I'm curious - do you make your bed everyday

[LynneSin]

I have to admit I'm one of those lazy people that can't be bothered to make the bed unless I happen to be staying at my mother's house (who will annoy the bejesus out of me until it was made - probably the reason why I don't make it everyday) or visiting a friend's house overnight.

But I just got some really great new sheets and trying to make the bed everyday.

BTW, my bed would always get made once a week since I wash my sheets every week - I may be messy but I'm not that much of a slob!

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Sorta.

The bedsheets are straightened out and the spread covers the pillows -- the latter is mostly so that His Highness The Cat doesn't nap directly on the pillows.

Like you I always make the bed when I'm a guest in someone else's house but we've had more than a few guests over the years who haven't even straightened out the blankets in the morning. I find that weird.

[LynneSin]

7. This sounds weird but after the guest leaves I always wash the sheets

So as much as I appreciate the thought of the bed being made, as soon as the guest leaves the sheets are ripped off and tossed into the Washing Machine.

[Debi]

15. Depending on where I stay as a guest

I will strip the bed and wash the sheets myself. (staying @ Mom and Dad's or at Grandma & Grandpa's)

I even straighten the sheets @ hotels - can't stand a messy room.

[LynneSin]

23. Are you related to my mother

:scared:

When I visit, she'll hound me every 15 minutes until I make the damn bed. And she has one of those daybeds that's such a bitch to make each day that I just put a blanket on top of the daybed and find a quilt to put over top. Then all I have to do is fold the blanks and smoothover the wrinkles on the daybed futon

[Debi]

26. Maybe - I also load/unload the dishwasher when I'm there

I swear it's like I get into the 'wayback' machine when I stay at my folks house. Too long and I'll be sneaking out the downstairs window and breaking curfew!! :wow:

[LynneSin]

39. I got better with the dishwasher once I got a roommate

since I didn't want her putting dirty dishes in with the clean. However the roommate had to move out (I knew it was only for a few months) and I'm trying not to get back into old habits.

[Gormy Cuss]

36. I do too, but I'm talking about the multi-day visitors who leave the bed disheveled each morning.

It just strikes me as odd to leave it looking like a teen's bedroom. Pull up the damn blankets at least, ya know?

Some of my favorite guests are the ones who offer to strip the bed when they leave. I decline the offer but I do appreciate it.

[Blue Gardener]

2. Yes

Mostly because the cats sleep on it during the day, so I have to make sure "their" blankets are in place so they don't get hair all over the comforter.

[Phentex]

3. I'm not lazy. I just don't see the point...

It doesn't bother me to see an unmade bed. I don't have the kids make theirs but I know they know how!

[Debi]

22. I don't care what Debi Jr. does w/his bed

as long as pillows and blankets aren't on the floor I'm happy.

It's his business whether or not he wants to have a tidy bed.

He doesn't have the same problem w/the dog as I do. He has a captain's bed w/one of those new fancy memory foam mattresses. The thing sits around 3 1/2 feet off the ground - the dog can't jump that high!

[1gobluedem]

4. Yes

In fact, I've been known to get up in the middle of the night and remake it if I'm uncomfortable. I can't sleep in a messy bed.

[Debi]

5. Yes. That way the dog doesn't sleep in it ... just on it.

:7

[Catshrink]

12. My dogs would burrow anyway.

Dachshunds are burrowers -- I thought they were strange at first but, no, it's their nature. They are the only breed recognized as hunters both above and below ground. You'd never know they were hunters watching them sleep right now. But Louie has caught two birds so he thinks he's quite the hunter.

[Debi]

17. We have a little fleece throw that goes on top of the made bed

Memo 'makes her bed' with the throw and falls asleep before we even walk out the door in the morning.

[Catshrink]

20. One of mine would burrow under the throw

while the other one goes under the covers. Odd creatures.

[LynneSin]

13. Even when I don't make the beds, Abbott would only sleep at the end of the bed

on top of the comforter. Evita won't sleep on the bed because there are 2 catbeds in the room and her bed is the one by the window.

