Fantastic Shirt Folding
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Here is a Japanese video I saw a few years ago. I was reminded of it recently by zang as I wandered around the Internet yesterday. It shows a nifty way to fold shirts nice and flat for easier storage (or suitcase packing!). With nicely folded shirts, you’ll be able to fit more into your dresser drawers, which means you should actually be able to fully close all the drawers. 
Being a Japanese video, it’s obviously in Japanese, and unfortunately for me I don’t speak Japanese. I needed a translation. I found the following video that not only explains the Japanese folding method in English, it also covers two more folding techniques:
The first technique is the one I’ve used for years - the standard shirt-folding technique your mom probably taught you. It works ok, but it does lead to lumpy folds.
The third technique covered by Ben uses a t-shirt folder (he made his own out of cardboard). I actually have the “official” version of this folder. While it does make nice folds, and it is really easy to use, it actually just sits there unused in the corner of my closet. I fold my laundry on my bed. This is probably not the more efficient practise, but I don’t have a special laundry table, and my clothes are stored in the bedroom anyway. However, once I dump out the laundry basket onto the bed there’s no room to use the handy folder. I also find it works better on a hard surface, instead of a squishy bed. It works, but since I don’t use it it’s become just another piece of clutter that I should either start using or just get rid of.
The next time I do laundry, I’m going to try the Japanese folding method, now that’s it’s been explained to me in plain English.
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But I believe if it’s knowledge that helps me improve my own home skills it doesn’t really matter where I learned it!
Besides, if there’s one teenage boy out there who knows how to fold shirts instead of stuffing them under his bed, it’s bound to be a good sign!
Interesting. I think it’s a little.. overkill to need a device to fold your clothes but to each his own. I use a variation of the “simple” method - I fold in thirds so the shirt would be shorter, rather than just folding over but I’ve only done that since living in this place. I lacked a dresser for many years so everything was hung up. I find it interesting, though, that neither video touches on the regular way of folding.
I’m always interested in learning new ways to fold, if you’re willing to share your technique!
I’m with you, Caitlin–I thought the first method in the second video was considered regular folding. I learned it at Banana Republic, and my mom and sister were so impressed! 
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I am thoroughly dismayed that my house keeping skills are such that I just learned tips on folding shirts in a video produced by a 13 year old boy. O_o