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Making your bed \u2014 in the sense of changing the sheets \u2014 is a chore you should be doing every week. Bedding accumulates sweat, bodily grime, and dust mites \u2014 microscopic, allergy-triggering critters that feed on the flakes of skin you slough off as you slumber. If you make your bed in an improvised, haphazard fashion \u2014 failing to secure the bottom sheet around the mattress’ corners and shoving the top sheet will-nilly between the box springs and mattress \u2014 the result will look sloppy and your sheets will come undone as you roll around at night. Keep things ship-shape and get a better night’s sleep by making your bed properly.<\/p>\n

If you want to learn a military-style method for a tighter result, here’s how to make a bed you can bounce a quarter off of.<\/a><\/p>\n

Illustration by Ted Slampyak<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Making your bed \u2014 in the sense of changing the sheets \u2014 is a chore you should be doing every week. Bedding accumulates sweat, bodily grime, and dust mites \u2014 microscopic, allergy-triggering critters that feed on the flakes of skin you slough off as you slumber. 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