Do you make your beds every day?

[AnyDream]

Ok...just curious...how many people make their bed every day? What about the other beds in the household, who does those? How did you learn this was important (or not?)

I know it's one of those things some people are really driven about...my stepmum for example was drilled by her mother that the beds MUST be made before you can leave the house of a morning...if they're not, that's a sign of some kind of moral deficit .

My own mother was pretty slack about this...as a consequence I sometimes walk into our bedroom at the end of the day and the bed still isn't made...when DH was away I quite liked to keep it sort of nesty underneath and just pull the quilt across the top. It was more snug and welcoming that way What do you do?

[Astrid]

I tend to straighten up our bed most days, sometimes first things and other times not till after midday. I find our bed gets quite messy and making it gives the room a quick lift, everything looks so much neater.

Somedays I do DD1's, but she seems to be doing it herself now if I ask her to clean her room.

[sneakysparkle]

I'm not a bed-maker.

Although I do straighten everything up before I hop into bed at night! is that weird?!

[*LittleMissSummer*]

I'm not a bed-maker.

Although I do straighten everything up before I hop into bed at night! is that weird?!

Thats me too. My mum used to be really strict about us making our beds but DP wasnt brought up like that so maybe i have learnt to be lazy like him. It will be something i will have my kids do.

[ss_storm]

Umm..how about never?? Lol. except when I change the sheets... DF works odd hours so often sleeps for half the day...or that's my excuse anyway!

[skybie]

get up, open curtains, make the bed properly!
strip blankets back, straighten fitted sheet and tuck everything in!!
wake DD, do the same to her bed!
funny thing is though, i can let the rest of the houswork go for days, just not the beds!

[Elocin]

I make the bed everyday except Sunday - which is when I change the sheets.

I have taught the girls they must make their beds (doonas only, no top sheets) everyday and tidy their rooms before the leave the house too. Both girls change their own sheets every fortnight (they're at our place 7 days out of 14 so every Sunday they're at home) and remake their beds.

I'm so pedantic I even make the bed when we go away and stay in hotels... it drives DH batty

[MummyNaomi]

I'm so pedantic I even make the bed when we go away and stay in hotels...

LOL - Yep I am this crazy too - I reckon that if the bed is made I tend to keep the place tidy. We make the bed every day too, when DS has his morning nap I shower, make the beds etc. My DH mocks me as ages ago he was helping me and I said "pull it tight" referring to the quilt cover so it was nice and smooth and now our catch-cry when making the bed is "Pull it tight" LMAO

I love the day we change the sheets - there is nothing better than climbing into a freshly made bed with fresh smelling linen, if I was rich and had a daily cleaner I would get the bed changed every day hahahahahahahaha

[Kailani]

I don't use a top sheet, I just have a doona and pillows so it takes no time to "make the bed". I always make it after I get out of it, which is several times a day because DS has his naps in it. Also, I don't want the cat on the sheets! It looks so much tidier too

I remember hating making my bed when I was younger though. We were just brought up to make our beds, that's how the day started. I also remember not being allowed to sleep in past a certain time (on the weekends!!)

[Cherished]

love your reply TD

I don't really make my bed much at all now that I think about it! I like to neaten it up before getting into it and if I know people are coming over I will make it prefectly... Of course I change the sheets weekly and then love to have the bed looking perfectly made again, but neither dh or I really care... plus it tends to get mucked up even when I make it because we have a cuddle on the bed a few times a day to ahhhh ... My mother made all of our bed daily growing up so I'm not sure why I'm not that strict about it, before moving in with dh I was pretty stressed with life and used to make the bed everyday, since I started my 'new' life I've realised that it's just not a big deal to make the bed, our house is clean, we don't have junk everywhere so really if it's just us around I simply don't mind

[Indadhanu]

Does anyone make the bed as soon as they strip the sheets? Or do you leave it to air for the day?

[JCE0810]

at somepoint during the day i straighten everything up

[Nai]

I make the beds if people are coming over I read that it's good to let the bed air so I let it air all the time

[AliB]

I'm not a bed-maker.

Although I do straighten everything up before I hop into bed at night! is that weird?!

Yes! I don't know why I insist on doing it before bed but can't be bothered in the morning!

DP used to make it every morning (he's last out) but he stopped as my pregnancy advanced and my multiple pillows (esp massive body pillow) started to take over the bed. He doesn't like handling what he calls my 'arse pillows' ie I used them between my legs!

[Inanna]

Well I cannot just cannot leave the house without the beds made...
I am fastidious about it... I am miss hospital corners... I love linen, and nice quilts etc & my beds have lots of pillows etc... I absolutely have to make my bed... My kids all make their own - & are in the habit of getting up, going to the loo, getting dressed & making their beds. (I straighten them up some without them seeing! )

I am the same with dishes. The dishwasher has to be packed before I can leave... Or before I can go to bed...

[Floweryfields]

Yes I do, but I'm not a fastidious maker, more of a smoother and puller-upperer!

[Laranna]

I am miss hospital corners

Me too! I have to do hospital corners when I make the bed. DH thinks I'm nuts.

I make the bed every day once I'm up. I also open the window and blinds to air the room. When I change the sheets I leave them off all day as we get full sunshine through our bedroom window spilling onto the bed so I let it shine on the mattress for a few hours.

I love fresh sheets too!

[AngelPunks]

I get out of bed, kick the top sheet over the bed-end, go to the toilet, put the kettle on, come back into the bedroom, straighten the bottom (fitted) sheet, pull the top sheet up, pull the doona up, plump the pillows and put them on top of the doona. Then I lay my work clothes out on the doona.

Every Sunday I change the bed, pulling the sheets off when I get out of bed in the morning, doona goes over clothes-horse to air, once a month I turn the mattress - I wash the mattress protector the same day I turn the mattress. I also iron my sheets & pillowcases before I put them back on the bed at the end of the day.