Well, there are five on my bed, but I'm only using one to sleep on. Two long pillows are on the side of the bed, wedged between the bed and the wall, so that the dog doesn't fall down between there, and get hurt. Then, I have a big square pillow at the top of the bed, that kind of acts as my headboard, since I don't have one. Then there is a sort of thin pillow up there too, because the mattress always has a gap up there, and it fills up that hole. Then, I have the pillow that I sleep on at night. I do have three other decorative throw pillows, but I hardly ever put them on the bed, because of all the other pillows on there, and it's just a twin bed, plus, no one is ever in my room but me, so it's not like I need frou-frou pillows.