bed skirts are from the devil

[heygrey]

first you have to iron the stupid thing. but don't touch that cheap middle part or it MELTS ON YOUR IRON. 

then you get it on the box spring just so, but you still have to put the mattress on top. without messing it up. 

the latter is clearly a two man job, but i decided it needed done rightthisminute. while i'm home alone. and thus i spent the better part of the last hour wrestling with this damn thing. but my guest bed is looking nice! 

[sierramist03]

Ugh I know right! DH hates helping me change these so I usually end up attempting to do it myself. Maybe I should just velco to the edge.

[lavender444]

I just use a fitted sheet over our box spring. I'm far too lazy to take the time to mess with making a bed skirt look nice.

[darby]

I'm sorry! They're so frustrating, that's for sure! But I'm lazy so I don't iron, I just spritz it with water & throw it in the dryer for a few minutes. Then I stand the mattress on its end agains the headboard, which is way less work than asking DH for help & having to do it "his way". ;-)

[emjacobs]

I second the fitted sheet or using fabric and stapling it to the box spring.

[Susie]

I hate bedskirts too. My other pet peeve is vacuuming the floor and having to pick them up if they're a hair too long and pool on the floor.

I was so unbelievably excited when I bought a bed frame on CL that meant no more bed skirt. So, so happy.

[aweilba]

Ugh, I hate them too.  I keep seeing the tutorial on Pinterest for upholstering your box spring, and I'm really tempted to do it over Christmas break this year, which is probably the only time I'll get to do it.  I imagine changing the sheets would be so much less of a hassle without the bed skirt. 

[Deleted]

I also do the fitted sheet thing.
And admittedly on a couple beds of my house..there's nothing. I just don't care that much if you all see my florally box spring pattern..the comforter covers most of it anyways.

[emoflamingo]

I have red wax splattered on mine but I just don't have the patience to pull it off the bed. Wresling a king sized SleepNumber mattress is a workout.

[auntie]

They are the devil.

They make special twistie pins for securing them which helps a bit.

www.createforless.com/Dritz-Home-Pins-Twist-Clear-10-pc/pid130715.aspx?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&cagpspn=pla&CAWELAID=1439839210&catargetid=1552979446&cadevice=c&gclid=CIqpisjQ67gCFQai4AodaCQASg

[OrangeBanana]

I hate bed skirts. The day I got a new bed that didn't need one I was a very happy lady.

Ours was just a shade to long so I always used a few pins to pull it up in the middle and pinned it to the boxspring. That helped a lot in keeping it in place when putting the mattress back on.

Also get a fabric steamer. Much easier than an iron. I paid less than $40 for mine and use it often enough to justify a small spot in my storage closet for it.

[ssmjlm]

Fitted sheet FTW here!

[mrsjuleshs]

I don't use them. Luckily with the beds we have, the box spring sits down in the frame where you don't even see it.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I am actually procrastinating at putting the bedskirt on our bed for this very reason. It's just sitting there in a pile on R's dresser. I now wish we'd splurged on the fancy upholstered bedspring with feet that just looked like an awesome frame. But we didn't. So it's the iron for me. *sigh*