Not Baskets, Not Shelves: The Affordable Solution For Storing Sheets And Blankets

If your designated linen closet has been become harder and harder to organize and maintain, you may need to look for an alternative storage solution. Instead of installing additional shelving to an already small closet or placing baskets inside an already cluttered space, there's an affordable solution for organizing and storing your sheets and blankets. Usually used in a home office, magazine or file holders can find new uses in other areas throughout homes. Repurposing magazine holders as affordable storage for spare throws and sheet sets can make a cluttered linen closet look organized and neat. This can be especially helpful if you have multiple beds of varying sizes in your house.

All you have to do is fold your bedding into a small enough bundle to fit in the pocket of the holder. If you don't know the best folding techniques, social media has hacks for folding sheets readily available. Once folded down, place them inside the empty space, and label the container based on what size sheets it contains. Alternatively, you can organize and store entire sheet sets by placing corresponding pillowcases in between a neatly folded flat sheet and fitted sheet and storing the pile of linen inside a magazine holder. Label it based on size, and place it on a shelf in your linen closet for easy access. 

This method helps keep sheets organized, ultimately saving you the time and mess of digging through piles of bed linens for coordinating pillowcases, flat sheets, and fitted sheets. This can also work for storing throw blankets. However, larger full, queen, or king-sized throws may not fit within the narrow space of a magazine holder.

Magazine and file holders are freestanding and utilize vertical storage space. Since the holder itself can be pretty narrow, you can fit several of them on one shelf in a linen closet, maximizing space. Linens stored within the holder are also contained, keeping them from unfolding or falling off of the shelf while you search for various components. Using magazine holders to store complete sheet sets can also save you the time and mess of looking for matching parts when it's time to refresh and change out your existing bed sheets. Simply grab a magazine holder that has the sheet set you're looking for, and pull it off of the shelf for an easy swap. For throw storage, you can place blanket-filled magazine or file holders right on a bookshelf or in a cubby in your living room for easy access. 

These paper holders easy to find and affordable. Basic cardboard holders often sell for less than $10. Mesh, woven, or plastic options can retail for a higher price tag, but they are still friendlier on a budget than finding storage baskets big enough to store your linens or installing more shelves. They also come in a variety of materials, designs, and colors, so finding one that matches your personal design preference is easy. If placing labels on each magazine holder to differentiate between sheet sizes isn't your thing, you can buy holders in several colors or designs and organize your linens by designating a certain color or design to a specific sheet size.