Welcome back to the 2016 Home Organization Challenge. This week, we are organizing the linen closet. If you don’t have a designated linen closet, you can use an armoire or dresser. Take a day to clean out, purge, and organize your linens.
If you are new to the challenge, look over the details then begin working at your own pace. For encouragement, join our Home Organization 101 Facebook community and share your progress or struggles. Or simply look through the photos and read how others are doing. If you’re on Instagram, share your progress using the hashtag #2016abfolchallenge. Don’t forget to print out the complete 14 week schedule and checklists below.
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF HOME ORGANIZATION
For the perfect companion guide to our challenge, purchase The Complete Book to Home Organization. It includes all 14 weekly challenges as well as tons of pictures and tips that will help you organize your spaces each week. No need to log onto the computer for inspiration, this manual has it all!
MY LINEN CLOSET
ORGANIZING INSPIRATION
Here are few blog posts that will inspire you to get your Linen Closets organized.
THE ORGANIZING PROCESS
- 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
2016 HOME ORGANIZATION 101 SCHEDULE
- Week 1 (1/9/16) – Kitchen
- Week 2 (1/16/16) – Pantry
- Week 3 (1/23/16) – Dining Room
- Week 4 (1/30/16) – Launch Pad
- Week 5 (2/6/16) – Living Room
- Week 6 (2/13/16) – Master Bedroom
- Week 7 (2/20/16) – Master Closet
- Week 8 (2/27/16) – Kids Closets
- Week 9 (3/5/16) – Linen Closet
- Week 10 (3/12/16) Bathrooms
- Week 11 (3/19/16) – Office
- Week 12 (3/26/16) – Playroom/Toys
- Week 13 (4/2/16) – Laundry Room
- Week 14 (4/9/16) – Garage
- Week 15 (4/16/16) – Car (Bonus Week)
Take a few days this week to organize your linen closet. Purge as much as you can. Share your progress on Instagram using the hash tag #2016abfolchallenge, blog about the weekly challenges, and share your before and after pictures over at my Home Organization 101 group here. Keep up the great work. I’ll see you back next week for week 10 of the challenge. Happy Organizing!
~Toni
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6 comments on “Home Organization Challenge Week 9: Linen Closet”
Love your site! I would like to make labels for several other areas of my home. I love the 2 fonts used together for the linen closet labels. Can you tell me what those 2 fonts are? Thank you so much, Rosie
Century gothic but not sure what the other was?
This came at the perfect time! Last time I checked out the linen closet, my kids had trashed it. There are Bandaids, facecloths, and bottles of hand soap everywhere. Reading this post makes me excited to tackle this space head on.
Great! The categories for linen closet is just what i need. Thanks For the Sharing! Love those baskets used to store yr sheets by the way.
Can someone please tell me where I can get those baskets? I love them!
Organizing is never “happy” for me, but I’ll try to follow your tips and hope I’ll do better this time.