Do you make your bed?

[Night Elf]

I'm feeling like a slob. I should go make my bed.

 

Do you make your bed when you wake up each day?

[athomeinMT]

I voted yes but I am not usually the one who does it. Last one up gets to make it and that's not often me.

[Danestress]

I am not a great house proud person, but I do this for myself. I like to get into a bed at night that feels straight, you know? And making the bed gives me a surface to fold laundry. It also just feels like I accomplished one good thing. I have a poster bed with several decorative pillows, and making it carefully takes less than five minutes.

[Soror]

Yes, I do but when I have a new baby around and they sleep at a bit of different times it doesn't always get done ie I cannot make my bed right when I get up if the baby is still in it and then my whole schedule gets thrown off!

[lionfamily1999]

I do, but it is a protective measure :p If I don't then the kids or dh make it a total mess and I have to straighten it out to go to sleep. I can't sleep if the sheets or blankets are not in the right direction.

[thefragile7393]

nope. I have to worry about trying to keep the rest of my house clean....bed is the least of my worries.

[elegantlion]

No, it makes it easier to get into for my afternoon naps. :D

 

I could call it allowing the sheets to breathe.

[mommaduck]

:lol:

[SKL]

I used to, when I had time to myself in the morning. (That would be before kids.)

 

Now I just throw the blankets onto the big chair in the corner, so I can use my bed for a credenza (sp?), since my work space is the table next to my bed.

 

Of course, in the rare situation that anyone might see the room, I make the bed.

[Mom-2-7]

I make it during the week and dh makes it on the weekends.

[marbel]

Sometimes.

 

I really believe in making the bed. I believe in having a nice bedroom that is neat and tidy. I do believe it is right to do that. I just can't achieve it most of the time.

[black_midori]

I consider me as making it - but I put "only halfway", since I don't really tuck the sheet down or anything fancy. Since my dh doesn't use the sheet & I do, I just throw it down on my side, pile pillows at the top, and toss the comforter over the whole deal. It's "made" to me!! :D

[Nestof3]

Yes, I do the following in this order:

 

Put clothes in dryer.

Make bed.

Start coffee.

Unload dishwasher.

Drink coffee and read WTM forum.

 

I should time myself; I bet it only takes one minute but makes such a difference.

 

I have made my bed every day for at least the last 14 years unless I was at a hotel.

[Momma_Bear]

Sometimes.

 

I really believe in making the bed. I believe in having a nice bedroom that is neat and tidy. I do believe it is right to do that. I just can't achieve it most of the time.

 

:iagree:

[Parrothead]

Yes, I make mine once a day. It may not be first thing in the morning but I can't sleep if I'm fighting the sheets/blanket(s).

[Truscifi]

No. We don't use a top sheet, and dh and I use separate light blankets, so we each sort of stretch out our blanket on our side when we get up, but we have such different schedules that it is not often at the same time.

[sparrow]

I do not have a necessarily neat or organized house, but the *one* thing that gets done each day is making the bed. Sometimes dh makes it and sometimes I do. My son makes his before he comes out of his room in the AM (he likes routine :D) and my daughter *sigh* does not make hers unless told to :glare:.

[Coffeetime]

Yup. Every morning. My husband makes fun of me for it and thinks it completely unnecessary- but I can't handle and unmade bed. I make the kids make their beds every day, too.

[Firefly]

Like others, I'm not a neat freak by any stretch, but I do make my bed every day. To me it's one of life's little luxuries to get into a nice neatly made bed at night.

[PinkInTheBlue]

I make my bed strictly because I love how a fresh, tight made bed feels getting in. I swear I'd I had a daily housekeeper then I would have several sets of sheets and have newly washed sheets every day. I'm excited at night when I realize I washed sheets that day. It's like a treat. :)

[Mrs.Gregg]

I'm was a slob as a kid. There I said it.. BUT 12 yrs ago I married a Navy man who grew up in a Navy family (both parents were active duty at some point, FIL for 25+yrs). Bed making was always low on my personal list of priorities. For DH it is a must. So the last one out of bed, makes the bed (usually me) and the girls make their beds prior to breakfast and even if the rest of the room looks a mess it suddenly looks better becuse of a bed made....

