This Is Exactly How to Fold a Fitted Sheet (Without Getting Tangled)

The seemingly impossible task is easier than you might think.

Are fitted sheets the bain of your existence? Between struggling to fit them to our beds (combat this with ultra-soft and durable designs like our fitted sheets) and folding them neatly for storage, they can be frustrating to say the least. The age-old question of 'How do you fold a fitted sheet?' has plagued most of us from the age we started making our beds. It seems like an unnecessarily complicated task that many of us have given up trying to perfect and have resorted to just scrunching it up or rolling it into a ball and hiding it in our linen cupboards.

If between your perfectly folded pillowcases and duvet covers lies a collection of fitted sheets that have been wrangled desperately to resemble the rest of your symmetrical linen stacks, now's the perfect time to learn how to fold them properly (and quickly).

Trying to make sense of the curved corners and stretchy elastic can baffle the best of us, but we're here to show you how easy it is to fold a sheet of the fitted variety in just a few simple steps.

Follow these steps:

Step one: Turn the sheet inside out and make sure the elastic edges are facing you.

Step two: Grab two corners lengthwise (underside facing down).

Step three: Bring your hands together and fold the right corner over the left hand.

Step four: Swap hands and reach to collect the opposite corners.

Step five: Again, fold the right corner over the left.

You should now have a rectangular shape

Step six: Lay your sheet onto a flat surface and fold it into thirds, and then into thirds the other way.

Voilà! We told you it was easy—and now you'll never have to hide your fitted sheets away again. For those who need a visual presentation, follow the video below.