How difficult do you find changing your bed?

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I'm 55 and changing my Superking bed is more than a workout for me. I honestly need a lie down afterwards! I'm also getting divorced due to infidelity and it would be good to get rid of the memories. But what size do I go for? I'm not actively looking for someone else as I'm only 8.5 months post D Day, however I hope that at some point in my future I may find someone. A double would be enough for just me (and the occasional child (youngest is 15 so it's not common)) but I do wonder that a king might be a more sensible purchase.

I don't have any issues changing a double, but worry that a King will still be too much. Need advice please.

No, but the size of people has!

Easy. Takes me five minutes max.

always use the burrito method for the duvet cover.

also someone on MN had a good tip - change the pillow cases and sheet but turn the duvet cover over - you will get another week out of it. This way you only have to change the duvet cover every other time. it is so good for timesaving!

We have a king with very deep bottom sheets. We have a super king duvet to.stop fights about duvet-hogging. We use the burrito method but DH helps me with it.

Over the banister method works for me. But I don't enjoy the job

No way could I fit a winter duvet into a domestic washing machine so I don't find this to be a practical solution.
Separate duvets and sheets make more sense. If you have to have a king size.

I have a king size but now use sheets and an eiderdown. I'm sleeping much better as well as not having to change a quilt cover

I'm fine with the duvet covers. I start inside out, grab the corners and flip it over. Easy! But the mattresses are very heavy so they're tricky. I will definitely test lifting the corners in the shop when I replace them.

(heavy for putting the fitted sheets on, I mean!)

I have a double bed with a king sized duvet cover.
I use sheets on the bed, washed weekly.
But I no longer put the cover in the duvet - age etc.
I lay it over the top of the duvet
You can't tell at all

I have a super king and use a top sheet
Week 1 has the top sheet
Week 2 remove top sheet
Repeat

The answer to this is keep the king-size amd have 2 single quilts with a big bedspread to look today during the day. It's revolutionised bed making for me!

I find flat sheets much easier than a fitted sheet. I stayed in a hotel in Germany that had 2 single duvets on the bed. It was amazing, so much so that I’m going to change our king size for singles.

I find it really hard, I have to get ds2 to help me, it's the lifting of the mattress to put the mattress protector / undersheet on, then lifting it again to put the sheet corner on.

I don't lift the mattress at all, I couldn't if I tried as it's a heavy Tempur memory foam one ,that's the point of fitted sheets ,isn't it? Lifting the mattress would be a nightmare.

The coverless duvets are designed to fit in a washing machine they're much lighter and squash up smaller than a standard duvet. I've got a standard washing machine and Kung size duvet and it fits in fine

Those that have a top sheet between them and the duvet how often do you wash the duvet cover.

I don’t find changing a king size an issue but my mother moans about her double! My BF has a double bed and I find it too small for two of us and neither of us is large of build. I sleep much better in my bed cos we come into contact less in the night!

I find it hard too, and happily I've traded down to a king size this year.

I'm much happier doing DS's top bunk than wrestling with superking duvet covers (king size beds, but we sized up the bedding when I was pregant over 2 cold winters and the bump was a 3rd person's width in the bed so the bedding didn't cover well.

I'm 5ft 2, it's just basic maths that I don't have the arm span to grapple with something that wide and I can only do it solo by using magnetic duvet pins and a galleried landing/ bannister.

A king size bed is a good balance between sleeping space and not being overwhelming in bedding size.

Double is nice for one person but very restricted for two. King is closer to a single bed size each, double is noticably less.

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How do you get a fitted sheet on, if you don't lift the mattress please?

@GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut still looks like a workout!

We have a super king mattress and use two single duvets. Much easier to change. Also we like different tog duvets.

The they won't be very warm...

I don't know, I just know I don't lift the mattress because there no way I can.