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			<title>YouLookFab Forum &#187; Topic: UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!</title>
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				<title>Zaeobi on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Zaeobi</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Another thing I'd recommend is to think about how you prefer to get dressed - do you tend to build your outfits around your tops, scarves or shoes (for example)? &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Whichever item is your outfit 'leader', you should make sure THAT'S what has the most prominent/ easy-to-reach spot in your storage - my bottoms, for example, are rolled into my shoeboxes, because they're usually neutrals that I pull on just so I'm not at risk of indecent exposure lol (the outfit 'followers', as it were - yes, my trousers are lemmings  <span aria-hidden="true" class="emoticon emoticon-wink icon-emoticon-wink "></span>  hah).
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				<title>SarahD8 on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 03:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>SarahD8</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Thanks Suz! Rachylou and Zaeobi, waving to my fellow Sisters of Perpetual Quirky Clothing Storage. Interesting how we seem to have hit upon similar solutions— especially in terms of function, though the details may differ.
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				<title>Zaeobi on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 03:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Zaeobi</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;All my folded clothes are stacked in tiny shoeboxes lol, since I have no chest of drawers here nor the capacity to install any (am renting). I have labels on them &#038;amp; rotate them to the front vs back of the closet according to the season. My pyjamas/ lounge clothes are in plastic bins on top of the cupboard (no space inside the closet!)  &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;As for planning, I think I posted a photo here once of how I have hooks on the back of the door for my week's outfits/ PJ's  - if something doesn't need washing after a wear (which is rare in this subtropical summer humidity, TMI lol sorry!) then I usually move it to the next hook to rewear at some point during the week (I try to let the clothes 'breathe' a bit between wears). &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;TL;DR: I use hooks instead of bedposts  <span aria-hidden="true" class="emoticon emoticon-razz icon-emoticon-razz "></span>  &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Plus having a set colour scheme helps to get everything to easily mix &#038;amp; match without too much thought - moving out all my black clothes has made my dressing decisions sooo much quicker now!
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				<title>rachylou on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 20:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Good stuff! I think you’ll really like them. I have almost the same setup for my deep, narrow ancient closets - pegs and valet hooks, ‘cept my valet hooks are over-door waterfall hangers. (I’m afraid of putting holes in the ancient plaster and bringing the wall down, lol  <span aria-hidden="true" class="emoticon emoticon-wink icon-emoticon-wink "></span>  )
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				<title>Suz on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 20:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Suz</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;That looks great! Glad you were able to solve the problem.&#038;nbsp;
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				<title>SarahD8 on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 19:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>SarahD8</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;SF indeed. I did just add a bag of activated charcoal to the kitty corner but there's only so much I can expect that to do!&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;DonnaF ha! I hope not! The truth is I wasn't running up and down the stairs much anyway...this discussion did sort of shake me out of my dressing doldrums and prompted me to play in both of my closets but prior to that I just...really wasn't wearing my hanging clothes. I have been doing lots of organizing and rearranging this weekend so there has been PLENTY of running up and down stairs at least for the last couple of days!
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				<title>DonnaF on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 18:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>DonnaF</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Congrats! But have you made an allowance for weight gain/extra inches from not running up and down those stairs all the time? &#038;lt;gr&#038;gt;
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				<title>Stagiaire Fash on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 18:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;That looks excellent! Probably a better spot for it than my idea of above the kitty litter, peeyou.
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				<title>SarahD8 on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 18:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>SarahD8</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;A happy update! I purchased the valet hook for my IKEA wardrobe that lyn67 mentioned. My husband installed it this morning, as well as a set of peg hooks I had previously purchased. Pics below. &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;I am THRILLED with the result. I haven't truly put the system through its paces yet but am very optimistic that this will improve things significantly for me.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;The idea is that the valet hook will be a place where I can stash hanging clothes that I bring up from the downstairs closet on a weekly-ish basis. So I don't have to run up and down the stairs constantly, and if I want to play with a few different possibilities I have a place to stash a few hangers.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;The peg rail is a spot where I can stash my jammies/loungewear and hang clothes for airing after wearing them. I had my husband hang it quite high up so that I can hang long garments without interfering with my clothes hamper underneath. &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Thanks to the forum for talking this through with me and helping me find a solution!
