Our house is late Victorian. It doesn't have closets in the sense of a walk-in space, but we do have an airing cupboard (a built-in space with space for storing and/or drying linens; usually this also houses a boiler, but ours is in the bathroom. We also have a utility room (a walk-in room that houses large appliances, in our case a washing machine, tumble dryer, fridge/freeze and vacuum cleaner); we use the space that isn't taken up by the machines to store our garden equipment and recycling bin. We also have some storage space in the loft, although less than we used to have since we had our loft insulation brought up to current standards.
In winter my bed goes fitted sheet, duvet in cover, bedspread. I used to only put the bedspread on when it was really cold inside, but now that we have a dog who is allowed to sleep on my bed, I have it on permanently to protect the duvet. In summer it just goes fitted sheet, bedspread. The bedding gets washed whenever I start feeling like it needs freshening up, which tends to happen more quickly in summer, but that's fine. I'd much rather wash the linen a bit more often than feel confined by a top sheet; one of the first things I do when I stay in a hotel in the US is to remove that.
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Date: 2013-04-24 01:56 pm (UTC)In winter my bed goes fitted sheet, duvet in cover, bedspread. I used to only put the bedspread on when it was really cold inside, but now that we have a dog who is allowed to sleep on my bed, I have it on permanently to protect the duvet. In summer it just goes fitted sheet, bedspread. The bedding gets washed whenever I start feeling like it needs freshening up, which tends to happen more quickly in summer, but that's fine. I'd much rather wash the linen a bit more often than feel confined by a top sheet; one of the first things I do when I stay in a hotel in the US is to remove that.