Re: Making the Bed

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

Our bed is used thoughout the day.....naps, snacks, reading and watching TV. I pull it up....but it is never idle!

insomniac2 · ‎02-20-2016

I make my bed 99% of the time. I really dislike the unmade look.

VanSleepy · ‎10-05-2010

I make it every day, but not immediately. If I ever don't make it during the day I am making it at midnight. I have to at least start out with my fair share of the sheet :-)

september · ‎03-09-2010

@SeaMaiden wrote:
Our bed is used thoughout the day.....naps, snacks, reading and watching TV. I pull it up....but it is never idle!

pulling it up seems to be more the norm these days. I learned this from several relatives who have housekeepers who make the beds this way. I realized I could do this too, and it was okay!

noodleann · ‎06-10-2015

No, I leave the bed to air out, especially in summer. We all cast a certain amount of perspiration when we sleep. The linens need to dry.

I also figure I'd rather be doing something else with that time. If you spend 60 seconds a day making the bed, over the course of 25 years that amounts to a month of 35-hour weeks of bed-making. That's a lot of pointless drudgery, IMO.

feline groovy · ‎07-29-2014

Kitty attitude: "good luck trying with us around, hooman".

missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

I don't care if the beds are made, only if they are clean.

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

I make my bed every day, and always have.

I grew up in a fairly wealthy family, and we had a live-in housekeeper, but we were taught to make our own beds and pick up after ourselves, so it's always been my habit.

And when I was in college, and my entire living space was a dorm room, my roommate and I learned quickly that unmade beds were a surefire way to make our room look messy, no matter how beautifully decorated or neat everything else was.

It doesn't matter to me if anyone else will see it. I see it, and I feel much better looking at a made bed during the day and getting into one at night. (It also takes less than a minute, so is well worth the time.)