Ironcially now that my roommate has moved out, I've seen my cats sleeping on the guestroom bed - both of them together, which is pretty rare in my house. My cats are not snugglers and rarely share the same bed. If Abbott is on the bed and Evita decides she's ready to be petted, Abbott will leave the bed and go sleep elsewhere.

[Debi]

18. Memo would climb under the covers and demand to be 'tucked in' if she had her way

On lazy weekends when the bed hasn't been made we've caught her sleeping under the covers w/her hed on the pillow.

[Catshrink]

6. Nope.

for two reasons:

1) I'm lazy.

2) I read somewhere that you should air out your bed because of all the mites, etc. that live in the sheets. Since my doxies like to burrow under the covers no matter how bloody hot it is outside, I have double reason for wanting to air out the bed.

3) Did I mention tha I'm lazy?

[PRETZEL]

8. Both of them,

always. It's part of my morning routine.

[KG]

9. never could see the point of making the bed every day.

it also wasn't required as a child growing up, though my mom always made their bed every day

[Kali]

10. bwahahahaha

hell no
but I do throw an extra "cat" blanket over the mess when I get up to cut down on the fur covered sheets. then I flick it onto the floor at night.

[Bunny]

11. Yes, I can't deal with an unmade bed.

[MorningGlow]

14. Never. Not once.

Not every day. Not anytime (except when I change the sheets). Mr. MG's laziness about it wore off on me years ago.

Oh--I will fix the bed when I know people will be walking through the house--when it's on the market.

[applegrove]

16. Get a Duvet. That way you have no excuse but to make your bed every day.

Cause it takes 1 full second of your time to make the bed.

[LynneSin]

21. I've had a Duvet for over 10 years now

didn't fix the problem at hand

:eyes:

[applegrove]

31. Oh my. You are not a bed maker are you? LOL!

[LynneSin]

35. No but I love Duvets!!!

This is my latest Duvet:


It doesn't have matching sheets with it but I got these really soft ones made of the fibers of Eucalyptus trees. They're suppose to be eco-friendly but it dawned on me that trees were downed to make these sheets AND those trees are found halfway around the world.

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=118253&RN=16

[applegrove]

82. Beautiful. I LOVE buying bed linens.

[siligut]

19. We play musical beds sometimes.

If one can’t sleep that person will go into another room to make sure the tossing and turning doesn’t wake the other one. I make both beds when that happens. I also, like you, change sheets every week.

[flvegan]

24. Yup. Inevitably, one of the dogs "un-makes" it during the day.

At least partially "un-makes" it at least.

[LynneSin]

32. btw welcome back

:D

[flvegan]

38. Thanks!

[merh]

25. I used to obsese about it, keeping my bed made.

That was before I read about medical studies that concluded well made beds can present health hazards.

http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/165/12/1591.pdf

"Something as simple as leaving a bed unmade during the day can remove moisture from the sheets and mattress so the mites will dehydrate and eventually die."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4181629.stm

I still make my bed often, I just don't get crazy about it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

43. makes perfectly good sense to me

:)

[merh]

44. doesn't it though

those dust mites are creepy

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. Not Anymore

fuck it.

[merh]

33. see my post above your's

there are medical studies that have concluded an unkept bed is healtier (and fuck it was part of the finding - as in less stressful on the back and the wrist - muscles involved in bed making).

:hi:

[bikebloke]

28. Always

Otherwise, I feel like a slob when I come home. I once told a friend about making my bed. She said somebody better marry me. :shrug: I guess because I'd be easier around the house. But alas, no one has. And they've had to make their own damn beds.

[SacredCow]

29. For the most part, yes....

Sometimes the multiple decoratove pillows don't make it back to their proper place, but otherwise the bed is made. In the mornings, I use my bed as a staging area- my clothes, gym bag, laptop and bag, and anything that I need to attend to that day is put on the bed as I pack up my things. This is a LOT easier on a made bed!

[BarenakedLady]

*dupe*

They aren't dirty enough to wash twice either. :P

[BarenakedLady]

30. No but that reminds me

I wanted to wash my sheets today. Thanks...