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				<title>YKK on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2022 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>YKK</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;A lot of my stuff I roll up into little cylinders and just stack them like cord wood on a shelf.&#038;nbsp;
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				<title>SarahD8 on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>SarahD8</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;No, I remember it being closed storage.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Platsa, maybe. Seems to only be available in Europe, or at least not on the US site:&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;&#060;a rel=&#034;nofollow&#034; href=&#034;https://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/cat/platsa-systeem-37894/&#034;&#062;https://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/cat.....eem-37894/&#060;/a&#062;
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				<title>Stagiaire Fash on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Stagiaire Fash</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;You mean Trofast?
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				<title>SarahD8 on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>SarahD8</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;SF people do get up to some schemes, don’t they? I think IKEA now (or did in the recent past) has a line of storage furniture that is designed in stair-step fashion to create a custom look in rooms with sloping ceilings.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Stagiaire Fash</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Not saying you want to do this, just being mischievous…. &#060;a href=&#034;https://designsixtynine.co.uk/2017/03/23/ikea-wardrobe-hack-drawer-diy/&#034; rel=&#034;nofollow&#034;&#062;https://designsixtynine.co.uk/.....rawer-diy/&#060;/a&#062;&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;If hubs doesn’t want to move stuff (although his stuff in his office might totally make sense), then I vote weekly capsules in your “expanded bedpost”/staging area above the litter box.
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				<title>SarahD8 on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 01:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>SarahD8</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Thanks for the kind words, Runcarla!&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;JAileen, Crater Lake was fantastic! Well worth the trip and the strenuous hike down to/up from the lake. We didn’t see much bird life (though we are not experts) but the cutest, boldest ground squirrels ever hang out at the lakeshore and the plant life was really cool (I am sparing you all my nerdy botany photos).&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;I appreciate everyone’s suggestions that involve changing my husband’s clothing storage. Clothing is often not just about clothing and that principle is at play here; I have a tendency to try to be “invisible” and meet my own needs by working around others’, and I am aware of playing out that pattern in this discussion. Still, in the final analysis I think it’s more important to me and to our family that my husband and I both have defined, functional spaces in which to work than it is that I have a dressing room/unified clothing storage/etc. So, to that point, Mr. can’t zoom at the dining table because that would interfere with *my* work space! &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;April yes, it’s sort of like organizing— it has to be just as easy for me to wear a new outfit as a bedpost one, in the same way that in order to keep tidy it has to be as easy to put an item away as it is to leave it out. Thanks to both you and nemosmom for the valet rod suggestions!&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Nemosmom alas — the closet in the office is under the stairs so it’s not full height, and can’t accommodate a pax wardrobe. (I think the opening is too narrow too, plus we need access to the Alice-in-wonderland depths of the closet for storage).&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Roberta as a matter of fact the hook I had pulled out to possibly hang on the wall is from Anthropologie! So I am right there with you on cute hardware, that’s good advice.
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				<title>Roberta on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Roberta</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;When i had one tiny closet in our bedroom and had already taken over most of my young son's closet, I relied on over the door hangers (on both sides) and sturdy hooks everywhere. I bought them at Anthro so they were visually appealing too. &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Even now, when I have a roomy closet and a smaller wardrobe (retired), I rely on those two elements. I hang nearly dry dresses and tops to fully dry, garments that i haven't  worn in too long as a reminder, scarves that would otherwise be forgotten, masks, robes, you name it. And those pull out rods in my closet are the BEST thing.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;So I am recommending cute hardware.
