Storing clothes

LJM

all our winter clothes and other bits of clothing/baby bedding is all stored inside black bags which are inside cardboard boxes all our clothes has been fine up there in the loft

Mics_chick

I think vacuum bags are best idea cos they save space and the ones I've got say that they are damp-proof too - mould would be my biggest worry cos if it gets on your clothes it leaves a stain even you manage to wash most of it out... Binbags would make your clothes hold moisture so they could go mouldy.

Gryfon

I have to store the children's old clothes which at the moment are just dumped into various bags and boxes, but I need to sort them into ages and lable them so as DD2 grows I can find them!

I was going to put them in the loft which is drier than the basement, and I'd started by using big plastic boxes and sealing the lids. Trouble is they're expensive at about £7 or £8 a throw and I have lots of clothes! I did have a couple of those big hessian bags with zips but even those I can only find for £2.25 each.

So what is the best way to store clothes? If big boxes are my best way then I might be able to buy one a month over the next few months. I'm just fed up of clothes that don't fit floating around and getting in my way!

hollyh

Hi

I would get some vaccum bags if i were you. The big ones store loads and take up very little room. They're not that expensive either really considering how much they hold.

luxor4t

I used cardboard boxes or old suitcases for our 'clothes bank'.

I did try all sorts of lists etc but in the end I just opened the boxes in the spring or autumn, banked the clean outgrown clothes and withdrew anything that could be worn for the next season - oh, and recycled anything that had died during storage eg swimming trunks.

ascot64

I use my holiday suitcases. Suitcases generally only get used once or twice a year and sit empty in the loft the rest of the time.

When I go away I just empty the clothes and leave them folded somewhere (on the spare bed usually) until I get back. As I am away I am not looking at them.

sooz

You need to get really really boring, & make lists, before you store them

Otherwise, I find I carefully store lots of clothes, forget about them, & remember just as the youngest has outgrown them!

I use the vacuum bags that are on sale in the 99p shop. They are not quite as thick as the proper ones from lakeland etc, but work ok. I can fit 3 of them into a hessian (market type) bag to protect them from being pierced, & throw that in the loft. I also keep one box at the top of the youngest's wardrobe, filled with stuff that is JUST too big for him, so I know where the next size of stuff is.

Penelope_Penguin

I use vacuum bags, too I'll add this to the existing thread on this subject.

Penny. x

Gryfon

Thanks...vacuum bags it is then! I did have a search for a thread but you're obviously better than me

trixietoes

After reading the OS boards of ages and taking on board almost all of the tips you have supplied has lead me to wonder if this would work .... can I have your thoughts.

I want to pack up my summer clothes now, just in cases, but whenever I've done this previously they been pulled back out with a musty smell.

So I thought with Bicarb of Soda being a deodoriser could I make up little pouches similar to lavander pouches but filled with Bicarb?

Would it still work being encased in material (OH has some old work shirts I want to use for them )

I can't see a reason why, but don't want to make a load and they not work.

Thank you