When making your bed w/clean linen...

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Anonymous wrote:Use a duvet and duvet cover. Makes making the bed so much easier.

But don't you have to remove the cover, wash, and then stuff the duvet back in every time you do the laundry? It takes me forever to stuff my queen size duvet back into the duvet cover and then do up all the buttons. Throwing a flat sheet on takes me seconds in comparison. Am I doing something wrong?

Putting on a duvet cover takes under a minute, way less time than making a bed with a sheet and comforter every day.
I put the duvet cover inside out, reach inside and grab the two top corners, then grab the two top corners of the duvet/comforter and pull them out the hole at the bottom. Shake a few times, make sure the bottom corners are lined up and then button up.

I wash the duvet cover every time we change sheets (have learned to button it up in the wash or random other things get in there!)

Then I'm doing something wrong, because I need to block off a whole evening to put our king size duvet cover back on. And I'm usually sweating afterwards.

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Anonymous wrote:Flat sheet upside down.

That's how I learned. But now we sleep with duvets and don't use a sheet at all.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Use a duvet and duvet cover. Makes making the bed so much easier.

But don't you have to remove the cover, wash, and then stuff the duvet back in every time you do the laundry? It takes me forever to stuff my queen size duvet back into the duvet cover and then do up all the buttons. Throwing a flat sheet on takes me seconds in comparison. Am I doing something wrong?

Putting on a duvet cover takes under a minute, way less time than making a bed with a sheet and comforter every day.
I put the duvet cover inside out, reach inside and grab the two top corners, then grab the two top corners of the duvet/comforter and pull them out the hole at the bottom. Shake a few times, make sure the bottom corners are lined up and then button up.

I wash the duvet cover every time we change sheets (have learned to button it up in the wash or random other things get in there!)

Then I'm doing something wrong, because I need to block off a whole evening to put our king size duvet cover back on. And I'm usually sweating afterwards.

Google a couple videos and see if there isn't another technique that would work better for you.

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Anonymous wrote:related to this -- I have a friend who recently told me that she NEVER washes blankets. I thought she meant just comforters or duvets or whatever -- but no, she doesn't ever wash ANY blankets. Is that strange? I thought it was strange... but maybe I'M the strange one??

I wash our blankets occasionally -- maybe 3 times a year.

I recently stayed for a week with my SIL, who is ALWAYS complaining that they do laundry nonstop. And they do - literally 4-5 monster loads every day. I discovered why. They wash towels every day after they shower. Every day. They wash all blankets and comforters with the sheets every week. (I noticed their comforters looked REALLY tired -- now I know why.)

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Then I'm doing something wrong, because I need to block off a whole evening to put our king size duvet cover back on. And I'm usually sweating afterwards.

+1. And the duvet always ends up scrunched in the middle of the cover after a few days. I'd prefer a duvet since you can get so many more attractive options on a duvet cover, but we have a quilt on our bed since DH can't stand the hassle of a duvet.

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Anonymous wrote:related to this -- I have a friend who recently told me that she NEVER washes blankets. I thought she meant just comforters or duvets or whatever -- but no, she doesn't ever wash ANY blankets. Is that strange? I thought it was strange... but maybe I'M the strange one??

Gross. Even old wool blankets should be washed occasionally.

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Anonymous wrote:This post made me laugh. My mother has very, very strong feelings on this subject. She always puts the printed side down so things look proper when it's folded over. She also believes that sleeping bodies deserve to be completely surrounded by the attractive print side--odd, but kind of a charming notion to me.

Your mother is adorable!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Use a duvet and duvet cover. Makes making the bed so much easier.

But don't you have to remove the cover, wash, and then stuff the duvet back in every time you do the laundry? It takes me forever to stuff my queen size duvet back into the duvet cover and then do up all the buttons. Throwing a flat sheet on takes me seconds in comparison. Am I doing something wrong?

We don't wash the duvet cover as often as the bottom sheet.

Why? What is your logic for that?

The bottom sheet gets dirtier faster than the duvet cover.

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Anonymous wrote:If you buy the proper sort of sheet, both sides are finished in the same manner so there is no difference. I feel sorry for your children

Seriously? Over sheets? You are a rare and delicate flower, aren't you?

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Anonymous wrote:We don't use flat sheet either. I have an entire linen closet of beautiful flat sheets, some I've used as tablecloths!

Seriously? Table cloth?
Flat sheet pattern side up.

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Anonymous wrote:I put it on right side up. We don't fold it back when making it but instead pull it up tight and straight.

This

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Anonymous wrote:This post made me laugh. My mother has very, very strong feelings on this subject. She always puts the printed side down so things look proper when it's folded over. She also believes that sleeping bodies deserve to be completely surrounded by the attractive print side--odd, but kind of a charming notion to me.

Your mother is adorable!

My mother in law believes the exact same thing! It's always tickled me. I think its because she grew up poor on a farm with lots of kids and dammit, if you had one little nice thing to yourself like pretty sheets, you were found to enjoy the heck out of them!

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Pretty side facing the bed. That way when you fold it back you see the pretty side.

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Haven't used a flat sheet in 20 years.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty side facing the bed. That way when you fold it back you see the pretty side.

This! I can't imagine doing it any other way. Look at the bedding catalogs. This is how all the beds are made there.