The Most Crisp and Tight Tuck: A Little Trick for Putting on Your Pillowcases Faster

Have you ever found yourself struggling to put on your pillowcases? It's like trying to stuff a sausage, isn't it? Well, I've got a little trick that can make putting on your pillowcases a breeze. The key is to turn your pillowcase inside out and then stick your arms inside of it into the top two corners. Get your pinchers ready and grab the top two corners of your pillow, and then just roll it over the top of the pillow. It's so much faster and more effortless than trying to stuff the case on by hand. I no longer dread putting my pillowcases on, and you shouldn't either.

This trick has been a game-changer for me, especially when it comes to keeping my pillows looking their best. My ride or die budget-friendly pillows are the fluffiest and softest, and they've kept their shape so well that I just can't imagine using anything else. And the best part is that they're also very affordable.

Now, let's talk about tricks for getting your comforter inside of your duvet cover. The best hack for this task is what I like to call the "birthing a whale" technique. You've got to grab onto it and dive into the belly of the beast, fighting your way in until you emerge victorious on the other side. It might get a little ugly in there, but trust me, it's worth it. Ditching my old duvet and switching to a comforter has been one of the best decisions I've ever made.

One of the biggest perks of using a comforter is that it can be washed in a machine, which means I don't have to deal with the hassle of getting it in and out of the cover. It's also much easier on my back, since I don't have to pull and tug to get the duvet into place.

Now, let's talk about how to make your bed in just one, two, or three minutes. The most basic method is simply to put your full comforter on the bed, with your pillows stacked up against it. This takes under a minute to do, making it a great option for those of us who are short on time.

The next level of difficulty is adding another blanket or comforter on the foot of the bed. Fold it in half or into thirds and drape it over the bed, either diagonally or straight across. I like the diagonal look best, but you can choose whatever style suits your taste.

Finally, there's the three-minute method, which adds the final touches to a made-up bed. Add three larger throw pillows and one smaller one in front of the bed, and then drape a throw blanket over the top of it all. I like to use a spatula to make perfect angles with my pillow arrangements – it's amazing how much of a difference it can make.

And for those looking for an extra decorative touch, why not fold up your throw blanket into a lumbar pillow? Simply lay it out on the bed and start rolling it up from one end. When you get towards the end, fold the bottom down to create a pocket, and then tuck the rolled-up part inside. This creates a cute little lumbar pillow that can add a touch of elegance to any bedroom.

One last thing – I recently shared my favorite random June favorites and top-selling products in an extra video, so be sure to check that out if you're interested. And don't forget to follow me on Instagram and watch my stories for the chance to win all of the bedding I showcased in this article!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello and welcome back to my channel today we're bringing it back to basics and making the bed we're going to talk about the tips and hacks to speed up the process to be more efficient and make your bed look very nice but also do it fast and i'm also going to do a little giveaway of all my betting favorites which you'll see talked about in this video it's going to be like the full bundle and my bedding is dialed in at this point all you have to do to be entered for that is be subscribed to my channel and following me over on instagram at vassar beauty and then you'll be entering by watching my stories and i'll have a little slider bar that you'll slide over and i'll pick somebody from there don't forget to subscribe if you're new and let's get started shall we that hurt everything is stripped off of my bed so we're going to start with a quick and easy little mattress refresh so if you have any stains on your mattress look i'm not going to ask any questions we all have mystery stains on our mattress okay i use folex for all of my upholstery furniture carpet stains it works on everything so i just spray a little full x fully saturate the stain it's more of a a dabbing technique if you will so you press and dab and literally it's like instantly gone fastest easiest way to refresh and deodorize your mattress literally takes 15 minutes you get your baking soda and if you want to be extra fancy you can add some essential oils to it mix that all up so you get your fragrance deodorizer put about 10 drops in with baking soda gonna mix it all up to fragrance that so what that baking soda is going to do is deodorize the mattress i let it sit for a good 15 minutes you can let it sit longer the longer the better a little over here and a little under the lid so once you've let that sit get your vacuum and go to town just vacuum that right up and you're good we are fresh we are golden and it smells amazing in here on top of that you want to put your mattress protector or you can level up like i have done recently and i have a pillow top mattress