do you air your bed?

Tim_Deegan

helenhugs wrote: »

I love getting into a cold bed & like someone else have been known to inadvertantly air my bed by flinging the duvet aside & not make the bed lol. I never think to air it consiously maybe I should!!! I do hoover the mattress though & regularly turn it even though it's a memory foam 1 so doesn't need turning lol just a habit i got into with my old 1.
Hugs
Helen

Hoovering the mattress is the best way to get rid of dust mites from it. However you have a memory foam mattress which will be hypoallergenic, and dust mites don't live in memory foam, so you are pretty safe.

inkie

We pull back the duvet every morning and leave it like that until after lunch. We also sleep with the window open every night (can't do with being hot in bed) even in the winter!

Tim_Deegan

Don't forget that all mattresses should be turned on a regular basis to ensure even wear.

Stripping a bed, hoovering the mattress, then leaving it for a few hours before turning it, then leaving it a few more hours is the best way to air it.

phizzimum

thank you for all your wonderful replies to my thread!...that's what i love about this forum...everything you always wanted to know about housekeeping but were afraid to ask!

hope you're all proud of me as I have aired all the beds everyday since Thursday...OH commented that the bedrooms smelled fresher...he thought i'd been doing more cleaning but as it's school hols i've actually done less

any tips on turning a kingsize mattress alone? or should i just wait until OH is home before attempting it?

Primrose

We usually fold back the duvet and top sheet to the bottom of the bed and leave it like that all day with a small window open. I know a lot of people don't use a top sheet but with a king size duvet, I find it easier to launder a pair of sheets than struggle continually putting clean duvet covers on and off.

poppycracker

Primrose wrote: »

We usually fold back the duvet and top sheet to the bottom of the bed and leave it like that all day with a small window open. I know a lot of people don't use a top sheet but with a king size duvet, I find it easier to launder a pair of sheets than struggle continually putting clean duvet covers on and off.

The way I do it is to wash and iron the thing inside out, then all you have to do is put your hands up inside it, one to each top corner, grab the top of the duvet and sort of shake the cover off your arms and onto the duvet.

It would be a lot easier to show you what I mean!

exlibris

poppycracker wrote: »

The way I do it is to wash and iron the thing inside out, then all you have to do is put your hands up inside it, one to each top corner, grab the top of the duvet and sort of shake the cover off your arms and onto the duvet.

It would be a lot easier to show you what I mean!

I find a king sized quilt is too big for me to handle comfortably. I do as you do without the shaking. When I have got the top seam of the duvet on the quilt, I peg them together, then I can put the quilt on the bed and pull the cover down over the quilt

keelykat

I get my hubby to help me put the duvet cover on-as our kingsize duvet is too big and heavy and i struggle!

keely.

Smiley_Mum

I drape the quilts over a chair and the pillows etc, open the windows and let the rooms air for the day until bedtime. I also do what a previous poster said, and hoover the mattress both sides and wash the mattress topper once a month. Turn the mattress over, both ways to get even wear on mattress also.

maypole

I like to be last out of bed as I fold duvet over to air the bed (husband wouldn't think of doing this) window is always open, when you think how you must sweat at night, it would just be trapped in if you made the bed straight away. :eek: I hate being too hot at night. Make bed in afternoon.

One of my favourite jobs is making up a fresh clean bed with white cotton sheets, sad maybe, , it is so lovely to climb into.