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I guess I have a much heavier mattress, because there's no way I could lift it enough to store sheets without major hassle. I keep my sheets in a round drum table (end table with doors) that belong to my granny. It holds four sets, and some other sundry throws. I hope to have it refinished some day.

I fold all my sheets and pillow cases. Then I put them in the 2nd pillow case. After that I put them under my bed.

i have a sofa bed with storage boxes.. that's where all my linens go

I love you Beth Z!!! My husband and I live in a 750 sq ft "loft" and I cram our sheets and towels into one cupboard in the kitchen... you saved the day!!!

I lived in Mexico for a summer and had to store all linens, towels and books into these tall, drum style, wicker baskets with lids to keep the centipedes and scorpions out. Later used them again in an apartment that had very little storage they keep things from mildewing as well.

I know a few people that use armoires and one friend uses a vintage refrigerator painted bright green converted into linen storage.

i put out of season bedding in space bags under my bed.
other than that, i've got a big plastic bin in the hall closet that has all the sheets and towels.

i have a murphy, so i can't store anything under it. i use a vintage lane hope chest. it fits several sheet sets, out of season blankets, & towels. think outside of normal use. if you aren't the cocktail type, try a nice bar. they tend to be thin & have shelves w/ doors that close.

Well, since I don't have a boxspring - this wouldnt' work so swell...
...and I'd hate to be my sister trying this with her kids when she needs to change the sheets in the middle of the night (for obvious reasons)

We keep sheets folded inside the matching pillowcase and place it in the bottom drawer of the dresser in the bedroom where the bed it's intended for lives.

i have a leather bench/ottoman at the foot of my bed that has a storage compartment. linens and extra pillows live in there.

but dust mites live all throughout your bed at all times. i worry for those nice clean sheets. are they at least put into sealed plastic bags or something first??

I have a quirky system, but it works. On laundry day, the first thing I do is strip the bed, then go get my clean sheets out of the dryer. Then I do all my laundry, and wash the sheets last. They go into the dryer ... and stay there until the following week :-).

When I do decide to fold them because I have mid-week laundry to do, or because I was feeling less lazy, I keep them in a basket on a shelf in the laundry room. I'm lucky to have both my own dryer and a laundry room...

When I didn't have such luxury, I kept them folded in a drawer with my PJs and sweats.

I have the IKEA Mandal bed with storage drawers: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80121338 . Since we have no utility/broom closet, that stuff goes in the linen closet. And the sheets are in one of the bed's drawers.

i think it was domino that recently suggested using nice boxes. they used an expensive example of cloth cardboard. i thought ikea's strikt line would do very nicely.

Like marie, I have a vintage Lane hope chest, painted Chinese red with a tapestry top and lined with cedar inside. It resides at the foot of our bed and holds all our linens.

space bag baby!! Then off to the back of the closet it goes

I store sheets in my husbands clothes closet. He has more space:-)

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I use the chest in my entryway for linen storage. It's got deep drawers & originally came off the street back when I had a vehicle large enough to transport such things home. I put it into service when I had to transform my linen closet into a coat closet.