People who make beds and who don't make beds

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually prefer getting into an unmade bed. It feels cozier to me. I also leave my bed unmade for the pets--they like to sleep there during the day. They can't make their little sleeping nest areas if the bed is made. So since the animals prefer the bed unmade, I don't make the bed.

Maybe the cat hair makes it warmer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unmade beds are healthier--because they allow the sheets and mattress to air out between uses. Unless you make your bed with the duvet folded down to expose most of the sheet, you're actually trapping moisture by pulling the duvet over the mattress.

this! I learned this from living in Germany, where they always pull the covers down during the day to let the sheets air out.

[Anonymous]

I haven't changed the sheets in at least 6 months. Maybe longer. I also let the pets sleep in our bed. I don't think there's any smell emanating from the bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually make my bed, but I feel so much happier when I do. In fact it's funny that this post is here now b/c making the bed is a new year's resolution for me. I love walking into my bedroom in the evening and remembering that I made the bed that morning. Why have pretty linens and a gorgeous comforter if they only ever get to be in disheveled heap?

I think in that book The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin she recommended making the bed as one easy step to gaining some control and feeling calmer. Plus it makes the whole room look more tidy IMO.

+1

BTW, did you like Rubin's book?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unmade beds are healthier--because they allow the sheets and mattress to air out between uses. Unless you make your bed with the duvet folded down to expose most of the sheet, you're actually trapping moisture by pulling the duvet over the mattress.

this! I learned this from living in Germany, where they always pull the covers down during the day to let the sheets air out.

THe bedding is different in Germany. THe bed IS made, it's made differently than how we see it made here. The duvets are very neatly fluffed and pulled back over the footboard, or folded in half in the opposite direction of where they were used to air out. It's not really an unmade bed. Same with the pillow--fluffed and placed back in reverse of use. Always neatly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually prefer getting into an unmade bed. It feels cozier to me. I also leave my bed unmade for the pets--they like to sleep there during the day. They can't make their little sleeping nest areas if the bed is made. So since the animals prefer the bed unmade, I don't make the bed.

Ick.

[Anonymous]

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I agree. I can smell when people don't air out their beds. Their bedrooms have a sour, musty, body odor that lingers.

Why are you snuffing around in other people's bedrooms?

Maid or call girl?

Feeling insecure about that stink coming from your made bed?

I can smell it when I've been asked to leave my coat in the bedroom during a party, offered the bedroom to nurse, given a tour of a house, opened the wrong door trying to find the bathroom, etc. Sorry, chances are, if you make your bed regularly without the top folded down, I can smell it.

I think the stench is coming from you, seriously.

And on another note--WTF? Who are your friends that they regularly invite people to tour their master bedroom and who are you that you accept? Totally strange. Is this ritual a sign that you and your friends are trashy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't make beds either. Sometimes I wil pull the blanket up quickly but usually not.
I have no issues with bed makers. It just isn't my priority in life. I think we are a pretty laid back family. The house is clean and reasonably organized but is well lived in. We have 6 people living in a 3 bedroom house so it can only ever be clean.
Neighbors and friends have commented that our house feels "comfortable". For a while I was concerned that they meant messy but after asking some close friends, who will tell the truth no matter what, they eleborated and said the house feels like people actually live here. It is not a amgazine picture.

Hate to burst your bubble but a "comfortable" house or a "lived-in" house means messy. It doesn't necessarily mean dirty but just toys all over the place, dining room table piled up with junk, kitchen counters junked up.

Growing up we had to made our beds and I still do and chidren make their beds, as well. When they were younger, spreading up bed was fine, but now they have t make it. It simply looks better and I think you sleep better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To me, an unmade bed is just lazy and usually, but not always, reflective of a generally messy house. I've not found anyone who didn't make their bed who kept an otherwise neat house...but I'm a little OCD about this type of stuff so I'm probably not the best person to ask.

Our house is literally immaculate. We clean up every single day, put away all of DD's toys, it's neat and orderly. And we don't make the bed every day.

