Pillows are used in the home for comfort and decoration, following are some notes to help you keep them straight: Bed Pillows Soft: Great for stomach sleepers. Try down pillows or Royal Egypt Medium: Great for back sleepers, need more support that stomach sleepers. Firm: Best for side sleepers. Primaloft and Beautyrest pillows are perfect. Decorative Pillows Boudoir: Rectangular pillows of various widths, work well in a set of three pillows or in a chair. 17" Square: Ususally corded, fringed, or knife edge(plain), used on beds and sofas. Mix and match. 26" Square: Called a Euro pillow(includes pillow) or sham(just the covering). Used as a floor pillow and most commonly used by our customers as a reading pillow behind shams on the bed.