confession: I don't make the bed.

Today's post is inspired (okay borrowed) from one of my favorite blogs, Door Sixteen. You must go check out her post here. In honor of her sharing beautiful, messy beds I thought I'd share my dirty little secret - my husband and I never ever make the bed.

See - here's the thing. I have time in the morning. I could easily make the bed every morning. But I choose not to. There is just something about climbing into an unmade bed and snuggling up with a poofy, casual duvet that hasn't been smoothed out. I love it, it really is one of my favorite parts of the day.

I do think there is an art to the unmade bed, though. Here are my rules:

1. NO top sheet. Our bed has a feather bed, fitted sheet and duvet and pillows. That's it.
2. Big, fluffy comforter to put in your duvet cover. The fluffier, the better.
3. Duvet cover with no pattern. I live by "K.I.S.S." (Keep It Simple Stupid)
   
4. Six, yes six, pillows but no throw pillows. We don't keep any pillows on our bed that would have to be thrown to the ground at night. What's the point? We each have three pillows per side that we sleep with. The back one lies straight up against the wood headboard, and the other two we arrange per our comfort level.

One thing I've noticed that makes an unmade bed look amazing is a dark, fitted sheet with a light duvet cover. I just discovered this this week, actually. Our white fitted sheets were not quite dry yet so I put on a navy blue fitted sheet with our white duvet and white pillow cases. I really love the look - it makes the bed put together but not matchy-matchy.

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of our unmade bed for this post, but I think I may have to take some in the near future :)

Head on over to Door Sixteen for her unmade bed pics, and here are some great ones I've found:

{ all images from Domino }

Do you want your own messy bed? Here are some picks that I think would make the perfect messy bed:

{ simple four post bed, fluffy down comforter, dark fitted sheet with light pillow cases, light blue duvet cover, bright+neutral throw for chilly nights }

update: I had a couple people inquired about my no top sheet business. I used to be like you, horrified by the idea... I always grew up with a top sheet, why would one sleep without it?! But for some reason, I think it was a really hot night, my husband and I took off the top sheet and never went back. If you use a duvet cover, a top sheet is really unnecessary. Every laundry day, we wash the fitted sheet, the duvet cover and all the pillow cases. When I get hot, I stick my legs out of the comforter, and so does my husband. We never really get cold, because we live in California. During the summer I replace our down feather comforter with a lighter comforter. The whole thing works really well, and makes our unmade bed a little less messy looking!

There is one thing I will never understand re: sleeping - people who wear the same pajamas multiple nights in a row. Ick!! I know you are not running a marathon in your pajamas, but still. I'm a new t-shirt and boxers/night type of girl.