making your bed
08-19-2016, 05:11 PM
#72
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No way! Haven't since I left college and a shared room--I leave the covers pulled down cause I saw that same tv show about killing the dust mites that are there due to us! I keep the doors closed to the bedroom--on rare ocassion that I know I'll be showing off a quilt in the room, etc I will make the bed and then give DH 2 days notice so he can get all the stuff he's has stashed around the bedroom picked up, too. I don't allow dogs (no cats) in the bedrooms, the library, the basement(long arm), the sewing room or on furniture--so that minimizes the amount of dirt. I always use a mattress pad and pillow case--they protect the mattress. I also always use a bottom and top sheet--know people that don't use top sheet but that would seem to get your covers dirtier quicker??
08-19-2016, 05:48 PM
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I'm in the make it everyday category (compliments of mom), usually as soon as I get out of it. I know you should let it air out. But, I wash my sheets weekly. And, I really like to climb into a nice fresh bed at night. And, yes, I do use a mattress pad.
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08-19-2016, 05:50 PM
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Don't usually post from work but had to for this one. Bottom line, I 'straighten' my bed each morning. DH kicks out tucked in corners every day so don't bother with doing a full 'make' of the bed. And yes, a mattress pad as it was required on our last mattress purchase for warranty purposes.
But the reason I had to respond to this post...Like many of you, yes, I was required to make my bed each morning before leaving for school. Reason per mom was 'if the house catches fire, I don't want to be embarrassed in front of the firemen with messy bedrooms'. So...get the directive one morning 'don't make your bed, I'm stripping them today'. No argument from me. (do you see where this is going?) Get a call later in the day at school that my mother was coming to pick me up early from school because the house had caught fire! Was only room and contents downstairs in the family room but still lots of smoke damage throughout the rest of the house.
We teased mom mercilessly about this until the day she died.
But the reason I had to respond to this post...Like many of you, yes, I was required to make my bed each morning before leaving for school. Reason per mom was 'if the house catches fire, I don't want to be embarrassed in front of the firemen with messy bedrooms'. So...get the directive one morning 'don't make your bed, I'm stripping them today'. No argument from me. (do you see where this is going?) Get a call later in the day at school that my mother was coming to pick me up early from school because the house had caught fire! Was only room and contents downstairs in the family room but still lots of smoke damage throughout the rest of the house.
We teased mom mercilessly about this until the day she died.
08-21-2016, 08:58 AM
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Yes, we do on most days. It just looks so much cleaner and neater. Also, some days I'll go in after dinner and turn the corners down so that it's ready for bedtime. It makes me feel pampered, like at a fancy hotel. 
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08-24-2016, 04:55 AM
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I still make my bed before I leave to go downstairs. I'll pull the sheets/spread down after rolling out of it (yes, I roll out, not get out), hit the bathroom to brush my teeth, take my meds and relieve myself, then back to the bedroom to make it, then down the stairs I go with kitty in tow as she always gets on top of the bottom pedestal for her morning petting, then into the kitchen to feed her, get a cup of java, then down to the basement bathroom to get dressed as my everyday clothes are down there, then back upstairs to drink my coffee and do a little reading, then I'm off to do whatever it is I've got planned for the day.
08-24-2016, 09:00 AM
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Our bed is in an open loft apartment but can only be seen if a guest uses the restroom. That being said, we do straighten the bed covers each morning and pull up a light bedspread but only pull up the duvet when we have company. We have 4 cats that like to sleep on the bed and this reduces the amount of fur and the bedspread is easier to wash than a large duvet.
One of the cats (I'm looking at you, Boris) also likes to rub his face on textiles and then bite down and rip holes. Better that the cheapy bed spread looks like swiss cheese, than the duvet or the sheets. I wouldn't dare risk a quilt. Boris also insures we don't leave clothes or towels on the floor. We're tidier, despite the fur, with him in our life. : )
One of the cats (I'm looking at you, Boris) also likes to rub his face on textiles and then bite down and rip holes. Better that the cheapy bed spread looks like swiss cheese, than the duvet or the sheets. I wouldn't dare risk a quilt. Boris also insures we don't leave clothes or towels on the floor. We're tidier, despite the fur, with him in our life. : )
08-24-2016, 05:39 PM
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I do think there's something deeply psychological about our knee-jerk response to this question. Do you feel judged for not making your bed? Do you have an underlying sense that you'll be embarrassed to see "how you really live" (bed unmade) but you only make it when company's around? Does leaving it unmade feel like liberation from paternal oppression? How about this: does making your bed give you a sense of peacefulness and order? Do you crave those things?
Growing up, our mother made her bed every day, but only occasionally would insist that we make ours. But putting on clean sheets was when we HAD to do things her way: with a nurse's training, it was hospital corners all the way. And you had to use a fitted sheet and a flat sheet--no skipping either one. The flat sheet and bedspread had to come up "just so" to within 3 inches of the top of the bed, then folded back down ,together with the bedspread, the pillows placed on --open side of pillowcases facing out--then the covers pulled back up over the pillows, and finished with a stiff tucking-in under them.
Fast forward to my adult years--I was hit or miss with making my bed, but preferred it made. The older I get, the more I have come to enjoy how it looks, and how it makes me feel during the day to walk in and see it made. Even if the rest of the room or the house is out of kilter, having the made bed gives the illusion that it's better than it really is.
I do use a mattress pad all the time. I wash sheets once a week, change the pillowcases every other day or so (think about what comes out your mouth, nose, scalp, face when you sleep. YUCK!) The dog is not allowed on any furniture, and not even allowed in our upstairs (sometimes he rebels) so pet hair is not an issue in our bedroom. I just like the feel emotionally during the day, and physically at night, of having my bed made.
Growing up, our mother made her bed every day, but only occasionally would insist that we make ours. But putting on clean sheets was when we HAD to do things her way: with a nurse's training, it was hospital corners all the way. And you had to use a fitted sheet and a flat sheet--no skipping either one. The flat sheet and bedspread had to come up "just so" to within 3 inches of the top of the bed, then folded back down ,together with the bedspread, the pillows placed on --open side of pillowcases facing out--then the covers pulled back up over the pillows, and finished with a stiff tucking-in under them.
Fast forward to my adult years--I was hit or miss with making my bed, but preferred it made. The older I get, the more I have come to enjoy how it looks, and how it makes me feel during the day to walk in and see it made. Even if the rest of the room or the house is out of kilter, having the made bed gives the illusion that it's better than it really is.
I do use a mattress pad all the time. I wash sheets once a week, change the pillowcases every other day or so (think about what comes out your mouth, nose, scalp, face when you sleep. YUCK!) The dog is not allowed on any furniture, and not even allowed in our upstairs (sometimes he rebels) so pet hair is not an issue in our bedroom. I just like the feel emotionally during the day, and physically at night, of having my bed made.
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