Why is there no solution to the 'used-once-but-not-dirty' clothes pile?

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We all have this, don't we? A pile of clothes on a chair in the bedroom that aren't dirty enough to wash but not clean enough to go back in the wardrobe.

Mine sit on a chair looking untidy.

Try as I might, I can't find a solution. Blanket ladders aren't sturdy enough to put up with daily use, chairs take up a lot of space, hooks don't work for two people's worth of clothes.

AIBU for being frustrated there is not a magical solution to this? Or is there one that is being gate-kept by the eternally tidy and house proud crew?

Bad idea.

I have clothes everywhere in my house (in every room apart from kitchen and bathroom) so probably not a role model. I have a complicated, self dictated system. Only clean and ironed clothes are allowed back in an actual wardrobe. Clean clothes waiting to be ironed are hung on hangers on door frames, hooks etc. Clothes to be worn more than once such as wool trousers, cardigans etc might be folded and placed on top of one of the many chest of drawers, banisters etc. There is also a bedroom chair. A summer cotton skirt could be worn twice (maybe even three times at a pinch) if in no sense it is dirty but would need an iron again in between wears. Anything that has been close to a body like dresses or tops are washed after one wear. I wear t shirts under some jumpers in winter so the jumper can be worn a few times. Likewise cardigans over tops or dresses. It is a complicated system and only I fully understand all its rules.

Me too. I just think if you wear them then throw them on the chair they would get screwed up so I would just wash it all, but I love putting on fresh clean clothes after a shower , wear pyjamas twice though.

Same, utterly rank and moth heaven
I just wear the same trousers/ skirt/ culottes the next day with a different top
I cant bear piles of laundry everywhere and worn things in big piles-No!

Yes that’s probably the best solution, would need to have a big sort out of my wardrobe first though as it’s bursting at the seams 😆

I do generate quite a lot of ‘in use’ clothes though, I have horses, dogs etc and have a different outfit for every activity!

Rehang them inside out so you know they have been worn once.

I used to have elaborate methods and piles of clothes but now I just leave it out and wear it again the next day. I used to think people would notice if I wore the same thing two days in a row but then I tried to remember what colleagues etc wore yesterday and I could barely ever remember! So now I just lay it out to wear the next day and have an organised start to the day rather than a messy, disorganised chairdrobe!

Indeed.

If in doubt, give them a once over with a squirt of deodorant before putting them back in the wardrobe or drawer.

Or wear them again and wash them.

Or just wash them anyway to clear the pile.

I don't think additional furniture is the way to go.

No, never. I have an old ships box thing at the bottom of the bed, a bit like a wooden ottoman.

I wash everything after I've worn it so don't have this but my husband slings his worn but clean jeans over our clothes rack (we have no wardrobe just 11ft of clothes rail)

We hang ‘wear again’ clothes over a ‘vintage’ (old) wooden towel stand in the corner of our bedroom!

You’re lucky. I’ve had two infestations, one much worse than the other, and it’s an unbelievable PITA to deal with and extremely difficult to completely break the cycle once they’re in. If they go into carpets or soft furnishings you’ll never be rid of them without professional intervention.

I know quite few other people who’ve had the same, but I do wonder if it’s area-specific, as they can spread between households, especially at certain times of the year.

Either way, it’s made me completely paranoid about getting them again and for that reason absolutely nothing goes into my wardrobe unless it’s totally clean and unworn.

I count on wearing my outfits for 2 days then into the washing basket and I have a shower.
If that isn’t possible they go on a hanger outside the wardrobe for max 3 days.
Cardigans and hoodies go in a “used but clean” area of the wardrobe cordoned off by the mini ironing board that lives in there.

Towel rail on radiator

You wash clothes just because you cant store them overnight without screwing them up?

I put them on top of the laundry basket in the en-suite but it really pisses DH off!
I don’t like the ‘visual noise’ of seeing the clothes hanging anywhere, on the floor or on a chair but I don’t like putting them away with the clean clothes either.
I’m the same with all my skincare, if I put it away I don’t bother using it but the sight of it all out on display is unpleasant to me.

OMG floordrobes are a thing?? I thought that just meant when people leave all their clothes on the floor!

Personally I couldn't be without my trusty chairdrobe, which I did not buy specially for the purpose, it's just a normal chair 😄

Moths don’t attack clothes because they’ve been worn and put away. They attack them because they’re made of wool, cashmere or alpaca, etc. AFAIK they lay their eggs in them so that there’s a food source for the larvae.

They are particularly attracted to the smell of human skin and oils
I would never risk it, never store worn clothing and all my woolens/yarn is stored in moth proof bags

I put worn clothes back in my wardrobe. Always have done and I have reached the age of 63 without attracting moths or any other issues.

They are absolutely rife in some areas and tricky to eradicate
IYKYK

Me too. Never had a problem.

I know of at least 3 solutions.

1. Hang them in the wardrobe - but in a separate section. I do this. Worn once clothes go on the left hand (smaller) side.
2. Hang them in the wardrobe, but with the hangers facing the opposite way. So worn once - open side of the hook towards you.. clean - closed side of the hook towards you.
3. Hang them in the wardrobe - but inside out.

With reference to the floordrobe - if you're going to buy (and have room for) that, you might as well just get a separate small thin wardrobe specifically for your worn clothes!

I just use one of these baskets on an ottoman near my bed.

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