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How often do you make the bed?

posted 1 year ago in Home
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  • poll: How often do you make the bed
    every day : (93 votes)
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    a few days a week : (41 votes)
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    once a week : (22 votes)
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    every weekend : (9 votes)
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    every other weekend : (16 votes)
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    once a month or longer : (59 votes)
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    panterapeach    April 2011  

    Just curious how often everyone makes their bed up.

    I do not make the bed every morning because FI is usually still sleeping in it (lucky)

    I finally made the bed this weekend after a few weeks and I just loved climbing into a made bed at the end of the day.  I want to get FI in the routine of making the bed more often since he the last one out.

     
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    MUI831    October 22, 2011   Chicago, IL

    I make the bed after we wash the sheets or when people are coming over.  That is it.  :)

     
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    TinyTina    June 2012   Albany, NY

    On the weekends. FI doesn't wake up until after I leave for work and he never makes the bed. It seems kinda pointless to make it at 6pm when I get home. The bed usually gets made on the weekends or whenever I change the sheets.

     
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    panterapeach    April 2011  

    @MUI831:  thats typically how we are too.

     
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    Atalanta    September 3, 2011  

    @MUI831: me too

     
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    mandb122    March 6, 2011   Temporarily in Minnesota, From South Carolina, Wedding in Charleston

    @MUI831: This is what we do too.

     
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    pinkshoes    July 2011   MA

    Only if people are coming over will i bother to make the bed.  Even after washing the sheets and duvet and everything, I'll get the sheets on, comforter back in, and then just throw it on the bed.

     
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    deetroitwhat    April 28, 2015  

    Never isn't on there, so I can't pick it :) My husband does it!

     
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    AnnieAAA    October 25, 2009   Dallas, TX

    Yep I'm another "after we wash the sheets & when people come over" girl :)

     
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    kitzy    June 2011  

    when i change the sheets, so about every other week. if my apartment had a washer and dryer, it would be a lot more frequent!

     
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    stacycats    April 2, 2011   NJ

    @deetroitwhat: "Never isn't on there, so I can't pick it :) My husband does it!"

     As for me . . . Never isn't on there, so I can't pick it :) My fiance does it!

     
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    deathbydesign    February 18, 2012   Lives in Ontario, married in Quebec

    Almost every day. I only don't do it if I am in a hurry or if I am sick/lazy.

     
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    oracle    October 23, 2010   Los Angeles

    We live in a small place, and it makes me feel like the house is more straightened up when the bed is made... so, for us, it's daily.

    Whomever is last out of bed makes it!

     
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    snuggielove    October 2010   Pittsburgh

    Daily. i dislike a messy look to a room.

     
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    deetroitwhat    April 28, 2015  

    @stacycats: We lucked out, I tell ya ;)  I am the one who washes the sheets every week though!

     
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    Running Elley    June 19, 2011   Fresno, CA

    I TRY to do it every day but it usually ends up getting made 2-3 days during the work week. I have more time on the weekends and I hate being in our room when it looks messy so its always made on Saturdays and Sundays.

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    Weekends only. I get out of bed at 6am...the last thing i want to do is make my bed when I'm just going to get into it again that night :). I usually tidy it up a little so it has fresh creases, but I wouldn't go so far as to say I make it.

     
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    Meealissa    July 30, 2011  

    Every day.  SOMETIMES I make it in the morning but most of the time I leave it unmade so my dog can burrow himself under the covers while I'm getting ready.  I always make it before I get into it because I can't stand getting under the covers when the bed hasn't been made!  Everything is just too "sloppy" and out of place

     
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    Sunshine23    July 17, 2010   Canada

    Everyday!! If DH is up last, he makes it. It drives me crazy to go to bed in an unmade bed.

     

     
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    colors    February 28, 2010  

    I make it if I know we have company coming that hasn't had the tour of the house yet.

     
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    Mrs.KMM    July 17, 2010   Atlanta, GA (wedding in Indianapolis, IN)

    Rarely - maybe 6 times a year.  Even after I wash the sheets, the bed doesn't fully get made.  I'd much rather climb into a pre-softened bed though - the crispness of freshly made bothers me.

