You probably know how to make a bed: You start with a fitted sheet, scrunch a top sheet between your bed frame and mattress, and enter into what feels like a fight for your life as you try to shimmy a duvet into a cover. While this might technically be how you make your bed, it’s not the most efficient way to do it—and it certainly doesn’t leave you with the a pristinely made-up bed à la luxe hotels. And did you fluff pillows, remove lingering wrinkles from linens, or style the bed with a cozy blanket or throw pillows?
An unmade bed doesn’t just make a room look messy, but it deprives your bedroom of a statement-making piece of furniture that often anchors the whole space. And if the aesthetics aren’t enough to convince you that it’s time to learn how to make your bed properly, there is plenty of data to nudge you in the right direction. People who make their bed every day are happier, more confident and adventurous, and maybe even get better-quality sleep.
If you’re eager to start making your bed the right way—we’re talking perfectly crisp hospital corners, effortlessly fluffy duvets that look more like clouds than bedspreads, and seamlessly styled throw blankets and decorative pillows—what better place to learn than TikTok? After all, it is Gen Z’s search engine of choice. Below, AD surveys five TikTok-approved bed-making hacks guaranteed to make the start of your day just a little bit easier.
1. Perfect the art of the hospital corner
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Getting a fitted sheet onto the bed is usually easy enough, but the top sheet—and an optional blanket—can be a bit harder without the elastic holding it in place. For the perfect hospital corners, try this advice from TikToker @julia_m_si. “I learned this at nursing school,” she tells AD. Start by tucking the sheet lightly under the end of the foot of the mattress before moving to the sides where the real magic happens. “Grab the bottom edge of the fabric and fold it up. Try to make a 45-degree angle,” reads the text in her video. Once at this stage, tuck in the lower drape you just folded up, then fold the excess fabric back down over the mattress and tuck it underneath.
2.Keep the top sheet from slipping
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Though it can be tempting to ditch the top sheet—after all, they always seem to slipping down to the foot of the bed—this thin piece of bedding serves an important purpose: It helps keep your duvet clean. To keep the sheet in place, TikToker Loui Burke recommends pulling the top sheet all the way up so it’s covering your pillows, placing the duvet just where the pillows meet, then folding the top sheet over the duvet. “A few years ago I bought an olive green duvet cover set and a beige sheet set and wanted to show the color combination more,” he tells AD. He’d seen the brand put the top sheet over the duvet in the photos and decided to give it a go himself. “At first I thought it was just a styling choice, but then when I slept in it that night, I woke up and saw the sheet didn’t move,” he adds.
3. Get the perfect fluffy look
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