Do you make your bed?

Marymak07 · November 2012

I'm just curious.

I grew up in a "we make the beds" family. All beds were made before the day got started.

My husband grew up in a "no need to make the bed, no one will see them" family.

When we first got married it drove me NUTS that he didn't make the bed. Now I'm about 50/50 with bed making (maybe less).

What is the consensus? Who does/doesn't make the bed?

CiderWench · November 2012

I make them after I wash the bedding. The rest of the time they go unmade.

jenniann87 · November 2012

Both of our boys beds are made every morning when they get up. Ours on the other hand is made about 50% of the time. My FI works 2nds so is still in bed when I get up and will sometimes make it sometimes not. But Ill usually make our bed in the evening.

eaglesfan700 · November 2012

I make all the beds every morning

chaakita · November 2012

I'm in the do not make them category. Unless I have company coming or like the PP when I'm washing everything.

Cherryblossoms07 · November 2012

I make everyone's bed every morning. I hate getting into a messy bed.

steelermama86 · November 2012

Yes, either my husband or I make the bed daily. We wash the bedding once a week.

melissa0726 · November 2012

Nope, never, not since DH and I started living together. And I grew up always making my bed.

When I worked, DH was always still in bed when I left for work. I gave up years ago trying to get him to make the bed when he got up. It's really not a big deal to me.

lisamoe · November 2012

I do everyday. It is more because I am a complete type-A, neat freak!!

eaglesfan700 · November 2012

CnAmom:
NandaB:
chaakita:
I'm in the do not make them category. Unless I have company coming or like the PP when I'm washing everything.
This is me. I will fully admit I am pretty lazy in the housekeeping dept
This is me too. Between the husband, the kids, and the animals, keeping beds looking presentable is a serious exercise in futility.

I am completely lazy in the housework department, but I just think making beds is one of those things that takes such a minimal effort, yet instantly makes a room look clean, even if the floors haven't been done in several weeks

CountryMile · November 2012

I am a super tidy person. The bed has to be made every morning. DH helps me and it only takes a minute.

id012 · November 2012

Dh gets up before me and is at work before I wake up. He always makes his side of the bed. I have no idea why he does it but I think its funny BC I'm still in bed so have the bed is nice and neat and the other have is a mess. That's usually how it stays the rest of the day too.

Mrs.Hizzo · November 2012

Only if I'm changing the sheets or we're expecting company.

juliane2004 · November 2012

I do now. I heard a saying about a month ago that if you make your bed, the day will go better. So now I do.

joyfullyfound · November 2012

nowababy:
I make the bed in that I at least throw the comforter up over the pillows and smooth it out. Sometimes I put the pillows on top. Takes 2 seconds. Otherwise I feel stressed. A made bed makes sooo much of a difference in my day. DD is still in a crib but when she moves to a toddler bed we'll do the same.

This.

rylen1kobe · November 2012

I make it every day. I feel better getting back into it if it has been made. DH thinks I am nuts, and he could care less about it being made. He leaves for work at 5:30 and I don't get up till 6, so most of the time I make it anyway. On the weekend he will make it because he knows it bothers me.

sbevmc09 · November 2012

I usually make the bed. No one cares about it but me and I grew up in a family who didn't do it. I don't know why, it just makes me feel better so I do it. I haven't made it the last few days though. I'm just trying to get done what I have to so that has dropped to the bottom of the list

segerama · November 2012

Yes, everyday and I change the sheets at least once a week. My husband could care less but does occasionally make our bed or DD's bed just because it makes me happy:)

penguingrrl · November 2012

I do if I remember and get around to it. I go through good periods where it happens daily and bad periods where it only happens when I change the sheets. Always if we know company is coming over.

hellopoppyseed · November 2012

KateB1984:
Rarely. I used to always do it, but DS2 and DD are early risers, so I usually fall out of bed and rush to get the awake child before the other two wake up. I hustle them downstairs and then don't see my bed again until I'm crawling back into it at night.

This is my situation. Usually up with the boys by 5:30 and I hustle to get them so no.

HarrietNJMommy · November 2012

Yes, every morning.

homediva · November 2012

Yes, otherwise every time I walk by the room I feel like I am not on top of my life. All the sheets are changed weekly too.

And I guess a perk to still using a sleep sack with DS is there is not much to do in that dept!

Notwifezilla7 · November 2012

Cherryblossoms07:
I make everyone's bed every morning. I hate getting into a messy bed.

I agree. My kids' beds are kind of harder to make but we try.

magpiebride61210 · November 2012

We recently moved into a new house we bought, rather than the rental (thank god) but we lost a bedroom. So now that my "office" is in our bedroom I can't handle the mess. Our bedroom has never been so clean!

Yes I make my bed every day, not right away but before I get to work.

LO is still in a crib, and so there's nothing to make yet. But I imagine i'll make his bed too in the future.

AimeeL85 · November 2012

We don't...I actually wish we did, but I just never end up doing it unless we're changing sheets. For awhile (and by that I mean 3 weeks max) I did it everyday and really liked it, but that didn't last long.

It doesn't make much sense for me to make it in the morning because I still lay down and take a nap everyday when DS does!

Arnegard · November 2012

I do not make the bed when I get up. The kids don't make their beds. I pull the sheets and comforter up when I fold clothes. Every other day the bed feels made when you climb in.

Mom2Mack1 · November 2012

I never make our bed unless I'm putting clean sheets on. Sometimes I'll make it if we have company and there is a chance they might peek in our room.

GlinkaGirl · November 2012

Clearly I live under a rock. I make my bed everyday. I thought everyone did!

Court0026 · November 2012

Yes! Complete with 4-5 big decorative pillows on top. It makes me crazy when my bed isn't made.

jensriot · November 2012

If no one is coming over, then I half make the bed. Meaning I just leave the fancy pillows off. If i know people are coming over, I prop all the pretty pillows up properly. Regardless, I make it (mostly) every day. It makes me feel like my whole room is a disaster if not.

shortstuff15 · December 2012

I don't but someday I might. Our youngest naps on our bed so it's in use at least once during the day and my husband and I each use a different blanket during the winter to keep our sanity so it's pretty much usless to make our bed. I wouldn't even think of making our oldests bed because she makes forts and "beds" out of her blankets all the time so 99% of the time we are getting her blankets from the living room to take to her bed at night.

Ms Molly · December 2012

I make mine every day but my hubby is the same. When he does make the bed (to make me happy), it's usually not to my standards anyway

AliciaS1411 · December 2012

I turn around and make the bed the minute I get out of it. I hate to see an unmade bed. I do it in hotels to, when there are housekeepers to do it for me. DH gets annoyed at that but I can't help it.

ryry1977 · December 2012

We don't make the bed. I only make it when I put new sheets on....maybe. Or if a friend is going to be in my room for some wierd reason or another.

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