topper and when i tell you that this has improved my life guys it's so good it's so soft this mattress that we have is pretty firm and it just it wasn't doing it for me and i was looking into getting a new mattress those are thousands of dollars instead i'm like you know what we'll try a little mattress topper see how that does and now my bed is feeling like a cloud so highly recommend next up is your fitted sheet first and foremost problem that a lot of people run into with your sheets is the dreaded wrinkled sheet what do you do because i'm sorry nobody has time to iron their sheets and if you do you're better person than i am so here is the trick what you want to do is remove your sheet from the dryer while it's still slightly damp just a tiny bit damp and then put it on your bed that's it that's the secret key to having a perfectly smooth non-wrinkled sheet on your bed now if you miss the window of getting your sheet perfectly damp from the dryer another thing you can do is throw about four or five ice cubes in the dryer with your sheet and run it again for about 10 minutes and the ice is going to melt in the dryer and de-rink all your sheets in terms of sheets you guys i'm so passionate about bamboo sheets like they're just the best it's a very silky smooth cooling feeling the trick to putting on your fitted sheet on the bed and getting it right on the first try is finding the tag on the sheet and putting that on the bottom right corner of your bed if you're facing the bed the tagged portion should go on the bottom right corner that's one of my all-time favorite very simple life hacks the tag goes on the bottom right you have a hard time getting your fitted sheet to stay securely on the bed and the corners keep popping off they actually make something called sheet suspenders and it's exactly what it sounds like they're these little metal clips that you adhere to either side of the sheet so that way when you get the corners on the bed they're really snug on there and they will not go anywhere next up is the top sheet and i'm curious to hear from you do you use a top sheet or not let me know in the comments so if you are a top sheet person you actually want to put the pattern or top side of the sheet face down on your bed because that way when we flip it back the nice part will be facing forward i'll quickly show you here how to do those tucked corners it's called a hospital fold if that is something you care to do start by tucking in the back so start from the foot of the bed tuck underneath and you're left with this little flap right here so what you want to do is create an imaginary 45 degree angle so make that imaginary line and then pinch the fabric and pull it up on the top of the bed and then tuck what's left if you're not into the tucking life maybe you have long nails and you find it annoying you can use a spatula yes guys is it a little extra perhaps does it work it does and then take your remaining portion kind of fold it over so it's in that nice 45 degree crisp line and then tuck this underneath then get your spatula again if you feel like it it does make it quite a bit easier and it also gives the most crisp tight tuck next is a little trick for putting on your pillowcases faster because that can be such a pain it's like trying to stuff a sausage so the key little trick that i like to do is you actually turn your pillowcase inside out and then stick your arms inside of it into the top two corners get your little pinchers and then grab the top two corners of your pillow and then just roll it over the top of the pillow it is so much faster and more effortless it takes no time and now i no longer dread putting the pillowcase on so fast in case you're wondering which pillows i have these are my ride or die budget friendly pillows they're the fluffiest softest pillows and they've kept their shape so well they're also very affordable this is a 100 brook linen pillow i did a side by side battle and i actually prefer these and they've held their shape a lot better now as far as tricks go for getting your comforter inside of your duvet cover so the best hack for getting your comforter into the duvet cover is what i like to call the birthing a whale technique you gotta grab this bad boy and dive into the belly of the beast like this you gotta fight your way in here it might get ugly and you might see some things in here but you need to have no fear and much like a whale giving birth you will come out victorious sir ditch the duvet it's time to let it go the best thing i ever did was switch to a comforter and this fits in my washing machine so i can fully wash it as often as i want and i no longer have to deal with the headache that is getting my comforter in the cover and let me tell you best decision i've made in a long time now is a little segment called how to make your bed in one two and three minutes just depending on how much time you have so the most basic most ultra simple method is either have your full comforter your blanket or your quilt just on the bed and get your pillows all stacked up i like to do the two horizontally stacked on the head of the bed that's your most simple basic option and will take under one minute the two-minute method all you have to do is add another blanket or comforter on the foot of the bed either folded in half or into thirds it just adds a little bit more dimension and texture and