Genius sheet sorting?

We send ours out and it belongs to the laundry but they are colour coded a yellow sewed line at each end of the sheet for each size ie yellow for king, blue for single, red for double, green for super king, same colours for the duvet cover. If you buy from a hotel suplier they come coded ready for you to easily identify.

I use a Sharpie marker to write K or Q on the tags attached to the sheets. When the sets are washed and folded, I bundle them as a set: top sheet folded around the fitted and pillow cases. That way, you just grab a bundle and go. The shelves in my laundry room are labeled by size.

 My sheets are hanging as are the ironed pillowcases.  They are hung according to size.  First rack is king, second is queen third is full size for other one full size bed and sofa bed.

I marked sheet set sizes on the tag & the "permanent" market actually came off on the sheet.  I don't do that anymore.  I hang all my pillowcases after ironing them.  King size are on the same hanger, etc.

Yay!  I have no idea where you are, but I'm happy to hear you're innkeeping!

Don't know if this will help you, but I fold my pillow cases two different ways, so I can tell at a glance if they are king or queen/standard.  I stack my sets together with fitted/flat/cases in a stack.  Mine are generally color coordinated by room, but I do have a few colors where there is more than one size.

King:  Laid flat I fold short end to short end, fold again in the same direction, and then a third time.  Then I make one fold in half the other way (it makes sense if you try it).  The end result is a long, skinny rectangle.

Queen:  Laid flat I fold short end to short end, and then only once again.  Then I fold it in half in the other direction, and then again.  The finished result is more square (although still somewhat rectangular) than the king.

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Kk.

people put the unmarked sheets on the wrong shelves. 

four rooms, five beds.

i think someone had mentioned stitching something on the ends of the sheets. but i do have a time constraint.  so i won't be doing any stitching!!

I was going to mention labeling the shelves, but that hasn't worked out. How many rooms are you talking about?

When we first got here the sheets were labeled because they went out to the laundry and the size was written on the tail of the top sheet, which wouldn't help.

I like your idea of sorting right after washing and tucking them in a pillow case. If it's not possible to write anywhere inconspicuous, could you use a plastic paperclip or other clip to put the name of the room on that? The name could be written and laminated and then attached permanently to the paper clip which would slide onto the pillow case or use those big spring clips. Just something that's plastic so you don't get rust marks.

That sounds like such a mess. Can you put them in an order in the cabinet? Sheets for Rooms A & B go on this shelf. Sheet sets for another room go on a different shelf? Or is there not enough shelving for all the different combinations?