#30days Home Organisation Challenge
DAY 17: Do you dread opening the door of your linen closet out of fear you many become buried under an avalanche of stuffed in fitted sheets, towels, and 10 extra doona covers you keep “just in case”? At one point or another, everyone goes through the stress of a messy linen closet. You cannot find a towel or a sheet to save your life and somehow your kids Lego have managed to find their way into a section of it.
JOURNAL:
List five things you're grateful for that happened today.
What three ordinary things bring you the most joy?
TASK:
Tidy Up Your Linen Closet
Steps to Organising Your Linen Closet
Step 1: Designate a staging area to lay out all closet items.
Step 2: Pull everything out of your linen closet and lay everything out.
Step 3: Wash the inside of your closet and to take it one step further, consider applying a fresh coat of paint to the inside of your closet as well. A crisp new space is a way to inspire yourself to stay in tune with your organising groove.
Step 4: Purge your non-essential linens (get rid of the linens that haven’t been used or touched in years, but make sure you keep seasonal linen staples).
Step 5: Get a feel for how big your closet shelf space is (this is the step where you’ll likely need to consider whether or not shelving height is worth it).
Step 6: Categorize your linens by type and size. Separate your Kings, queens, and singles. Like matching your socks after a load of laundry, make as many sheet sets as you can.
Step 7: Fold the sheet sets and ensure they’re tightly bundled up to conserve room in your bins (see next step). For larger, bulkier bedding or thick flannel sheets, try a vacuum sealed, airtight storage bag to shrink them down (this is a very cost effective way to save space).. Also try to recreate the tight little rectangle that you see when the sheets are newly packaged in-store to save space.
Step 8: Place strategically your classic rattan baskets, woven leather baskets, plastic containers, or wire metal storage baskets (basket or container material is solely a design preference), and start to fill your baskets with sheet sets, pillow cases.
“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”