Worn clothes that aren't dirty, - where do you put yours?

[SnowlightMcKenzie]

This is a question that always stumps DH and me.

Any help out there?

clothes I wear everyday like jeans on the outside door knob of the wardrobe for easy access
everything else gets hung back up
dh leaves his on the floor

on the floor because I am lazy. Apart from jeans which get thrown over a chair.
the reason I wouldn't you put them back in the wardrobe/drawer? I am lucky if the clean laundry gets put back into the wardrobe/drawer instead of sittting in the clean laundry basket until it's actually picked out and worn.

@ happy to wear jeans two days in a row, I wear jeans until they can stand up by themselves, months maybe, repeated washing ruins jeans, if they get pongy put them in the freezer overnight.

Tops next to the skin 2/3 days max, everything else sponge off marks when they happen, all clothes neatly folded/hung in wardrobes and drawers between washings.

We wash stuff way too much now imo, for all we moan about it, it is just so easy now and a huge drain on energy resourses. I bet if you had to wash everything by hand all of a sudden your clothes wouldn't seem anywhere near as dirty and would last a lot longer between washings.

We had an au pair years ago who used to put all her worn clothes back in the cupboard. Her room was quite small, and there was a definite 'charity shop' niff about it.
I wear my clothes for as long as poss before washing, but hang them on the end of the bed, which looks scruffy but is better than a whiffy wardrobe IMO.

I don't get this wiffy wardrobe business. If my clothes are whiffy I put them in the wash, but they really don't get wiffy after 1 wear! Surely that would only be after repeated wear?! (or a very hot day!)

wildthings - I'm glad you said that about the jeans. I thought I was being a scumbag by wearing my jeans for weeks

I'm so relieved to know that it's not just me with this problem!

LOL Thanks CSWS for your support in the matter.

squeaver You think it is an odd question, but it appears to be a 'problem' for lots of people.

Thanks for all the answers everyone!

worn clothes, especially wool, attract clothes moths
just thought i would throw that in

if i am going to rewear clothes (tbh they hardly ever finish the day clean enough to do that - i have 2 young children) then i just leave them on the floor by my wardrobe and wear them again the next day

Mine always go back in wardrobe unless I'm going to wear them the next day then on a chair. I agree with those that say we do too much washing. It really isn't necessary. However I don't like to wear crumpled clothes so if they'd just been left in a pile on the floor then the likely hood is they'd get washed before they really needed it iyswim.

I would have thought moths would only inhabit a wardrobe that went undisturbed for some time, perhaps I'm wrong but I'm in mine every day often more than once and I have never had a problem with moths.

Back in wardrobe unless I'm going to wear it the following day (ocassionally do this with jeans or cardis). then I lay it on top of my laundry basket. We don't have a chair in our bedroom.

Back of a chair. I would never put them back in the wardrobe.

franny is entirely right. you can't put worn clothes away or they will be eaten.

and the floor is by far the most sensible place for them to wait, if you get really big heaps you can wash them!

Back in wardrobe, but it is very rare that something is clean enough to wear again.

Dh leaves his in a heap on the floor.

We each have a kind of wicker footstool with a pile of "on the go" clothes. I must admit that I do usually just wear exactly the same outfit for 2 or 3 days and then wash it though. If I've worn something for just part of a day I'll put it in the wardrobe, but if it's longer than that I worry that I'll forget it's only 'half clean'.

DD1 on the other hand, had a towering pile of half-worn clothes on a beanbag in her room and I am always shouting "choose something from the pile" on a weekend morning (usually fruitlessly!). I do go though that from time to time and sort out clothes which look clean (knowing DD1, they could have been worn for half an hour!) to put back in the drawer, or clothes that are actively dirty to go in the wash.

I think most men do that, ohdearwhatamess!

On a chair

Moths need dank clothes in dark places. Just a splash from when you washed your hands would be enough to get them started. Don't do it.

I have a shelf in my bedroom where I put the 'on the go' clothes. I select (alternate) each day from in there what to wear, putting anything in to be washed when it looks or smells suspect (and then reaching for something entirely clean to wear).

fishie none of my clothes have ever been eaten. I guess it depends on the extent your clothes are natural fibres

I have one of these www.watsons-on-the-web.co.uk/WatsonSite/pages/search/search.asp?txtSearch=clothes+valet&submitflag=t rue&serial=09031234358432035 and several friends have asked where to buy one.

What 'worn clothes' are we talking about here? Jeans -fine. Jumpers/Cardis - fine...but do people really and truly wear anything else two days running?

For jeans/other trousers/jumpers - options could be a coat rack/stand, or a friend of mine has a little towel rack/stand thing, which I think looks a good idea too. Everything else...wash it!

Victorian style towel rail thingy.

Hi Snowlight,

Totally see where you're coming from

We have one of these in our bedroom. Anything that has been worn gets folded and put in there.

Before loading the washing machine I always have a quick look through the used clothes and add them if necessary/possible.

Don't really like to put clothes that have been dragging on the pavement (bottom of trousers) or sat on bus/tube seats back in the wardrobe with my clean clothes.

But I am more germ-aware than most people (ie I'm a freak

This is a contentious issue in my house. DH says just put worn clothes away and I don't like to - much prefering the back of the chair/end of the bed/floor option!

Clothes worn for 1 day might not smell "off" but if they are then left for too long between wearings I find that shirts do become a bit smelly.

I also work 3 days a week and my work trousers are dry clean only (long since gave up on suits) and therefore get worn until they can walk down to the cleaners themselves - and get left on the floor in the meantime

I bought DH one of these Kleiderständer Percy