Something I've meant to do is store each sheet set inside a pillowcase - so when I need to change the sheets, I just grab the pillowcase and that's the whole set inside. That might be easy for middle of the night changes too.
I wonder if it might be easy to store towels the same way too, in sets, rather than facewashers together, hand towels together...
Ours can get so messy (and yes, it's people digging too!). What does your dh dig for? Perhaps they could go at the front, really easy to find, and then no digging needs to be done.
I've seen towels stored rolled up in cupboards, rather than folded, that looks good. I've also seen baskets used, like facewashers all in a basket, so they don't end up strewn around the shelf.
I put all the linen inside a pillowcase, seems to keep it all together!! It's all stacked up & I find it easy to grab which set I want. Towels are rolled & stacked.
I have always put the towels together in sets and find that works well.
As for sheets, I find that its easier putting them in sets too, according to size (all our sheets seem to be white or cream so are easily mixed up. I wrote SB, DB or QB on a corner of each, cos it can be hard to tell!). Can you label the shelf with a sticker e.g. SB, DB or QB so whoever is hunting through them can find them more easily? Oh, and put adult sheets out of reach of children, and children's ones down low so they can get to them more easily?
I quite like the idea of putting each set in a pillow case ...
I Space Bag spare quilts, blankets etc which saves heaps of space too - do it in sets so if you do need to use them, you have a quilt, cover and sheet set all in the one space bag.
My other fave trick is to wash, dry and put the same set of sheets back on the bed so I don't even need to go into the linen cupboard!
Lol Jleigh, that's my trick too, wash, dry, put back and don't dare to venture near the linen closet.
I found some of my clothes in there the other day, no idea how long they'd been in there...
Flat sheets together, fitted sheets together, pillowcases (ironed) together.
Towels - grouped by type and colour, so the stacks are even lol I am totally OCD about my linen press (thanks Mum! xo lol) Bath towels together, hand towels together, bathmats together and flannels together.
If you press your folded flat sheets with an iron after you have folded then you will find they flatten quite a ways without having to iron the sheet itself
I have nothing much to offer i am sorry, But i do fold the pillow cases into the flat sheet and then put that in the last fold of the doona cover so that i dont loose any bits, the only bit left out is the fitted sheet then
i am loving the suggestions about storing in a pillow slip... do you use a seperate one, or one from the set?
Also great suggestion about pressing the sheets after folding (thats my type of ironing!)
I also have trouble with the fitted sheets - they are impossible to fold down small..
I will often wash/dry and remake the bed to avoid the linen cupboard too, but this thread has inspired me a littel to try and sort it out again
There is a set of open shelves for the towels - the girls can help themselves
The facewasher go in a drawer in the bathroom.
Bedding goes on the upper shelf of the wardrobe of the bedroom it belongs in.
All spare bedding and extra are in the dresser in the spare bedroom.
Other than the towels (they are in the hall), everything is in room where it is used.
I've also seen baskets used, like facewashers all in a basket, so they don't end up strewn around the shelf.
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