Yesterday we organized our laundry rooms so today, for day #9, it’s time for organizing the linen closet. I have seen so many beautiful linen closets on Pinterest that I was dying to re-organize mine!
First you will need more baskets. The ones I chose are from Target, but stores like the Dollar Tree also have lots of great basket. I just happened to have a gift card to Target. 🙂
In this picture you can see I tried the rolling method but then I nixed it! |
Next empty out your linen closet. I only use two shelves of my closet for the linens, the top shelf is for games {obviously we are lacking in the game department} and the bottom one is for my medicines.
You can see how I organized those here.
Next categorize the items that came out of your closet: table linens, sheets, hand towels, bath towels, beach towels, etc. Once you have all of your items in the right categories decide which items you would like to put in a basket. Not everything has to go in a basket, and not everything will probably fit in a basket. I decided to leave my towels out because they are pretty wide and I didn’t like the way they fit in the baskets. The items I put in baskets are: table linens, sheets and hand towels. Everything else is folded neatly and placed next to the baskets.
My linen closet is deep so I placed items, that I don’t use that often, in baskets behind the items that we use on a daily.
After placing all of the items back into the linen closet I made labels for each of the baskets, using my new Silhouette! {Looooove it!}
I stole the cloths pin idea from Pinterest. I thought it was a cute touch for a linen closet and I had a bunch left over from the Christmas gifts I made for Malea’s grandmas.
As you can see in the “before” picture, it was organized before but it wasn’t very pretty. Now I can look forward to putting away the laundry and getting to visit my new linen closet. 🙂 Oh and if you’re wondering where all the bulky stuff on the top shelf went, it’s in the top stair of Malea’s bed. That’s my favorite part of her bed: hidden storage compartments!
kati says
I’m surprised how using the bins and clip boxes really makes it look cleaner. I love the labels!
Anna says
Thanks Kati!
Maryann DiStefano says
Well I have the same linen closet with the same problems so I will take your advice and I’ll send pictures Thankyou!
Anna says
That would be great! Thanks. 🙂
Luisa says
Hi! Do you still have the brand and type of the box you used from target?
Anna says
They are “itso” brand and it’s the “medium fabric bin”. Hope that helps!