A friend and reader recently asked me, "How do you have so many clothes?"
Well, the answer to that is simple: I keep buying them! (Most recent
acquisitions? A pair of pink pants and blue denim capris for 6$ each)
A better question is, "How do you store so many clothes?"
Although I try to keep my clothing collection within reasonable limits
by regularly selling/donating items that I don't like and don't wear,
which means a constantly rotating collection of clothes, my fashion
habit has still managed to take over half of my (large master) bedroom.
In case you were curious, here's the rundown:
On the far left corner of the western wall, the first thing you'll see
is my closet. A few non-fashion odds and ends are shoved into nooks and
crannies in the closet, but it is mainly used just for my clothes.
Open the door and the first thing you'll see is the hanging hook for
hats, jackets, and my backpack. This is a standard or even large-size
closet, but because it doesn't get much light, I typically reserve it
for my less-worn clothes, plus the boring basics that I don't need to
look at to know they're what I need. My off-season clothes go in two
places within this closet: Plastic tubs on the floor at the left, and
hanging on the far right, covered with a plastic bag. This closet is
where I keep my swimsuits and other beachwear (in a crate on the shelf),
purse collection (in another plastic tub) and shoes that are out of
season or worn rarely enough that they are better kept in their boxes.
The rest of my shoes go on the shoe rack hanging on the outside of the door!
To the right of the closet, a freestanding jewelry box stands in a tiny
narrow space. As of now (but not for very much longer is my guess), all
my jewelry fits in or on this box, except for a few less-worn pieces
that I keep in the black box at its feet.
Next to the jewelry box, because one closet is never enough, another
closet! This is a freestanding wardrobe, and I love it because it
projects out into the room, getting plenty of light when I need to pick
out my clothes. I use this wardrobe to its fullest potential, keeping
foldable shirts on the top shelf (It's rather deep, so I keep layering
tanks and a few off-season just-in-case pieces in the back, and T-shirts
and patterned tanks in the front.
Dresses, skirts, and nicer tops hang from the bar (and are so heavy they
threaten to pull it from its attachment). Although you can't tell from
the picture,
these articles are arranged by type, then color, for fast outfit
selection. On the floor level, some random junk is hidden in the back,
while shorts sit in two piles (one for patterned and colorful, one for
blue denim) in the front and jeans in another.
To the right of that is a tall dresser that I salvaged from the curb
when some neighbors were moving out. It needed a little cleaning, but it
became an invaluable storage spot for pajamas, leggings, athletic wear,
and underthings of all sorts.
But the storage doesn't stop there, oh, no. Moving to the right, you can
see the old pouch shoe storage that I have been using ever since the
age of 10 (or thereabouts).
I replaced it with the closet-door rack just
last year when my shoe collection finally exceeded 15 pairs. Now I use
it to hold my winter outerwear like gloves and hats, as well as my
extensive collection of arm warmers. Since winter has ended, I'm trying
to decide what's the best summer use for it.
So that's an entire wall of my room, expressly dedicated to the purpose of Unfashion!
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