Argh - clothes that could take another wearing...

[Gentleness]

... in our house they just get dumped somewhere on the bedroom floor, along with others that weren't quite the right ones for today but might be ok for tomorrow. I'm sure you can imagine how it looks after a few days!

What do you do that doesn't take up too much space but stops unbearable clutter and creasing?

Just fold it up and put it back in the drawer/on the hanger? If it's still clean enough to wear again surely it can just be put away .

back of bathroom door. Clear out weekly if not worn.

But never back in wardrobe/ drawers - doesn't seem right!

Plastic laundry basket in the bathroom.

Yes never back in wardrobe

Yearning for a time when the children will not spill everything on their clothes every day.

I'm going to sound like a complete ponce when I say this....

On the chaise longue under the window in our bedroom.

over the bannisters - but it drives me mad too...looking forward to seeing what others do......

... this reminded me of a friend who had a spreadsheet up on the inside of her wardrobe which she ticked every time she wore something, I think it was after 3 ticks it went in the wash

Hung on the back of the bedrrom door - in theory. In practise over the back of the chair. If it is on the floor it is destined for laundry. Except for the pair of jeans on the end of the bed which keep falling on the floor. I am NOT very organised

my mum always had a rocking chair in each bedroom where she would put such clothes, when i moved out i paniked about where i was going to put them

they now go on the top of the folded up travelcot that lies at the end of our bed!!

Hmm, I would just put it back, I think you are all nuts.

Having said that I hardly ever wear anything twice apart from jeans (which I wear about a million times, in an inexplicable departure from the norm). And my children are of an age where their clothes are never ok for a second wearing - in fact we're lucky if they make it through a whole day in the same gear. DS covers himself in garden dirt and pasta sauce, while DD possets all over herself after every feed.

So, not really an issue here I suppose.

If you put them back in the drawer/wardrobe how do you remember they have already been worn?

Back on wardrobe, why on earth not?!

On top of the laundry basket, folded so that it becomes impossible to use the laundry basket after about three days then the perfectly clean clothes end up in the basket to be washed It's the only bit of parenting I hate.

I wash clothes when they need it, not after every wear! I don't have enough clothes to be able to lose track of what I've worn

Well with my jeans, if I expect to wear them the next day I just stick them back in the drawer, at the top.

If I wasn't going to wear the garment again the next day, tbh I would just wash it, even if it wasn't very dirty. We do laundry daily anyway so it wouldn't be any trouble and would stop me feeling like I had half-dirty clothing hanging about.

I am a bit anal that way though. I don't like clothes that aren't super-fresh (apart from aberrant manky jeans). Think it is 'cos my stepmum used to be keen on us all wearing things multiple times and it got a bit gross IMO, or at least I found it very annoying as a sulky teen.

Also, like duckyfuzz I don't have many clothes (no space so have to be really ruthless) so I wouldn't forget what had been worn.

On a wicker chair in the corner of the bedroom. Recently I borrowed the chair to use in another room and didn't get round to putting it back for ages - it was a tip - everything piled up on the floor, bed and dressing table. Put the chair back and hey presto. One "tidy" heap.

Why do people pile clothes up on chairs etc rather than put them away?

Because it feels wrong to put something away that is a bit worn and might not actually be completely clean but isn't dirty enough to wash.

And I can't be arsed

if I had anywhere to dump them I'd probably do th same but no room

But if you (that is a collective you; not directed at anyone in particular) don't think it is clean enough to even put in your wardrobe, I don't understand why you're happy to wear it! I mean, I mind more about something touching my skin than something touching the coathangers in the wardrobe

I repeat: you are all nuts. I knew I was the only sane one.

I have one of these next to the laundry baskets which is specifically for draping over once worn trousers. It is the white version of this but I'm sure I didn't pay this much for it a couple of years ago

Vuvu it just feels ick to hang it back up with the lovely clean things. But it isn't actually dirty as in filthy, covered in encrusted baked beans, couldn't bear to have it touch your skin kind of dirty. It's just... not right to put it back.

fold it up
place it on top of the chest of drawers