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				<title>nemosmom on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 17:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>nemosmom</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;I hear you on the closet limitations. It is certainly a challenge! And no wonder some clothes are forgotten when they live two floors apart. &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;My first thought is a re-org. Not new retail solutions, but a shuffle of dh clothes and yours.  Could you separate the pax units and put one in the office closet for him?  Freeing up the space where his pax is might allow you one (or two) - top/bottom rail for hanging things&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;To Carla’s point, planning ahead could help - maybe a small, telescoping valet rod or mountable valet pin in your current closet would allow you to hang things closer to your “bedpost” and help when feeling lazy. You wouldn’t need a giant rack; just a place to hang a day or two of hanging items. &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;&#060;a href=&#034;https://www.wayfair.com/RevAShelf--RevAShelf-Extendable-Metal-Closet-Valet-Clothes-Rod-CVL12-L7324-K~RSEF1573.html&#034; rel=&#034;nofollow&#034;&#062;https://www.wayfair.com/RevASh.....F1573.html&#060;/a&#062;&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;&#060;a href=&#034;https://mobile.kitchensource.com/laundry/ha-1116.htm?p=HA-805.12.358&#034; rel=&#034;nofollow&#034;&#062;https://mobile.kitchensource.c.....805.12.358&#060;/a&#062;
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				<title>April on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 11:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>April</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Ok, I admit that I currently have a full dressing room with multiple closets and a built-in dresser but I promise this was not always the case.&#038;nbsp; Some veteran YLFers will recall my 1925 house that had small rooms with smaller closets.&#038;nbsp; One thing that helped me was that &#060;a rel=&#034;nofollow&#034; href=&#034;https://www.potterybarn.com/products/stratton-bed-with-baskets/&#034;&#062;my bed was this one.&#060;/a&#062;&#038;nbsp; I used some of the baskets for things like jeans (and one for Mr. A's things when he would visit on weekends.)&#038;nbsp;&#038;nbsp;&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;I also put a plastic craft-drawer-organizer in a corner of the bedroom closet to hold things like socks, tights, etc.&#038;nbsp; Labels on the drawers because I would get dressed in the dark all winter and didn't want to show up at work in brown that I thought was black, etc.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Command hooks on the closet wall held handbags.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Much like your bedpost situation, it was a constant battle to avoid having clothes piled on the single armchair in the corner of the bedroom.&#038;nbsp;&#038;nbsp;&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;If you have a tiny amount of wall space for one of these,&#038;nbsp;&#060;a rel=&#034;nofollow&#034; href=&#034;https://www.amazon.com/Folding-Mounted-Stainless-Clothing-Organizer/dp/B079CDLT8R?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&#038;amp;ref_=fplfs&#038;amp;smid=A2WMUX8ZNJ82I4&#038;amp;th=1&#034;&#062;https://www.amazon.com/Folding.....s-sl-shopp&#060;/a&#062;&#038;nbsp;they are quite useful for assembling outfits ahead of time, for hanging dry cleaning that you want to wear again right away, and so on.&#038;nbsp; When there's nothing hanging there, you can swing the arm flush with the wall.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Not sure about you, but for lazy me, having a clean outfit assembled and hung up would help me resist the temptation to do bedpost dressing.&#060;/p&#062;
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				<title>JAileen on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>JAileen</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;This won’t be helpful, but when I worked, my wardrobe was so small that everything fit in my half of an eight foot closet. &#038;nbsp;We have since remodeled and the closet is all mine. &#038;nbsp;I have more clothes now, though. and they don’t all fit. Mainly I have more casual clothes. &#038;nbsp;I&#038;nbsp;store some things in the spare room closet. &#038;nbsp;If part of the problem is your husband zooming where you store your clothes, how about he zooms somewhere else? &#038;nbsp;For example, I zoom at the dining room table. &#038;nbsp;&#038;nbsp;&#060;div&#062;&#060;br /&#062;&#060;/div&#062;&#060;div&#062;BTW, Crater Lake is on my bucket list. &#038;nbsp;Your pictures are beautiful.&#060;/div&#062;
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				<title>Carla on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Thanks for the share ❤️!
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Suz, yes, organization can be tougher than it seems. Thanks for understanding, and I'm waving to my closed storage sister!&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Runcarla, that's a great idea. I've never been successful in the past at planning outfits weekly but it holds a lot of appeal for me. Maybe thinking a bit more about when to work it in to my schedule, will help, as well as the realization that after much analysis this is the best solution so I HAVE to make time for it. I like the idea of using photos somehow too.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Adding pics of beautiful Crater Lake, Oregon because anyone who has made it through this thread deserves some loveliness!
