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Storing hats and gloves etc. What do you tidy people do?

35 replies

chipmonkey · 10/02/2009 22:20

Because all of ours have ended up in either a heap at the bottom of our under-stairs cupboard, all odd gloved or alternatively hanging in a bag from a coat cook and still all odd pairs of gloves!
Any solutions?

OP posts:
psychomum5 · 12/02/2009 17:03

we have these

one basket per child

I also have a basket in the downstairs toilet under the hooks for the coats for the extras like mine and DH, or heavy winter gloves ready for snow!

NorbertDentressangle · 12/02/2009 17:11

We have a cupboard in the hall (a "sideboard" or whatever the more modern terminology is) and keep gloves, scarves etc in the drawers of that.

nannyL · 12/02/2009 18:44

i make each person store their gloves and scarf in their hat

have a mini shelf where i put them but at least they are not all messed up

have a basket of spares in a wardrobe but being out the way mean we only use them when we relaly need them!

ABetaDad · 12/02/2009 18:49

One glove in each pocket, scarf down left sleeve, hat down right sleeve.

RumMum · 12/02/2009 20:40

I've also got a over the door shoe tidy that I store my gloves and hats in.. I buy about 4 pairs all the same from primark so I don't have to flaff about finding a pair...

in the summer I store them in my under the bed divan dog walking draw.. with my ski trousers and thermals...

Sidge · 12/02/2009 20:55

We have a bag in the coat cupboard for hats, scarves etc.

Scarves get rolled up and put in the person's hat. Gloves get rolled together like socks, so you always have 2 gloves.

ThingOne · 13/02/2009 19:59

Two adults, two DSs, one coat cupboard under the stairs. We each have a little bag with our name on for hats/gloves/sunhats. The bags hang on pegs with the coats. Mine are thick brown paper bags with thick cotton string handles from a local shop. The advantage of brown paper is that it is easy to write on. And free.

We have lots of hats as I never refuse a bag of hand-me-downs .

duckyfuzz · 13/02/2009 20:03

basket on bottom shelf of unit in hall

VanessaParody · 13/02/2009 20:23

Waitrose bag under the childrens coat rack. Not a carrier bag obviously (cos that would be messy), but one of the green-blip-your-own-shopping sort.

snickersnack · 13/02/2009 20:24

I'm not tidy, but this really bugs me - we have a wicker basket under the coat rack, everything goes in there when people get in.

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