Sini Tuulia

I don't think I've ever posted about how I store my clothes? But here they are, except the jackets and coats. A borderline unmanageable amount for me to wear and care for even though there's not that many items all in all.
I keep them in these open air wardrobe and clothes scaffolds to help them stay fresh and to remember they all exist. 😆 Details in alt text!

#HistoryBounding #HistoricalFashion

Mar 6 at 11:59amWeb
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6
The amount and density of clothes hangers is somewhat a lot. I really truly cannot be making more clothes without retiring old ones, this is too much. 😅
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6
I have another one of the big A-frame racks in my hallway, for my eleven million jackets and coats, and wow is that one too full also. Almost everything on there is something I've made, and made well enough for it to last, with allowances to let out the waist etc... So there's really very little reason to get rid of any of it right now. And wow, is there so much, when it's all out in the open to see it.
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6
What the heck, here's the hallway one with the coats, jackets, scarves and shawls as well. And the rest of the hats!
I wish I had an actual hat rack.
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6

If there's some errant crud on the floor it's because I haven't properly cleaned for maybe about a month. 😅 Just quick vacuums and haphazard mops. If anything looks neat and tidy at all, it's because I have but two rules: Things must live where they live or it will irk me, and NOTHING lives on the floor if I can help it.

I'm gonna pick up that towel and put it in the wash, I think.

Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6
(I despise stopping to pick something up off the floor if I'm meant to be vacuuming or mopping. If I simply must never stop to pick something up, I can just keep cleaning. I've also only bought furniture I can either vacuum under or move with one hand to do so. This has done wonders to my ability to clean, and my general sanity. If you too hate picking stuff up from the floor, I recommend never putting anything on the floor! The cats will sadly do so sometimes, but usually... Nothing lives on the floor and it's wonderful.)
Show threadautumnMar 6
@sinituulia any pointers where to order A-racks like these? I think I’d prefer a darker wood but still, they look very nice.
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6
@autumnwinds If there's a JYSK that delivers to you, these are the Jennet clothes racks! I got one years ago and then another because I loved it so much. The shoe rack portion is a bit flimsy (a cat battle snapped one of the boards) but the frame itself is very very good and solid. And it's not lacquered so it could be tinted with little effort? I just oiled mine.
Show threadautumnMar 6
@sinituulia thanks! handling wood is something I’d like to learn too.
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6
@autumnwinds I haven't ever done much woodworking, but applying a tinted finishing oil seems like even I could pull it off - if I had a space to have it dry without cat interference. A non-toxic oil is something I was comfortable doing even in just my living room!
Show threadAlien software, human hardwareMar 7
@sinituulia i went as far as making things to raise furniture/stuff from the floor so that i or my little robot cleaner can reach under/everywhere (at least as much as feasible).
And the first step of wet cleaning the floor is always to remove everything that can be (re) moved, so i dont have to interrupt my cleaning.
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 7
@mavu I used to think I'd be getting a robot vacuum, and bought furniture accordingly (everything except my end table is something a vacuum can go under) but then I just never got one. Turns out it's easier for human operated vacuums also. 😄
Show threadelfenlaidMar 6
@sinituulia Oooh, nothing lives on the floor. Yeap, I quickly learned that one living with two dogs. Anything on the floor or in near proximity is considered legal dog-owned assets and could be discarded by owners in a matter of minutes.
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6
@elfenlaid I once learnt this lesson the hard way, visiting a friend with two dogs... The younger of them, still pretty much a puppy, loved the way I smelled and would lick my mittens and hide his head in my armpit and so on... So when I left my shoes out, for just a moment, one of the shoes sort of disintegrated due to some loving and thorough gnaws by the puppy. 😅 I and the owner went to buy a new pair with me in just one shoe and the dregs of another!
Show threadelfenlaidMar 6

@sinituulia Hah, so far our shoes were spared, well, mostly spared. Hopefully it will last like this 🤞

Yet, one my dogs isn't found of brands and fights with them ardently, leaving us with masterpieces like this one.

Show threadautumnMar 6
@sinituulia absolutely, this is one of the reasons why I’m moving, so that I don’t need to clean up here 😂
Show threadGullekoMar 6
@sinituulia I just noticed that this photo comes with a bonus littlest sir, how delightful. ☺️
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6
@Gulleko The littlest sir, so nicely lounging! And on top of the cat quilt he's so nicely rearranged, too!
Show threadAbhijit Menon-SenMar 6

@sinituulia By the way, have you seen Simone Giertz's folding clothes hangers? She has a youtube video about the many iterations throughout her design process, and I found it quite interesting.

(Not suggesting they are relevant to your clothes storage in any way, just that they're interesting clothes-storage geekery.)

Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6

@amenonsen I remember watching the video for a night time fall asleep video... But pretty much nothing about the video itself. 😅 I remember thinking it wouldn't work for me, but can't remember why? Ah, brain.

I've found my most favourite skirt hanger now, and am reasonably happy with the classic wooden hangers for shirts. Still in the process for finding the ideal hanger for dainty Edwardian lingerie...

Show threadAbhijit Menon-SenMar 6

@sinituulia What did dainty Edwardians use? (Serious question, I have no idea what sources exist to know about clothes storage that long ago. Did people even hang up their clothes, or did they live in wooden chests?)

Aside: the last Nizam of Hyderabad had a 50m+ walk-in wardrobe: https://thenizamsmuseum.com/walk-in-wardrobe/

WALK IN WARDROBE | The Nizams Museum

Show threadSini TuuliaMar 6

@amenonsen ...holy shit that's a lot of wardrobe. Wow.  

But yeah, from perusing old catalogues and household guides and such, I'd assume they used sets of drawers for the underwear and such (never to be seen by anyone except the wearer and maybe maids and laundresses) - and preferably of cedar or with cedar balls and bags of lavender etc. in the drawers, to keep them fresh and bug free. And then enclosed drawers with plenty of compartments for all different layers, and pull out hangers and such in tall wardrobes. Anything not in use would get tucked away in chests or other drawers, but this was always a hazard because of moths, damp etc. so it was mostly stuff to be figuratively and literally mothballed. The best stuff would live where you could keep an eye on it, and air it easily, or a carefully kept clothes box.
In less wealthy houses, hanging up clothes close to the fire, especially in the cold season, was nice because the fire would dry them of sweat between wears, and the smoke while making them smell, would also deter pests? 🤔 And you could just toss a coat over a chair or on a nail, and not have the outside dirt touch the inside dirt!

Show threadSarah E BourneMar 6
@sinituulia On the other hand, the density means it's almost a vertical clothes press!
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 7
@sbourne You should have seen it before I moved the summer stuff onto the other rack... 😅