I have what I call a lazy pile in our closet. We only have one dresser so not everything fits in there. It is shelf below the top rod. We normally keep PJs and gym lounge clothes there. I normally put my bras, jeans and any other clothing that is not "clean" but still wearable there.
I hang mine in the second closet if it needs to be ironed again before wearing otherwise if it is clean it gets refolded or hung back in my main closet.
For bras have a rotation system in the drawer they kept in. The worn bra goes to the back of the drawer and everything else slides forward. So the bra at the front is either brand new clean or it has been at least 8 days since it was worn.
Post by definitelyO on Jul 9, 2012 14:43:07 GMT -5
Jeans get folded and put back on the closet shelf. Business clothes that require dry cleaning just get hung back up. Bras go back in the drawer. night shirt gets hung up in the bathroom. I think those are the only things I wear more than once.
Exactly. Why would you need to keep them separate? If it doesn't look, smell, or feel dirty, it's not dirty. That means it's clean. So it gets put away with all other clean clothes.
It just feels wrong putting pants that I have worn while sitting on waiting room chairs, etc., directly against items that are sparkly clean and fresh. The jeans are basically clean - the inside is absolutely clean feeling. But the outside? I don't want them huddled against clean tees, pjs, tanks, camis, or blouses.
Unless your clean clothes are put away inside out, then the outside of the "still clean enough to wear" clothes are touching the outside of the "haven't been worn" clothes, not the inside that touches you....so what's the issue?
Exactly. Why would you need to keep them separate? If it doesn't look, smell, or feel dirty, it's not dirty. That means it's clean. So it gets put away with all other clean clothes.
It just feels wrong putting pants that I have worn while sitting on waiting room chairs, etc., directly against items that are sparkly clean and fresh. The jeans are basically clean - the inside is absolutely clean feeling. But the outside? I don't want them huddled against clean tees, pjs, tanks, camis, or blouses.
Ehh, I just don't have these same hangups on cleanliness.
Post by dragonfly08 on Jul 9, 2012 15:20:35 GMT -5
If it's clean enough that it doesn't require a wash, it's clean enough to go back in the closet or dresser where it belongs. Pants are pretty much the only thing I wear more than one time without washing, and I'm pretty good about remembering when each pair should end up in the laundry basket.
Post by AlpineSlide on Jul 9, 2012 15:31:31 GMT -5
My pants get folded and placed on/over a chair that's in our bedroom. Shirts are put on hangers and hang in a separate section of my closet. H lays stuff on our guest bed since his clothes live in there. I'm a hog and use 100% of the master closet and 2 of the 3 dressers in our room. ETA - bras are placed on top of my dresser
Either lying on top of the ironing board in our closet, or hanging off it on a hanger. Bras go back in their drawer but in a separate area for "in progress" bras. If I were designing a closet, I would add a little separate hanging area and shelf for these clothes.
The reason I keep them separate is because when laundry day rolls around, any worn item gets tossed in. Having them in a separate area makes it easier to determine which items go in. I'm not necessarily going to recall if every item in my closet has been washed or not since I last wore it.
Post by DarcyLongfellow on Jul 9, 2012 19:11:36 GMT -5
In our old house, we had an awesome closet system and I had a whole shelf where I could fold and store clothes that fit into the "worn but not dirty" category. It was right above our built in clothes hampers (four of them so we could sort the clothes), so when I would grab a load of laundry I would reach in and take the "worn but not dirty" clothes that would go in whatever load I was doing.
emiliemadison has quite the stance on everyone's laundry habits.
Just note, emilie, I am not one of those who does excessive loads of laundry! I have one good mark in my favor!
It's true! I think it is the most BIZARRE thing that people are so obsessed with washing clothes! And aside from truly not getting the need to wash something that's not even dirty (not you, but many others!), its just plain wasteful to do so much unnecessary laundry. The water, time and energy being wasted by washing 10 loads of laundry per week is astounding!
I have a big walk in closet. So I have a designated spot to hang them. That way I also know that they've been worn and I'll wash it if it's about time.