Making Bed Military Style

Fold corners and sides tightly all the way to top of covers.

Making bed military style. How to make your bed like a soldier spread the bottom sheet. The hospital corner is the bread and butter of making a neat bed. Tuck the bottom of the sheet under. Place the fitted sheet on the mattress place the fitted sheet on the bed by securing the corner elastic under.

Others like to line the blanket up perfectly with the flat sheet. Place the fitted sheet on the mattress place the fitted sheet on the bed by securing the corner elastic under. Make your bed well enough to bounce a quarter off of with this. Crisp hospital corners and tightly pulled covers are the cornerstones of a well made bed as every military cadet soon learns.

Leave a set amount of sheet at the head of the mattress for your turn down repeat with blanket tight tuck on bottom and sides like wrapping a christmas present. From the top of the bed. The secret to a tight bed. Most people today use a set of sheets that includes a fitted bottom sheet.

Military style is pretty much the same as hospital corners tuck the edge of sheet under at bottom tightly. Make a bed military style step 1. If you really want to mimic military style the standard blankets we see on top of military beds are not cushy quilts but thick coarse wool blankets. First grab the sheet draping from the side about 16 inches from the foot of the bed place one finger on top of the corner lifting the sheet with the other hand and then tuck the lower drape under the mattress.

Place the top sheet over the fitted sheet lay the top sheet over the fitted sheet with the sheet s top edge. Some people like to place the blanket 6 to 12 inches down from the top of the flat sheet i e.