I've never seen the point of all these decorative pillows piled on the bed, that aren't actually meant to be used. I mean, I know they are there for decor purposes, but they just seem so useless. Put them on the bed after you make the bed in the morning, only to take them off and pile them up somewhere at night. Seems silly to me.
Why put something in the guest room that you actually don't want the guests to use? Better to put a lot of bed pillows of different types (some people like fluffy thick pillows, others prefer flatter) with regular pillowcases (if you go with a white look for the bedding, you could always get some colorful cases and put them on normal bed pillows to jazz it up).
There's a cute romantic comedy with Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston called Along Came Polly that has a whole scene about the decorative bed pillow/sham thing that's quite funny.
Just because something's is all the rage in home decor mags doesn't mean it makes sense or is desirable. I remember about 15 years ago, these teeny tiny bedside tables were featured in the decor mags. Normal bedside table height, but only about 12" square. There was barely space to put a small lamp, and there certainly wasn't any room to put any of the things humans normally have at the bedside, like a book, an alarm clock, a glass of water, your eyeglasses, your phone. My daughter, who follows those trends, bought some. Didn't last long before she gave them away, as they were useless.
