Do you make your bed as soon as you get up?

When I lived in Switzerland - many decades ago when duvets were unusual in GB, feather duvets seemed to aired out the windows or on the balcony in every bedroom window every morning - protected by the overhanging eaves of the house, come rain or shine.
So I still pull the duvet back each morning and let it air- although not out of the window!

No, I always throw the duvet right back, then open the windows.

I make the bed about a couple of hours later.

I like a calm bedroom at bedtime.

Thanks all!
Great tips to re: airing.

Same as you aonk. Hate an unmade bed.

Yes Maw - same here

I throw the duvet and top sheet back (yes I have a top sheet) and air it for at least twenty minutes, often longer. Then I make it, smoothing the bottom sheet, plumping up pillows, cushions etc so it’s nice to look at and straight to get into later, having removed the cushions of course.

I don’t, I turn it back to air but then I sometimes forget all about it. I wish I could actually be bothered to make the bed look nice with a throw and a couple of cushions and also tidy away the jeans on the chair in the corner.
It is so much nicer to come back to!

Franbern

Once I retired from work, I fell into the habit of falling out of bed, and straight into kitchen to make breakfast, which I then eat in front of tv in Living room. I leave the bed airing during that time, duvet pulled right back which can be anything up to two hours.
When I go back into bedroom for shower and getting dressed, I make the bed so, that is nice to look at for the rest of the day.

Me too.

We always throw back the duvet and open the windows for a couple of hours, then the bed is made properly, I have a bit of a ‘thing’ about beds. When I return to bed with an early morning cup of tea, and my husband with the morning paper, it has to be immaculate with plumped pillows etc. so I suppose in a way, the bed us made twice a day.

I rarely make the bed as I’m always first up.
DH throws the duvet back as he gets up and then makes the bed as soon as he’s washed and dressed. #lazygran 🤣

tanith

Mines aired with open windows quilt turned back and pillows off usually till lunch time but its always made before bed.

Much the same here.

I usually have breakfast in my dressing gown and then go back upstairs to dress. That’s when I make the bed. I couldn’t leave it any longer. The only exception is if I’m going out early in which case the bed will be made first.

The same as Theexwife.

I also throw back the duvet to air the bed, straighten the bottom sheet and leave it most days until I go to bed with my hot water bottle.

Once I retired from work, I fell into the habit of falling out of bed, and straight into kitchen to make breakfast, which I then eat in front of tv in Living room. I leave the bed airing during that time, duvet pulled right back which can be anything up to two hours.
When I go back into bedroom for shower and getting dressed, I make the bed so, that is nice to look at for the rest of the day.

Granny23

Definitely not. Duvet & throw thrown back to air when I get up. Bed made and Electric blanket on half an hour before bed time.

Exactly this! :-)

I make it as soon as I get out of it always have

No, duvet pulled back a bit, folded back up when the electric blanket’s put on before bedtime, the small window is permanently open.

No. Like most others here, I air the bed. I "air" it until the evening and then make it tidy an hour or two before I go up.

I generally do because I dislike an unmade bed at the end of the day.
However, after reading this I have pulled the duvet back, plumped the pillows. opened the window and shut the door on it. At least it will be a tidy unmade bed so it looks as though have made an effort!

Theexwife

No, I fold the duvet back and smooth the bottom sheet, open the windows and let it air. It stays like that until I go to bed.

It is not advised to make a bed immediately, you will be trapping sweat and heat, a great environment for bedbugs.

My way too. Especially if you have a memory foam mattress or topper. That’s what it advises, so sweat can evaporate.

I pull the duvet back, plump the pillows and straighten the sheet and it stays like that till I go to bed.
This helps to kill the mites that flourish in a warm damp bed. They don't like fresh air.

Like a lot of us here I always air it for a while, with window open, before making it. Funny though, I always look out my window as I open it and nobody else down the road ever seems to open their windows!

I turn the covers back, open the window and leave the bed to air for a couple of hours. I don't like to see an unmade either but it's easy for me to do it as I'm retired now. I can remember leaving my bed unmade when I was working.

Like others, I air it for a good few hours and usually make it in the afternoon.