No Shelves Linen Storage Solution
This week I tackled the messy piles of linens that were spilling off the shelf. The upstairs closet I am using for linens only has a closet rod and shelf. The roof slopes so there is not much room. The best solution would be to add more closet shelves but it’s not in the budget right now.
Enter my creative alternative–hang the sheets in a 6-Shelf Canvas Organizer
First I purged (Goodbye Excess) all unneeded linens. Then I stacked sheets and bathroom rugs in the hanging shelves. I still had room to hang jackets and coats on the remaining rod space.
I used large Natural Soft Canvas Drawers 
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Great job! I have a closet that I hang all of my bed linens in… I could never get the hang of folding them all the same size… but I can get them all on hangers! LOL! Your closet looks fantastic and I LOVE those organizers!
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March 4th, 2008 at 5:49 am
Great job - I love those canvas organizers. I use them for shoes in our coat closet and to help my husband get the kids dressed, I put outfits in each individual slot in their closets. Thanks for the great ideas.
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March 4th, 2008 at 6:20 am
oh…those are really nice!
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March 4th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Oh, I like your solution to no shelves. I wonder about getting some of those hanging things for my kids’ closet. There is only a rod in it. No shelves.
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March 4th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I like that. What a great idea.
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March 4th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Having absolutely no extra storage space in my house, I have resorted to storing extra sheets (of which I have purged many) in between the mattresses of the bed they belong on! (They are not folded as “fat” as they would be if I had a shelf.) I’m at a loss for extra blankets and quilts
I have them in a couple of storage bins near my washer and dryer (in my dirt basement…yuck!)
Ya gotta luv an old house (and I do!
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March 5th, 2008 at 8:10 am
That looks like a great way to store extra linen closet items. It seems like I have collected so many sheet sets and there is no more room in the lien closet! These look like they save space and work as a great storage solution
March 10th, 2008 at 10:48 am
That’s a great idea! We have extremely limited closet space in our house. One closet was eliminated by the builders to make room for stairs going into the basement, and the other closet’s are tiny. I have to try to make the best use of what I have.
If you are interested in solid shelving rather than the type of shelves in your pictures you might try MDF board. It is sold in the lumber section of the Lowe’s and Home Depot type stores, and is much less expensive than wood. It is very heavy and strong as well. My dh built a bookcase for our schoolroom out of it, and I painted it with enamel paint.
We are going to need to replace some shelves in our hall closet. The builders used some leftover boards to make shelves in this particular closet. They aren’t deep enough and some of the shelves consist of two very narrow pieces of board that aren’t even nailed down. We plan to use MDF as a replacement, saving a lot of money in the process.
Blessings,
Missy
March 15th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I was so pleased to find your article. I live in a lovely old century farm house with only ONE closet upstairs —-and we had to add it during a remodel project. This week I decided to completely clean it out because it had become a “catch-all” for many items that don’t belong there. The canvas bags you show will be very helpful for my sweater storage, but I prefer my table linens to be on hangars and there simply isn’t room. My ceilings are low and slanted just as your are. I’m considering putting all winter items in formal storage at our local cleaners, but finances are tight right now and I hate to spend the extra money that way. I have a canvas shoe bag on the closet rod already so space is VERY limited. Wish me luck!
I’ll watch for you posting other good ideas. Meanwhile, I’m searching every storage solution site I can find online.
Norma
June 4th, 2008 at 5:01 am
I love these things, I use them in my kids bedrooms to fold their pants into. They shoe ones are the perfect size for folded pants and I normally put two in one slot. I also use the square ones for toys as they can be drug around the house and not scratch the floor. I just found your blog and love it, have some reading to do. Thanks
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