     
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    JewishBride    June 13, 2010   Michigan

    every single day:)

     
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    Curator    December 1, 2011  

    We just kind of leave it in a pile. We're awesome like that.

     
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    SandyThePoet    May 5, 2012   Silvis, IL

    I make the bed every day-much to my FIs mystification. I don't think it ever occurred to him to make a bed before I came along. I just don't like getting into an unmade bed and it drives me crazy to walk into the bedroom and see the bed in a mess. Plus, some days, at least I can say that is one thing that was accomplished.

     
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    Gingersnap    August 2000   Ontario, Canada

    Every single day. But that's because we live in a house with 4 other people, so if we want to have any sort of alone time at all, it's gotta happen in our bedroom. Add into that the fact that we don't have a dining table in the house so we eat 95% of our meals in our room on the bed, and the bed's gotta be made every day. 

     
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    SoontobeMrsA    June 2012   MA/NH line

    Never. Ever. FI does it. He’s really anal about the corners and shit.

     
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    Miss.Lace    April 30, 2011   Austin

    I try to every morning...but sometimes im really lazy or in a hurry! I love getting into bed at night and the sheets are perfect and tight lol :)

     
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    abbyful    June 7, 2011   Kansas City

    "I make the bed after we wash the sheets or when people are coming over."

    Ditto!

     
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    daydreamwanderer       DC

    I NEVER make ours! My husband does that every morning :)

     
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    baldor1    May 7, 2012   Southern California

    Maybe I'm weird but I have to make the bed everyday or else it's not as comfortable when I get in it when it's messy. If I am running late, I might not make it that morning but I still need to pull the sheets taut, fluff the pillows and straighten the blankets before I lay in it for the night.

    I guess I've gotten so used to making it everyday that I feel uncomfortable when it's messy.

     
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    MissSawyer    September 1, 2012   Toronto, Ontario

    Everyday. Whoever up last makes it, so week days it's my SO and weekends it's me.

     
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    UpstateCait    October 7, 2011   Upstate, NY

    Every day.

     
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    Derbybride    December 5, 2009   Louisville KY

    Everyday sometimes multiple times a day if the kids mess it up. It's almost such a habit that I do it without even thinking. 

    I agree that the bed isn't comfortable if it isn't neat. 

     

     
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    yrret107    November 28, 2009   Seattle, WA; Married in West Chester, PA

    Same as @daydreamwanderer:  I never make ours but DH makes it usually on the weekend and maybe on days he's off and he's cleaning.

    Of course, I do make it when someone is coming over.

     
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    SLS79    September 2010  

    Every day.  I don't like sleeping in a bed that hasn't been made, so I've been known to make the bed an hour before getting back in it.  There is something about an unmade bed that just feels strange to me.

     
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    Lindsay12.31.2010    December 31, 2010   Missouri

    I make it everyday, just not every morning.  DH works overnight, so he is just getting into bed as I am leaving for work.  I do always make it when he wakes up though!

     
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    missmouse29    July 2011   NWOntario, Canada

    @MUI831:

    ditto.

    Even if I made it every day my wonderful son and cat would joyfully unmake it for me anyway.

     
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    NDBee    March 10, 2012  

    Never! :-) The rare exception is when I do the laundry and have the time to re-make it, but usually I just put them back on the bed right before I go to sleep, so there's never a fully made bed. FI will actually make his bed with me IN it yet if I sleep in too late, so at least I know it will be covered at our house once we're married. Agree with you, @SoontobeMrsA:

     
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    MademoiselleL    August 24, 2012   Vancouver, BC (wedding in Maui)

    Only when people come over!

     
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    Knubbsy-Wubbsy    July 30, 2011   Central Texas

    I barely unmake to crawl in so I just fix the comforter every morning before heading out. I share a small room with another girl so I let her be the messy side.

    FH NEVER makes his bed unless company is coming. This will change when we share an apartment.

     

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