Same with us. We make our bed when guests are coming (not sure why, it is not like guests come in our room). But our house is very clean and orderly - so is our room, just don't regularly make the bed.

[Anonymous]

Also, don't people shower before bed if they're that dirty? Just how much does one sweat while sleeping?

My husband drools. I change the sheets every week. It's gross

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't make beds either. Sometimes I wil pull the blanket up quickly but usually not.
I have no issues with bed makers. It just isn't my priority in life. I think we are a pretty laid back family. The house is clean and reasonably organized but is well lived in. We have 6 people living in a 3 bedroom house so it can only ever be clean.
Neighbors and friends have commented that our house feels "comfortable". For a while I was concerned that they meant messy but after asking some close friends, who will tell the truth no matter what, they eleborated and said the house feels like people actually live here. It is not a amgazine picture.

Hate to burst your bubble but a "comfortable" house or a "lived-in" house means messy. It doesn't necessarily mean dirty but just toys all over the place, dining room table piled up with junk, kitchen counters junked up.

Growing up we had to made our beds and I still do and chidren make their beds, as well. When they were younger, spreading up bed was fine, but now they have t make it. It simply looks better and I think you sleep better.

Not the person you're talking to, but I disagree. We just went to a party at a friend's house with a small child. Their house looked comfortable and lived in but was far from messy. It just had things that the family uses regularly within easy reach. Toys in a neat stack in the corner, candles with dark wicks, real fruit in bowls, a pair of eyeglasses in a powder room. The refrigerator door is over crowded with children's art, dr's office magnets, and holiday cards from friends.

This is not the stuff I'd call messy. This is the stuff that says "a family lives here." My husband and I have minimalist furniture and find that a mess looks terrible in our house. We try hard to keep our upstairs rooms spotless. Our downstairs, far from messy, is probably more "lived in." Because it is! And that doesn't mean toys everywhere and dust bunnies in the corner, either.

[Anonymous]

Look, there are houses that the owner won't invite anyone to because she knows its gross - sticky floors, sticky furniture, musty smell....and there are houses where the owner does not know its is gross. Personally, I would rather the person know and at least be working on it (that is, working on their depressed state - which is really what it means when there is a gross house).

As long as you make an effort, and don't go wondering through others bedrooms (g-r-o-s-s) uninvited, then who cares if you make the bed?

[Anonymous]

I think a house should be clean and neat. Beds should be made every day. Both of my children have slowly learned to make their beds and now do so every day. Sheets are changed 1/week and mattress pads 1/month. Sheets are always washed in hot water, with clorine bleach (white ones). I do let the sheets air out when we first get up - leaving evrything pulled to end and then make it last after showering and dressing for day. Anythign less would totally gross me out. Th "stale bedroom" scent is common in master bedrooms because two adults sleep in close space. A little fresh air (window cross breeze in morning) gets rid of it. It also helps to ensure sheets are washed at least 1/week. Blankets, comforters and duvets should be washed every few months and aired out regularly, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a house should be clean and neat. Beds should be made every day. Both of my children have slowly learned to make their beds and now do so every day. Sheets are changed 1/week and mattress pads 1/month. Sheets are always washed in hot water, with clorine bleach (white ones). I do let the sheets air out when we first get up - leaving evrything pulled to end and then make it last after showering and dressing for day. Anythign less would totally gross me out. Th "stale bedroom" scent is common in master bedrooms because two adults sleep in close space. A little fresh air (window cross breeze in morning) gets rid of it. It also helps to ensure sheets are washed at least 1/week. Blankets, comforters and duvets should be washed every few months and aired out regularly, too.

I agree with you. I confess I sometimes don't make the bed but I aspire to do so every day. I love how people are trying to rationalize their laziness. Just own it, people.

[Anonymous]

We definitely make our bed every day. It takes about 50 seconds, so not sure what the big deal is. Our kids (early elementary age) make their beds, too...not perfectly, but well enough that they look tidy. I think it's actually my husband who has us all trained on this, but I like it! We wash sheets on Saturdays and nothing beats getting into that clean bed on Saturday night!