This Week’s Tip Sheet: Tidy Linen Closets

Hello, beautiful friends and welcome to week 15 of the Simplified and Organized Home Challenge.

This week we’re decluttering and organizing linen closets.

Truth be told, our linen closets used to be a complete disaster.

Mostly because we had too many sets of sheets, towels, blankets and antique linens.

But also, because we didn’t have a proper system in place for putting things away.

It’s so tempting to just throw things on a shelf, shut the door and deal with it later, you know?

The thing that changed everything for us was finally taking the time to go through all the linens and declutter them.  

While it was time consuming, seeing everything out of the linen closet visually helped us see we had way too much stuff.

And in the end, it helped us change the way we shop.

A much-needed lesson, we continue to honor today.

Now, on to this week’s Tip Sheet!

This Week’s Tip Sheet: Linen Closets…

Quote of the Week:

“If you want to improve your life immediately, clean out a closet.  Often what we hold onto holds us back.”

~ Cheryl Richardson

This Week’s Big To-Do’s:

• Declutter and Organize Linen Closets
• Celebrate National Hug Your Dog Day and Siblings Day
• Spring Clean the House
• Prepare for Holy Week

This Week’s Tidy Tips: Linen Closets

• As you create a new tidying system for your linen closets start with the basics: declutter, organize, contain, maintain.
• Keep two sets of cotton, linen, silk or satin sheets for each bed. If you live in a colder climate, make sure you have two additional sets of flannel bedding per bed for winter.
• Place sheet sets in a coordinating pillowcase so you can keep the set together.
• Each person in your home should have two sets of bath towels.
• Use the height of your closets to your advantage. Place blankets and other bulky items on the top shelf where there is the most room.
• Make towels and sheet sets easily accessible so you can put them away on laundry day without a lot of fuss.
• Coordinate baskets, boxes, and bins to create a more cohesive look in your linen closet.
• Add vertical dividers, turntables, and clear drawers to help keep shelves tidy and items handy.
• Label containers and shelves so it’s clear to your family or guests where they can find and put items away.
• Use the area at the bottom of your closet to help maximize space and store awkwardly shaped appliances such as deep cleaning machines or steam cleaners if you have room. Lidded bins are also great for this area if you’re storing things like extra tablecloths, napkins or cleaning towels.
• Hang an organizer on the door of your linen closets to help store additional beauty, cleaning or laundry products.
• Keep linen closet items smelling fresh with linen sprays or add a small box of baking soda to help absorb odors.
• Add extra lighting to the inside of the closet so it will be easy to see what you have and what you need.

This Week’s Wellness Tips:

Washing your sheets and towels on a regular basis is an important way to practice and promote healthy hygiene.

Here’s a look at how often you should be washing everyday items:

• Sheets and pillowcases – at least once a week (more if you sleep with your pet, have night sweats, etc.)
• Pillows with a Protector – once a quarter
• Pillows without a Protector – once a month
• Mattress Covers – monthly
• Duvet Covers – weekly to monthly depending on use
• Comforters with Covers – quarterly to bi-annually depending on use
• Blankets – once or twice a month if lightly used; once a week if heavily used
• Bed skirts, canopies, and curtains – bimonthly to annually
• Bath Towels – after 3 uses
• Hand Towels – after 2 uses
• Face and Makeup Towels – after 1 use
• Cleaning Towels – after 1 use

As always, I hope these tips have helped!

Until next time, I’ll see you on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest.

Cheering you on as you create a healthy and happy life,

CoCo

PS: You can find last week’s Tip Sheet here if you missed it.