then going to the three minute method what i do is i add the three larger throw pillows and the smaller throw pillow in the front and i drape the throw over the bed you can do it diagonally or straight across i kind of like how it looks diagonally here literally just in the moment i realized i can use that same spatula to make the perfect karate chop in the pillows i know this trick seems excessive but it's actually amazing because let me just show you the difference here's just doing it with my hand it looks a little like wrinkled and frumpled okay we don't get those perfect angles so now watch me do it with the spatula see how nice those angles look but look all i'm saying is keep your spatula in your nightstand you might use it more than you think and last little trick and this was probably one of my favorites in last week's video i showed how you can fold up your blanket into a throw pillow well there's also a way you can fold up your throw blanket into a lumbar pillow to put on your bed as decoration again just such a great way as functional storage lay it out on the bed and i want this to be a longer pillow so i'm just going to fold it in half then just take it and start rolling it up when you get towards the end you want to fold the bottom down and you've made a little pocket that you just tuck the rolled up part into and it's going to make a cute little lumbar pillow for your bed tuck in the sides to secure it and you have a cute little lumbar pillow that you could put right here on your bed how cute is that so those are my favorite little quick tips and tricks for how to make your bed more efficiently also i want to mention in case you didn't see i did an extra video this week where i shared all of my random june favorites and june top selling products so if you are interested in watching that i will have a link in the description box and don't forget to go follow me on instagram and watch my stories if you want to be entered to win all the bedding i showed in this video so all of my bedding essentials are going to be included all the details are going to be in the description box and with all of that said thank you it's always so much for watching and i will see you soon with a new video bye youhello and welcome back to my channel today we're bringing it back to basics and making the bed we're going to talk about the tips and hacks to speed up the process to be more efficient and make your bed look very nice but also do it fast and i'm also going to do a little giveaway of all my betting favorites which you'll see talked about in this video it's going to be like the full bundle and my bedding is dialed in at this point all you have to do to be entered for that is be subscribed to my channel and following me over on instagram at vassar beauty and then you'll be entering by watching my stories and i'll have a little slider bar that you'll slide over and i'll pick somebody from there don't forget to subscribe if you're new and let's get started shall we that hurt everything is stripped off of my bed so we're going to start with a quick and easy little mattress refresh so if you have any stains on your mattress look i'm not going to ask any questions we all have mystery stains on our mattress okay i use folex for all of my upholstery furniture carpet stains it works on everything so i just spray a little full x fully saturate the stain it's more of a a dabbing technique if you will so you press and dab and literally it's like instantly gone fastest easiest way to refresh and deodorize your mattress literally takes 15 minutes you get your baking soda and if you want to be extra fancy you can add some essential oils to it mix that all up so you get your fragrance deodorizer put about 10 drops in with baking soda gonna mix it all up to fragrance that so what that baking soda is going to do is deodorize the mattress i let it sit for a good 15 minutes you can let it sit longer the longer the better a little over here and a little under the lid so once you've let that sit get your vacuum and go to town just vacuum that right up and you're good we are fresh we are golden and it smells amazing in here on top of that you want to put your mattress protector or you can level up like i have done recently and i have a pillow top mattress topper and when i tell you that this has improved my life guys it's so good it's so soft this mattress that we have is pretty firm and it just it wasn't doing it for me and i was looking into getting a new mattress those are thousands of dollars instead i'm like you know what we'll try a little mattress topper see how that does and now my bed is feeling like a cloud so highly recommend next up is your fitted sheet first and foremost problem that a lot of people run into with your sheets is the dreaded wrinkled sheet what do you do because i'm sorry nobody has time to iron their sheets and if you do you're better person than i am so here is the trick what you want to do is remove your sheet from the dryer while it's still slightly damp just a tiny bit damp and then put it on your bed that's it that's the secret key to having a perfectly smooth non-wrinkled sheet on your bed now if you miss the window of getting your sheet perfectly damp from the dryer another thing you can do is throw about four or five ice cubes in the dryer with your sheet and run it again for about 10 minutes and the ice is going to melt