How to make a bed

I�ve mentioned before that our bed is unmade about 99.99999 percent of the time. I just don�t do it. I don�t make beds. It�s kind of like the movie Groundhog�s Day to me � I mean, why go through all that just to have it messed up again in a few hours?

YES, I know it�s more than a few. Maybe more like twelve. Whatever.

But when I do make it, I find it to be really, really lovely. A made bed instantly makes the room feel put together, clean, serene. I feel calm when the bed is made.

So, because I washed our sheets the other day, I got a wild hair and figured I would make our bed. It was on a whim, so I did it later in the day. Which supports my theory on NOT making the bed even MORE�but I digress.

There is one big reason I rarely make our bed. And that reason is one MASSIVE mattress. It takes fooooorever�AGES to make it. Decades people.

I took pictures along the way to show you the agony that is making our bed. Prepare yourself.

Let�s look at the time, shall we?:

Step 1: Discuss my plan of attack. With myself.:

(I cannot believe I am showing you our unmade bed.)

Holy cats. I�m already trembling in fear.

Step 2: Use all of my body weight to force the fitted sheet back over the mattress:

Step 3: Curse the day we thought it would be �so awesome� to get a mattress, with an extra mattress, with a pillow top, with a feather bed on top:

That�s 17 inches of softness baby. Did I mention NO SHEETS FIT? We do have one set, but it�s for the winter. So the rest of the year, I wrestle with the fitted sheet almost daily.

The fitted sheet usually wins:

That thing is tighter than me in my high school jeans. :)

Step 4:  Pull out the lint grabber and get all the cat hair and lint off the decorative pillows:

THREE cats people. Three.

Step 5:  Dig toys, sippy cups, remotes and Bear out of the sheets:

Yes, he�s maimed. We prefer the term �loved.�  :)

Step 6: Actually start making the bed. Break your back tucking in the sheets. Curse the day that you thought it was such a great idea to put the Target storage bins that you can�t sit or kneel on or they bend at the end of the bed:

Step 7:  Pull the twisted, smashed duvet cover out of it�s lodged spot because you were too lazy to put it back over the comforter when you washed it two weeks ago.

Step 8:  Wipe the sweat off your brow.

Step 9:  Iron said duvet. Yes. I said it. IRON IT:

Step 10:  Say a curse word. Under your breath. So the cats and the Bub don�t hear.

Step 11:  Lay the comforter out on the floor, and count the �squares� so you can figure out which freakin� way is the long way:

Step 12:  Stuff comforter inside the newly ironed duvet cover. Sweat some more.

Step 13: Try not to cry. You CAN do this!

Step 14: Arrange comforter on bed just so, to camouflage the divots in the mattress that make it appear as though you and your husband are each 500 pounds:

Step 15:  Realize, yet again, that NOTHING fits a king-sized mattress that is SEVENTEEN inches thick. Try every way possible to get the bedding to cover all sides of the bed.

Step 16: Take the comforter OUT of the duvet, (the one you just put it in), lay it over the comforter to see if it hangs over the side more:

Step 17: Whimper.

Step 18: Pep talk time. Sarah YOU CAN MAKE THIS BED!

Step 19: Curse the day you bought a duvet cover with a huge rectangle on it, because it�s off center when you pull more of it over to the left side:

Step 20: Realize you just wasted a hour of your life. But you may have also lost a pound or two sweating, because your bed is ten feet off the ground and you have to run to each side every five seconds to adjust each side:

So there you go. Ridiculous, eh? Yes. It is. I realize this more every time I make it. But that�s only three times a year, so you see why it�s not high on the priorities:

But I have been a thinkin� lately about a little update for our bedroom. New bedding, drapes, reworking the layout a bit�and I�m determined to replace the fan with a beautiful chandy.

I�ve secretly set the air to 55 degrees every night this summer so hubby won�t think we need it anymore.

KIDDING. (That is a good idea though. Hmmm.)

I�ve been browsing bedding online for the past few weeks, trying to decide if I�m going to go the HomeGoods affordable route, or the pricey Pottery Barn one. Hotel look like we have, or a bold print? Duvet, quilt or comforter?

I love these options from Crate and Barrel:

I adore this Barbara Barry set:

But it would require repainting the room, and I do love our warm grey green color.

This set by Restoration Hardware is SO lovely!:

And pricey! :) But I bet it�s worth it.

I�ve had my eye on this set from West Elm for about three years:

It comes in so many lovely colors and it�s not insanely expensive. I just adore the big, fluffy tufts. I think it would look positively heavenly.

But would it cover both sides of the bed? THAT is the question!

So how about you � do you make your bed every day? Do you�really? ;) Is there a bedding set you love? Do you splurge? If so, is it worth it?

I�m determined to buy 1,000 count sheets before I die. And I will find fitted sheets that don�t pop off.

I will.

Thank you to my new advertiser!:

P.S. It doesn�t always take quite an hour. Usually less. Sometimes I iron the duvet after it�s already on the bed, which saves a good 15 minutes. :)

P.P.S. Many have emailed me to find out where I got our bedding � it was an Ebay SCORE � only $25 for the set! But the seller is no longer on Ebay, and the tag on the bedding doesn�t have a brand name. I searched �hotel bedding� to find it.