Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart has revealed the very strict—and luxurious—hygiene regimen she follows at her famed New York farm, while admitting she is “disgusted” by people who fail to change their bedsheets every few days.
The 84-year-old opened up about the many luxuries she enjoys at her sprawling Bedford, NY, property, during an appearance on reality star Paige DeSorbo’s Amazon Live interview series, “In Bed with Paige DeSorbo,” during which attentions turned—perhaps unsurprisingly—to Stewart’s own bed at her home.
Stewart and DeSorbo, 33, got into a debate about how often bedsheets need to be changed, with the lifestyle icon admitting that she couldn’t go more than three days without a fresh set, although she admits she is not actually the one changing them.
“I change my sheets—well, I don’t change my sheets, my housekeeper changes them—but they get changed at least every three days,” Stewart revealed, before going on to explain her reasons for this schedule.
“I’ve worked very hard, I might as well have fresh sheets. It’s so nice to get into a fresh bed,” she added.
When DeSorbo revealed that she changes her sheets once a week, Stewart appeared shocked, adding, “That’s a little long,” before telling the internet personality she should swap them out at least every “five days.”
Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart has revealed how many times a week you should change your bedsheets as she opened up about where your guest should stay. (Photo by Jeff Schear/Getty Images for NYCWFF)
The 84-year-old lifted the lid on her at-home habits while appearing on Amazon Live’s series “In Bed with Paige DeSorbo.” (In Bed with Paige DeSorbo Featuring Martha Stewart/Amazon Live)
Stewart then revealed that she had previously found a survey about changing your bedsheets on social media, noting that many people said they refreshed their bed linens “every four weeks.”
“That’s disgusting, that’s crazy,” she admitted.
For anyone who does not have a housekeeper on hand to change their sheets as regularly as Stewart, she had some sage advice: Stay away from linen.
“Unless you have a housekeeper who is going to change your bedsheets every day, and a laundress who is going to wash and iron the sheets every day, forget linen sheets. Percale or sateen are the sheet choices nowadays,” she added.
Another luxury that Stewart said she enjoys at her home is ensuring she always has two iPads handy at all times, explaining to DeSorbo that she can’t bear the thought of being without one.
“If I’m not sleeping well, I use up 100% of the power watching movies,” Stewart said, noting that her backup iPad will then be brought into the picture.
As for her more personal hygiene routine, the TV personality and cookbook author said she always makes sure she is freshly showered before even contemplating leaving her home—even if she’s only going to the gym to workout.
“I go to the gym every morning at 6:30, so I have to be out of the house at 6:15. I set my alarm for 5:45, that gives me time to take a shower, make the cappuccino for me and my driver…” she said of her daily schedule.
When DeSorbo questioned why she showers before working out, Stewart was quick to respond: “I never go to the gym without showering. I would never go anywhere, I would not leave the second floor of my house without showering.”
She also added that she ensures she is wearing makeup when she works out, including foundation and lip gloss, noting that she never knows who she might run into.
“And I look really good. I have to because there’s men in the gym. And there’s other people that might see me, and I do not want to look awful,” Stewart said.
Stewart admitted she is “disgusted” by people who don’t refresh their bed linens every few days, revealing that her housekeeper changes hers every “two to three days.” (In Bed with Paige DeSorbo Featuring Martha Stewart/Amazon Live)
When asked how often she changes her bedding, the cooking icon confessed that her sheets are changed multiple times a week. (In Bed with Paige DeSorbo Featuring Martha Stewart/Amazon Live)
Stewart currently resides on a sprawling farm in Katonah, NY, which she picked up in 2000 after her divorce from her former husband, Andy Stewart. (Michael Appleton/NY Daily News/Getty)
The lifestyle pro then opened up about her best practices when having guests stay over—namely where she settles them once they’ve arrived at her home.
“If someone were staying at your house, would you offer them your primary bedroom?” DeSorbo asked.
Stewart replied, “Absolutely not! I have guesthouses! I actually prefer they stay in the guesthouse.”
It’s not the first time that Stewart has left an on-air host stunned with her very particular at-home routine, having previously left TV star Kelly Clarkson gobsmacked by revealing she has “never ordered in” food to her dwelling.
Stewart has been residing at her Katonah, NY, property since 2000, when she snapped up the sprawling estate—having spent the previous years living on a Westport, CT, property known as Turkey Hill, a dwelling that she owned with her ex-husband, Andy Stewart.
The two, who divorced after 29 years of marriage, had built a life and a home together at the property, which was also the site on which Stewart launched her illustrious career as a lifestyle guru, penning her first books while living in the home.
In 2007, the TV personality made the decision to place the home on the market, as she was spending more time at her 150-acre Katonah, NY, spread and at her Maine compound, Skylands.
She ultimately sold the estate for $6.7 million, a discount from the just-under $9 million she had asked.
While she sold that home back in 2007, Stewart made some very savvy real estate investments over the years, including a West Village penthouse (that she has since sold) and a 63-acre getaway on the remote Mount Desert Island in Maine, known as Skylands.
In 2021, the entrepreneur sold her cottage in East Hampton for $16.5 million. The sale was quite a coup: She had purchased the property for $1.7 million in 1991, after her divorce from Andy. The classic Hamptons estate reportedly sold for almost twice what Stewart had initially asked.