Ma Sweet Home
"What if you felt good
at your place ?"
Family homes...
Family, when you hold us!
Rooms filled with memories, cherished smells that assail us when we push open a door;
How we love to go back there, to find ourselves there...
But when it comes to running these households, the business can quickly become a painful mental burden. Especially during the holidays. Everyone does their part and if the tidying up is not clear from the start, disorder sets in!
Some pieces particularly illustrate this phenomenon:
The laundry room, the kitchen for example or the living areas dedicated to books and games.
What a waste of time, moreover, hastily tidying up things that will be turned upside down again as soon as our backs are turned!
This is why it is necessary for the hosts of these welcoming homes to establish a storage logic that is natural to them above all else, but which is also easily integrated for their regular visitors.
A very concrete example; household linen
Making a bed can quickly become a headache in a large house if there is no clear storage space beforehand.
Whether it's for you or for your zealous guest.
Try to find a 160 fitted sheet at first glance among a dozen sheets stuffed in the closet. Who wants to fold up an unfolded fitted sheet for nothing?
Good.
So it's about classifying your things, here the household linen. By category. Remember, everything has its place and a place for everything.
Come on, let's practice!
Have on hand:
Labels and a pen
A permanent marker for writing on sheet labels.
Boxes or bags to remove laundry that no longer has a place in your laundry room (either too damaged or not appreciated).
First step:
Gather all your household linens in a clean space, absolutely everything you have in this category. This will allow you to realize everything you have and store it in one place: this will prevent you from losing, abandoning, buying duplicates or triplicates of what you already have.
Deuxième étape:
Triez par genre. Faites des tas clairement identifiables pour vous. Dès lors vous pourrez certainement redécouvrir des choses dont vous n’aviez pas ou plus besoin, d’autres que vous aviez complètement oubliées. C’est le moment d’écarter ce qui vous paraît superflu: soit parce que vous ne les aimez pas/plus, soit parce qu’elles sont trop usées ou inutilisées.
Third step:
Choose a box/bag for unusable things, “to throw away” and another “to give away” for what you no longer want and which could be useful to others (Acquaintances/associations/eco-recycling centers).
It is then necessary to eliminate from your thoughts these phrases: "But it could be useful" or even "You never know?". Because very often, no, these secondary objects only remain extras in our cupboards and take up considerable space! Not to mention that by donating them, it could make someone happy.
However, if you live in the Palace of Versailles, you can make one or two exceptions ;-).
Now visualize your different piles of laundry, more or less high, you will finally see at a glance everything you have and also realize what you are missing.
Step four:
Are the shelves or drawers spotless and empty, ready to welcome your stuff? Then let's go!
Take your labels to identify each area on the edges of your shelves or drawers or on your boxes.
Here are some examples of (readable!) titles for towels: bath mats/bath sheets/medium towels/small towels/hand towels/washcloths).
For sheets, this is a little more tedious but you will save valuable time afterwards.
Arbitrarily choose a letter of the alphabet or a number for each category and size of bed linen in your possession. Ex: Fitted sheet 160x200 will be the code: DH A
You can continue in the same vein with the 160x200 duvet cover which will therefore give the code: HC A
This is what you will mark clearly on the label: the dimensions, the letter, and the abbreviated code.
Be careful, this classification will not last long if you do not annotate your different sheets and covers! So use the marker for this purpose, choosing of course a less visible corner of the linen (the label or one of the corners on the foot side) to note the code.
Example for a 90x200 duvet cover for which I chose the letter S (single): HCS
Always follow your own storage logic. But what you need most should be the most accessible and by the same token, what you need least should be relegated to a secondary location.
Before/after in vertical mode!
Cinquième étape:
Vous pouvez disposer soigneusement vos belles piles de linge par catégorie. Les plus importantes/utiles devant donc être les plus accessibles. N’oubliez pas, devant chacune d’entre elles, de mettre l’étiquette et son intitulé descriptif.
Is everything in place?
Oh, no, there are still things that don't really belong in these categories?
Then ask yourself the question of their usefulness. And if you still need them, perhaps their place would be more logical elsewhere...
And now how do you feel?
Emptied?
Relieved?
Happy?
You have the right to tick everything!