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				<title>Carla on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;I’m retired now, but when I was working, I had to get up in the dark to dress and catch a train to the Big City. &#038;nbsp;I developed a Sunday night ritual of assembling a mini mix and match capsule sufficient to get me through 5 working days with some variety, after checking the extended weather forecast. &#038;nbsp;In the morning, I was able to quickly assemble outfits suitable for the day. &#038;nbsp;It’s not much different than packing a suitcase for a trip and I enjoyed the style exercise.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;I have all my garments in Finds and find it useful for creating capsules. &#038;nbsp;It would save you running up and down the stairs collecting and returning items as you work out your capsule for the week. &#038;nbsp;&#060;/p&#062;
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				<title>Suz on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Suz</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Sounds sensible -- do keep us updated! Organization of clothing (or anything, really) is a big job when you have a small space, or even, sometimes, when you have a large space!&#038;nbsp;
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				<title>SarahD8 on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>SarahD8</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Thanks all for these great suggestions and for sticking with me. (Special shout out to &#060;b&#062;SF&#060;/b&#062; for not being put off totally by my crankiness!)&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;I had a long hike and two long drives yesterday to let all this percolate in the background and here is what I have come to.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;&#060;b&#062;Janet&#060;/b&#062;'s comment about being &#034;in serious space-planning mode&#034; was so helpful! It reminded me that *I* have also been in serious space-planning mode since we moved in to our new place last year! There has already been a LOT of organizing, reorganizing, shuffling things around, optimizing. (Our house is not particularly tiny or quirky, but it is an urban townhouse, so space and layout options are naturally limited.) As a result, I am particularly loath to throw out the things that are working well (drawers with kon-mari folded clothes, linen closet setup, etc.) to solve this hanging-clothes problem.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;So, I think what I am going to do is try to implement some *small* tweaks first and see if that will improve things, and if not consider a larger overhaul.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;&#060;b&#062;lyn67&#060;/b&#062;, thanks so much for your great suggestion of the Komplement valet hook. I take back what I said about not wanting a retail solution! This could be perfect, and wonder of wonders it's actually in stock at my local IKEA. I had actually been thinking about installing a valet hook on the wall beside the wardrobe, but then realized that it would be too hard to get the drill into the narrow space between the wardrobe and the wall. Making use of the wardrobe frame instead is genius! This would at least allow me to create a small staging area to bring up the hanging clothes wanted for a week or two. I will endeavor to remember &#060;b&#062;cat2&#060;/b&#062;'s good advice about not overloading it!&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Then -- behavior change. To &#060;b&#062;suntiger&#060;/b&#062;'s point about &#034;luckily&#038;nbsp;my wardrobe goes together easily&#034; -- how could I make my wardrobe more like that? Perhaps by spending some time playing and doing outfit creation sessions at the beginning of the season so that I am not relying so much on the same FFBOs over and over again. Maybe even with photos as &#060;b&#062;VintageDawn&#060;/b&#062; suggests, I do think that visual record would help. &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;And then, finding a way to lay out/plan outfits ahead of time as &#060;b&#062;Joy&#060;/b&#062; and &#060;b&#062;RobinF&#060;/b&#062; and &#060;b&#062;Sal&#060;/b&#062; suggest would also help since I don't have the bandwidth to be creative in my closet in the morning. I have always had trouble working this into my daily routine but now it occurs to me that I often spend a little time upstairs hanging out with Mme. Tortie after I eat lunch; assuming that I had a bit of a staging area for hanging clothes this could be a good time to create a little outfit planning ritual, a nice bit of self-care and exercising a different creative part of my brain in the middle of the day.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Thanks &#060;b&#062;Angie&#060;/b&#062; and &#060;b&#062;Suz&#060;/b&#062; for describing how things work in your households as that helped me understand why this is such a pinch point in mine! &#060;b&#062;Angie&#060;/b&#062; your comment that &#034;He HAS TO WEAR bottoms&#034; made me smile and also made me think: oh yeah, I don't *have* to wear a woven top most of the year, I can just wear knitwear instead which is stored in the bedroom -- no wonder I default to that. And &#060;b&#062;Suz&#060;/b&#062;, people's biological rhythms make such a difference, don't they? In my house I am the early riser. To make effective use of the current setup, I would need a block of time when my husband is neither sleeping nor in the office so that I could access both clothing stashes. That window is roughly 20 minutes in the morning, and it's exactly when I generally shower! (Plus, add in kid-related responsibilities during the school year and the possibilities for tweaking the morning schedule shrink even further.) So, that makes a place to stash a few hanging clothes in the bedroom even more crucial!&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Moving folded clothes to underbed storage as &#060;b&#062;Staysfit&#060;/b&#062; and &#060;b&#062;RobinF&#060;/b&#062; suggest, making use of vertical wall space in the kitty corner per &#060;b&#062;Stagaire Fash&#060;/b&#062;'s suggestion, or having all current season clothes hanging as &#060;b&#062;notsaf&#060;/b&#062; suggests are all potentially workable but would require a much bigger overhaul, so I'll consider those further if the smaller tweaks fail. I need to remember that for my weird brain, if clothing is in a bunch of scattered caches, requires a stepstool to access, or requires a bunch of complicated seasonal switcheroos, it might as well be two floors below. So, I need to make sure I'm not just trading one cause of bedpost dressing for another, if that makes sense.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Anyway, thank you all for your suggestions and for talking this through with me! (&#060;b&#062;Xtabay&#060;/b&#062;, I guess asking the forum is the lazy, cowardly, and *miserly* approach, haha!) I am so glad to have a plan and will keep you posted with any wild success or total failure results.