in the dryer and de-rink all your sheets in terms of sheets you guys i'm so passionate about bamboo sheets like they're just the best it's a very silky smooth cooling feeling the trick to putting on your fitted sheet on the bed and getting it right on the first try is finding the tag on the sheet and putting that on the bottom right corner of your bed if you're facing the bed the tagged portion should go on the bottom right corner that's one of my all-time favorite very simple life hacks the tag goes on the bottom right you have a hard time getting your fitted sheet to stay securely on the bed and the corners keep popping off they actually make something called sheet suspenders and it's exactly what it sounds like they're these little metal clips that you adhere to either side of the sheet so that way when you get the corners on the bed they're really snug on there and they will not go anywhere next up is the top sheet and i'm curious to hear from you do you use a top sheet or not let me know in the comments so if you are a top sheet person you actually want to put the pattern or top side of the sheet face down on your bed because that way when we flip it back the nice part will be facing forward i'll quickly show you here how to do those tucked corners it's called a hospital fold if that is something you care to do start by tucking in the back so start from the foot of the bed tuck underneath and you're left with this little flap right here so what you want to do is create an imaginary 45 degree angle so make that imaginary line and then pinch the fabric and pull it up on the top of the bed and then tuck what's left if you're not into the tucking life maybe you have long nails and you find it annoying you can use a spatula yes guys is it a little extra perhaps does it work it does and then take your remaining portion kind of fold it over so it's in that nice 45 degree crisp line and then tuck this underneath then get your spatula again if you feel like it it does make it quite a bit easier and it also gives the most crisp tight tuck next is a little trick for putting on your pillowcases faster because that can be such a pain it's like trying to stuff a sausage so the key little trick that i like to do is you actually turn your pillowcase inside out and then stick your arms inside of it into the top two corners get your little pinchers and then grab the top two corners of your pillow and then just roll it over the top of the pillow it is so much faster and more effortless it takes no time and now i no longer dread putting the pillowcase on so fast in case you're wondering which pillows i have these are my ride or die budget friendly pillows they're the fluffiest softest pillows and they've kept their shape so well they're also very affordable this is a 100 brook linen pillow i did a side by side battle and i actually prefer these and they've held their shape a lot better now as far as tricks go for getting your comforter inside of your duvet cover so the best hack for getting your comforter into the duvet cover is what i like to call the birthing a whale technique you gotta grab this bad boy and dive into the belly of the beast like this you gotta fight your way in here it might get ugly and you might see some things in here but you need to have no fear and much like a whale giving birth you will come out victorious sir ditch the duvet it's time to let it go the best thing i ever did was switch to a comforter and this fits in my washing machine so i can fully wash it as often as i want and i no longer have to deal with the headache that is getting my comforter in the cover and let me tell you best decision i've made in a long time now is a little segment called how to make your bed in one two and three minutes just depending on how much time you have so the most basic most ultra simple method is either have your full comforter your blanket or your quilt just on the bed and get your pillows all stacked up i like to do the two horizontally stacked on the head of the bed that's your most simple basic option and will take under one minute the two-minute method all you have to do is add another blanket or comforter on the foot of the bed either folded in half or into thirds it just adds a little bit more dimension and texture and then going to the three minute method what i do is i add the three larger throw pillows and the smaller throw pillow in the front and i drape the throw over the bed you can do it diagonally or straight across i kind of like how it looks diagonally here literally just in the moment i realized i can use that same spatula to make the perfect karate chop in the pillows i know this trick seems excessive but it's actually amazing because let me just show you the difference here's just doing it with my hand it looks a little like wrinkled and frumpled okay we don't get those perfect angles so now watch me do it with the spatula see how nice those angles look but look all i'm saying is keep your spatula in your nightstand you might use it more than you think and last little trick and this was probably one of my favorites in last week's video i showed how you can fold up your blanket into a throw pillow well there's also a way you can fold up your throw blanket into a lumbar pillow to put on your bed as decoration again just such a great way as functional storage lay it out on the bed and i want this to be a longer