Towel OCD

Some of you might want to completely skip this post. Really.

What this habit gives you is a linen closet that looks organized and neat, and stays that way. It also keeps your towels folded in a way that's really easy to drape over the towel bar when guests arrive. 

I am a little OCD about folding towels. This really does come from my time working in a classy hotel. I don't like to see towel 'ends or edges' when they are folded. I do get a strange pleasure out of a linen closet which has perfectly folded towels. I unfolded and folded towels at 19years old until I was able to fold towels in thirds - which I found to be elegant, simple and quick.

See this image? It may as well as be me. I dressed like this the summer I cleaned rooms (and was very happy to wear a uniform thank you!). Except my uniform was grey... I was pony-tailed, with kitten heels and adorable if I say so myself. And yes, this image is exactly how our towels were folded... and how my towels are folded to this day.

My way: Fold a towel in thirds length-wise by folding the edges towards the middle. You get a slim long column. Fold this in thirds again. Done. And it looks great! You also just open one fold to hang it perfectly over the towel rod. Here's a pictorial version of it (you can click the photos to make them bigger if it helps).

The truth is this: no matter how you choose to fold your towels, always fold them in the same way and stack them in the same way. They look neat and un-mussed in your linen closet, the linen closet stays neat and organized, and you never have to 'clean' it.