Do you make your beds every day?

[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

[Tiff+2]

I make DD's bed everyday... and again after she has her nap.
As for our bed I do make it most days but every now and then I don't bother with it... Like today, DH isn't here, expecting no visitors so I just shut the door so I didn't have to see in there at all!

[MsKara]

You know it wasn't until reading this that I realised I hardly ever make the bed anymore!

I used to make my bed fastidiously each day, but since moving in with DH 5 years ago... well.. lets say a lot of my compulsive cleaning habits and rituals have eased heheh

I do straighten the bed before I get in at night tho, because I'm a fidgeter and our doona ends up twisted and lumpy and I can't sleep if it's not straight hahaha.

[juniper76]

I know this is an old thread, but...

I always used to make the bed every day. I used to just use a doona without a flat sheet, so it was very quick and easy to do. But when DH & I moved in together, he insisted that the bed should be aired each day and preferably exposed to sunlight. So, now we fold the flat sheet and doona down to the foot of the bed each morning. It took a lot of getting used to for me as I like a made bed.

We only make the bed if we are expecting a visitor who is likely to go into that room (otherwise the door is kept shut, so they're not going to see it).

[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?

[Cherished]

good Q Leasha, I make it whenever I get to it, after putting the washing on etc... But now that you mention it I think I will leave it till last and air the bed!

[Inanna]

I air it! I also hang out the quilts to air & I usually turn on the fan to create more "air"...

[Astrid]

I think it is recommended to not make the bed straight away after you get up, but to actually pull back the top bedding so the mattress and bottom sheet can air out.

[Cupcake]

ATM no i dont make our beds daily, i make DSD's bed daily when she stays with us but for some reason not my own lol.

Im hoping to take on some of my mothers OCDness soon when it comes to house tidiness tho...waiting for that gene to kick in still ...anyday now surely?

(am thinking i need the deliciously yummy TD to come whip me into shape when it comes to the house...and maybe some belly rubs? hehe)

[widdly]

I only make the bed when I change the sheets each week. But we do make the bed right before we get into it at night...seems bl@@dy stupid now that I think about it!

[Ally79]

I'm not a strict bed maker but hubby is so they are alway's done.