Here's the challenge
1. Take your before picture!
2. Yank EVERYTHING out of there... I mean everything.
3. Now, sweep or vaccuum the floor & wipe down the shelving.
4. Get all of your boxes (keep, toss, donate) & start sorting.
5. If you have baskets and bins, this is a great place to use them. Place your bins/baskets on the shelving and start organizing.
6. Categorize everything. ie. Twin, full, queen, king, pillowcases, handtowels, washcloths, etc... Remember to only keep what you USE! I only kept 2 sets of sheets for each bed.
7. Is your donation box getting full yet?? Remember at the end of this week we will take all donations to goodwill or store them for your spring garage sale.
8. Your finished!! Now
take your after picture and get your tush back here to show us your pretty linen closet.
Ok. So thankfully my linen closet wasn't that bad (probably because most of it is on the floor in my bedroom waiting to be folded), so it didn't take me long at all. I did however notice that I had a lot of 1/2 sets of sheets, sets that I thought I had already sent to the DI....hmmmm someone has been messing with my donate piles during previous purges...oh, well they are gone now. My hardest thing was sticking to the simplicity and trying not to justify keeping stuff I don't need. For example the towels that don't get used unless the laundry isn't done....well, I soon came to the realization that the less stuff I had the less laundry could accumulate (this came to me as I was loading the washing machine). Well this may have saved me time, but it may also save me $$$$ since I had considered spending my tax return on a new washer and dryer (I may still do this one day since my washer shakes the entire house (and the neighbors house) when ever the spin cycle starts).
Anyway, I have a little more to put away when laundry is done, and a few refolds on the fitted sheets (I hate those)...but for now here it is.
