Kirby Posted January 9, 2022 Share #1 Posted January 9, 2022 When you make your bed, do you put the top sheet on upside down, so the stitching is on the top when you fold it over at the top? Or do you put it right side up so that when you fold over the top, you're seeing the underside of the sheet? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #2 Posted January 9, 2022 Just now, Kirby said: When you make your bed, do you put the top sheet on upside down, so the stitching is on the top when you fold it over at the top? Or do you put it right side up so that when you fold over the top, you're seeing the underside of the sheet? I put it on with the most comfortable side down cause that's what sleeps with me. I don't care what it looks like. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wilbur ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Popular Post Share #3 Posted January 9, 2022 If I have learned one thing on this forum, it is, debates are never settled. Even the most obvious toilet paper over the front or down the back thread was never resolved and we all know the answer to that one. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #4 Posted January 9, 2022 ..but if you really want to know, I will ask the housekeeper. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #5 Posted January 9, 2022 I do not make my bed. Our housekeeper does that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #6 Posted January 9, 2022 7 minutes ago, Wilbur said: If I have learned one thing on this forum, it is, debates are never settled. Even the most obvious toilet paper over the front or down the back thread was never resolved and we all know the answer to that one. We did decided that we all pee in the shower, no? 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #7 Posted January 9, 2022 7 minutes ago, Wilbur said: ..but if you really want to know, I will ask the housekeeper. Do you speak Spanish? If so, can you ask mine as well? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted January 9, 2022 Even if you don't make the bed, don't you see it when you are in the bed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #9 Posted January 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, Kirby said: Even if you don't make the bed, don't you see it when you are in the bed? I think, if I was making the bed with a top sheet that has a pattern and will be folded down to be exposed, I'd aim for the pattern to be correctly displayed. Our normal sheets have a simple wider hem (?) to mark the top vs the bottom, so it doesn't really "pop" that much if the sheet is backwards or not. It would be worse to put the narrower hem at the top and the wider one at the foot of the bed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #10 Posted January 9, 2022 17 minutes ago, Kirby said: Even if you don't make the bed, don't you see it when you are in the bed? No, it is dark. Martha and the dogs go to bed first. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MoseySusan Posted January 9, 2022 Popular Post Share #11 Posted January 9, 2022 My mom taught me to turn the top sheet upside down so that the fancy stitching or pattern would show when the bed is turned down. So, that’s how I make the beds and how I taught my own kids. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #12 Posted January 9, 2022 53 minutes ago, jsharrwick said: Do you speak Spanish? If so, can you ask mine as well? I speak Italian and a little Portuguese, which is really just drunken Spanish. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #13 Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Kirby said: When you make your bed, do you put the top sheet on upside down, so the stitching is on the top when you fold it over at the top? Or do you put it right side up so that when you fold over the top, you're seeing the underside of the sheet? The correct answer is "The same thing you do" because Kirby is never wrong. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted January 9, 2022 Share #14 Posted January 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: My mom taught me to turn the top sheet upside down so that the fancy stitching or pattern would show when the bed is turned down. So, that’s how I make the beds and how I taught my own kids. This. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #15 Posted January 9, 2022 BTW - making the bed vs making the bed for GUESTS are two totally different experiences in my house. I can make our bed. I am completely incapable of making the guest beds properly (or so I'm told). It requires similar training and efficiency that folks from the military might be able to relate to. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 9, 2022 Share #16 Posted January 9, 2022 I'm not much of a housekeeper. I tend to fold over the sheet under the duvet, so at the top when you rest you chin under the duvet, you can see the topstitching. It just looks nicer. I used to do alot of advanced sewing. The point is to show the neatness of the topstitching, it's like a fabric neat border over the duvet. It looks nice when the sheets are a solid colour and is a nice contrast against the duvet. Am approaching from an aesthetic finish standpoint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #17 Posted January 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: My mom taught me to turn the top sheet upside down so that the fancy stitching or pattern would show when the bed is turned down. So, that’s how I make the beds and how I taught my own kids. This. I was single digits old when Mom taught me the correct way to lay the top sheet. She said you want to sleep with the best side next to you. I remember my immediate thought was, it’s the same sheet Mom. I make it however the sheet falls. In over 60 years no one has ever complained. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #18 Posted January 9, 2022 The over under on TP over under - my wife is under, I am the correct over, but so far she has not complained when 9 times oot of 10 I reverse it to the correct way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #19 Posted January 9, 2022 My wife always insisted that the top sheet had to be upside down. I thought that was dumb. When she couldn’t sleep in the bed anymore I went back to making it right side up. You know that is the right way, that’s why it’s called right side up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #20 Posted January 9, 2022 I put it so the folded over part at the head of the bed is on top. There is stitching on both sides is there not? Oh, and I don;t fold it over either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted January 9, 2022 Share #21 Posted January 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: The over under on TP over under - my wife is under, I am the correct over, but so far she has not complained when 9 times oot of 10 I reverse it to the correct way. I'm an over guy as well and have even corrected it when when visiting relative's houses. WoUB just shoves it on whichever way it happens to be when she picks the new roll up. I correct it immediately... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #22 Posted January 9, 2022 23 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: My mom taught me to turn the top sheet upside down so that the fancy stitching or pattern would show when the bed is turned down. So, that’s how I make the beds and how I taught my own kids. Me too..except I have not taught that to my kids 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 9, 2022 Share #23 Posted January 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: I put it so the folded over part at the head of the bed is on top. There is stitching on both sides is there not? One side usually looks better. Now, we're getting uber technical! How can anyone get housework done? