https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:27:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/3#post-2084865 Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:19:22 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2084865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seeing this in the queue, I’m still tempted to reply with the thought I had when I first saw it “as opposed to a binder? No, I’m a stapler”. Teehee. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084840 Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:01:30 +0000 Kate 2084840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! Dust cloth folder here. You all are my peeps!! My husband tosses them under the sink, where I find them and patiently fold and stack them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084564 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:27:18 +0000 cindysmith 2084564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do NOT fold underwear. I DO fold socks, sweaters, jeans, leggings, scarves (which are hanging on a ladder style rack, all folded neatly), workout gear, sleep/lounge wear...</p> <p>DH has a habit of riffling through his drawers of work trees and sweatshirts, looking for something specific, and leaving it all in a jumble and shoving the drawer closed. After he has done this for a while, nothing else will fit in there and he throws a fit because nothing will fit, and I have to go in there and take everything out, fold it, replace it in the drawer, and watch the cycle begin anew. I still fold his clothes, but I refuse to put them away because the jumble infuriates me to no end. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084509 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 04:03:46 +0000 Christina F. 2084509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been trying to Kondo fold in my drawers. The fact of the matter is that I just lack the patience for it. My drawers are small, and I end up taking out stuff to find a certain item... usually when I’m rushing in the morning. Therefore, it doesn’t get put back neatly.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084506 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 04:01:04 +0000 SarahD8 2084506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>100% folder. Marie kondo changed my life. And yes I fold undies and socks.</p> <p>And dust rags! And put the newly folded ones on the bottom of the stack so they get used evenly!</p> <p>My husband also kon Mari folds. My daughter theoretically does but mostly just keeps her clean laundry in a pile on her bedroom floor. Oh well — not a battle I’m going to fight! Plus, you know, I have previously confessed to having a “bedpost pile,” so she comes by the tendency honestly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084480 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 03:03:43 +0000 Sal 2084480@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am but definitely not a Gold Star one (maybe bronze if I am lucky)&nbsp; I try but then I rush and mess it up......</p> <p>I do konmari some items (gym gear, tee shirts. nightwear) and find it brilliant.&nbsp; For me it does not work for socks, lingerie or jumpers/hoodies etc..</p> <p>Everything else is hung up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084466 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:17:06 +0000 Gretchen 2084466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hanger and folder for sure. Socks are grouped. Shapers, nylons and workout gear are rolled. </p> <p>I’m finding the more time I spend properly folding and hanging, the more likely I am to wear the clothes I have. Less aimless shopping as I can see that the sweater shelf/sock drawer/closet rack is full! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084370 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:11:04 +0000 Sara L. 2084370@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely a folder.&nbsp; I fold socks but not underwear - I stack them neatly in the drawer.&nbsp; Yes, they get messy but it's quick and easy to fix.&nbsp; I taught my kids to roll their shirts and since then they keep their drawers surprisingly neat </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084369 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:06:36 +0000 AviaMariah 2084369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am totally a folder.&nbsp; I did KonMarie style folding in my drawers before it was a thing.&nbsp; I stuff and both my daughters stuff is always folded this way.&nbsp; I will often refold their drawers as they tend to mess up their drawers when getting items out.&nbsp; How do people survive without folding?&nbsp; I would have no idea what I owned! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084294 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:11:43 +0000 Janet 2084294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another folder of even dust rags here! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084286 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:48:23 +0000 lyn67 2084286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yesss! Everything-and- for everybody else in the house, too-so&nbsp; it's lots of work, and I am getting tired!:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084284 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:45:33 +0000 Preppy Pear 2084284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay, I have found my people! Another folder of everything. Tidy stacks of underwear, towels, washcloths, socks, cleaning cloths, etc. are all that stands between us and utter chaos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084278 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:37:12 +0000 Anne 2084278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FOLDER HERE! Even my underwear. I was also not a huge fan of Marie Kondo's book, but *did* steal some folding tips.&nbsp;</p> <p>My kids, on the other hand, will bring up a basket of clean laundry that they are ostensibly supposed to fold/hang and put away ... and then I find them living out of that basket, clothes in a jumble and them looking like they rolled out of bed fully dressed every day.</p> <p>As a result, I associate NOT folding clothes as a serious lack of maturity. :)&nbsp; </p> <p>P.S. And all my cleaning cloths and rags are folded, too!!!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084257 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:00:57 +0000 Mainelady 2084257@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a folder. Sometimes a refolder, if the first folding wasn’t up to standard. