Making a good bed

My husband and I like a lot other Indians were just sleeping on a plain bed with few regular pillows. We normally like to sit on the bed and watch Frasier before we fall asleep and we've had a tough time sitting on the bed for longer time. We decided we'll make our beds nicely and see if that makes any difference.

There are so many blogs and other sites that talk about how to make a bed for a good night's sleep. We read through some of them and found out that we were missing the euro pillows and the other small square pillows. We went on a shopping trip to Bed Bath and Beyond and picked a couple of 26x26 euro pillows and we also picked out a 300 thread count sheet set by Croscill. I've used Croscill sheets before and they are really soft and they were the first fitted sheets on which I could sleep properly. Since we already had the accent pillows and comforters we skipped those.

We have a memory foam mattress topper on our mattress which makes it nice and soft when we lie down. We aligned the mattress and the topper nicely and put the fitted sheet on it. The croscill sheet pockets are deep enough to fit our almost 13 inch mattress. Then we laid the flat sheet on top the fitted sheet and tucked it in on all sides except the top. We are still learning on how to make hospital corners but other than that we did a good job. We arranged the euro pillows, regular pillows and the accent pillows and neck roller respectively starting from the headboard. We laid the comforter on top like it should be.

After making the bed, when we used it for the first time we discovered that a properly arraged bed really does make a lot of difference. We were able to sit very comfortably with enough support for the back and the quality of our night sleep has improved considerably. Not only that when we are tired enough to fall asleep there's nothing thats more pleasing and inviting than a well made bed :). More importantly this really wasn't a very costly solution, it was very affordable considering the fact that I won't suffer from poor sleep or back ache due to my bed :)