless!

The word doona is stupid so I am gôing back to quilt!

[kpingitquiet]

Generally speaking, too many towels and not enough sheets

We have 8 or 10 bath towels
(plus a couple special hoodie kid towels but she doesn't use them anymore)
4 hand towels
1,231,203,214,321 washcloths Everyone gave them to us as baby presents.

Alas, for sheets we have:

1 queen set for our bed + half an extra
1 summer and 2 winter sets for kiddo's bed, but only one has a toddler pillowcase that fits.
1 double set for our pullout sofa
1 single set for our pullout ottoman
N # of random single sheets and pillow cases collected over the years
Lots of blankets, too.

[House.of.blue]

We are a family of 2 adults, a toddler and a baby due soon. In our hallway linen cupboard:

12 bath sheets (these things are huge)
12 bath towels
6 kids towels (with the hoods that go over the head)
10 beach/pool towels
5 floor towels (specially purchased from Kmart just to mop the floor spills etc)

6 sets of cot flannelette sheets
6 sets of cot cotton sheets
3 sets flannelette king size sheets
2 sets cotton kimg size sheets
4 kids quilt sets with inbuilt doona
King size winter doona
King size summer doona

2 Bassinet sets cotton
2 Bassinet sets flannelette

2 kids thermal blankets
10 Pram blankets/throws
4 couch throw rugs for cooler weather

20-30 face washers
10 hand towels
20-30 tea towels

Electric blanket
Extra pillows

That's all I have in that cupboard but I know I have more stashed in the rooms walk in and built ins.

[Bacongirl]

I worked in the manchester industry for awhile so I have far far too much.

Looking at Mareek's list I would say maybe double that in sheets, and the same in towels. Not including beach towels of which I probably have 15-20. Most of our sheets are 500TC or higher, but when you get them at cost (import) price, you can splurge



In our house

2 single beds
1 queen bed
1 Ikea size double bed
2 inflatable queen beds
1 spare single sofa bed.

We also all have duck or goose down quilts, summer blankets, random throws, lots of pillows. Luckily I have a really large linen closet