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #24 Posted January 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, UglyBob said: I'm an over guy as well and have even corrected it when when visiting relative's houses. WoUB just shoves it on whichever way it happens to be when she picks the new roll up. I correct it immediately... I had no idea that random was one of the possible modes of operation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted January 9, 2022 Share #25 Posted January 9, 2022 Just now, petitepedal said: Me too..except I have not taught that to my kids Same here. All of my kids have been the four-legged hairy kind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted January 9, 2022 Share #26 Posted January 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Philander Seabury said: I had no idea that random was one of the modes of operation! Yeah, well she also squeezes the toothpaste tube in the middle. Thank the good lord she now uses a different kind than me, so we have different tubes! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #27 Posted January 9, 2022 1 minute ago, UglyBob said: Yeah, well she also squeezes the toothpaste tube in the middle. Thank the good lord she now uses a different kind than me, so we have different tubes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #28 Posted January 9, 2022 27 minutes ago, Wilbur said: I speak Italian and a little Portuguese, which is really just drunken Spanish. Not sure that Guti drinks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #29 Posted January 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: I had no idea that random was one of the possible modes of operation! I was always random until I noticed when the granddaughters would visit they would always turn it so it was over the top so I started putting it the other way just to mess with them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 9, 2022 Share #30 Posted January 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, petitepedal said: Me too..except I have not taught that to my kids They don't listen, anyway. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #31 Posted January 9, 2022 19 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: I had no idea that random was one of the possible modes of operation! The scientific term, and @MickinMDwill back me up on this, is willy nilly. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #32 Posted January 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: They don't listen, anyway. That is why i agree that we should let sleeping dogs lie. They never tell the truth anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #33 Posted January 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: That is why i agree that we should let sleeping dogs lie. They never tell the truth anyway. When will @Kirby select a SOLUTION?!?!??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #34 Posted January 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: That is why i agree that we should let sleeping dogs lie. They never tell the truth anyway. You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #35 Posted January 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Kirby said: do you put the top sheet on upside down, so the stitching is on the top when you fold it over at the top? Yes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #36 Posted January 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: When will @Kirby select a SOLUTION?!?!??? Oh, you are cocky that shooter selected you for the Sesame Street one, eh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rattlecan ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Popular Post Share #37 Posted January 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Wilbur said: we all know the answer to that one. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #38 Posted January 9, 2022 Stuffing or potatoes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #39 Posted January 9, 2022 Just now, Longjohn said: Stuffing or potatoes? Yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted January 9, 2022 Share #40 Posted January 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Wilbur said: and we all know the answer to that one. If the toilet paper is 'over' the sheet goes right side up. If the toilet paper is 'under' the sheet goes upside down. I don't think it can get any easier than that. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 9, 2022 Share #41 Posted January 9, 2022 I’m the military we had white sheets so it didn’t matter which side was down. At home we don’t really care and I’d have to check to see if the pattern is up or down. We pull up the bead spread & place the pillows on top so you can’t see the sheets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 9, 2022 Share #42 Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, MoseySusan said: My mom taught me to turn the top sheet upside down so that the fancy stitching or pattern would show when the bed is turned down. So, that’s how I make the beds and how I taught my own kids. This is the correct way. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 9, 2022 Share #43 Posted January 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Airehead said: This is the correct way. For awhile, my siblings and I had sheets with a leafy pattern. My youngest brother called his bed “the salad.” He’d say “I’m sleeping in the salad.” 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #44 Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: . If the toilet paper is 'under' the sheet goes upside down. I don't think it can get any easier than that. why are you putting toilet paper under the sheet? That’s not how you make the bed. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted January 10, 2022 Share #45 Posted January 10, 2022 I’m a heathen, no top sheet, bottom fitted sheet & a duvet (with a cover). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 10, 2022 Share #46 Posted January 10, 2022 So, were you debating the direction of a top sheet, or which gender actually makes the bed? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted January 10, 2022 Share #47 Posted January 10, 2022 I like to have a sheet above and below me, a pile of blankets above, a warm women beside, and I'm happy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share #48 Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, MoseySusan said: So, were you debating the direction of a top sheet, or which gender actually makes the bed? My parents always put the sheets on together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 10, 2022 Share #49 Posted January 10, 2022 11 minutes ago, Kirby said: My parents always put the sheets on together. If you are short you can just use one sheet. Did you ever short sheet anybody? My wife taught me that trick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted January 10, 2022 Share #50 Posted January 10, 2022 11 hours ago, Kirby said: When you make your bed, do you put the top sheet on upside down, so the stitching is on the top when you fold it over at the top? Or do you put it right side up so that when you fold over the top, you're seeing the underside of the sheet? ...do people ever say to you, "first world problem" ? Just asking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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