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084240 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 07:24:37 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2084240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t know if I can set a sweater down without folding it loosely, lol. It drives me nuts that my son will pull out a T-shirt, consider wearing it, then go for another or take off his pants at the end of the day. He doesn’t fold the clean shirt or still-wearable pants. They get all wrinkled and have to go through the laundry (or at least the dryer) for the stupid reason that he didn’t shake them out/ smooth them. </p> <p>I can’t imagine not folding socks—how would they stay in pairs? </p> <p>The only things I prefer not to fold are bras &amp; panties. I’d much rather have a drawer can toss my drawers into loosely. At the moment, I don’t have that much space, so my undies are stacked neatly. Most of my bras have usually been worn and are hanging out in my clirty (neither clean nor dirty) space. </p> <p>We have a flipfold, but I rarely use it. Son will use it if/when I force him to (but it’s a smaller size, so if he’s going to use one regularly, he needs a new one). When he was 10, he thought it was nifty and loved being able to fold things. At 17, the thrill is gone. It was great for folding a bunch of shirts precisely for storage, but I can’t see using it in my daily life. </p> <p>Besides folding, I also have sorting mania. Not enough that I ever got my son’s LEGO sorted like TG, but I have enough tights for two compartments of the hanging thingy where I keep them, so they are separated into with or without feet. My sweaters are spread over 3 shelves: cardigans, T-necks, and other sweaters. And so on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084220 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 03:07:22 +0000 Elizabeth P 2084220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely. Fold everything that doesn’t hang. Yes including undies.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084219 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 03:05:24 +0000 Aquamarine 2084219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes, I fold or hang. &lt;Shuddering&gt; at the thought of&nbsp;<b></b>stuffng. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084194 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 01:54:53 +0000 Jaime 2084194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In my heart I am actually a hanger. I would love to hang everything so I could easily see it. I am more of a roller (Kon-mari but less precise). I appreciate folded clothing but am not a good folder myself. I try to get DH to do the sheets.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084186 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:43:21 +0000 rachylou 2084186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ohmigosh. I’m reminiscing now about the time a co-worker got mad at me, because not only do I fold my socks, I have drawer organizers for them... good times! Lol! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084175 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:36:17 +0000 Helena 2084175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five to everyone who folds their dust cloths! Kindred spirit over here! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084159 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:06:10 +0000 Becky 2084159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely a folder. Anything else causes me to break out in hives! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084154 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:52:44 +0000 Laurie 2084154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Folder, and newly converted to a quasi-Kondo style. My husband hates it and deliberately tosses everything in the drawers, but now I am compelled to fix them. I just fixed my scarf drawer which was a mess. Scarves are hard to contain. Also the drawer is above my eye level and it's shallow. I've been obsessing recently about a shared drawer in our bathroom which has become a catch all for lids without containers and other junk. I lined up the dental floss - 7 containers! Every time I open the drawer I line them all up again....it's absurd how much waste messy drawers cause. You can't see stuff, so you buy it again.</p> <p>Funny - that plastic folding contraption? My son who is at a military academy recently sent me a video of one of his classmates using it. I thought it was awesome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084150 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:40:17 +0000 Karie 2084150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I fold or hang everything. DH is exactly the opposite - if I don’t fold or hang his clothes, he stuffs them in the drawers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084136 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:27:49 +0000 Gail 2084136@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A folder over here.<br />I fold as many of my sweaters as I can and hang the rest. I started folding my underwear last year &nbsp;once I got drawer dividers and found I could fit so many more in the drawers , I love the neat look of it. &nbsp;I don't fold my scarves I hang them , probably should fold as they're all scrunched up and often not particularly nice looking because of this.<br />I need one of those folding gadgets by the way ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084124 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:00:25 +0000 Synne 2084124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun reading! Does this say anything about the folders or unfolders personality traits? My wovens are mostly on hangers. The knits are folded (but seldom neatly). I have recently learned that any polyester or stretchy cotton also can survive a good stuffing without creasing. My socks drawer is a colorful bundle of pairs! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084123 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:00:17 +0000 The Cat 2084123@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hang, fold, roll or ball everything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084106 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:18:59 +0000 Kathie 2084106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I fold everything that goes in a drawer, including socks, tights, underwear. Scarves also get folded, because that's what works for my space. That said, I wish I could hang more items, since even with careful folding, I'm not happy with the inevitable creases and wrinkles in my knit tops. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084104 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:14:07 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2084104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have recently converted to the Kondo fold for knit tops and undies. Sweaters and workout gear are usually rolled, as are socks and PJs. I hang all my jeans and pants, as well as woven tops and any dresses or blazers. And everything hung is in color order within each category, light to dark. </p> <p>I’m with NancyW, I like doing laundry and find the process of creating order from chaos satisfying. Honestly, my mind is a little blown that any adult regularly just stuffs clean clothes somewhere, but I’m sure my lack of enthusiasm for vacuuming would horrify some folks out there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084103 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:10:21 +0000 deb 2084103@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and dust rags and shoe polishing rags <i>must</i> be folded, also. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-a-folder/page/2#post-2084102 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:09:29 +0000 deb 2084102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Folder checking in. My drawers must be neat. Maybe just a little OCD?? </p>