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				<title>Sal on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 20:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Sal</dc:creator>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;So much of it comes down to your routines and preferences as well.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;Given your space constraints I think a couple of hooks somewhere to hang a couple of pieces on would be worthwhile.  Even just three pieces could get you through a few days.  &#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;I exercise early and put out my clothes in the hall the night before.  I sometimes decide what I will wear for work as well, sometimes it’s later.
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				<title>Anonymous on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Well, I would have to have everything in one spot, for sure, and would probably call in an organizing consultant to make it happen. &#038;nbsp;The lazy, cowardly approach, right? &#038;nbsp;You’ve gotten some great suggestions on here, so I hope some of them work out to make your dressing process easier!
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				<title>RobinF on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;I was thinking underbed like Staysfit. Maybe this has been mentioned but I didn't see it.&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;I have a bit of hodgepodge also in our house - no room for a dresser. I hang most things and have a column of shelves for folded pants, sweaters and shoes. I have bins under the bed in our office/sewing room/guest room for socks, p.j.s and underwear. That room is right next to our bedroom so I get dressed in there and lay everything out the night before. It works pretty well although I need better bins because mine don't slide in and out very well. Hubby has his own closet with a dresser in it so the guest space is all my own.
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				<title>Suz on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;It sounds complicated, for sure. And your space is limited. I didn't see your pics, but I entirely understand your wish to keep things uncluttered and closed up -- I do poorly with a lot of open storage also. It feels like visual noise to me. Books are one thing, and some selected decorative objects, but not clothing or linens or bathroom stuff or even kitchen stuff...I prefer a mostly clean counter with most appliances etc. hidden. (Although, of course, that isn't always possible and hasn't always been possible in my own life, either!)&#038;nbsp;&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;My thought about your husband is that (from your first description) he is down there using the room where half your clothes are at a time when you might need your clothes. If his work timing is different from yours and he is going to be going to work there anyway, why not also use the space as his &#034;dressing room.&#034; He could still keep undies and PJs or some loungewear up in your shared space.&#038;nbsp;&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;That's more or less what we do because Mr. Suz is an earlier riser than I am and he wakes me up super early (like at 4:30, some days) if he tries to get dressed from our closet. (It involves turning lights on and shifting things around -- noise.) So he keeps his hanging clothes in our (admittedly, nearby) hall closet and his foldeds in a dresser in his study, which is, admittedly, right next to our bedroom. and is also, admittedly, the room he typically ends up in right after his coffee and breakfast, unless he heads straight to the gym.&#038;nbsp;&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;That's in our current home. In the old house, for the first few years, he did tend to wake me (we shared the closet) and his study was up a flight of stairs, so eventually he started to choose and lay out out his outfit for next day ahead of time. Occasionally the weather would not be as predicted but that was ok. He is not a mood dresser like me so it was easier for him to do the ahead of time planning than it would have been for me to do it. Essentially, we tried to adapt on the basis of our personalities/ waking hours/ work needs in combination with the hard storage situation.&#038;nbsp;
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				<title>Staysfit on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;Do you have any storage space under your bed? &#038;nbsp;Can you put folded items into something and store them under the bed and then free up the other storage for hanging items?&#060;/p&#062;
&#060;p&#062;How about shifting your morning routine? &#038;nbsp;Can you shuffle the order in which you do something so you can get into the office space before your husband starts to work? &#038;nbsp;Maybe wake up a few minutes earlier? &#038;nbsp;
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				<title>cat2 on "UPDATE at end of thread! Calling all forum members with quirky clothes storage!"</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description>&#060;p&#062;I used to use an over door hanger to hang a few outfits at a time for the week.  Don’t overload it or you will, like me, destroy the door hinges.
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