Do you make the bed?

[sangie]

Yes I do! I got myself into the habit of making it as soon as I get up in the morning or else I found I never got around to it. And our bedroom is at the front of the house and can be seen from the front door.
DD makes hers after breakfast and DS does his best lol! He has a day nap still but we don't bother re-making it after that unless we know people are coming over.

[BlackCat]

Nope - Im way to lazy for that :P

[AwesomeFoursome]

After reading a 'bed making' thread I normally make it for 2 days then go back to not making it lol.

[fionas]

yes, but I don't have top sheets so really it just means tidying up the doona and pillows. But believe me as a reasonably reformed slob, I feel like a complete champion when I do that.

[Enchanted]

Beds have to be made everyday here. I have got DS "making" his bed which for me is great as its getting harder to bend over! It's more of a straighten that he goes but I won't complain! I also can't have towels on the floor, they get all smelly & don't dry properly!

[Loveinamist]

Does everyone have cover sheets or something because I just have a doona and only need to to pull it back up and straighten the pillows a bit. And fitted sheets mean no maintenance there either. Is that considered making the bed? I remember in the 'good old days' when making the bed involved tucking in sheets and blankets and then folding back the sheet over the top of the blanket to make it neat. My dad also used to make us do 'hospital corners'

[peanutter]

I see making the bed as something quite different from putting away dishes or clothes, or cleaning/straightening up other areas ...

I suspect this is because to actually use the bed, I have to undo the making of it! Wheres to stack the dishwasher it needs to have been unstacked, to use the bench, it needs to be clear of dishes and clean, to use areas in my house, it needs to not have Mt Foldmore skulking around, to use my desk it needs to not have a pile of filing sitting there, etc.

But the bed? It doesn't get used for anything other than the obvious, we don't hang out in the bedroom for anything else, and it's not visible to passers by ... so there's no incentive for me personally for it to be getting its pretty on. I benefit from how it feels, and because I roll around so much, a nice tightly tucked sheet isn't a big bonus.

Whereas with other areas, it's nice to see them clean and sparkly and tidy, or to be able to have full use of them because there's not other things cluttering up the way.

[Taurean]

Yup, rarely isn't my bed made. But I don't tend to worry about DD1's as she still naps. If we are having visitors, I make sure hers is made too. My mum is super anal when it comes to making beds so part of her has rubbed off on me. Unless we were sick and in bed, I can't recall ever being able to leave our beds unmade as kids!

I feel so much better and 'together' when my house is tidy but I've had to let go of it a bit since having kids.

[~Kim~]

Yep I do.

[phebee]

I don't see the point - who's going to see it? And it's just going to get slept in again anyway...

Yeah that! All those years of my Mum nagging me about it achieved nothing :P

[phebee]

I see making the bed as something quite different from putting away dishes or clothes, or cleaning/straightening up other areas ...

I suspect this is because to actually use the bed, I have to undo the making of it! Wheres to stack the dishwasher it needs to have been unstacked, to use the bench, it needs to be clear of dishes and clean, to use areas in my house, it needs to not have Mt Foldmore skulking around, to use my desk it needs to not have a pile of filing sitting there, etc.

But the bed? It doesn't get used for anything other than the obvious, we don't hang out in the bedroom for anything else, and it's not visible to passers by ... so there's no incentive for me personally for it to be getting its pretty on. I benefit from how it feels, and because I roll around so much, a nice tightly tucked sheet isn't a big bonus.

Whereas with other areas, it's nice to see them clean and sparkly and tidy, or to be able to have full use of them because there's not other things cluttering up the way.

Totally agree and I move around heaps too!

[OceanPrincess]

Yeah redrobin I've got a flat sheet too.

DH is really messy when he sleeps so I often don't make the bed til we are getting in it, so I can make HIM do it as my side is generally quite tidy.

Case in point - last night he was away, so I made the bed all nice, got in and went to sleep then woke up in the same position I went to sleep in, bed still neat. So it's already made this morning because it was so easy to do.

I'm a neat sleeper

[Phteven]

I'm a neat sleeper too. While DH is away during the week all I have to do is twitch the corner and the bed is remade. Today the bottom sheet on his side is pulled off, the doona is sideways and the bedspread is half-off the bed