How Often Should I Wash My Bed Sheets?
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Cleaning Expert Melissa Maker shares everything you need to know about cleaning and caring for your bed. From the top covers (duvets, comforters, quilts) to the bottom covers (fitted sheet, flat sheet), pillows, protectors and much more!
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How to CLEAN YOUR BED LIKE A PRO:
0:00 - Introduction
0:37 - Throw Pillows & Blankets
2:27 - Duvets, Comfortables & Quilts
6:38 - Flat Sheets, Fitted Sheets & Pillowcases
10:07 - Who is In Your Bed?
10:18 - Dust Mites
11:50 - Why You Should Use a Pillow Protector
12:30 - Should I Use a Mattress Protector?
12:52 - Bed Bugs
14:32 - How Long Does a Mattress Last?
15:00 - How to Tell if a Pillow Needs to be Replaced
15:50 - How to Launder a Pillow
17:33 - Under the Bed
18:57 - COMMENT QUESTION: Do You Like Hotel Beds?
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WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HOTEL BEDS? ⚠️
I had too many bad experiences while moving cross country. I got bedbugs in one hotel and my dog was WAY too interested in one spot on the comforter in another. The third night's place had a strong fragrance when we checked in, and then the next morning it faded to reveal that the place REEKED a weird smell that I couldn't place. I found rusty razor blades with the sugar packets in a coffee station once. Weird, nasty stuff goes on in hotels.
Eh - not great, but in *most* hotels, I suspect the sheets & pillowcases & probably the duvets/blankets are washed more often than 95% of homes.
Comforters = nasty & those get folded out of the way. Same for any covers that aren't 'linens'
Hotels gross me out, that’s why we rarely travel at all. We would usually drive straight through. In our seventies now, just to hard to do that anymore. When our kids come home I know they travel, so I get stress that they are going to bring unwanted guests with them😬
I try not to think about them. Ick.
I am bit uncomfortable on hotel beds. The pillows are always crap too.
I grew up in a large family. There were 12 of us kids. My mother still, STILL, washed bed sheets weekly. Favorite childhood memory is getting in a freshly made bed. The sheets had dried on the clothes line and smelled so good.
That’s a good mama right there
My sister and I ( when we were young) called the clean sheets “ sugar sheets”. They were so crisp!
@@theresabrown1272 love that! Sugar sheets!
Every Thursday. 😊
That must of been very hard on your mother, but good on her, I too change weekly. Nothing better than a nice clean bed. 💖
Supports my argument for showering at night vs in the morning.
I learned from my Norwegian upbringing to always air out my wool/cotton duvet every morning. I hang it over the door while eating breakfast and make the bed after getting ready. Then I air it, and pillows, outside every time I wash the covers.
I grew up in Germany and we had feather or down bedding and we would hang them out the window every morning! Wonderful memories & always fresh beds!
sounds lovely
For anyone who does not think they need to hoover their mattress: using a clean stick hoover on maximum power run it all over the mattress. You will be shocked at how much white dust is in the container. Years ago I had a demo in my house for a Kirby vacuum cleaner. The sales man hoovered my mattress, emptied the dust into an ashtray and set fire to it. The burning skin smell was utterly disgusting. I bought the hoover!
Why didn't u buy the Kirby smh
@@SundayCookingRemix some people use the term "hoover" to mean vacuum. Kind of like saying "kleenex" to refer to any facial tissue.
I’m obsessed with clean bedding but I don’t expect anyone to do it for me. I’m sheet washer 2-3 times a week, clean pjs every night, clean shower washcloths every use. Mattress protection and pillow protection a MUST. Those get washed maybe one every 6 weeks. I own and manage vacation rentals as well and my beds are always pristine!
Where are your rentals? Sounds like my kinda getaway!
Can you clean my bed? Thank you!
