How do YOU "do it"?

[JuneBug]

In line with slightly risque sounding Is a one-nighter "worth it" to you? I want to pose a question that NOBODY talks about.
We rented (www.youcampwerent.com) a Little Guy 5-wide for a long weekend this past fall, and it wasn't that hard to make up the bed, since that particular Little Guy hatch has a lift up deck to access the foot of the mattress. There was a lot of running back and forth from doors to hatch to tuck in the sheets and blankets, but nothing too traumatic. HOWEVER, I can't imagine trying to make up the bed in a teardrop without easy access to the foot of the mattress to get everything tucked in down there. So, how the heck do you do it?
Is your mattress in sections?
How do you avoid hitting your head on the cabinets?
Do you get a flashlight and crawl back there?
Get the kids to do it?
Most interior pictures I've seen feature a perfectly made up bed, everything tucked in with military precision! So what is your technique and who does what?

[Kens]

We just do the best we can and don't sweat the small stuff

[Dale M.]

Use sleeping bags and don't worry about making bed....

Dale

[halfdome, Danny]

Our mattress is in two sections but we have to curl up the foot board one to get the fitted mattress cover & sheet on.
The bed warmer pad is pinned to the mattress cover.
One person can do it but it's so much easier with two. We use sleeping bags on top.
Danny

[Woodbutcher]

I just grab the rear corner of the mattress and pull it out. Doing one side at a time .I use sheets from a pullout sofa bed. They are sewn together so the top sheet and bottom fold under all at once. The blanket is tucked under in the same motion. It sounds hard but really goes quick.

[bobhenry]

The only way that queen size pillow top is coming out is in pieces.

It went in as I buttoned on the roof front.

We sleep head to the galley wall so we each enter a door and kneel in the mattress center lasso the head of the bed with the fitted sheets and work down, finally steeping out and finish by tucking the foot end in over the mattress under the nose cabinets. Repeat for the subsequent layers.

Yep its a bit of a pain but it sure looks inviting

[Deryk the Pirate]

On my boat, I sleep at the bow so the bed is sort of triangluar. I use deep pocket sheets so when you lift a corner to put the sheet over it it really holds it.

[TheBizMan]

Like Woodbutcher, the sheets are sewn togeather at the bottom. My wife and I pull up the bottom or galley side and hook the sheet pockets on the corners and tuck in the rest and then let the whole thing down. We then do the same with with other end and when the mattress is down it streches the sheets tight and the rest is easy.

[JuneBug]

I like the idea of sheets sewn together at the bottom; it makes a lot of sense: set it and forget it. I have a set of double bed flannel sheets that only get used for camping, so I think I'll get those set up for the next trip by sewing the top sheet onto the bottom. Currently we have a Mazda MPV van that we set up with a sleeping platform and the sheets sewn together will work perfectly over ThermaRests and an egg-crate mattress. Currently, the elastic in the fitted bottom sheet tends to pull up the edges of the ThermaRests, so I can rework the pockets to stay flat. Sewing the sheets together will end the chronic annoyance of the top sheet always coming loose.

Sleeping bags sound like the most practical solution, but a lot of Texas camping is sheets only or just a light blanket for part of the year; we worry more about being too warm than too cold.

[Aaron Coffee]

I don't use sheets, just put the bedspread over the mattress, it does take some gymnastics to tuck the bedspread at the foot of the bed. I sleep on top of the bedspread and use a stadium blanket as a cover. Then again that is also the way I sleep at home. One of the benefits of being single.

[CAJUN LADY]

When I had my Teardrop, I had a queen size foam mattress for the bed. I took two full size flat sheets and sewed them on three sides, like a pillow case and slipped the mattress in it. I wouldn't do that again...too much work. I ended up ripping the stitching out and just tucking the full size flat sheet around the mattress. Much easier to change out!

[alffink]

Right off, we have not this yet, but my wife and I have thought about how much it would help if the sheets were stitched together like the old water bed sheets.

That way both sheets would be in place, with the fitted base sheet

But before we go there, we need to find beding that actually fits our mattress, which is 45 x 72, the Full-bedding works but too much is under neath the mattress when it's made....again looks like a bit of custom stitching ahead

[TENNJIM]

I have 3" cushion sections wall-to-wall. One across the front and two lengthwise. Getting a sheet tucked in was a chore. I finally used a 2" memory foam from Wal-Mart over the entire thing and only tuck the sheet under the edges of the memory foam. It is relatively easy. An open light-weight sleeping bag (inside down) works well for a comforter and looks good in showing the teardrop. If it is too warm come sleep time, flip the sleeping bag and lay on it; carry another sheet to pull over you.

Jim B / Utah

[Pat's 49]

We did something different, we raised the bed about 15" and pushed it all the way back. the trailer is 5' X 5' X 10' so we have room in front to sit on bed and put shoes on-the very front is all cabinets. in the hatch we have a fold down table the same height as bed and the back of the bed is accessable from the back through a curtain. below the table is a 6' long drawer next to a swing out cooler. I would post pictures BUT I have no trouble building things, I've tried and tried to post pictures and failed Should be on the road this summer. Pat

[T@Baker]

We use a Travasak. I love it!