Welcome to the 30-Day Organize-athon!
In today’s 5 minutes we’re going to express-organize your bed linen, towels, and table linen.
Think: clarity, freedom, and order. Let’s start.
Day 8: Organize Your Bed Linen, Towels, & Table Linen
Step 1: Get a large bag (you may need to buy more bags soon!) and open up your linen shelves. Moving quickly from top left to bottom right, toss out any:
- Sheets and pillowcases that are old, stained or tatty
- Towels that are old, stained or tatty
- Tablecloths that are old, stained or tatty
- Napery that is old, stained or tatty
- Blankets that are old, stained or tatty
- Quilts that are old, stained or tatty
- Bed linen, table linen and towels that are surplus to your general needs (allow for guests and keep a couple of old towels for spills and leaks).
Step 2: If something is really lovely, and can be rejuvenated by laundering or dry cleaning, and you’re certain you’re happy to make the effort, then put it into a separate bag. It’s unlikely anything else will be donation-worthy, except perhaps excess table linen that’s in good condition.
Step 3: Pop your bag(s) into the trash and/or take to the car for dry cleaning/donation.
Step 4: Do a quick re-order of your linen closet to make better use of the newly liberated space.
And you’re done!
Got an Extra 5 Minutes?
- Check your pillows – do you need to update them? If so, add pillows to your shopping list.
- Organize your linens with the main fold facing out, toward you. It looks much nicer this way.
- If you have an attractive table, consider dispensing with tablecloths altogether in favor of placemats. You’ll save on storage space and laundry.
Now don’t you just want to admire your beautiful linen closet?
The 30-Day Organize-athon Mantra
Move fast. Don’t overthink. Let it go!
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See you tomorrow!
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Done! Didn’t have to get rid of a lot but reorganized.
Done.
Just finished!! And boxed up the things I dont need to take to the humane shelter. They always need towels and such for cleaning the cages and bedding. This has me on a spring cleaning roll…..I dont wanna stop!!! Thanks so much!
done and pillows are on the shopping list 🙂
sooo just did this!! Thank you for the idea, it was quick, easy and painless:)
woohoo! Done!
Huge job on this one. But so much more room in the linen closet now! yay
Another task DONE! I feel so good when I finish these little jobs!!!
Done—it looks so nice!
I had to take 10 minutes for this one. 5 for bedroom linens and 5 for kitchen linens. But both look great now!
done
This was fun because it was “short & sweet” for me
I’ve been posting on Facebook but the post isn’t there yet today (7:08 pacific). Hope I can post either place.
I am done! This was easy. We only have one set of sheets per bed, one towel for each person. The rest is good beach towels and nice kitchen linens.
Done!
Done! Had a hard time finding this it was not showing up on my facebook page for some reason
Done! Yay!
That was easy, but suddenly I realize I need more linens for guests.
Yep- finished. All guest sheets are sorted and in guest room (we host folks here in Ethiopia so we have diff sheets). Our family sheets need to be donated but we will wait till next fall when we return with fresh clean sheets. So for now- they all twins are folded together, all queens and the pillow cases in a seperate pile.
Done! This one was quite easy, thank goodness! I’m ready for the next assignment!
Love it love it love it !!! all nice and clean