I am 100% with you...I also take my own pillow and blanket when I travel by car
It only takes a few minutes to change the beds if you have two sets or more for each bed you are under no pressure to get the laundry done immediately, here in Ireland we don’t use dryers all the time line drying whenever possible, I cannot understand people not line drying when they live in hot places where the laundry is dry in an hour.
@@user-hw9vf4pl9s I even took favorite pillow into hospital once .....pre covid of course 😂
I am RELIGIOUS about washing our sheets once a week… my husband thinks I’m crazy… his brother said he can’t remember the last time him and his wife has washed theirs 🤢. I think most people don’t wash their sheets very often. I don’t know why most people think that sheets don’t get that dirty! I we wash our clothes that we wear daily why wouldn’t we wash our sheets more often?
I wash the sheets of everyone in our home once a week.
because I have a layer between my body & my sheets, except for the foot-area. Which has clean feet touching it (bare feet are rare at home - I have cold feet so it's socks almost always)
Like, does one NOT THINK about what these sheets have to deal with over the course of 7-14 days?! 🤢
I don't wash mine more often because it's a pain.
His wife probly washes them often but because he didn’t see it doesn’t happen.
Change my sheets at least once a week, more often in the summer as needed. Nothing like line dried fresh sheets!
Honestly nothing can compare to sun dried sheets.
Depends on where you live. Too much pollen and allergy issues to hang laundry outside.
Clean sheet night is like a weekly holiday in our home!
This is the best cleaning advice channel on the internet. Honestly, everywhere grosses me out. I travel with my own cleaning products. I know it’s a bit much but I feel better that way. I use my sleeve or elbow to push elevator buttons and open doors. I wash y hand as soon as I get home from shopping. I don’t have OCD, really I don’t.
Just a reminder that being clean and paying attention to cleanliness is not OCD. OCD is a medically diagnosed mental condition that has nothing to do with cleanliness, it's an impulse control disorder and it's very serious. You should not joke about OCD as it's no laughing matter to those who actually suffer from it. Thank you!
I agree when I travel I take carton of Clorox wipes and wipe down the table and chairs when I get in the hotel and sometimes when I get my groceries home I will wipe them down too if they're grimy ! I'm not OCD either
Hey better safe than sorry
If you're not stepping on the toilets to use them, it's non of our business how you feel okay ❤️
@@sevdedlk2118huh??
I usually wash sheets every two weeks but I change my pillowcase about twice a week. I do wash them in hot water even though I know it's not necessary. I wash my mattress cover about every month or so. We had to have my son's apartment treated for bed bugs a few years ago. It was process of heating up the whole apartment with a huge furnace and keeping it hot for a certain amount of hours. No chemicals but they had to take some stuff out of the apartment like candles etc. It was very expensive but did the trick the first time.
I definitely don’t allow anyone including myself to have outside clothes touch my bed! I change to my home clothes as soon as I get home! I also shower before I sleep every night ☺️
And as for hotel beds, they’re so comfortable to me. I try to not think about how dirty they are 😩 LOL.
Also, I’ve experienced bed bugs before and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone!!! They’re the most evil little things 😭 I still have trauma even after 3 years.. I’m always paranoid
I take a shower every night to before I get in my bed and usually I don't have to wash my sheets for 1 and a half to two weeks !
Sometimes I put two sheets on my bed and just pull one off so I get an extra week
What happened with the bed buga
@@KeyofDavid5778 same! Sometimes I do the two sheets as well lol
@@sniffytuna I paid a lot for a professional to get rid of them 🥲 It was so stressful and annoying bc you literally have to remove and pack ALL of your stuff.
We had a close family member deal with bed bugs 🛌😱 ..it is INTENSE (but very manageable!)
You had me at “dirty sheets are a dust mite buffet”. I’m so totally grossed out. Thank you ? !
We do our best ;)
We shower pre bed and wear PJs. Pillow cases are changed weekly and sheets fortnightly. Underblanket monthly and mattress vacuumed at that same time. Pillows, without any covers, go out into the sun for as many hours as possible, at least weekly if weather permits. They dry out and fluff up so much and smell so fresh that night. Under the bed is vacuumed weekly as is the room. I don't wash pillows as the cost to use the laundromat is not far off purchasing a new pillow. Window is open all year unless weather is bad. Thanks for your sage advice as always.
