How do you make a bed.....Seriously!

So you think you know how to make the bed? Do you do hospital corners and tucked in sides? Or do you have neat tight corners and loose sides?

How about tight sides and loose ends?  Or how about you are now lost in a world of confusion!

Bed making used to be an art. Beautifully executed hospital corners ( This was a fold the sheet, tuck it under, and appears a bit like an envelope on the bottom corners of the bed and never came untucked) and tight as a pin sheets that you could bounce a coin of (Army terminology here) like Grandma did.

Then came the amazing idea of feather/down or goose quilts that replaced blankets and people started to loosen up a bit about the tight sheets and wanted a bit more slack when they climbed into bed and slept under the soft layer of feathers as opposed to the heavier blanket.

Finally in this day and age 50% of us sleep with a fitted bottom sheet, loose top sheet, and a quilt in a duvet/quilt cover. The other half ditches the loose top sheet and sleep just under the duvet/quilt cover. We dress our beds with lots of pillows and shams. We place beautiful hand made quilts on top for decoration and you know what...We rarely show these rooms to anyone as they are our sanctuary. When was the last time you invited someone into your bedroom?? (To look at the bed folks!)

So how did  YOU  make the bed today?  Did you tuck in corners or leave sheets loose?

Do you have a special way that only you know how to do that your partner knows they cannot duplicate? 

I love chatting to people who tell me all sorts of things about how they make a bed, the way they sleep or style their bedrooms and I look back to my time growing up and what I learnt and it made me remember, I think I forgot to teach my children how to execute a hospital corner sheet tuck! 


Maybe that’s why our children don’t like to make a bed…   We forgot to show them!
Happy bed making everyone :) I have added a How to make hospital corners below for those who are wondering!

Jane EcoSleep Australia
Designer of Coshee® Smart Bedding for all the family

www.ecosleepaustralia.com.au