pillow so i'm just going to fold it in half then just take it and start rolling it up when you get towards the end you want to fold the bottom down and you've made a little pocket that you just tuck the rolled up part into and it's going to make a cute little lumbar pillow for your bed tuck in the sides to secure it and you have a cute little lumbar pillow that you could put right here on your bed how cute is that so those are my favorite little quick tips and tricks for how to make your bed more efficiently also i want to mention in case you didn't see i did an extra video this week where i shared all of my random june favorites and june top selling products so if you are interested in watching that i will have a link in the description box and don't forget to go follow me on instagram and watch my stories if you want to be entered to win all the bedding i showed in this video so all of my bedding essentials are going to be included all the details are going to be in the description box and with all of that said thank you it's always so much for watching and i will see you soon with a new video bye youhello and welcome back to my channel today we're bringing it back to basics and making the bed we're going to talk about the tips and hacks to speed up the process to be more efficient and make your bed look very nice but also do it fast and i'm also going to do a little giveaway of all my betting favorites which you'll see talked about in this video it's going to be like the full bundle and my bedding is dialed in at this point all you have to do to be entered for that is be subscribed to my channel and following me over on instagram at vassar beauty and then you'll be entering by watching my stories and i'll have a little slider bar that you'll slide over and i'll pick somebody from there don't forget to subscribe if you're new and let's get started shall we that hurt everything is stripped off of my bed so we're going to start with a quick and easy little mattress refresh so if you have any stains on your mattress look i'm not going to ask any questions we all have mystery stains on our mattress okay i use folex for all of my upholstery furniture carpet stains it works on everything so i just spray a little full x fully saturate the stain it's more of a a dabbing technique if you will so you press and dab and literally it's like instantly gone fastest easiest way to refresh and deodorize your mattress literally takes 15 minutes you get your baking soda and if you want to be extra fancy you can add some essential oils to it mix that all up so you get your fragrance deodorizer put about 10 drops in with baking soda gonna mix it all up to fragrance that so what that baking soda is going to do is deodorize the mattress i let it sit for a good 15 minutes you can let it sit longer the longer the better a little over here and a little under the lid so once you've let that sit get your vacuum and go to town just vacuum that right up and you're good we are fresh we are golden and it smells amazing in here on top of that you want to put your mattress protector or you can level up like i have done recently and i have a pillow top mattress topper and when i tell you that this has improved my life guys it's so good it's so soft this mattress that we have is pretty firm and it just it wasn't doing it for me and i was looking into getting a new mattress those are thousands of dollars instead i'm like you know what we'll try a little mattress topper see how that does and now my bed is feeling like a cloud so highly recommend next up is your fitted sheet first and foremost problem that a lot of people run into with your sheets is the dreaded wrinkled sheet what do you do because i'm sorry nobody has time to iron their sheets and if you do you're better person than i am so here is the trick what you want to do is remove your sheet from the dryer while it's still slightly damp just a tiny bit damp and then put it on your bed that's it that's the secret key to having a perfectly smooth non-wrinkled sheet on your bed now if you miss the window of getting your sheet perfectly damp from the dryer another thing you can do is throw about four or five ice cubes in the dryer with your sheet and run it again for about 10 minutes and the ice is going to melt in the dryer and de-rink all your sheets in terms of sheets you guys i'm so passionate about bamboo sheets like they're just the best it's a very silky smooth cooling feeling the trick to putting on your fitted sheet on the bed and getting it right on the first try is finding the tag on the sheet and putting that on the bottom right corner of your bed if you're facing the bed the tagged portion should go on the bottom right corner that's one of my all-time favorite very simple life hacks the tag goes on the bottom right you have a hard time getting your fitted sheet to stay securely on the bed and the corners keep popping off they actually make something called sheet suspenders and it's exactly what it sounds like they're these little metal clips that you adhere to either side of the sheet so that way when you get the corners on the bed they're really snug on there and they will not go anywhere next up is the top sheet and i'm curious to hear from you do you use a top sheet or not let me know in the comments so if you are a top sheet person you actually want to put the pattern or top side of the sheet