Hanging out my pillows and down comforter in the hot sun in the summer, AND hanging them outside as well on a frigid, sunny winter day is one of the best ways to freshen them in between washings. UV rays from the sun kill bacteria and viruses, and freezing temps kill off dust mites. And sheets dried outside are one of life’s little pleasures-- and I do it any time the weather cooperates.😊
Would love to. Neighbours smoke on the balcony.
Weekly has always been my rule, unless we've been sick, then it's every two days until we're well... UNLESS WE'RE BOTH SICK, ugh!
Thanks for watching!
I’m more impressed with your comfort in a extremely difficult and notoriously painful fire log seated position.👏
Bed bug lore: my grandma grew up in the projects in Detroit and she said they put all four bed legs into those big Folgers cans, and the bed bugs couldn't climb them! Fortunately I haven't needed that tip myself yet but it struck me as important information to remember 😊
There's nothing better than clean sheets, the best feeling! Hotel beds? They skeeve me out a bit. I immediately remove shams, quilt/bedspread. I haven't had a bad experience and hope I never do.
The feeling of sleeping in clean sheets is heavenly!!! 🛌😴
My throw blankets are used as a barrier for my dog from my comforter, so it gets washed quite often! The sanitize setting on my washer plus the Clorox laundry sanitizer in the fabric softener tray does a very good job of getting out dog smells. For my comforter, I usually take it to my local laundromat about every 6 months and use one of their large washers. It typically only takes about an hour from wash to dry. Download a show or movie on my iPad and keep myself entertained while I wait. As for the duvet cover, look up the burrito method for putting the cover back on the comforter. It’s super fast and easy!
I always love your content, Melissa! In terms of bedding, I change my sheets once or twice a week. I have over a half dozen sets, so I have the flexibility of changing them often without having to wash on the same day. I made sure that my kids also had multiple sets for their beds as well.
I clean my sheets and pillowcases once a week. I also fold my blankets and sheets halfway down my bed now to let it air out after reading/watching videos in multiple sources about how it's better to let your bed air out. Before making my bed I leave the blankets and sheets off to air out the mattress pad.
To protect my bed from pets I found a twin sheet that looks nice over my bedding. I wash it every week and have a spare one in hand just in case I need to change it quickly. This really works and keeps my bed clean. I used to get dog hairs in my ears when my dog hung out on my bed during the day. The sheet trick stopped that. I wish I thought of it sooner.
Really wonderful info and advice here. Thank you
Thanks for watching!!!
I’m doing exactly like you said! I change and wash everything of all the beds at home weekly!
I use protectors on everything it’s a lifesaver when you have cats for some reason they will always puke on fabric instead of the hard flooring 😂 it’s like a skill. Anyway I have the protector on and you can see all the times I’ve spilled too but the mattress is in great shape.
Thanks for sharing :)
So helpful! Thank you.
I am the only person sleeping in a king sized bed. I do what a friend suggested - sleep on one side for a week, then move to the other side for a week, then wash the sheets and pillow cases, and repeat.
Same here. I have a queen size bed
Same for me except I have a Queen size bed
Great idea!
I have a King size for myself as well. Great idea
I’ve been sleeping in the left side of the bed for 37 years since I got married. Not even sure I could sleep on the other side 😂..
Excellent advice!
I'm starting a cleaning business and your channel has already been soo helpful! Like for starters I went into this thinking I had to aquire a million fancy cleaning products, but you have since opened my eyes! :D
Good luck with your biz! I've been cleaning for 25 years. ❤❤❤
@@dianasimplifies Wow, that's awesome and thank you, I appreciate it! ❤️❤️
Hi melissa! Thank you for this very informative video, its appreciated!! Quick question, what is the best most affordable dust buster for suctioning up dust mites and all of the sort from mattress and all?? Thank you in advance!
