How To Make A Bed In Two Minutes!
But making a bed is a hassle, right, Well, consider this, a recent study found that a neatly made bed - can actually make you happier - you can lead a happier life if you make your bed….soooooo, how about dem apples, So if I can teach you how to quickly (read: not 5 star hotel perfection) make your bed, you’ll actually lead a happier life. Now, I’ve found a million videos on how to make a bed and while some are correct, they’re all pretty technical and time-consuming.
Your bed doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to look good. What I wanted to show you is how to make your bed look delightful in two minutes, or 120 seconds, so that you can actually stick to your commitment each day. Your first job is to clear everything off your bed - strip it down to just to the fitted sheet - this is a good opportunity to claim those stray socks which seem to pop up from time to time.
Place your pillows on a chair or tabletop surface. Next, make your way around your mattress and ensure the fitted sheet is nicely tucked in, pulling the sheet taught as you go. You can also even out your bedskirt at this point. Following this, take your flat sheet (aka - the top sheet) and evenly spread it, on top of your bed - be sure you cover the entire mattress and that all four corners are evenly hanging over the bed.
Now, if you have a pattern on your flat sheet, be sure to place it pattern side down (so it will look ‘inside-out’). That way,when you fold it over - the pattern will be there for everyone to see. This kind of blew my mind when I first learned about it.
This next part comes down to personal preference - to tuck, or not to tuck. Personally, I love a nice, crisp hospital corner on my side - it’s like sleeping in a burrito. But Chad - Chad hates tucked in sheets with a passion - when we’re at hotels, he has a 5 minute kick fit to untuck the sheets - so, to be safe, let me explain how to do both ways.
Hospital corners: Your end mattress corners are a perfect 90 degree angle. So, head over to one edge of the corner and take the overhang from the fitted sheet one hand and lift your mattress slightly with the other. Neatly tuck the overhang under the mattress. Now, move to the perpendicular edge and repeat, neatly tucking the overhang under the first section of overhang.
Make the corner neat, like wrapping a present. For a visual, just watch the video to see how it’s done. There are more formal ways to do it, but this is a quick and easy ‘every day’ routine and I am not overly concerned about perfection here. Untucked corners: Just leave it the flat sheet hanging out, and ensure it’s not hanging too far over the edge of the mattress or else it’ll look sloppy. Ideally your comforter should cover it.
The next step is the same whether you use a duvet, like I am - or a blanket, a comforter or bed spread - just take your top cover and again, evenly cover your entire mattress. That’s pretty much it as far as a quick morning bed making routine is concerned, but we do get other bedding related questions from you guys, so, let me address some of those. How often should I wash my bedding, Should I use a mattress protector, Why is putting a duvet cover on so darn frustrating, It helps if you have someone giving you a hand with this, it literally cuts the time in half.
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