The Organized Bed

Do what you can to make your bed more comfortable. Do you need new sheets, new pillows or a new bed altogether? Some people I know can afford to buy a memory foam bed. If you are like us you may have to go without such a wonderful extravagance. For a fraction of the cost of a new bed we bought a 2" thick, memory foam topper from Sam's Club that is a comfortable addition to our old bed. We're saving our pennies so that some day we can buy the real thing!

I keep our extra sheets tucked into their pillow cases and store them in the rooms they belong in. That way anyone can make a bed without searching for sheets that match and fit. I have extra sheets for all the beds but I rarely use them. I remove the dirty sheets, wash them and put them right back on the beds. This saves me the hassle of folding sheets every week.

I had a couple top sheets that were too short for the beds. They were always coming un-tucked so I sewed a 6" strip of muslin to the bottom of them. Now they stay tucked in nicely and the bed stays neater. To make things easier for my kids I tuck in the bottom of their sheets and quilts. All they have to do is pull them up and their beds are made. Investing in really good mattress pads helps the sheets stay put too. The mattress pad on our bed isn't that great so it, and the sheets are always sliding off the bed. I bought the kid's beds nicer covers so they wouldn't have the same problem.

You spend a lot of time in your bed so make it time cozily spent!