I know people that go to bed with the clothes they wore all they long. Most people I know do not take night showers 🤮. Then some suffer from allergies but do kit wash their hair, take a shower or change into clean PJs. At home we shower twice a day and change pillow covers every week.❤
Thank you Melissa. You handled this sensitive subject with such class and honesty ❤ I use a silk / copper pillowcase a game changer with killing off bacteria ❤
Thanks for watching Rosita!
Thank you, Melissa!
I love to dry bedding outside on a line. The sun helps get out stains and everything smells so fresh
The Sun is awesome for stuff like this!
Yes, I miss having a clothesline but sometimes you can lay things on the grass or the snow to bleach in the sun when I had a clothesline I was not ashamed of hanging my stained underwear out in the sun because that was the easiest way to get out blood stains on my underwear we are women blood stains happen
Watching this after I washed my bedsheets, pillow cases and comforter yesterday!
I live in the uk. I wash my sheets pillow cases and duvet cover every week. I wash my duvet every spring and autumn . I use pillow protectors and a mattress protector which get washed every couple of months. I replace my pillows every 6 months
Thank you for giving me the motivation to wash all my bedding including the mattress cover and pillow covers. Plus i hadn't washed my comforter in a couple months and it was time. I wash my sheets weekly but the rest gets neglected.
I’m am from the age of you make your bed daily; wash your sheets weekly; you use a top & bottom sheets. I don’t really care about designer clothing, but when it comes to bed sheets, I like a smooth 400 plus thread count.
I was my sheets weekly, usually on Friday. This is how I was brought up, and at 71 I still do this! The blanket and mattress protector is washed when the seasons change.
As to hotels, I don’t travel that much, and usually stay with family or friends who I know provide a clean bec!
thats all they need.
Thanks for watching Debbie :)
It’s my every Saturday morning chore! Duvet cover gets washed every week too….comforter inside duvet - once a month!
Great video. Excellent information as always. I have vinyl wood flooring upstairs in the two bedrooms. I just vacuumed and mopped the floors. Moved the furniture and bed and mopped the both bedrooms. The room is so much cleaner. Smells nice and clean now. Thanks for all your advice.
Weekly washer here! I have multiple mattress protectors including the zip kind that completely envelop the mattress to protect from bedbugs etc. I wear my pajamas for 3 nights then they get laundered. Same for towels!
They are totally disgusting to think about. Mattresses comforters sheets pillows are gross. Same for rugs. My cousin has managed upper end Marriott’s. He says no matter how hard you try they can never be as clean as a private home. Airbnb places seem just as bad to me
I don't even want to think about Air BnB's!!!!
Amen
So true. That’s why when anyone stays over my house i wash everything before doing their bed. Comforter, mattress cover, sheets and pillows
I TOTALLY Agree with you on hotel beds….and showers!
Love your videos❤❤❤
Thanks for watching them!!
Another very informative video. Thank you, Melissa. It's good to know my Mom and Dad knew their stuff when they raised their four daughters and taught us to keep a clean house. When you know the WHY, you are more inclined to do the task.
I love your sense of humor, too!
Someone brought bed bugs into my husband’s apartment when we were dating and they spread allllll over. We tried our best but they hitched a ride to my house. We had the entire house heat treated. That’s the most effective way and they guaranteed a year. If the bugs came back within a year, they would re treat for free. It’s expensive but worth it.
And now I have a bed bug phobia and obsessively check every single week and have bug protectors on my mattress.
Honestly I just change out my sheets often. Good to have multiple clean sheets in your collection.
This right here 👏
Same. I have at least 6 sheet sets plus extra pillowcases.
I had an allergy test done recently. I laughed when I was told I am allergic to dust.
I asked the person giving the test how often should one wash/ change their sheets. I was told every 3-4 days. I always felt every five days was good. I am going to start washing every 3 or 4 days.
