https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:57:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552581 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 14:51:32 +0000 MicheleS 1552581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Moths are my nemesis, too. Cashmere seems to be their favorite entree. I now keep my cashmere in zipper clothing bags with the lavender moth repellant from The Container Store, which does the trick. And yes, they do seem to prefer previously worn items. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552580 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 14:39:06 +0000 jackiec 1552580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm interesting about moths. That would drive me nuts. I do the same as Angie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552572 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 14:20:39 +0000 Dale 1552572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad I'm not alone Cerinda, it scars you for life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552501 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 04:31:44 +0000 Cerinda 1552501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I think a top has another wear, I hang it (on a hanger) on the closet doorknob to air. &nbsp; And I hear you: &nbsp;I'm still freaky from a bout with moths more than ten years ago! I have lavender and cedar everywhere but the kitchen. &nbsp;(Thanks for the head's up on the cedar rings, Jenn.). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552394 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 00:14:54 +0000 Gigi 1552394@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aliona, I like your idea of hanging the worn items separately overnight to air them out. In the summer, I am always reticent to replace worn items in the closet because I'm afraid that there might be a small amount of moisture in the clothes from perspiration, and I don't want mold to grow. (My closet is pretty full, and the clothes won't get good air circulation.) I had just been draping the items loosely over the edge of my chest of drawers for a night, but that looks really messy, and it can leave wrinkles also. I'm going to start hanging them on hangers in the bathroom and then replace them in the morning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552360 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 22:26:20 +0000 Jenn 1552360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Would it work to grab some cedar rings to slip over the hangers of worn clothes?</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_360071-41052-76214_0__?k_clickID=7d9e96df-5d10-dd49-0a7b-00001ac1a270&amp;store_code=1812&amp;productId=50042656&amp;selectedLocalStoreBeanArray=%5Bcom.lowes.commerce.storelocator.beans.LocatorStoreBean%40161b161b%5D&amp;storeNumber=1812&amp;kpid=50042656&amp;kpid=50042656&amp;cm_mmc=SCE_PLA-_-Kitchens-_-ClosetAccessories-_-50042656%3ACedarAmerica&amp;CAWELAID=&amp;CAWELAID=320011480001441097"><a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_360071-41052-76214_0__?k_clickID=7d9e96df-5d10-dd49-0a7b-00001ac1a270&#038;st" rel="nofollow">http://www.lowes.com/pd_360071.....70&#038;st</a>...</a></p> <p>They're inexpensive and would both mark them and deter the moths. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552358 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 22:22:59 +0000 Dale 1552358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Liz, that's exactly right. So it have crazy about keeping them separate ever since even though this part of the house is new and insulated. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552357 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 22:22:08 +0000 Leighways 1552357@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Images so it makes more sense.</p> <p>First for me is cleaned, second is washed. Everything else goes into the washbasket. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552356 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 22:19:54 +0000 Leighways 1552356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also not Angie...</p> <p>But I put all my fresh on coathangers facing one way and the worn the other way, since I will be hanging everything up once it's worn. Pretty quick to do so long as you remember which way means what! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552351 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 22:11:13 +0000 Liz 1552351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure I understand the difference for folding clothes. I also just return the item to the closet if it's still oK to wear (folded or hung) or put it in the laundry if it isn't.</p> <p>But I've never dealt with clothing moths. Apparently they are attracted to items that have been worn?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552267 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 18:59:05 +0000 Dale 1552267@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, clearly everyone is more organized than me. Thanks all! I've always been afraid to mix in as I've been concerned about attracting clothes moths. We had an old closet before our renovation and I lost a lot of clothes. But I guess I should give that up now. So these suggestions are awesome for hanging items, what about clothes that don't hang (Ts, sweaters, etc)? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552262 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 18:49:56 +0000 Suz 1552262@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do the same as Angie.If it's not dirty, no need to separate it. If it is, then I wouldn't wear it again before laundering.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552256 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 18:30:41 +0000 Angie 1552256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dale, I hang my worn items back in their designated spot in my closet - as if they were newly laundered. If they are worthy of being worn again - why go to the trouble of separating them? The items don't smell and aren't dirty.&nbsp;</p> <p>If I see that an item needs a quick iron because I've worn it before, I do so just before I wear it again.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552249 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 18:06:29 +0000 Louise 1552249@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I put freshly laundered stuff to the right of each section so the stuff on the left has been there the longest, kinda keeps things rotating . I usually hang worn things on the curtain pole but if I did put it back in the wardrobe I'd put it to the left of the section so I know it needs to be worn next. I like the idea of putting something on the top of the hanger so I know it's already been worn x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552217 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 16:57:15 +0000 Anonymous 1552217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>im sure Angie has genius ideas on this, but my own trick is to slide a knitting placeholder onto the hanger of items that I've worn--I may even have been known to get completely anal about this by colour coding them to the number of times worn That way I can keep the item mixed in with my regular pieces for easier wardrobe planning. </p> <p>You can buy these at Michaels in packets-- the ones I get look like tiny rubber bands. I can add a pic if you want. </p> <p>I do gently brush and hang worn items separately overnight after wearing and sometimes hang them outdoors for a while refresh. I'd have made a good Downton Abbey valet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552216 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 16:54:39 +0000 Janet 1552216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not Angie, but I will sometimes hang things inside-out when I have worn them but not laundered them because they still seemed quite wearable. I don't like to wash things too much. I do rely on the sniff test, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-basic-closet-organization-help#post-1552208 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 16:47:19 +0000 Dale 1552208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You often talk about wearing items multiple times. Which I do. I'm wondering how you organize your closet so you know what's freshly laundered and what's been worn? My closet ends up a mess trying to keep them separate. </p>