I have better things to do as well, but it takes me all of 30 seconds to do it. Plus, you have to do at least some arrangement of the bed before you get back into it right? Probably takes about the same amount of time.
I make the bed every day, but it just takes a few seconds. When my husband is actually in town, he usually doesn’t get up until I’m at work, and he doesn’t make it. So I make it when I get home from work. I just like the feeling of getting into the bed when it’s made.
Tangential question:
**How many folks have 1+ covering on their bed? **
In the summer, we usually just have a top sheet (no air conditioning). In the winter, just one heavy blanket (winters are mild). I could make the bed every day, or I could just kick the covering out to cover me when I crawl into bed.
I’m curious if number-of-coverings correlates to likeliness-to-make-the-bed-frequently.
One of the things I was happy to not do anymore when I moved out was make my bed. I never do it. A made bed feels like someone else’s bed.
When I change the sheets, I put on the new ones and then toss the pillows and blankets roughly where they belong on the bed.
Guests never see it, since I shut my bedroom door when people come over.
My bed consists of a fitted sheet, a few pillows, and either a quilt or the quilt cover as a blanket. It’s pretty bare, which is how I like it. Making it wouldn’t take long, but wouldn’t make it much nicer to look at either. So I don’t bother.
I’m 31.
I make the bed in the evening before I go to bed. I can’t sleep in crumpled sheets and blankets.
I don’t have time in the morning to do it.
I make the bed every morning.
I make it first thing every morning. I’d be mortified if someone else saw it unmade, because I’d assume they’d think of me what I think of others who don’t make the bed i.e. that they’re lazy slobs.
Not necessarily. I know this doesn’t make sense, but when the bed is made up and the top sheet is tucked in it feels confining and uncomfortable. When I get into a bed which has been made up, I inevitably untuck the sheet and wrap myself up in it. When I get into a bed which hasn’t been made, it’s just a matter of pulling the sheet back over me. Since I invariably undo the work of making the bed as soon as I get into it rather than when I get out of it, there’s little point to me making the bed. If I do it right, I can even slip right back into where I had the sheet and/or blanket wrapped around me.
It’s funny, isn’t it? Some people don’t feel comfortable unless the sheet is smooth and tightly tucked in, while others don’t feel comfortable if it is.
I threw a comforter over the mess of sheets on my bed when my grandma came to see the new apartment this weekend. That’s as close as it’s getting to being “made” anytime soon.
For Pullet: I’ve got… checks… a comforter, an afghan, and two sheets on my bed right now, and it’s 73 degrees outside. I can never ever sleep without at least one sheet.
I never make the bed, unless I am a guest at somebody’s house. I really don’t see the point of making your own bed, in your own home, when you’re just going to unmake the bed in the evening. I mean, really, why? It borders on neurosis to me.
Nice jammies…
To answer the OP, only on laundry day or when expecting guests. I’m not a restless sleeper and a quick tug of the covers is usually all it takes to tidy it a bit, though.
Is flipping the blanket in the air and having it lay across the bed where ever it lands considered making the bed? If so then I make my bed every morning.
Does not really matter though. I have a dog that likes to sleep under the covers so when I get home it is all torn apart anyway.:mad:
I make the bed when it cools off enough for me to need a blanket, otherwise i just change the sheets as needed and wash pillows every couple months
I have to make the bed every morning, just my bed, I don’t make the kids’ beds. i can leave dirty dishes overnight, damp towels on the bathroom floor and a weekends worth of clutter on the dining room table but I have to make the bed. Smooth the sheets, plump the pillows, shake out the down comforter ( I really need a duvet cover) and even straighten the dust ruffle. The rest of the room can be a disaster and it often is, but the bed oh the bed is smartly dressed, cool, soft and unwrinkled. I don’t do extra pillows, bolsters and such. Simple suits me.
I make the bed every day but since it’s only a duvet over the sheet, it doesn’t take much of an effort. I do it because the cats sleep on there and whilst I don’t mind them messing up the duvet cover, I do object to dirty paw prints over my sheets! I also change the sheets every week, usually on a Wednesday 'cos that’s the night I get the bed to myself and I think I deserve a treat.
I also have a thing about doing the dishes every night and putting the dry ones away in the morning before I go to work.
It’s funny because this subject came up yesterday at my family dinner; I mentioned that I am now 32 and still have not learned why it’s essential to make one’s bed. Nobody could give me any reason, including my mother and sister, both inveterate bed-makers. I felt vindicated at last.
I am another who cannot sleep in a made bed; if I find myself in one by some accident, I need to untuck everything before I can even consider comfort.
I have a dog who sleeps on the bed with me, and then I acquired a human partner so now there are three of us. If the dog stays on top of the covers (on one side of me) and the partner is under the covers (on the other side of me), then I am effectively stapled under the covers and I can’t get out (for cool air, a potty run, etc). I find this most uncomfortable and confining (in the same way as a tucked-in top sheet). So to permit easy access to fresh air, I don’t allow the dog to sleep on top of the covers, and thus the sheets inevitably get covered in hair.
And no matter what I do, the partner and the dog will have their wrestle-snuggle-fest every morning anyway, ensuring all bedding is rumpled and covered in hair. So I do laundry regularly and don’t let guests in the bedroom.
Am I living alone or with company? Is the bed in a room I won’t see except when I get in and out of bed or not?
If the bed is going to be seen by anybody during the day, including myself, I make it after letting it air for a while. Otherwise, it can go unmade for days.
I never make the bed. My wife does when she changes the sheets, but not otherwise.
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Regards,
Shodan
I make my bed only when I launder the sheets, and that is probably not as frequent as it should be.
In the winter I keep my thermostat set very low (55 to 60 F) and sleep with many blankets. Many. One time I wore a stocking cap to bed, knowing that my gf was going to be arriving in the middle of the night.
The only time I make the bed is when I change the sheets every 2-3 weeks. There’s really no need: I don’t pull back the sheets when I go to sleep, I just sleep under the comforter.