I always wait 30 mins before I make my bed.
I remember when you first started your channel and you really didn't even like to clean and now here you are with 2 million subscribers !
Congratulations on being such a great personality and professional on helping us stay clean in this life!😊
Sometimes I'll put an extra bottom sheet on and have two and then that way I can just pull the bottom one off and get about 2 weeks before i wash them !
You taught me to put a half a cup of hydrogen peroxide in my washing machine filled up with another half a cup of spring water when I wash my sheets and also when I washed my pillows and they come out smelling fresh as a daisy !
Extra bottom sheet 😮 is that not cheating ?’😅
Yes ma'am! 😃😄😀
Washing mine every week!😊
Melissa, where did you buy your headband? You are very good at presenting information! I will be purchasing your ebook about cleaning soon.
When my husband got surgery the doctor recommended clean sheets every three days. I did it during his recovery but it has been difficult keeping it up. I do at least once a week but sometimes twice.
I feel the same way about hotel beds 😱 Among other things, I bring my own bed liner when I travel.
Weekly! Always start the week with fresh sheets.
Such a great feeling, right?
I've honestly never thought twice about sitting on my bed with my regular clothes.
Same!
I wash my bed linen once a week and I replace my personal pillow case daily to help ward off breakouts on my face.
Sheets every two weeks(shower before bedtime)...pillow cases 2 X per week.
Sheets always changed every two weeks. No adverse affects in this house 😊❤
I think our bed would horrify some people lol....I didn't even know it was a thing to not want people to sit on your bed with clothes on o.0. We have a rabbit that sleeps in our bedroom :P. He doesn't sleep on the bed or get under the top layer, but he does sometimes hop up on the top layer (a quilt) to be pet or to visit us. I don't really mind because the top of the quilt doesn't touch me. He also does not go to the bathroom on the bed -- he is litter box trained and we have a litter box on the floor at the foot of our bed that he uses.
I wash my sheets more often now that my husband and I share a bed (we used to not be able to in our old tiny apartment). I feel like I can go a lot longer if it's just me, because I shower before bed, wear a satin night bonnet over my hair, don't use body oils (just a lightweight moisturizer that absorbs really well), and don't really sweat much. My husband is a different story....He sweats a ton, so I've had to force myself to wash them more frequently.
I recently bought another set of sheets because that makes it a lot easier on me to just strip the dirty ones off and not necessarily launder them that same day, since we have a fresh set ready to go. I used to only wash them maybe every two weeks. That probably sounds gross to a lot of people, but as far as I'm aware of, I've never had problems with smelly sheets or dust mites or mold or anything nasty like that, so I was fine with it.
Every other week is fine with me. That’s when my housekeeper comes.
My hotel bed yuk moment was pulling back the top sheet and finding a long black hair. Thank goodness there were two beds.
Ewwwww!!!!
It's almost like they knew!!!!
I spray my sheets and pillows/mattress with colloidal silver when I remove them to wash and occasionally use my steamer for deeper cleaning
How has this worked out for you?
Hotel beds? I retired from 29-years travelling as a public health specialist. I check the local health inspection reports (if available) before booking. Beds, the floor around and under them are the first things check before I bring any of my luggage in from the car. Love the channel, tips and advice are super...
Darn, I love seeing her sitting on the bed Indian style like that. The casual nature of it is very endearing to this laid-back fella. I never knew that about myself until just now.
I am unlucky enough to not have to worry about this because I dog sit and they get the bed messy on a regular basis. My bed gets cleaned 1-3ish times a week. Everything but the duvet and mattress protector. Those gets cleaned when they get peed on. I cant complain too much though because I love a clean bed and I love the dogs despite the mess.
I wash my sheets and quilt mostly weekly. I started to replace my pillows more frequently some years ago and put them in the dryer a few times a year. I also have a mattress protector and have for years. We don’t really eat on our beds/bedroom and usually we change clothes or shower after we got home because I don’t want outside germs in my home because the first spot my son goes to is his bed.
