I use my Euro pillow with shams to "hide" my bed pillows, whether on a Queen or King size bed - any size for that matter. After a pillow case is slept on one night, even if it had been ironed (I know - I'm about the only one who does this, so shoot me!), it will be rumpled. We used to use bedspreads that folded over the pillows to hide them, but they are now pretty much out of fashion, thus the shams.

I like to sleep on two pillows so that means I have 3 pillows on each side of the bed, plus my boudoir pillow, without which I cannot sleep - it is hidden behind the sham.

I'm not a fan of Euro pillows. I love them in concept, but I cannot make them stand up in their shams properly and they look all slumpy. So I do two sleeping pillows, two sham pillows and 1-3 decorative. How you style them is as varied as there are people!

hmmm, I was going to get shams that coordinated colors but not the same print as the duvet, but the same print is on sale. So I'm thinking of getting two king shams and going for this look. The accent pillows are just for sizing purposes.

This is a queen size bed, but I would do this same concept with king pillows instead of standard. Thoughts?

@anglophilia, we have a lot of pillows too! I sleep on 2 and DH sleeps on 1-2 and hugs another. Right now my setup is awful, but I usually put 3 standards in back, topped with 2 kings, then 2 standard shams, then 1 accent.

DH hates all the pillows, but we I use a king and standard and he uses all standards. It's such a mess to make the bed and look nice. I think with a setup like my mockup photo, I could hide our old smushy standard pillows behind the king shams if needed. Then add king pillows in white pillowcases, then a couple accent pillows. I want to break up the sham and duvet pattern since they are the same.

yes, the mockup does have Euro in the back and standard in the front, but I just made that to see how it would look with the same print on the shams. Sorry for the confusion. Here's a new one, imagine those are king size pillows :) .

Yes, it would end up being 3 pillows on each side, but I don't think the sleeping ones in the back will have to be visible. trust me, they are flat and smushy lol.

I’ve found the flanged shams to be very floppy and messy looking. I recently bought some that matched a quilt, and returned them. Especially in the king size, the shams were huge because the extra fabric of the shams is in addition to the size of the king pillow.

I have two king size sleeping pillows on each side and a standard size white sham (matches the quilt) and one decorative pillow in front on my bed. I don’t like having to deal with the extra pillows, and would rather change the pillowcases more often to have them fresh looking.

I like the 3,2,1 set up

For a king sized bed you need 3 Euro shams to cover the back or two king shams. Euro are usually only used for decor purposes. I would do 3 Euro across back then do 2-4 standard for the front depending on how many pillows you like. Also how many coordinating fabrics you want to choose. You can also do three Euro and then do 2-3 20-24" decorative pillows. The options are endless.

I do things a bit different on my king bed. I have 2 king shams with fluffy new pillows. Those are my back pillows. They hold up the sleeping pillows (1 each) that are in various states of "smush". Then I have 2 king pillow shams with 2 kind pillows in EACH....they sit on top.

At night I just (literally) chuck the top shams and pillows on the chair and climb in...

We do have to sleep in these lovely beds so my vote will always be to have comfort and ease-of-use over looks...