Linens and Loos- Monthly challenge wrapup

Here's what I wanted to accomplish when this monthly challenge was given:

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I am going to sort through all my sheet sets, blankets, and towels. I will be getting rid of ones that I don't use and get down to just a bare minimum. 

I want to organize all my spare linens in baskets at the top of my closet. Right now they are just piled and driving me crazy!

I would like a spare set of white sheets for my bed- so I may be finding and ordering one.

I will be reorganizing the bathroom drawers and cleaning them out.

I will be going through all my beauty products and makeup (despite them not living in either my linen area or bathroom) "

Check. Check. Ehh. Check. andddd Check. I accomplished *almost* everything I set out to at the beginning of the month. I am still on the lookout for a spare set of white sheets- but other than that everything else I wanted to do I did!

Here's how the month went:

• I started off by cleaning out my linens
• Then I organized the bathroom
• I cleaned out my samples
• I sorted through my makeup
• I donated extra towels
• I updated my linen storage

Overall, I feel like it was a pretty successful organization month. I can't wait to see what the April challenge is on iheartorganizing! 

How many towels do you need?!

Well, my towel shelf wasn't over-packed but I definitely was finding that I had more towels than I needed. I also wasn't using certain towels because they weren't soft and I preferred to use others that were soft and cozy.

I decided to sort through them and get rid of my old set of pink towels, and keep only the towels that were in my newer set and were still soft. 

Here's what I started with: 

I had a total of 6 bath towels, 5 beach towels.

5 face cloths (2 were in the wash)

I also had 5 hand towels. (2 in the wash)

After cleaning out my towel stash- I have ended up with: 5 beach towels (I kept all of these because they are great to have around and I honestly use all of them, especially during the summer), 2 bath towels, 2 hand towels, and 2 wash cloths. There is no reason for me to need more than that since I am the only one using these towels and wash them weekly.

I decided the best thing I could do with these towels is donate them to our local animal hospital. The above picture is one of two bags that got sent off.  A great thing to do with items I no longer need!