[MissMillie]

34. no, but I'm sure that when I don't

my mother knows that I didn't. Not that she really cares after all these years, but somehow, no matter how far away I am, she knows.

[LynneSin]

37. I get secret pleasure in knowing that I didn't and there ain't a thing that mother can do about it

although when she does visit the bed will be made.

[MissMillie]

45. lol.... I hear ya!

I guess when one is someone else's child, there will always be a little rebellion present.

[Blue Diadem]

40. I remake it before we go to bed. I usually just toss up the blankets and

spread in the morning but not always.

Funny thing is, those few years we lived in Michigan and everything was on one floor, I always made the bed first thing in the morning. Moving back to our 2 story, I guess because I'm usually not upstairs except waking up in the morning and going to bed at night that I just don't think about it. If I have a reason to be upstairs, like cleaning, I'll make it. Otherwise it never crosses my mind until I go upstairs to get into it and realize it's not comfy until I remake it.

[Inchworm]

41. Bwahaha!

I gave up on it due to dogs.

Every once in a while I attempt to turn over a new leaf. In fact, I have brand new sheets in the dryer as well as 2 new pillows.

Maybe I'll do that today.

I always make it when somewhere else. I even fold blankets and such if I slept on their couch :D

:hi:

[Orsino]

42. Yes.

Makes the room look so much nicer, IMO.

[Lucian]

46. Hell no.

[gbate]

47. Yes, I require it. No one else in my family does, though.

[mwooldri]

48. I'm not THAT into carpentry and metalwork...

I prefer to purchase a ready made bed once and use it over and over again. I don't want to make beds daily. My wifes' aunt however, is into this strange thing of making beds daily, but the kind folks at Spring Air Mattress seem to recompense her for doing so.

Seriously, nope. We don't bother unless we're having special guests over.

Mark.

[marzipanni]

68. LOL, my son has always used the term "set" the bed

rather than "make" it because he thinks "make" sounds more like building a bed.

[madinmaryland]

49. My wife makes the bed!!

[LynneSin]

50. So if your wife was out of town visiting and you were left home alone....

:shrug:

[madinmaryland]

55. The cats need somewhere to sleep!

[carlyhippy]

51. I half-arsed do it every day, it's not tidy enough to bounce a quarter off it, but it will do.

[bigwillq]

52. Yes (nt)

[Kingofalldems]

53. Yes, with army corners

And you can bounce a quarter off of it.

[frogmarch]

54. No. I never got into the habit because

Mr. Froggy got called to work at all hours and he often slept in the daytime. Actually, that's just an excuse. I've always been anti-bedmaking. It's pointless. The only time I make the bed is when I'm expecting company who's a known bedmaker, and sometimes not even then, depending on who it is.

[LynneSin]

56. You make a "known bedmaker" like it's a "known criminal"

Ack the criminals are coming - make the bed make the bed!

[frogmarch]

60. haha!

Now that you mention it, I guess I do feel that way about bedmakers. :-)

[CreekDog]

57. No

unless i'm selling my house, in which case i do it faithfully everyday and that's torture. :rofl:

that said, the way my mom taught me to make a bed is fairly time consuming and a PITA overall.

when i went college, my roommates showed me how to simplify things to make it easy to make the bed (hey, I went to Brigham Young, people actually cared about this stuff! :wtf: :rofl:). They told me to get a comforter appropriate to the weather and not to use blankets and then making the bed is a snap, you just pull it up to the top and you're done. :think:

so when i have to make the bed everyday, at least i've got an easy way to do it.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

58. sure

Top sheets aren't sold over here generally so we only use a comforter/duvet. Takes all of 5 seconds to shake that thing out on top of the bed. Now if I had to deal with tucking in sheets, no way.

[Arkansas Granny]

59. I make my bed when I change the sheets. Otherwise I just throw the covers

up over the bed before I leave for work.

[tabbycat31]

61. no

[Mojambo]

62. Two or three times a week. n/t

[latebloomer]

63. Depends on what you call "making the bed"

If you consider it to be straightening out the top sheet and comforter, then yes.