We wash our bedsheets once a week without fail. More often if someone is sick. We purchased a robot vacuum last year. Best thing about it is it vacuums under the beds! Not a fan of hotels at all. Love having a camper with my own everything. Melissa, what is your take on the new thing of not sleeping with a top sheet? Friends recently came back from a trip where they stayed in hotels and some didn’t have a top sheet! Only a bottom sheet and comforter. Yikes! 😮
I would say, based on comments in various online groups, that many (maybe even most) people nowadays do not use a flat sheet unless they sleep with a blanket instead of a duvet. Flat sheets seem less and less common as more people use duvets and duvet covers (because you wash the duvet cover). A lot of people ask about where to declutter their flat sheets. I usually suggest using them as curtains in the bedroom, but giving them to an animal shelter also seems popular.
I don’t see and have never seen a point in the flat sheet. I sleep really hot, anything more than the comforter often makes me wake up overheated. I see no point when I can just wash the comforter.
Presumably the hotels without a top sheet wash the comforter between guests. It might actually result in cleaner linens than places that use a top sheet. But if I went to a hotel without a top sheet, I'd ask if they washed the comforter or if they forgot the top sheet.
I clean all linens on Sundays. Everything gets stripped off the bed, washed, and I generally do an extra rinse cycle just to make sure there’s no soap residue that could irritate the skin.
As for hotels, you get way you pay for. If you’re going for cheap, then things may not be as clean. If you fork out the money then those hotel linens best be ironed and crisp. There better be a towel rolled into the shape of a swan, and a chocolate on the pillow. Hahaha
The swan. 🦢. Hahaha
3 cats. Pet bedding, gets washed weekly. As the sheets do.
I have trust issues when it comes to hotel beds. One trip that I was on had stains on the sheets of my bed at every hotel we stayed at. We even requested to have the sheets changed at one hotel because we were staying there multiple days and the second set had stains too. Sometimes I think it has to do with them being small and the bleach not getting them. However, I had one pillow cover that looked like it was run-over by a truck.
🤢🤢🤢
Ewwwwwwww!
I shower every night and wash sheets every week. I use mattress covers and pillow protectors and wash every season. I also vacuum my carpeted bedrooms twice a week. This works out fine for me.
I travel with a black light, just the size of a tiny flashlight. Every hotel room I enter gets inspected with that, especially the toilet, sinks, remote control and the BED linens in the dark. I also pull up the edges of the linens to see if bedbugs are lurking. Black light will reveal all past sins or critters. 🤣. I also very nicely call ahead and give the hotel a heads up that I inspect my room with a black light. Have never had a problem after that!
My cousin had bedbugs come to her home from a suitcase, and had to throw out furniture they got into and fumigate the entire house. Inspecting for them is a small price to pay!
@cleanmyspace I use duvet and duvet cover year round. I wash the duvet cover weekly with my kids sheets. I buy Brookline which love BUT after a year or two they fall apart from so much washing. Is this normal? Any suggestions what to buy for a mom with 4 kids who washes all the bedding weekly.
As seniors, no pets, no kids, no hanging out in the bedroom, we do our bed sheets every other week. Since we have a spare set, we could change it weekly and then wash two sets of sheets at one time in our large washer. I like the idea of an extra pillow slip change..,mid-week…
Cushion I hang on the outside on sunnish slightly windy day
Sometimes being fussy and particular about things makes life hard when it comes to hotels and the like. But like you said, you just have to take that cleaners hat off and get over it. And yes, we’ve also survived. I also have big issues with hotel towels, sometimes they really gross me out 😩
We seem to always survive ;)
I wash the sheets weekly, change the pillowcase daily. In the winter I also air out the duvets if it's not raining.
Absolutely, have to change into different clothes before getting on or in my bed.
