Do you make your bed every morning?

[Exterous]

Our house is on the market (because too many of you know where I live :ninja so I am making the bed every morning in case someone wants to see the house during the day. I can see this getting old real fast

 

[z1ggy]

Nope, not unless I'm expecting company.

 

[saratoga172]

Nope, not unless I'm expecting company.

Same for me

 

[NoCreativity]

I pull up the sheets and blanket(s) so it doesn't look sloppy. The fancy duvet and pillows get put on only for larger gatherings.

 

[clamum]

Yeah, mostly. I don't remove the pillows, then pull the sheets up, and fold the bedsheet over the comforter, then replace the pillows though. I just pull the sheets up on the pillows and straighten everything out. I do this and I'm only a single guy with like no company over ever, except my parents every couple weeks. And I'm a lazy fucker too. It's kinda out-of-character for me.

 

[Homerboy]

I remember as a kid we had to make it EVERY DAY. Nice and tight too -- cover folded over the pillow. Jammy-jams stored under the pillow. My mom ran a tight ship.

 

[vi edit]

I take all of 5 seconds to pull the sheets and covers up to the head of the bed and fold them back away from the pillows. It's not "made", but it doesn't look like a disheveled mess either.

 

[purbeast0]

fuck no.

it is weird though how different going into a bed that has been made all day feels different (better) than going into a bed that has the covers all thrown about.

 

[Riverhound777]

I think this depends on how people sleep and if they sleep alone. Currently single so the bed doesn't really get jumbled up. I literally get up, grab the corner I folded down, and pull it to the top, done. The couple I live with, however, has their bed in a total mess and shit everywhere. I don't blame them for never making their bed.

 

[vi edit]

And as far as making it "show ready'...bed is the least of my worries. It's the bathrooms and kitchen not looking like chaos that was harder on a day to day basis.

 

[Rage187]

We staged ours for two months. Just get a heavy comforter and pull it up and fold it down below the pillows. Ain't got to mess with the sheets.

BTW, you shouldn't make your bed as you create the perfect environment for mites.

 

[pete6032]

Yes absolutely. But my room is very small and I often use the bed to put things on (work bag, clothes, etc) when I come home from work. If the bed is not made, I lose 20% of my temporary storage space.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I take all of 5 seconds to pull the sheets and covers up to the head of the bed and fold them back away from the pillows. It's not "made", but it doesn't look like a disheveled mess either.

^^^^
This. +1

 

[z1ggy]

Another thing I wanted to add as a plus of not making my bed:

it allows my night farts to air out all day while I'm at work. Making the bed would just end up with me dutch oven'ing myself each night.

 

[Fritzo]

I don't and I really really should. I sleep 100% better when my covers aren't a big ball of knots, but I just don't ever get to it.

 

[waggy]

Nope, not unless I'm expecting company.

/this

even then i just close the door. only time i make the bed is right before i get in it. and by making it i mean do it so the blankets are straight.

 

[Tim]

No. Scientific facts also say you shouldn't be making your bed... or maybe?

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning/news/a34388/reason-not-to-make-your-bed

 

[Stopsignhank]

Oh hell no! The only thing we do is close the door so the dogs don't sleep on the bed all day.

 

[nakedfrog]

I only started doing so within the last few weeks. I only have a soft blanket, so it takes mere seconds to flump it out to cover the bed and then a slight straightening.

fuck no.

it is weird though how different going into a bed that has been made all day feels different (better) than going into a bed that has the covers all thrown about.

After my recent switch, I can't say I've noticed a difference.

 

[SearchMaster]

Yes, either me or my wife (or both) do it daily. She's adamant about it and it doesn't take particularly long to do so I don't mind. And as said previously, after it hasn't been made for a day or two it doesn't seem as comfortable when you get back in.

 

[Exterous]

We staged ours for two months. Just get a heavy comforter and pull it up and fold it down below the pillows. Ain't got to mess with the sheets.

BTW, you shouldn't make your bed as you create the perfect environment for mites.

We don't share blankets so we each have queen sized blankets (of different thicknesses) on our half of the queen bed. A bit of a pain for making the bed but she can't sweat me out of bed, I don't freeze her with my feet and there is no fighting for covers

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Right now it's hot enough that we just sleep with a comforter on our bed and no other blankets. I straighten up the comforter in order to cover our pillows so one of our crazy dogs doesn't roll all over them.

 

[clamum]

No. Scientific facts also say you shouldn't be making your bed... or maybe?

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning/news/a34388/reason-not-to-make-your-bed

Seems like if you keep humidity low in your house, you wouldn't have the problem. In my last apartment, during the winter the humidity was below 30%, usually by quite a bit. Even with a humidifier running it was hard to get up to 35% or so.

 

[Sonikku]

I make the bed once then sleep on top of the covers to save time.

 

[CraKaJaX]

No chance.