Bedding Sets : How to Make Your Bed
Posted on April 23, 2009
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How to Make Your Bed
Unless you were in the military – or had a mother who acted as though she was – you probably don’t really know how to make a bed. That’s because the average person just learns that you’ve got to pull the sheets and blankets straight and put the pillows at the top.
That’s okay for a half-made bed but doesn’t give you those hospital corners or comfy hotel feelings that you want from a made bed. Here are the steps that you need to take to quickly and efficiently make your bed well:
- Take all of the sheets and blankets off of the bed. You have to start fresh.
- Take the bottom sheet and lay it out on the bed. Hopefully you have a fitted sheet in which case you can just put it on and smooth it out. Make sure each of the corners of the sheet is actually on the corner of the mattress.
- Take the flat sheet and spread it out smoothly and evenly on top of the bed. Follow the directions in the step above to make hospital corners. However, this time, you should leave the head side free.
- Place your blanket or blankets on the bed in the same way. Whether to tuck them in or leave them loose is up to your preference. Make sure they’re smooth and even.
- Make sure all of your pillowcases are on their pillows tightly and plump the pillows. Put them in place at the head of the bed.
Assuming that you have the right size of sheets for the size bed that you have and that you take a little time in smoothing them out, this bed should now look nice and smooth.
How to Get in the Habit of Making your Bed
In addition to knowing how to make your bed, you need to overcome the obstacle of not really wanting to make your bed. It’s just something that most people don’t want to take the time and energy to do in the morning. Here are some steps for getting used to making your bed each day:
- Make it a habit. The first thing that you need to do is to establish a ritual that you use for always making your bed. Perhaps you want to do it as soon as you first wake up.
- Adjust your attitude about it. Most people actually think to themselves, “ugh, I don’t want to make my bed“. Say it out loud sometime and you’ll realize that you sound like a petulant child.
- Use the time to do something you enjoy. No, making your bed doesn’t take very long. But the few moments it takes can be used to do something that’ll get your day off to a good start. Say a prayer in your head. Play a favorite song on your CD player.
- End the bed-making with something that’s going to be nice to come home to. Yes, you like just getting into a well-made bed. But you’d like making it even more if you gave yourself a gift every day. After the bed is made, place a flower from your garden on it.
Coming home to a well-made bed is a treat that you should offer to yourself. And if you think of it in the right way, making the bed can be a treat as well.
What to do when you are bed ridden?
1) Read.
Reading is one of my favourite pastimes, and being obliged to rest in bed is the best time to indulge in reading all those books that you always wanted to read but never found the time to do. Choose some light reading.
Being ill is not the best time to start reading academic books. More than likely you will fall sleep quite often due to the medicines that you are taking so is not a good idea to read anything complicated.
2) Once you feel more “compos mentis” you can start doing some puzzles like Sudoku
A crossword puzzle that uses numbers instead of letters and seems to be all the rage. The game is easy to learn, for beginners but challenging enough as it is difficult to master.
3) Write.
This is the time to write that novel you always dreamt about writing. The time to write letters or cards to friends and relatives. If you do not want to post any letters, just write letters to your parents, children or husband and keep them on your night table.
4) Use a laptop.
If you have one then use it for accessing the internet from your bed. There you will find endless hours of fun. Discover funny sites, download music and films, chat with friends, meet new people… the options are endless.
5) Watch your favourite series on DVD collections.
Now is the time to get up to date on your favourite series or to re watch the favourite TV series from your youth.
6) Talk to your friends and relatives.
Take advantage of all the time on your hands and get up to date with the latest news from friends and families. Some telephone companies offer free local calls so why not take advantage?
7) Knit, saw, or embroider
whatever craft takes your fancy, now you have the time to do it. No more excuses for not finishing that scarf for your grandmother or the cardigan for your husband. If you are not very creative you can just mend your clothes.
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