5 Minute Towel Organization
It dawned on me just the other day.
I was standing on my tip-toes trying not to fall into the toilet while I rifled through a leaning tower of toppling towelsā¦
I could have, perhaps, just grabbed the one on the top.Ā But, noā¦
It wasnāt a āgoodā one!
The whole frustrating experience made me realize a solution was oh, so simple.
Why didnāt I just toss out the ānot goodā ones??
{Sometimes I can be a little slow to catch onā¦.}
As I grabbed the whole stack and started to go through them, I realized some of them were the very towels that came from beautiful, shiny wrapped packages on our wedding dayā¦
25 years ago!!
It was time to let go of the ones that were ripped, torn, or adorned with long hanging strings on the edgesā¦
It was perhaps the most rewarding and simplest āsimplifyingā projects of all.
Now ALL the towels are the āgoodā onesā¦
Ahhhā¦so much better!:)
And, lest you fret that we donāt have enough towels now, worry not.Ā We have the very best of the best being put to use ~ hanging up on their little bathroom hooks.
Now, hereās a question for you.Ā What color of towels do you like?Ā I find Iām drawn to white ones in the picturesā¦but practically speaking??Ā No thanksā¦
Linking to: Ā The Creative Collection
Your minimalist style is so enviable but, sadly, no matter how hard I try I just can’t pare things down that far. In my defense, I have been woking on my towel collection and the wedding gifts from 38 years ago are all in the rag basket. Now I need to get rid of some of my rags!
I remember as a newlywed, remarking to my best female friend that ratty towels made an otherwise nice bathroom very depressing and that I would never allow that state of affairs in my home. Fast forward 15 years to realize that ratty towels had crept up on me unawares. I replaced them with just enough brand new towels to have one set being used while the other set were in the wash. I find that lush towels in good condition in soothing colors make me feel pampered in the bathroom no matter how much I am pinching pennies elsewhere.
We only have white and light brown towels (except the kids each have 2 colorful stripey ones from IKEA), and although you think it might not be practical, everytime I wash them I use bleach in the bleach dispenser, and they are bacterial free. The light brown ones doesn’t get affected by the bleach. My husband use the brown ones and I use the white ones.
When I replaced them I moved our previous towels downstairs to the laundry room and normally the kids use them during Summer when they run through the sprinklers or sometimes you just need a older towel for something.
Rita, I was just looking at our wedding towels today, and thinking I should really get rid of them! They’re almost 18 years old. š And yes, they are the super thin -rarely used in our house anymore- ones! š
Take the old ones to an animal shelter!