[Hoot]

Every. Single. Day.

I can't imagine not making the bed in the morning. My preference would be to make it as soon as I get up in the morning, but DH sleeps much later than I do so I have to wait for him.

[Alicia64]

I read Pursuit of Happiness or something like that and she encouraged readers to get down to the nub of something that would matter.

 

It occurred to me that a messy room looks better w/ a made bed.

 

So I literally start making the bed as I get out of the bed. I don't go to the bathroom first. I pull up here, tuck in there etc. and don't leave until it's made.

 

Caveat: I don't have a frilly, fancy bed. My covers are really easy to pull up.

 

But it makes me feel so much better during the day!!!

 

Alley

[Susan in TN]

I don't make it right when I get up. Sometimes dh makes it, sometimes I do, but usually after breakfast. Making our bed feels complicated to me because dh won't sleep with a top sheet or our comforter, so I have to re-tuck the top sheet around the bottom, wrestle with the comforter to get it back in place, and fold dh's separate blanket (or 2 in the winter) to put at the bottom of the bed.

[justamouse]

Sometimes.

 

I change it every week, but I don't make it every day.

 

Some days I come downstairs and don't go back up till I got to bed. Other days I'm up and down all day so it gets done.

[lynn]

Every morning. I also have the kids beds made. I like walking down the hall and see clean, tidy rooms complete with beds made. Otherwise the house looks and feels cluttered.

Edited July 14, 2012 by lynn

[bluemongoose]

voted no, but the real answer is sometimes...I am not a morning person, so it depends on my level of wakefulness as to whether or not it gets made. I do often come back and fix it up later if we are not out for the day.

[Blessedmomof4:)]

I don't:( I feel like I should though:001_smile:

[elegantlion]

I read Pursuit of Happiness or something like that and she encouraged readers to get down to the nub of something that would matter.

 

It occurred to me that a messy room looks better w/ a made bed.

 

So I literally start making the bed as I get out of the bed. I don't go to the bathroom first. I pull up here, tuck in there etc. and don't leave until it's made.

 

Caveat: I don't have a frilly, fancy bed. My covers are really easy to pull up.

 

But it makes me feel so much better during the day!!!

 

Alley

 

See, besides the laundry basket that is currently overflowing, our bedroom is never really messy. It's a small room. We have nice curtains, our dressers are decorated, we don't have a TV or piles of stuff in there, so the unmade bed simply doesn't matter to me. My dh is kind of a neat freak, I like things straightened, so maybe that's my non-conformist rebellion. :lol:

 

We keep a fairly clean house anyway, the bed is my one area that looks messy.

 

I love reading how others approach these little household things and the whys behind it.

[Wheres Toto]

Not usually. I do straighten the top sheet and the comforter before I climb into bed so it's all even. I make it on Mondays since that is laundry day and my bed is where I fold the clean laundry. I really should since making it would take about 30 seconds since it's just straightening out the top sheet and comforter. I wouldn't tuck things in all around or anything, our bed is against walls on three sides so that would be too much of a pain.

[Artichoke]

Yep, I always make the bed. Bedtime seems so much more relaxed and comfortable when it's easy to turn the bed down at night.

[Ellie]

I make my bed before I leave the bedroom every.single.morning. To me, it's part of basic homekeeping. Also, I spent some good money on the bed itself, and bedding, and curtains, and paint, and accessories...why would I want to leave the bed unmade?

[Melinda S in TX]

The bed fairies make my bed. I don't know who, but when I go to get in at night, it has always been made. If the bed fairies moved away, I would do it myself. It's nice to have a made bed to get into. They also fold down the covers at night.

