How would you organise an airing cupboard for bedding and towels?

[comoatoupeira]

I’ve just moved to a house with a lovely airing cupboard and would like to put all our sheets and towels there, but it’s just four big wide shelves.
how could I organise it? Should there be individual boxes for each category? Do I need to use closed boxes because of moth? (I don’t think so because there’s no wool, only cotton and linen in this cupboard)
I want it to look very calm and tidy but also be functional.
I don’t want to use the bedding in one pillowcase thing, just separate sections for:

• kids bedding
• doubke duvet covers
• single duvet covers
• pillow cases
• towels
• hand towels

any ideas?

I have baskets for each bedding type (I organise it by whose bedding it is), and I fold and stack towels by type. They’re all the same colour so they just get taken from the top as needed.

Thank you. I’m dreaming of baskets but wondering if others use containers with lids to minimise dust? I can see there is a lot of dust around the water tank at the back.

where did you get your baskets?

I roll my towels rather than fold them then stack the rolled ones. One shelf for duvet sets adults on one side, one shelf for tablecloths also rolled I collect vintage linens so they need their own shelf.

I have one large U size shelf. So going left to right...tea towels/hand towels. Back of shelf....tablecloths. my bedding. Teenage sons bedding. Then bath towels in the other side.
Still leaves me 3 rails for drying clothes...a godsend in winter/bad weather

You just stack them directly onto the shelves? No boxes or trays?

I don’t iron so I’m concerned it will all tumble down or at least look messy

I used airing cupboard to finish drying not for storage.

I don't understand why waste it by using it for storage.

I suppose I have this idea that keeping linens in an airing cupboard somehow keeps them fresh?
but this might be nonsense

Our airing cupboard held an uninsulated hot water tank, so that was always warm & very useful to get line-dried laundry the final bit to fully dry or drying out soaked shoes or a wet jacket. Our cat LOVED to sleep inthe airing cupboard, it was his fave place.

I liked keeping bedding on open shelves in the light (not in airing cupboard) so then moths couldn't get it, I'm a fan of open shelf storage, though. If you ever put anything wet in a hot or warm airing cupboard, that doesn't sound like keeping the other stuff in there "fresh"

My linens were sorted by category, pillowcases, single fitted sheets, single duvet covers etc. all on labeled shelves.

Thank you!
I think I will drop the baskets idea then, for now. It would be so expensive to get 8 or so 30cm baskets. I’ll just keep it simple.
thanks

The whole point of an airing cupboard is to have air circulation, so no baskets, just slatted shelves.
It is a constant battle keeping them tidy though.