By folding your laundry properly, you can save a lot of space in your wardrobe by diverting it to other purposes. Do you know how to fold women's briefs or men's underwear? Sooner or later you have to deal with it. Therefore, the topic of today's article is devoted to how to fold panties and bras in a way that saves a lot of space.
Ideas for folding underwear in the closet
Here are six main practical ways that are economical options for folding underwear. Let's take a closer look.
Package or tube (classic scheme)
This is one of the easiest ways to fold your briefs.
Step by step instructions:
1. Lay the product on a horizontal flat surface.
2. Bend the crotch section up so that it coincides with the line of the top edge of the elastic band.
3. Then roll the product into a tube in a horizontal direction.
Square
This method is the most compact and is perfect if you prefer to store linen on the cabinet shelves in special boxes. The process looks like thisway:
1. Lay the laundry face up on a table or other horizontal surface, with the bottom edge slightly off the top.
2. Bend the edges of the product: first the left, then the right.
3. Flip panties.
4. Make sure that the edges of the product meet in the middle. Then you get a beautifully folded square.
Inner pocket
This method is harder. To understand how to fold your underpants, you have to practice a little. This method is great for folding boxers or shorts. The sequence of actions is as follows:
1. Unfold the item first.
2. Fold the sides of the underpants towards the center.
3. Bend the bottom side (crotch) to the middle.
4. Insert two thumbs inside the elastic band and turn the underwear inside out with a simple movement.
As a result, you will get a neatly folded square with an inside pocket.
Roll
Washed items folded this way will stay fresh longer until you unfold them. How to fold your underpants like this:
1. Lay the product face up on a flat surface.
2. Twist the elastic inward three times, making thin layers.
3. Flip panties over so the back is on top.
4. Bend both sides to the center so that the halves intersect.
5. Wrap the crotch section up so that it formsstraight line with top element.
6. Turn the resulting roll inside out three times - you're done.
Baby panty option
Children's underwear is compact in size, so it is customary to simply stack it and put it away in a chest of drawers or closet. If useful centimeters of closet shelves are worth their weight in gold for you, then you can fold your panties into a square.
KonMari Storage
Surprisingly, this method does not involve folding, twisting, folding women's and men's underpants, socks, T-shirts, and other items of clothing. Each item compactly folds into three, after which it takes its vertical position on the shelf. This method is especially useful when storing underwear in chests of drawers or drawers. Now you know how to fold your underpants nicely.
Underwear storage rules
Don't know how to fold your briefs compactly? It is convenient to store all underwear in ordinary drawers, which can be part of a closet or located separately - in a chest of drawers. It is more practical if the drawer is divided inside with thin partitions separating each type of laundry from each other. Cardboard or plastic is great for dividing the drawer into the desired size.
Recently, special boxes or organizers have been no less popular, thanks to which it will be possible not only practically, but also beautifully to fold underwear and store itregardless of the nature and purpose of the shelves.
Such cells are preferably used to store panties and socks. So, how do you put your underpants in a box? The folding scheme looks beautiful when all the panties are sorted by color and stacked in a vertical position. This approach helps to save space and quickly find the desired option.
In addition to home boxes, a variant of a travel organizer is common - a special travel bag designed specifically for underwear for women and men, accommodating up to ten different wardrobe items. This is a great way to fold men's underpants or women's underwear when going on a trip.
If your closet does not have a separate shelf for socks and tights, it does not matter. It is quite acceptable to store these things on the same shelf with panties, you just have to divide it into two compartments. It is customary to roll tights with a roll or tube, socks - with an envelope.
Ideas for storing bras in the closet
The compact storage of underwear can only be called art. The number of attributes that form a set of women's underwear includes another integral element of the wardrobe - a bra. And if you already know how to fold your briefs, it's time to check out our bra recommendations.
On a hanger
Immediately worth mentioning the advantages of this option:
- cups of the bodice retain their shape and attractiveness for a long time;
- product stays presentable longer;
- products not hung close to each other do not wrinkle.
Storage bras on hangers, there are also several options for hanging products: on a rod according to the classical pattern or as in a store window in a vertical order.
Please note that when storing bras on a hanger, you will need to allocate a separate niche for them, because underwear should not come into contact with other wardrobe items.
On a hanger in a crowd
This option involves bending several products through the base of the hangers. You can put as many bras on one hanger as you can in width.
On the door
This option involves hanging the desired number of hooks on the inside of the cabinet doors. You can safely hang bras on them by harnesses or neatly on compact small hangers.
In a wide horizontal box
This option involves convenient storage of bras on a closet shelf or in a dresser drawer by placing "cup to cup". Only for this option you will need a wide compartment in the closet.
In case
In addition to organizers for panties, special covers for bras are produced, which belong to the affordable price category of goods. This case conveniently holds up to 5 pieces. This is a real find for travelers, although from a practical point of view, it is also advantageous to store underwear in a case on a shelf.
How to wash panties properly
To maintain personalhygiene is in order and getting rid of unnecessary problems, it is important not only to know how to fold your underpants, but also to be able to do it correctly. It is not enough to store linen correctly, because before it gets on the shelf of a closet or chest of drawers, it is washed, dried, and ironed. It is important to perform all the actions related to the preparation of a new set of underwear correctly, because women's or men's he alth is the most valuable thing a person has.
You already know how to fold your underpants. And now remember that only clean products should fall on the shelves of the cabinet - this is very important!
Before washing the product, read the label and follow the recommendations. Sort the laundry. Submit items to one of the six main groups: natural, delicate, synthetic, black, white, colored.
This part of the wardrobe is best washed with liquid gel rather than the traditional powder.
Pay attention to the composition of the fabric. So, cotton tolerates machine washing and hot water well, it does not give in to deformation and does not shed. For washing white cotton linen, set the temperature to 90 oC, and for color, 40 oC.
Handle satin and silk underwear with extreme care. It is recommended to wash such products in cool water, pre-soaking. If it is absolutely necessary to select a washing machine, set the machine to a delicate mode with a water temperature not exceeding 40 oC.
Synthetics are washed by hand or machine wash, temperature - up to 40oS.
After washing all items, rinse them thoroughly, you can add fabric softener.
Now, having studied a short instruction, you know not only how to fold your underpants neatly, but also how to properly care for them. After all, the aspect of proper storage is important not only in terms of saving space in the closet. Uncomfortable, disproportionate, dirty underwear can provoke unpleasant diseases that are difficult to get rid of, but easy to prevent, just by washing and folding things correctly.
