Today is National Make Your Bed Day. Treat your bed with the respect it deserves on September 11, Cover it with fresh sheets, or try a different colour and pattern to zoosh things up.

You needn’t match your curtains, either! Clash it up and make it funky.

According to the national day calendar, it was not that long ago that our ancestors slept on mounds of leaves and mulch.

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That should give you a new appreciation for your sheets, mattress, microfleece, duvet cover and everything else. Make up your bed every morning and be grateful you are not sleeping on the cold, hard ground.

Here are some steps you could follow to make your bed:

1. According to Lodging magazine, start with the pillows and strip the pillowcases.
2. Stack the pillows on the night table or chair. Never place pillows (or clean linen) on the floor.
3. Pull back the bedspread, duvet and top sheet to the foot of the bed – looking for any stray items left behind.
4. Stand at one side of the bed and wave the bottom sheet evenly across it – in a similar fashion, spread out the top sheet so it lies directly over the bottom sheet.
5. Smooth the blanket or duvet across the top sheet.
6. Put back the pillows – you can decide how you would like to display the pillows on the bed.