Organising a linen cupboard

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Hi,

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

Shocking revelation - I don't iron my bedding. Ever.

Gers wrote: »

Me neither - don't iron anything. Hang the bed linen properly and it's fine. The idea of spending half an hour ironing duvet cover, sheet and pillowcases smooth which are then get creased in five minutes of use is pointless. :j

tealady wrote: »

Same here.
Life is too short.

ugh, that's clarty, wont be sleeping in your beds then.

PollyWollyDoodle

No, that's quite right, you won't! :rotfl:

grunnie

pollypenny wrote: »

Don't you end up with horribly creased duvets covers?

Buy clear plastic boxes to stack.

I don't iron bedding except for pillowcases. I fold the duvet add the fitted sheet also folded and a pillowcase and put these inside a pillowcase that matches the duvetcover. I have single and double covers and these stack in 2 boxes on the 2 shelves in myairing cupboard.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

No, that's quite right, you won't! :rotfl:

take it that's us finished then? :T

DigForVictory

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

But it feels so much nicer when freshly ironed, especially the pillowcases.

Not enough to merit the fuss, and personally I prefer a flat sheet & hospital corners. A little more effort, but no wrinkles or bickerings, just smooth clean sheeting. Bliss!

Please not Plastic Boxes for storing linen - anything nasty is sealed in and anything not dry has the opportunity to mould for too long before it's noticeable. Pillowcases are much more convenient & easier to replace & even more eco-friendly. As well as being cheaper to replace as needed.

PollyWollyDoodle

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Hi,


take it that's us finished then? :T

Yep - 'fraid so! Not even George Clooney could persuade me to iron sheets (although I'd quite like it if he tried ...)

maman

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

Yep - 'fraid so! Not even George Clooney could persuade me to iron sheets (although I'd quite like it if he tried ...)

Surely what you have in mind with George would make ironing sheets a waste of time! :rotfl:

On a more serious note, I have plastic baskets for my pillowcases but is there any way you could put in extra shelves so that you don't have to pile up so much on each one?

FWIW, I iron pillowcases occasionally but never sheets or duvet covers except for my guest room where I have a special set of bedding.

GreyQueen

I have a huge airing cupboard, all of 20 inches wide and about 20 inches deep. I stop it turning into a mare's nest by segregating the stuff - sheets in one pile, for example.


Smaller things like tea towels, face flannels, pillowcases etc are coralled into cotton drawstring bags, with a cardboard label on each one saying what's in it. Written in pencil, to avoid accidental ink transfer onto textiles.



Towels are rolled and stacked like logs. I find this makes it easy to extract whichever one I want without disarranging the rest.


I don't have matching sets of bedlinen, but would use the pillowcase method if I did.

Gers

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

But it feels so much nicer when freshly ironed, especially the pillowcases.

And it really does not take half an hour to wave an iron over a set of bedlinen.

Cotton needs much more than an iron being waved over it! Double duvet, double sheets, four pillow cases... I have much better use for my time.

As I said, the feeling only lasts for five minutes, at the most.

Each to their own...and my bed is my own.

:rotfl:

tealady

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

But it feels so much nicer when freshly ironed, especially the pillowcases.

And it really does not take half an hour to wave an iron over a set of bedlinen.

I consider that type of housework to be work.
And I retired years ago.
(the rest is just tidying up)