Gotta do that sometime before bedtime or it won't be comfy to sleep in.

Besides, an unmade bed looks depressing, and a made one makes even a messy room look better.

[elocs]

64. I'm a single guy who lives alone. Why should I make my bed everyday?

I'm only going to mess it up again.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

65. Never ..........

I throw the covers back when I get up and the sheets air out all day. When I climb back in at night, it feels quite nice.

Life is short. Making a bed is about as big a waste of time as anything I can imagine..........................

[azmouse]

66. Yes. It only takes a minute or two

and the bedroom always looks neater with the bed made up.

[PassingFair]

67. No cats and the Corgi's can't jump up on the bed....

I only make my bed when we change the sheets.

[femmocrat]

74. CORGIS?!

I have two corgis! Tell me about your fur-babies, please!

:hi:

[PassingFair]

80. One's a 7-year old red and white Pembroke and one's a...

4-1/2 month old tri-color Pembroke....



The little one (Santi) has changed a LOT since this
picture...the big grumpy one (Sprocket) looks about
the same.

He's really fluffy today, because they had baths
on Sunday, and it's humid today.

:hi:

[TimeChaser]

69. Oh hell no

Beds are much more comfortable when they're a pile of blankets and pillows

[marzipanni]

70. We have a nylon-covered opened-up sleeping bag on our bed in the winter

When the temperature dips the dog rises, up onto our bed! Nylon is good because it's slick and dog/cat hair doesn't cling to it. I tend to use it all the time instead of a bedspread, and remove it at night when the weather is mild.
I usually fold the covers down halfway, smooth out the fitted sheet, plump the pillows, and leave the bed to air out for a while. If I do leave the sleeping bag spread out, the dog likes to spread out on top of it- it's her little indulgence.

[MrSlayer]

71. No. I never have done this.

Nor will I ever. It seems pointless.

[noamnety]

72. Not exactly, but I try to cover it

because I have a waterbed, and the blankets on it hold in the heat and conserve energy. Being a waterbed, the dustmites aren't an issue (way better for allergies).

If it weren't for that, I'd never bother. I'm quite happy just sleeping in a wadded up nest of blankets.

[triguy46]

73. Yep. One of us does. Can't mess it up if its messed up to begin with.

[elleng]

75. No,

but I used to!

[Shell Beau]

76. I HAVE to. It is my one (or 2 or 3) OCD things that I do.

I actually make it twice. Once in the morning just for looks and then before bed to get the sheets nice and tight.

[LynneSin]

81. Please do not pass those on to your daughter

as a daughter of a compulsive OCD bedmaker it's not fun

:cry:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

77. What is this "make your bed" of which you speak?

[BlueDissenter]

78. Only if.........

I'm putting on a clean set of sheets or going out of town for a few days. Nothing's greater than coming home to a made up bed.

[Zavulon]

79. No. My girlfriend does.

This is one of the few arguments I won. We don't let guests into our bedroom, so there's no point at all in making the bed. This is the one household chore I put my foot down regarding. If she wants the bed made, she can either make it herself or relieve me of the responsibility of the chore I hate most, cutting the lawn.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

83. Yes I do,

ever since I got sober. And no, it's not an AA requirement :)
All of a sudden I realized how much more orderly my room looked if I made the bed.....

[ellaydubya]

84. Yes!!!

I always have, even as a child. I even start making it up before I get out of bed- I pull the sheets up to wards the head of the bed pulling them taut, then carefully slip out the side. Much less work when you do this. I love getting into a bed that is made up-a very affordable luxury.

[Mugu]

85. No.

I pull the covers down and over the posts of the foot-board and then separate them so air can freely circulate around and between them so I'm sure that any residual moisture is completely dried. Low humidity and light deprives any unwanted visitors (bacteria, fungus, etc.) of the needed moisture required to survive.

That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.

[Iggo]

86. Of course. I'm civilized...lol.

[crimsonblue]

87. Yup. Right before I go to bed...

when I get outta bed, I couldn't care less if the sheets are pulled out from the bed and the comforter is on the floor, but when I go to bed everything's gotta be perfect.