Bath Towels should be relatively easy to fold, right? It is a rectangle after all. How hard can that be?
It’s true that bath towels are one of the easier items to fold…but there is a great way to fold them that make them sit and stack beautifully on the shelf.
I’m using a small bath towel in these pictures. And this method also works well for a regular, average size towel. I have a great method for bath sheets and beach towels I’ll post later.
First, lay your towel flat with the seam side down. The raw edge should be facing up. Smooth the towel as flat as possible with your hands.
Next, fold the bottom third of the towel towards the middle. This doesn’t have to be exact – just an eyeball measurement is fine. Smooth towel again with your hands.
Fold the top third of the towel so it meets the bottom edge.
Pick up the right side of the towel and fold all the way over to the left side. Smooth again.
Lastly, fold towel one more time from right to left.
When placing towels on the shelf, stack them with the rounded edge facing out. When you pull it off the shelf you pull out only the towel you’d like, instead of inadvertently pulling other towels down also.
Do you have trouble with towel storage? What’s your biggest towel storage dilemma?
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Twitter: GoodLifeDiva
February 15, 2010 at 10:14 am
Lauren, how do you get a mildew smell out of dark colored towels?
Twitter: MamaLaundry
February 15, 2010 at 10:23 am
Honestly? It can be tough. Here is what I would do:
Wash towels on the hottest setting your machine has. If you have a front loader that will let you Sanitize, do that. Also wash on the hardest, longest setting your machine offers.
For example, I would put only towels in the machine and then set it to Heavy Duty wash on the Heavy setting, using Hot wash/Cold rinse.
I’d use a capful of detergent measured to the top fill line. No fabric softener (it will only mask the smell). Use a full scoop of Oxi-Clean and white vinegar in the final rinse.
If at all possible, dry them in direct sunlight. It’s the vinegar and the sun that is going to help get the smell out the most.
You might have to do this whole process twice to get the bulk of the smell out…but it will be worth it.
Let me know if you need any of this explained in more detail (the vinegar, etc). I’m happy to!
-Lauren
I love the look of towels folded the way you described. But to fit nicely in my cupboard, I have to fold it in half instead of thirds (bringing the bottom all the way up instead of one-third the way).
Maybe the next house I live in will have cupboards or closets that afford the lovely way you have folded. Truely, I have a soft-spot in my heart for towels folded so nicely.
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