Y’all are adorable and I’m obsessed with you both
I wash my bedding at least once a week. sheets, pillowcases, comforter, quilt (whichever it is I am using at the moment) blankets, etc. My mattress cover I wash at LEAST once a month. Usually more often. Pillows get washed the same day I Wash the cover. I also typically switch out my linens altogether every few weeks/month-ish. I have a slight obsession with bed linens so have a selection to choose from, and like to use them all.
I'm picky about hotel everything & do my best to be selective about the hotels I stay in I bring my own pillow when driving as I use a special pillow. On flights I bring my silk pillow case and change it out. I do inspect what I sleep on especially around the edges of the bed, but haven't really had a problem. At home I wash all my bedding once a week including comforters & mattress protectors. In Winter I use a down comforter so wash it once a month. I have a temporpedic mattress which has a zip off protector and I vacuum it weekly and remove and wash every 2 months. I have a clothes line just for my bedding except during pollen season. I do remember when I lived at home before my mother got a dryer everything went on the clothes line and the towels here so stiff but the bedding was heaven. I grew up in Germany & we hung our comforters & pillows which were either feather or down filled out the windows every morning. Even Winter!
One thing I don't understand is not using a top sheet if there's a duvet. That means you're right next to the duvet instead of a sheet....I sure wouldn't want to wash a duvet every week!
It's easier to toss sheets in the washer than a duvet cover.
Seems to me how often a person washes theirs sheets is highly personal. For some people, once a week is often enough .For others, this isn't often enough. For others, every other week is fine.
Some medical conditions might call for frequent changing of sheets.
This is very true. And certainly this dust mites issue is a first world problem.
I didn't always do this, but now I take a set of sheets to the hotel. I take the duvet off the bed. I cover the hotel sheets up to the pillows with the sheets I brought to the hotel. At the end of my stay, I throw those sheets away. Put the comforter onto the end of the bed and leave a generous tip. Twice, I forgot to bring sheets and just took the comforter off.
I’m always careful with the fitted sheet when I take it off my bed because that’s where all of the skin cells fall so I tried to take it off gently and bundle it inside and then actually take it outdoors dissect the dust off dead skin cells and I wash my sheets once a week Like I was taught by my mom oh, and I arrow my bed every day and make it up before I go to work or school
in india we wash the sheets weekly or even faster (atleast in our house) with basic detergent and then dry them on line in sunlight which kills the bacteria and dries it well . The feeling after putting on fresh sheets is immaculate and you can sleep in peace
You have the best videos. I wish my cleaning came more naturally. I just need to start somewhere and build the habits so that it will be more natural. You are beautiful inside and out. Thanks for making the cleaning task a little lighter with your humour.
I try really hard not to think about the beds! So funny, I thought it was just me!
I live alone, no pets, sleep in pajamas, don’t sweat much and don’t let street clothes touch my bed. I wash my silk pillowcases every week but I think my sheets are ok to be washed once a month. I don’t make my bed and don’t feel they smell. I open the windows in fall and spring for fresh air. I never knew that trick about a pillow springing back or not storing things under my bed!
Once a month?? 🤮🤮🤮🤮
I worked in a field that required travel and was therefore sleeping in hotels 5 or more days a week. For context, let me first say that as a child my family was poor, so we NEVER had the opportunity to stay in a hotel. As I got older and began making my own way in life I did begin to travel and for a time thought that there was no better experience than to go on vacation and stay in a hotel.
Once my work required me to essentially live in a hotel during the week I began to "feel" just how filthy they were. Now I cannot or will not stay in a hotel. I just don't travel anymore. One of the last vacations I had I stayed in a mountain cabin. The cabin had a faux (synthetic) animal fur duvet on the bed which seemed relatively harmless. After night fall, we went to our (my spouse and myself) bedroom and turned on the light. As soon as we did it was as if a dawning occurred! Suddenly the deep purple duvet began to change color as an orange/red color rose up from beneath the pile of the fabric and much to my horror began to swarm around the light. The fake fur was a hiding place for thousands of ladybugs and when the light in the bedroom came on they immediately flew to the light source.
