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Make It Easy:  Storing Bed Sheets  |
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TheBeeCharmer
Farmgirl in Training
42 Posts
Deb
Seven Valleys
PA
USA
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 Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 12:19:42 PM
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I cannot take credit for this since it was not my idea, but I want to share it with all of you since my linen closet can be one of the most disorganized areas of my home. Store all the sheets to a bed sheet set inside of one of the pillowcases. Now, why hadn't I thought of that!!!!  
~You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl! |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy
Central MN
USA
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 12:26:20 PM
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My Mom always stored her bed linens this way, so do I and my daughter, it makes it so much easier...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 12:29:43 PM
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Hmmm...that would mean I'd have to fold that fitted sheet into a nice little package. And at 39, if that hasn't happened, it ain't gonna ;) Though, this is pretty!
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
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Wauka Mountain Mama
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Fran
Fairburn
Ga
USA
239 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 1:50:59 PM
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I used to wrk laundry in a hotel & I picked up they're habit of folding the linens & the storing the fitted sheet & pillows inside the flat sheet. Kinda hard to explain but the end product was the same level of tidiness.
As for folding fitted sheets the trick is to fold the sheet in half (Folding across the middle so the length is reduced, not the width) then tuck the corners of one end into the other, once you have the ends tucked in to the point where your fingertips are in the deepest point of the corner you should be able to notice that all the end bulk is folding itself inwards so if you lay it down across a folding table or washing machine you have a semi-perfect square. From there just fold the same way you would a flat sheet thats been folded in half first & you should have a fitted sheet thats folded just the same as your flat. :)
Also if your thrifting for fitted sheets sizes are as follows using the figertips inside the width corners trick. Under the length of your arms streched out is twin. Arm lenght once streched out is full. Alittle past that or if your really streched out is queen, past that is king.
Live simply. So that others may simply live.
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shanda
True Blue Farmgirl
522 Posts
Shanda
Broken Bow
OK
USA
522 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 3:45:53 PM
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lovely! Maybe one day my closet will look like that!
Shanda
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
1291 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 5:56:43 PM
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I like that idea!
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 6:06:06 PM
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This is a great idea! I have so many odds and ends sets that it'd be helpful to keep the ones that do together.
hugs
Jessie
"Wonder Woman hasn't got a cape, she just turned her apron around"
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 8:25:42 PM
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Good idea. Of course, the way I fold my sheets, I don't think they'd fit in the pillowcase.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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SheilaC
True Blue Farmgirl
1948 Posts
Sheila
Vermont
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 8:35:46 PM
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I store ours inside the pillowcase too, but it certainly isn't as nice and neat as that pic!! It's more like stuffed in. . .BUT we always can find a whole set!!
http://troutwife.blogspot.com/
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rphelps4
True Blue Farmgirl
620 Posts
roxanna
westport
indiana
USA
620 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 8:55:49 PM
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sonshine4u
Chapter Guru
1205 Posts
April
New Prague
MN
USA
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Posted - Aug 11 2012 : 4:05:17 PM
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LOVE THIS IDEA! Thanks for posting this! Mismatched things drive me crazy, or pulling things out and everything falls on top of you...no more! This is fantastic! I'm excited to whip my linen cupboards into shape!
~Hugs,
April
Playing in the Sonshine
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delicia
True Blue Farmgirl
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delicia
cincinnati
ohio
USA
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Posted - Aug 11 2012 : 6:32:25 PM
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| Fran, I think I fold my fitted sideways and not up and down. Is that what you are saying or the other way? I really need pictures I am very visual but, both ideas are great. |
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Wauka Mountain Mama
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Fran
Fairburn
Ga
USA
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TheBeeCharmer
Farmgirl in Training
42 Posts
Deb
Seven Valleys
PA
USA
42 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2012 : 05:48:20 AM
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Wauka Mountain Mama, If you could find the time to do that, I'd be most appreciative! Thanks!
~You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl! |
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Lorie.Vance
True Blue Farmgirl
200 Posts
Lorie
Tampa
FL
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Posted - Aug 13 2012 : 07:36:22 AM
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This is a great idea! I live in a historic bungalow and there is never enough space for anything so I keep all my sheet sets in a blanket chest. This is so gonna work!
Thanks!
Lorie
http://thevintagegardengirl@blogspot.com |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2012 : 07:56:34 AM
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I did all my sheets this way this weekend. However, I didn't end up with nice full pillowcases my sheets only filled up half! LOL!
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Jessie
"Wonder Woman hasn't got a cape, she just turned her apron around"
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
985 Posts
Lorena
Centerville
Me
USA
985 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 3:10:39 PM
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LOVE IT!!! Gotta go home and re-organize my sheet drawer. Another idea is to place the spare sheets in an unused suitcase. Place the appropriate case under the bed that the sheets fit. If I had luggage, I'd do that too.
Lorie
Patience is worth a bushel of brains...from a chinese fortune cookie |
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Storing Bed Sheets
