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Sini Tuulia Mar 6

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

Sini Tuulia Mar 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. 😅

Sini Tuulia Mar 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.

Sini Tuulia Mar 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.

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.

Sini Tuulia Mar 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.)

@sinituulia any pointers where to order A-racks like these? I think I’d prefer a darker wood but still, they look very nice.

Sini Tuulia Mar 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.

@sinituulia thanks! handling wood is something I’d like to learn too.

Sini Tuulia Mar 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!

Alien software, human hardware Mar 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.

Sini Tuulia Mar 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. 😄

elfenlaid Mar 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.

Sini Tuulia Mar 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!

elfenlaid Mar 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.

@sinituulia absolutely, this is one of the reasons why I’m moving, so that I don’t need to clean up here 😂