How to Make a Bed Without Tucking the Sheet Flat

Position the sheet flat on the bed. Ensure you’ve pulled it up toward the head of the bed as far as you want.

Stand at the foot of the bed.

Grasp the sheet right where it meets the corner edges of the foot of the bed. Grasp both ends.

Pull the sheet up and forward -- away from you toward the head of the bed -- which will draw the end of the sheet up onto the mattress. Keep pulling until the end of the sheet meets the top edge of the mattress.

Lower the peak of the folded portion of the sheet, where your hands are, onto the portion now sitting on the end of the mattress. The sheet should end up with three layers at its end.

Straighten out the sides of the folded section so they aren’t bunched up.

Slide your right hand and forearm under the folded section on the left side of the mattress. Quickly lift up your arm, and sweep the extra material underneath the folded section with your left hand.

Pinch the sheet where it hangs over the mattress, toward the head of the bed, and lift up until the hanging portion of the sheet is resting on top of the mattress, just as you did at the foot of the bed. Sweep the edge of the sheet onto the mattress under the rest of the sheet, so that you see two layers of sheet material at the side of the mattress.

Repeat Steps 6 through 8 on the right side, with arms reversed.