Instead of the dreaded chairderobe, there is...what?

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What do you do with clothes that you have worn so aren't clean to go back in the drawer/wardrobe, but aren't dirty enough to justify washing just yet?

I could do this actually. I have two double and one single Pax wardrobes. The doubles each have two drawers at the bottom. But I could rearrange them so I hang the long things in one, and only short things in the other and add a wire mesh shelf for worn-but-clean clothes!

The single cupboard already has mesh basket shelves that are full. And two shoe racks (that are empty in fact).

I'd just have to keep the floor in front of the wardrobe clear so I could actually open it each day though.......

Hat stand, bedding box, top of cabinet, too many options

Plus one for the floordrobe.

So if I will wear it the next day then I fold it up on the dressing table stool.

If I'm likely to wear it within the week then I have a chest of drawers in my walk in wardrobe that I will put it in top of. If it's been there too long (or the top of the chest of drawers is too full) I will either re-hang it as clean or put it in the wash.

@Negroany "I'd just have to keep the floor in front of the wardrobe clear so I could actually open it each day though......."

Yeah, hearing that! 🤣

Nonsense. I always put stuff away that has been worn but isn't dirty. I have never had any problem with mould or moths. I took a shirt out to wear the other day that had been in the wardrobe for ages but then realised it should have been put in the wash after last wear as there was a small bit of food spilt on it. Still no mould.

Why does it matter? If it's not dirty then it can sit in my wardrobe for months unworn for all I care.

But it wasn't unworn though! That's the point! Why put it back in your wardrobe in the first place, it's not fresh and clean....?

And if you do out it back in, well how long would you leave it there, it would start to smell musty!

Last year I went for the mesh basket solution and it's been lifechanging. I'm no longer staring at the unworn pile or toppling it from the ottoman or tripping over it.

I'm washing my outer woollies less often, because they go in the basket organised and folded, and are worn again in a week or two's time. This is great, because they're a pain to launder and don't need it frequently anyway.

Jeans or other stuff that'll be reworn the next day or two go on the ottoman overnight as before.

Come spring, I'll wash anything still in the basket and put it away in the wardrobe.

Peg rail on the bathroom wall and hang them on that.

I must be a filth bag. If I wear something and decide it doesn’t need a wash it goes back into the wardrobe for another day. I don’t worry that it’s going to get mouldy or musty or about it touching cleaner clothes. I give everything a good sniff that I take out of my wardrobe before I put it on to wear anyway so i should catch anything that needs a wash then. Maybe my clothes absolutely stink though

I have a few hooks inside a tiny walk-in wardrobe but most things still end up on the chaise lounge.

As soon as there's a sunny day I put clothes outside to air. I've put a hanging rail outside. I'm always a bit flummoxed at how little people in Britain air their clothes/houses generally

Sometimes I freeze my knitwear!

DH has an ironing boardrobe 🙈. I either put tops in the wash or trousers/ skirts etc can go back in the wardrobe.

We have a sort of chunky four poster bed so things get hung off the posts. Really annoys me as it makes a lovely bed look a bit shit, but needs must.

Freeze your knitwear! What's the reason behind that?

Nope. If it smells or looks dirty then I'd wash it. If not, then it is fresh and clean, and nothing bad will happen to it or other clothes around it in the wardrobe, even if I don't wear it again for months.

I have wooden pegrail along part of the wall out of main view. It's fab for the half worn items.

Freezing kills moth eggs. I do it with woollens if I have any suspicion of moths (I have a lot of wool clothes).

the best method is to freeze for say 24 hours, then bring back to room temperature, then freeze again. The rapid change of temperature kills the eggs.

edit: I also do this if I buy second hand wool items.

It's an easy way to refresh slightly worn knitwear. And like PP said, it kills moths and other bug eggs. I tend to freeze my knits before I store them away for summer (unless they need a wash). Wool doesn't need much washing, and freezing takes musty smells off it. Chunky knits I wash maybe once a year. And I freeze new purchases too, if I don't want to wash them before wearing.

tops, trousers and jeans are harder. I try to be disciplined and fold them in nice piles after airing them, but it's always a bit of a mess. I hate hoovering around complicated spindly clothes horses so I prefer hooks on walls. I have a policy of as little as possible on floors anyway as I hate hoovering/mopping!