That experience was the last straw for my days of travel. I have never gone back to that vacation hot spot, and I seriously hardly ever travel anymore - at all. This is just one of the horrors I have encountered during my travels, one of which involved coming to my room to find a snake lounging by the fireplace on the first night of my visit. SO....NO...! I do not want to venture outside a place I have cleaned, and I do not want to sleep in beds when I don't know who/what else might have been in the bed before I arrived (and may still be lingering).
Fortunately, I can happily report that during my travels, I have not had any hitch hikers (bed bugs) return home with me and for that I am thankful.
Edit: I have 2 indoor cats that like to sleep with me so at a minimum, I wash my bed clothes (all things on the bed) weekly...including my pillow. I've also noticed that my cats tend to stay out of my room and more specifically my bed when it is clean. Several days after freshly washing one of my cats will refuse to come into my room and neither of the 2 will get on the bed. When they start venturing back into my room and my bed, I know it's time to wash them again, even if it hasn't been a full week. 😄
off to change my sheets :D
lol
Growing up, we washed our sheets monthly, eek, I know. Now I wash them weekly. I always wanted to be able to hang them out to dry in the sun for natural germ killing, but not able to. Duvets, I wash every other week. A lot of people forget about the pillows. I wash them fairly regularly and fluff them/ kill germs in the dryer on high for 20 min weekly. Comforters can be taken outside and beat to get rid of dust and mites, also for some sum in between washing.
We really grow up, don't we?
@@cleanmyspace Yes, and we know more now! I don’t know how many of us knew about mites back then.
I’m in my 30s and husband in his 40s and we still do monthly 😅
How do you feel about using under the bed for storage using bins and such? Not just stuff randomly thrown under the bed, but in plastic bins?
how do you keep your mattress fresh? Is there any products we can use apart of vacuuming and turning them?
I have a rule… once the bed you don’t get on the bed! The bed is for sleeping not lounging during the day, not eating. We get in the bed at night after we have showered. I’m still amazed at bedrooms being used as a dining room🙄
I wash everything from my bed once a week because of my allergies. My pjs get wash twice a week.
I can't use sheets cuz I'm apparently like a karate master in my sleep & I thrash around hard enough to get tangled in them. One time I woke up with one around my throat😬 I just sleep on top of another comforter instead. So soft & fluffy! I also don't sleep with a pillow cuz I've never been able to find a comfortable one since my mom thru out my old one around 20 years ago. I use a neck roll now.
But I still launder all that regularly! 😄
I HATE sleeping in a hotel lol no matter how “clean” it looks because the bed grosses me out 😂😩
My mom and a lady made my kentucky wildcats quilt that I use for covers and it's handmade and I love it it's my favorite birthday present but how do you clean something handmade because I don't wanna rip it or anything
I make quilts. Wash it in cold water,gentle cycle. You can put in dryer on low but I recommend hanging out to dry if you can. You do not have to wash often. I do at end of season before I change to next quilt. Hope this helps.
The part of hotel beds I don't like is, the headboards, decorative pillows, and throw blankets. I usually remove the throw and decorative pillows and disinfect the headboard if it is a surface that can be wiped.
As far as the beds in my house, I have 2 sets of sheets for each bed. When I wash the dirty set, (once a week), I can replace them right away with the 2nd set, because life happens and it may be late by time they get put in the dryer. I also wash the Duvet frequen as well. Have you seen the trick for easy duvet removal and to put it back on?
One time, I had some aquintances laugh at me for having a "sheet day" in my routine. I asked why. They said my routine was too anal. So I asked them how often they wash theirs. They said, and I quote, "When they start to smell. Every 2 months or so." EWWWWWWW! 🤢🤢🤢
Oh that’s nasty ! Can’t believe someone would even admit that ! 🤮
@@theresabrown1272it's apparently the same people who say they wash their jeans every few months. I guess they stand up by themselves at that point!