Life Laundry - declutter your linen …
Posted on 23/11/09, filed under General Interest, World of Work | No CommentsI promised myself three whole ‘Life Laundry Days’ and started with de-cluttering the linen cupboard, which was bursting at the seams with towels, duvets, pillows, sheets and pillow-cases in all shapes and sizes.
All were thrown unceremoniously onto the landing for a good sort out and I had to choose:
a) What to keep for home use;
b) what to donate to our son, who’d just moved into his own place, or local Charity Shops
c) what could be used as dust covers, rags etc
I rediscovered the blankets my new-borns had been wrapped in on their first journey from hospital to home; long gone were the My Little Pony and Thomas the Tank Engine duvet sets, but there were the remains of bed-linen given as presents for birthdays, Christmases, or bought for a growing family …
We’ve been redecorating our house in neutral palettes; my bed-linen of choice is now whites, creams, and other neutrals. I had accumulated piles of bed-sets in all the colours of the rainbow, reflecting fashion fads of the time, pinks, yellows, blues, purples and greens, florals and graphic designs! I sorted through the piles of linen, nylon (!) polyester and cotton, finding it difficult to decide whether to keep, discard or recycle – every set, complete or miss-matched, told a story. Keeping or throwing away memories is part and parcel of Life Laundry!
Now, when I open the door to the linen cupboard, neat shelves stare back at me, their wares accessible and colour coordinated; duvets are packed into carrier bags for easy storage – job well done!
The unwanted, but perfectly good, sets of bed-linen that I’d spent hours sorting, checking for signs of wear and tear, and then refolding were tied up in cotton tape and are now ready for their next ‘home’ (I bought 30 metres at 10p per metre, from the fabric shop in Worthing).
I enjoyed my Life Laundry Day (it was therapeutic, but took longer than I’d anticipated) - I can’t wait to start on the Tupperware cupboard!
Tell me about your home de-cluttering …