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Where do you keep your handbag?

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Handbagsandgladrgs · 19/04/2026 11:25

This is a random question but where do people keep their handbags when you are at home? I'm in a small terrace so space is somewhat lacking. I normally end up keeping my handbag at the bottom of the stairs by the front door or beside the back door at the kitchen (to prompt myself to remember what I need when I'm heading out) but it just looks so cluttered and gets in the way especially if it's there for a couple of days.

I don't have a cloakroom, just a coat stand at the front door which my bag would be too heavy for.

Any other clever suggestions for where people keep theirs?

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Miranda65 · 20/04/2026 15:16

In my bedroom. Even when I've been out, I take it straight back upstairs. It would feel weird for it to be downstairs 🤣

maybethisyear · 20/04/2026 15:34

It is generally where I am so in the kitchen or by my bed. It’s just a useful place to keep everything I need - keys, tissues, earphones, lipstick, lip balm, hand cream, hairbrush.
I’m upstairs now so it’s with me next to my bed. It will be downstairs later and when I go for a walk I’ll just put the things I need from it in my pocket and leave it in the kitchen ready to put stuff back in to on my return.
It’s had a trip out to the gym and Lidl this morning.
I’m not going to keep putting things away and getting them out again whenever I want to leave the house so the basics are always in there so I can just grab and go

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 20/04/2026 15:43

Mine is always upstairs. I hang it on a hook on the back of the bedroom door. It has to be off the ground or my cat would rake everything out. 😹

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Handbagsandgladrgs · 20/04/2026 15:16

I also wish I was a coordinated enough person to match by bag to my shoes. I'd forget to transfer half my things so I just always have the same one until it dies and then I get a new one!

Bless you calling me coordinated - I really don't have shedloads of matching shoes and bags - but the 4/5 that I do I do match up!

Pinkissmart · 20/04/2026 19:28

slung across a kitchen chair, or on a hook inside my coat cupboard

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