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Organize Your Home Storage and Simplify Your Life!
Be delighted with yourself -- committing to organize your home
is the first step in actually doing it! The Linen Closet will
need attending to eventually so lets go there now.
If you have excess laundry to deal with, you probably have a
linen closet that is less than user-friendly. Once you have
clean towels, rags, and other linens to put away, you won't do
it if thier destination is less-than-appealing.
So let's organize it! This is the first place where you'll have
to be brutally honest with yourself about what you keep and what
you get rid of. When I say, "get rid of," I don't necessarily
mean it ends up in the trash--if it's towels, bedding, etc.,
that are in bad condition, your local animal shelter would be
grateful for your donation. They always need things for the dogs
and cats to lay on in their runs and crates, and your cast-offs
in this area will be eagerly accepted.
Take stock of what you have for shelves. Do you have wooden or
wire shelves? Do you have problems with things "falling through"
if you have wire shelves? If so, you don't have to worry and go
buy scrap wood to line the shelves with--a simple piece of
shelf-lining (you know, that bumpy green stuff that comes in
rolls) will lie nicely and prevent small things from falling
through. If necessary, put some of that down.
Now take a look and see what you've got in terms of extra
bedding.
How many beds in your home? You should have a minimum of 1 extra
bedding-set for each bed, a maximum of 2. Think about it before
you start to write me and tell me why you need 6 sets of bedding
for each bed--if you have small children who have nighttime
accidents (or get the stomach flu in the middle of the night),
you might have to change sheets in the morning (or the middle of
the night if it's barf!), and you'll have some clean ones to put
on. You'll put the dirty ones in the washer and get the machine
started on that task. Then you'll swap things to the dryer.
You'll still have clean sheets on the bed and if you've got 2
extra sets, another clean one in the linen closet.
So now with that argument won, go through your bedding. Do you
have mis-matched pieces? If so, put them in the donation pile.
Do you have twin pieces mixed in with king pieces? If so,
separate them in two piles. Make sure everything is folded (I'll
give you a pass on the fitted sheets--those are impossible to
fold neatly!). Now set aside one or two shelves for your
bedding. Make sure that the bedding for the queen bed is not
piled up with the stuff for the crib or twin bed. You can fold
the stuff in squares or fold it in to long rectangles and then
roll it. Either way is acceptable--it just depends on how much
space you've got.
Now we move on to towels and other things in your linen closet...
3. Take stock of your towels,
washcloths, and other terrycloth
things. Do you have towels that are holey or bleach-stained? Do
you have towels that aren't very absorbent from using too much
fabric softener? Do you have towels that don't match your
current bathroom décor? Donate them. Keep only that which
matches your décor (unless you turn it in to a rag), and only
that which wouldn't embarrass you to put out for guests when
they visit. That should pare down your towel collection to a
more manageable number.
I can't tell you an exact number that is appropriate here--that
depends on how many members are in your family. What I can
suggest is 2 towels per person--one that's currently hanging in
the bathroom and one clean one that can be conscripted into
service when the current one is in the wash. Do you have
washcloths? One for every-other day of the week would be
appropriate--many people don't use them anymore, in this age of
scrubbies, poufs, and other facial cleansing methods.
Do you have a rag-pile (or kitchen-towel pile) in your linen
closet? If so, fold those and put them on a shelf that's easy to
access. You'll use those most frequently, so make them easy to
reach and use. Again, sort through and see what's in reasonable
condition and put the rest in the pile for the animal shelter.
What other things are in your linen closet? Do you have table
linens there? If so, do you know what's there? Are they neat
enough that when you need them you don't have to go digging and
put the iron on "fry it silly" to get the wrinkles out? If any
of the above is true, pull them out, wash, sort, keep only the
best, and fold (or press) them quickly and put them away.
Finally, if you have other miscellaneous things (doilies,
candlesticks, etc.) in your linen closet, set a shelf aside for
those things. If you don't have a full shelf to ascribe to them,
use a shelf that's only half-full of other items. Again, sort
through and keep only what you're in love with--anything else
can be donated to a charity-resale shop, given to siblings, or
sold on eBay.
Don't keep things "just in case" great-aunt Mildred comes
by--she won't, and if she does, she probably won't remember what
it was. Remember, you're organizing your home so that it's not
just a house of stuff for your family. That's much more
important than not offending a distant relative!
Congratulations--you've won the battle with your linen closet.
Isn't it such a nice feeling to open up a closet and not be in
danger of the falling towel zone?
About the author:
Andrew Porter: Is a home improvement consultant and frequent
contributor to ClosetOrganizer4U.com
.
For closet organizers, accessories and design plans,
visit:http://www.closetorganize
r4u.com
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