Effective ways to make your bed beautiful
Who hasn't been envious of those picture-perfect homes featured on full-page spreads in decorating magazines or on famous interior design websites? If it's a bedroom, the space is accessorised to perfection, with no messes in sight and a bed that looks like it came straight out of a professional decorator's dream. These beds are too sweet to screw up when it's time to go to sleep! They're made neatly enough to win a drill sergeant's approval, topped with perfectly spaced shams and throw pillows, and finished with a matching throw blanket folded just-so at the foot of the bed.
Although your bedroom might never be featured on the cover of a decorating magazine, there's no reason your bed can't look just as good (if not better) than the ones on the glossy pages. If you just go as far as pulling the sheets and blankets up into a tidy pile each day, you'll need to take it a step further. Never fear, making your bed right doesn't take long—plus you'll enjoy the added benefits of having sheets covered from a sleeping pet snoozing in the centre of your pillow, as well as the pleasure of walking into your bedroom at the end of a long day to find a bed that genuinely allows you to lay down and relax.
Is it Better to Wear a Bed Skirt or Not?
A bed skirt isn't necessary for every bed, but if yours is a mattress on a base with an exposed metal frame, skirt the bed to hide the unsightly frame and casters. Plus, by concealing the area underneath your bed, you can use it to store out-of-season clothes, sporting goods, and other bulky objects.
bed skirt in white
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Prepare to be Padded
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Sheet It The difference between a good night's sleep and a night spent trying to get relaxed can be as simple as the sheets you use. While some purists insist on ironing your sheets before making a truly beautiful bed, you won't need to if you take them out of the dryer as soon as they're dry and either fold them for storage or place them right on the bed.
Start at one of your mattress's upper corners and pull the elastic of the fitted sheet down and over the mattress corner. Smooth out the sheet and repeat the process on the other upper mattress corner. Finish pulling the fitted sheet into place at the foot of the bed, smoothing out all of the edges and making sure to cover the whole mattress.
It's now time to apply the flat sheet. Spread the sheet out over your mattress, pulling the upper hem to the top edge of your mattress, and centering the sheet so it drapes equally over both sides of the bed (if the sheet has a graphic pattern on one side, face the printed side down). Some creases should be smoothed out.
Switch to the side after tucking the bottom of the flat sheet under your mattress. Grab the sheet corner that's hanging out at the foot of the bed and fold it up against the mattress's edge. To make a neat crease, tuck in the flat sheet, holding the folded corner tightly in place. Rep on the other side. Make an effort to get a neat fold at the mattress corners, but don't sweat it. At the top of the bunk, leave 12 to 18 inches of flat sheet untucked.
sheets that are tightly folded and tucked
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It's Blanket Time!
If you're using a blanket for extra warmth, lay it on the bed and change the top hem to be about a pillow's width below the mattress's upper edge. Spread the blanket's sides uniformly over the mattress and tuck the blanket in using the same method as the fitted cover.
Select Your Topper
This piece, whether it's a quilt, bedspread, comforter, or duvet, sets the tone for your bedroom's style. Adjust your bed topper over the blanket (or fitted sheet if you don't want to use a blanket) so that it covers both sides of your mattress equally. Keep the comforter's top a pillow's width below the mattress's top. Fold the fitted sheet's exposed top down over the topper and tuck the sides in snugly.
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Set Up Your Pillows
Pillows should be fluffed and propped against the headboard with the open side of the pillowcases facing the bed's nearest side. These are the next step if you're using European shams. Finish with no more than three throw pillows—generally, a pair of rectangular or square pillows and a rounded bolster look best. It's important to remember that there's no rule requiring you to use shams or throw pillows, but if you want your bed to be truly styled, take the extra few seconds to do so.

















