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Where do you put your clothes at bedtime

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TheFloorDrobeHasGotMe · 13/07/2024 21:33

And how do you stop having a floordrobe?

Has any non-tidy/disorganised person happened on any top tips, easy habits to create that would help me from being overtaken by clothes that are in the 'wear again' pile in the corner of our bedroom?

Everytime I reorganise the drawers and wardrobes, they stay neat for a few days then the piles just build back up worse than ever.

DH is tidy, poor thing, but he's fighting a losing battle as I'm encroaching on his clothes territory,

I just do not and never have had a system. If you have, could you share pls?

Any easy tips welcome.

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Leftleg · 13/07/2024 23:11

I fold and put on the floor if I'm going to wear again. I often wear again the next day so it's mostly only overnight. And if its been there too long i just put in the wash. For people who put them away, how would you remember that it's already been worn before? Maybe I should make a separate space in there just for worn clothes!

DinnaeFashYersel · 13/07/2024 23:11

I have very similar to this.

Where do you put your clothes at bedtime
stayathomer · 13/07/2024 23:12

Used to use the floor or anything standing but now I fold and put in the wardrobe. Room looks so much better for it!!

stayathomer · 13/07/2024 23:14

Leftleg
I fold and put on the floor if I'm going to wear again. I often wear again the next day so it's mostly only overnight. And if it’s been there too long i just put in the wash. For people who put them away, how would you remember that it's already been worn before? Maybe I should make a separate space in there just for worn clothes!
If it’s clean enough to be worn again I personally don’t think it matters if it’s been worn before. If not clean enough it goes into the basket!

Goinggreymammy · 13/07/2024 23:14

ReignOfError · 13/07/2024 21:48

If I’m wearing them again the next day, on a hanger on the outside of the wardrobe door. If I’m not wearing them until some future date, inside-out on hangers in one end of the wardrobe.

That's a great idea. I usually avoid putting things that have been worn once back in wardrobe in case I forget they were worn and don't wash them for months.

Bearybasket · 13/07/2024 23:15

Honestly, the only way around the floor-drobe/ chair-drobe for me personally is washing most things every wear wether they need it or not.

I’ve got a basket for things that are bulky or otherwise particularly impractical to wash after every wear.

novocaine4thesoul · 13/07/2024 23:17

ReignOfError · 13/07/2024 21:48

If I’m wearing them again the next day, on a hanger on the outside of the wardrobe door. If I’m not wearing them until some future date, inside-out on hangers in one end of the wardrobe.

I really like this suggestion - thank you. My go to is "laundry basket if dirty" or floor then swept into laundry basket, but I do tend to wear things twice if they are OK (worn for a few hours) and by turning them inside out you are signifying that you have already worn it. It's clean, you are clean, it's fine. It gets over that weather thing, For casual stuff that I am definitely going to wear the next day, I do tend to use a chair. It rarely survives a 3 day wearing. But if I am out in finer gear I sometimes don't want to wash an outfit that I have literally been in for a few hours. This would work for me.

usernother · 13/07/2024 23:19

On the floor by the bed. I pick them up in the morning. I'm very happy with this method.

Toptotoe · 13/07/2024 23:20

I had never heard of the word ‘midden’ until I met my current husband. It is how he describes my side of the bed. It’s a medieval refuse pile

I have piles of books, notepads assorted chargers and clothes. I can go for days keeping it all tidy but eventually it builds up and becomes a pile

For as long as I can remember, I have struggled to keep my bedroom tidy, the rest of the house is perfectly clean and tidy. I’m sure there is some weird psychological reason for it but I’m not sure I’m ready to find out what it is yet. . . 😬

Tulipvase · 13/07/2024 23:21

I tends to wear dresses etc twice, they go back on the hanger inside out so I know they have been worn once. Some clothes, cardigans etc, go on my dressing table chair.

DTisawazzock · 13/07/2024 23:24

We leave ours in the shower room (not en suite) as we tend to go to bed at different times and get up at different times.

Beezknees · 13/07/2024 23:26

In the wash basket if it's dirty, on a chair if I'm going to wear it again.

dudsville · 13/07/2024 23:35

For the most part, if something is clean enough to wear again then it goes on a hanger on the outside of my wardrobe or folded on top of my dresser. If I don't wear it again by next washing time then it gets washed. So dirty stuff straight into basket. Lightly worn stuff folded or hung up. Then there are items that don't get washed as often, they get an airing and then are put away. I love my clothes, and i keep a fairly tidy home , so they would never be on the floor.

Theoldwoman · 13/07/2024 23:38

Straight in the laundry hamper in the bathroom where I get undressed and hop in the shower. No rocket science involved.

tunainatin · 13/07/2024 23:48

On a wooden clothes horse.

Droolylabradors · 14/07/2024 05:58

I pretty much wash every time. The only things I don't wash after each wear are bras and wool/cashmere jumpers. These go on a hook (by the strap or by the label) on the back of my door.

Trousers almost always get rewashed, on the rare occasions they don't, I hang them by a belt loop on the back of the bathroom door to wear the next day. I don't wear jeans. Dresses never do two wears.

Good luck with the list op!

wandawaves · 14/07/2024 06:22

I have a coat/hat stand specifically for my worn clothes. It's the best. I highly recommend!

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