Project Organize: Make the Beds

Updated on February 14, 2024

Make the Beds. Make the bed every morning to create a sense of peace and calm in the bedroom and inspire order throughout your home.

If you are new to Project Organize, start here. Hopefully, the tasks we have been doing are not too daunting, and you are starting to feel a little calm and order returning to your home.

We have chosen a cleaning routine to follow, got caught up on our laundry, did the dishes, picked up the house daily, and did a quick vacuum each night.

Make the Bed

Today’s task might be a little controversial.

I know some people refuse to make their beds. Trust me, I know all about it. I used to be one of those people. Why make the bed when you are just getting back into it later?

However, I believe there is a psychological aspect to making your bed even more compelling than just having a picked-up house. By making your bed in the morning, you tell yourself it is time to get up and move.

Also, it instantly makes your room feel neater (even if the rest is a mess). When the bed is made, and your room feels cleaner, you will be less likely to throw dirty clothes on the floor or leave a pile of clothes on the bed.

Lastly, it gives you a nice, clean, flat surface to fold clothes on or sort and purge when organizing. And who doesn’t like slipping between the sheets of a nicely made bed at the end of a long day?

How to Make Your Bed

1. Take all the pillows off the bed.
2. Straighten the top sheet.
3. Straighten your blankets and comforters.
4. Fold over the top edge of the sheets and blankets (if you want).
5. Fluff and place the pillows back on the bed.

I wait until after the kids are off to school before making my bed. Allowing the sheets to air out before being made helps reduce dust mites. Read more about waiting 30 minutes before making your bed in the morning.

The Basics

If you can do everything on the checklist daily, your house will begin to have order instead of chaos. You will have a strong foundation to build on by decluttering and organizing each day.

Having a system for handling daily household tasks, you won’t have to feel overwhelmed about a crazy, messy house again!

But this only works if you actually do these tasks. If I go a day or two without doing something on the list, I quickly feel my control over my house slipping out of my hands.

So tell me, what things do you think are crucial to do daily to keep your home running smoothly?

Project Organize Daily Checklist

Each day, we will build on the previous day until we have all our basic daily routines on auto-pilot.

1. Use your planner and master list
2. Do chores from the cleaning routine you chose
3. Stop multitasking
4. Do the dishes
5. Complete one load of laundry per day
6. Daily pick up
7. Make the beds
8. Quick vacuum or sweep the floor
9. Sort the mail and papers

This post is part of Project Organize: The Basics. Together, we will work on setting up basic systems in our homes to conquer overwhelmed and busy schedules.

These are the basics we need to do daily that will set up the foundation for success. This will allow us the space to tackle the larger decluttering projects with ease.

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