I have a comforter on mine and it just takes one good shake and its nice and neat, then I throw on some additional pillows that match the comforter and whalla, good as new. I am a very still sleeper, in one spot, so there is usually little upheavel to straighten...

Not really. We just pull the duvet and sheets up.

As a child, we sort of had bedcovers. Then my mother just asked each of us just to fold our blankets and place them at the foot of our bed. Just so bed looked tidy during day.

But really..it's kind of a Western culture thing...which is why I grew up in a household where it wasn't really followed. This duvet/fancy bedcover and decorative pillows display.

every single day I make my bed and even put it's decorative pillows on it. If I take a nap, I remake the bed. It's just because it looks prettier!
dancer9

Gosh, Louisa gets her ed made. I'm impressed. I do have Dotsie's luck occasionally if I catch my hubby and hog tie him 'verbally' he'll help. Like some of you I'm starting to thik of it as a chore that could be replaced with better things to do. I think after reading these, I'm going to lighten up & just straighten it a bit & save the formal making up for when someone's going to walk by it, see it a lot during the day or company. I had to laugh about the folks that make a bed at a hotel. My MIL does that. Just blows my mind, I didn't dare bring that up..I had no idea anyone else did such as that. She was leaving our home after a visit and I took the sheets off her bed to wash B4 she left. She Still put the spread on over a sheetless bed.
speaking of bed..I'm outta here.

Yes.. after airing it.
Mountain ash

Everyday! I like things neat & tidy.

99.9% of the time I make our bed. Like Dotsie, if I catch my husband in the bedroom at the right moment, he'll help...he did that tonight when I was putting fresh sheets on the bed. He fussed at how hard it is to get the pillows in their cases. I must admit, I like pulling back the bedspread and sheet and climing into a bed that has been made up.

Dee, this is for your hubby. Pillow casing made easy. Turn pillowcase inside out. Put your fingers down and grab the inside corners of the pillow case. Pinch the corners of your pillow and pull it up through the case.

Thanks Chickadee...I'll let him know...I think he gets a kick out of knowing he's got lots of you out there for him. He asked me this morning before leaving for work (I'd read him the dare piece and we both laughed). He said, these ladies hear about me? I said, yep...only the good stuff...LOL. Thanks Chick!!

I make the bed everyday, unless I'm sick. I like things neat and tidy. But that's just one of my idiosyncrasies.
If other people don't make their beds everyday, that's cool. Whatever you do and however you do it, is fine with me.