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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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

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.[/quote]

All of Germany does this? Are they born with this ability or is their a test on this to become a citizen? I'm confused...[/quote]

I'm American, but grew up in Germany.  The PP is accurate in her description.  The bedding is pretty standard there; they don't use a top sheet like we do.  It's usually a fitted bottom sheet, a big fluffy "federbett" (feather bed comforter) with a duvet covering it, and two big "Euro" pillows.  And their bedding is usually white... SNOW white, b/c Germans are usually good housekeepers.  Sounds peculiar but it's insanely comfortable.  The way they make their bed is the way PP described it and it looks neat and inviting.  And in nice times of the year, they often drape their bedding over the Balkon (Balcony)-- most German homes have one or two-- to air it out.  It's not uncommon to see Federbetten being aired out.

The Germans have much more of a tradition of keeping up housekeeping standards.  That's b/c they have much more flexible work schedules and more time off than we do, so life at home is not as stressed. [/quote]

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