face down on your bed because that way when we flip it back the nice part will be facing forward i'll quickly show you here how to do those tucked corners it's called a hospital fold if that is something you care to do start by tucking in the back so start from the foot of the bed tuck underneath and you're left with this little flap right here so what you want to do is create an imaginary 45 degree angle so make that imaginary line and then pinch the fabric and pull it up on the top of the bed and then tuck what's left if you're not into the tucking life maybe you have long nails and you find it annoying you can use a spatula yes guys is it a little extra perhaps does it work it does and then take your remaining portion kind of fold it over so it's in that nice 45 degree crisp line and then tuck this underneath then get your spatula again if you feel like it it does make it quite a bit easier and it also gives the most crisp tight tuck next is a little trick for putting on your pillowcases faster because that can be such a pain it's like trying to stuff a sausage so the key little trick that i like to do is you actually turn your pillowcase inside out and then stick your arms inside of it into the top two corners get your little pinchers and then grab the top two corners of your pillow and then just roll it over the top of the pillow it is so much faster and more effortless it takes no time and now i no longer dread putting the pillowcase on so fast in case you're wondering which pillows i have these are my ride or die budget friendly pillows they're the fluffiest softest pillows and they've kept their shape so well they're also very affordable this is a 100 brook linen pillow i did a side by side battle and i actually prefer these and they've held their shape a lot better now as far as tricks go for getting your comforter inside of your duvet cover so the best hack for getting your comforter into the duvet cover is what i like to call the birthing a whale technique you gotta grab this bad boy and dive into the belly of the beast like this you gotta fight your way in here it might get ugly and you might see some things in here but you need to have no fear and much like a whale giving birth you will come out victorious sir ditch the duvet it's time to let it go the best thing i ever did was switch to a comforter and this fits in my washing machine so i can fully wash it as often as i want and i no longer have to deal with the headache that is getting my comforter in the cover and let me tell you best decision i've made in a long time now is a little segment called how to make your bed in one two and three minutes just depending on how much time you have so the most basic most ultra simple method is either have your full comforter your blanket or your quilt just on the bed and get your pillows all stacked up i like to do the two horizontally stacked on the head of the bed that's your most simple basic option and will take under one minute the two-minute method all you have to do is add another blanket or comforter on the foot of the bed either folded in half or into thirds it just adds a little bit more dimension and texture and then going to the three minute method what i do is i add the three larger throw pillows and the smaller throw pillow in the front and i drape the throw over the bed you can do it diagonally or straight across i kind of like how it looks diagonally here literally just in the moment i realized i can use that same spatula to make the perfect karate chop in the pillows i know this trick seems excessive but it's actually amazing because let me just show you the difference here's just doing it with my hand it looks a little like wrinkled and frumpled okay we don't get those perfect angles so now watch me do it with the spatula see how nice those angles look but look all i'm saying is keep your spatula in your nightstand you might use it more than you think and last little trick and this was probably one of my favorites in last week's video i showed how you can fold up your blanket into a throw pillow well there's also a way you can fold up your throw blanket into a lumbar pillow to put on your bed as decoration again just such a great way as functional storage lay it out on the bed and i want this to be a longer pillow so i'm just going to fold it in half then just take it and start rolling it up when you get towards the end you want to fold the bottom down and you've made a little pocket that you just tuck the rolled up part into and it's going to make a cute little lumbar pillow for your bed tuck in the sides to secure it and you have a cute little lumbar pillow that you could put right here on your bed how cute is that so those are my favorite little quick tips and tricks for how to make your bed more efficiently also i want to mention in case you didn't see i did an extra video this week where i shared all of my random june favorites and june top selling products so if you are interested in watching that i will have a link in the description box and don't forget to go follow me on instagram and watch my stories if you want to be entered to win all the bedding i showed in this video so all of my bedding essentials are going to be included all the details are going to be in the description box and with all of that said thank you it's always so much for watching and i will see you soon with a new video bye you\n"