You see this beautifully organized linen closet? Looks just like what you’d expect of a Professional Organizer doesn’t it? If you are thinking it looks sort of “Martha Steward-ish”, well that’s because it is. I can only dream of having such a glorious linen closet one day (hey, we organizers like to dream big), but in my real life I don’t even possess the linen closet never mind the beautifully color-co-ordinated and organized linens to go in it.

If you’re one of the lucky ones that has a linen closet (just for linens), but it looks a lot more crowded and cluttered than this one, you need to head over to a Boston-area HomeGoods this month.

And don’t go alone — oh no — take along those gorgeous peach towels your mother-in-law gave you which you’ve never used in your burgundy bathroom. Don’t forget the perfectly good set of double sheets that you picked up before you switched to a queen bed, and the fuschia comforter that went so beautifully with the wallpaper in your last house. Yup, Jan. 11-25th you can donate all your gently used linens to a Boston-area Homegoods to help them help the homeless.

Even if you don’t have a proper linen cupboard and you don’t live in Boston, this is a good time to go through all your towels, bedding, linens and remove those items that you no longer use. Gently used items can be donated to local homeless shelters or thrift stores and damaged bedding and towels (those faded or torn or stained) are often welcomed by animal shelters.

I can see you all now, staggering into the store somewhere under that pile of linen and feeling so good about how you are giving to others in need during these tough economic times and feeling good, too, about finally clearing out that linen closet.

Hold on to those thoughts. I’ll be back next week with some tips for organizing that closet once you’ve removed all the linens you don’t want or need.

In the meantime, let’s have some fun. Please share with the rest of us what you found hiding in your linen closet or send a photo of your donate pile.