[sparrow]

I make my bed strictly because I love how a fresh, tight made bed feels getting in. I swear I'd I had a daily housekeeper then I would have several sets of sheets and have newly washed sheets every day. I'm excited at night when I realize I washed sheets that day. It's like a treat. :)

 

YES! Me, too! I make all kinds of blissed out noises when I slide into freshly washed bedding. Sometimes I forget that there are new sheets on the bed and when when I go to get in, I'm actually giddy :lol:.

[melmichigan]

No, because half the month DH is getting in it as I'm getting out. :)

[Running the race]

I voted other. I don't usually make the bed; my husband does.

[Annie G]

Last one out makes the bed. But quite often dh makes it while I'm in the shower even though he was up an hour before I was. I love when he does stuff like that.

[edelweiss]

I make it every single day. It drives me crazy if I go in my room to see an unmade bed. Also, I absolutely cannot be comfortable getting into an unmade bed.

[cin]

I make my bed before I leave the bedroom every.single.morning. To me, it's part of basic homekeeping. Also, I spent some good money on the bed itself, and bedding, and curtains, and paint, and accessories...why would I want to leave the bed unmade?

 

Ellie, you would make such a good mentor for young married girls. I wish you lived closer, I'd visit you often just to observe what you do in your house. I had to learn it all on my own and at 47, I've about given up. :tongue_smilie:

[chepyl]

I only make it if company is coming over.

[Mimm]

My husband and I use different blankets. We tend to have different temperature needs and I wrap my blankets around me. So if I made the bed, I would have to unmake it just to get into it at night. It almost never gets made.

[Nestof3]

I voted other. I don't usually make the bed; my husband does.

 

Yeah, for us, it's whoever gets up last. That's usually me. :lol:

[MrsBasil]

My husband and I use different blankets. We tend to have different temperature needs and I wrap my blankets around me. So if I made the bed, I would have to unmake it just to get into it at night. It almost never gets made.

 

Pretty much this. Also, I just don't care. :tongue_smilie:

[Punks in Ontario]

I said yes, but a couple of times a week I do the good job, another 2 or 3 times it gets the basic job and a couple of times a week, I don't get to it. And it's rarely first thing in the morning.

[dm379]

Nope. My room is always the last place to get any sort of cleaning or attention. I'm busy trying to keep up with the rest of the house.

[Nestof3]

I make my bed before I leave the bedroom every.single.morning. To me, it's part of basic homekeeping. Also, I spent some good money on the bed itself, and bedding, and curtains, and paint, and accessories...why would I want to leave the bed unmade?

 

We had a hideous bedroom for the first several years of our marriage. Everything was mismatched, the carpet was filthy, the paint was worn, the room was dark. I hated it. A couple of year ago, we redid it, and I refuse to leave the room in the morning messy. Now that it is so streamlined, it takes no time at all to keep it looking like it did the day we redid it. The only difference is, I keep my workout clothes in a pile on my treadmill next to my shoes.

 

It just wouldn't look the same with the bed unmade.

http://ournestof3.blogspot.com/2011/02/sharing-final-room-photos.html

[Audrey]

I make my bed before I leave the bedroom every.single.morning. To me, it's part of basic homekeeping. Also, I spent some good money on the bed itself, and bedding, and curtains, and paint, and accessories...why would I want to leave the bed unmade?

 

 

:iagree:exactly.

[beaners]

The bed fairies make my bed. I don't know who, but when I go to get in at night, it has always been made. If the bed fairies moved away, I would do it myself. It's nice to have a made bed to get into. They also fold down the covers at night.

 

Can you send them my way?

 

I only make it if company is coming over.

 

If company is coming over, my bed is too covered with things to tell if I made it.

[Ellie]

Ellie, you would make such a good mentor for young married girls. I wish you lived closer, I'd visit you often just to observe what you do in your house. I had to learn it all on my own and at 47, I've about given up. :tongue_smilie:

 

Aw, thanks!

 

And I'd be honored to have you. :001_wub:

[ByGrace3]

I voted other, I hardly ever do, maybe once or twice a week? Dh might do it once or twice a week.... It is more of a priority for Dh than me but I am usually the last one in it. ;)