Hi friends. Welcome to week 9 of the 2018 Home Organization Challenge. You are doing an amazing job. Keep up the great work. The finish line is so rewarding. This week, we’re emptying out the linen closet. You probably haven’t used about half of what’s stored in your linen closet in many years. Donate the extra sheet sets you haven’t used in years and and the blankets from the 90’s. It’s okay to let them go. In general, you only need 2 sheet sets per bed (and an extra for cold months). This challenge should only take an afternoon, so you can catch up on any challenges you missed. Have a great week.
If you’re new to the challenge, print out the schedule and checklists below and begin on the current week. For encouragement, join our Home Organization Facebook community to share your progress, or struggles, or questions. Or simply look through the photos and read how others are doing.
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THE ORGANIZING PROCESS
Sort through everything in this space. Create a donation box and commit to removing any unused items. Do you need 4 sets of sheets for each bed? Do you need 15 pillowcases? None of us do. Simplify as much as you can this week.
- Keep
- Donate
- Trash/Recycle
- Other Room
- Empty all of the shelves, dividing everything into the 4 piles listed above (or more if needed). Toss the trash and put the donations in a trash bag and place in your car (so you can donate right away).
- Wipe down the shelves, door, molding, etc.
- Sweep & Mop the Floor
ORGANIZE: It’s time to organize everything in the “keep” pile. When organizing, remove one item at a time, categorizing it. Below are some examples of categories you can use in your linen closet. Keep similar items together.
- Twin, Full, Queen, King Sheets
- Winter Bedding
- Throw Blankets
- Quilts
- Extra Pillows/Pillowcases
- Curtains
Here are few blog posts that will inspire you to get your Linen Closets organized.
Concentrate on purging all of those extra sheet sets this week. It should only take an afternoon. Share your progress on Instagram using the hash tag #abfolchallenge, blog about the weekly challenges, and share your before and after pictures over at my Home Organization group here. Hold yourself accountable and finish all 14 challenges! Good luck. I’ll see you back next week for the week 10 challenge. Happy Organizing!
~Toni
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2 comments on “2018 Home Organization Challenge: Week 9 Linen Closet”
Great ideas if you have a linen closet. We do not currently. However, I have been considering adding one. These tips will help me as I decide what style I want.
Great linen closet challenge. I recently did this and it has helped immensely. Our closet is so narrow 9 inches deep that I needed to get creative when it came to storing towels and other things in it. I even found narrow laundry baskets to help manage the dirty clothes. Great checklist by the way. Thanks for sharing.