I’ve been buying & making bags forever & have quite a collection, the problem has been how to store them all. I’ve been using a hat stand the past few years, which is good, but only holds a selection.
Browsing the Aldi catalogue the other day, as you do, I spotted these yummy cube shelves.
I have a large set in my sewing room & I just love them so when I spotted these at Aldi. I was racking my brains to work out
a) where I could fit a set
b) what I’d put in them
I worked out I could fit a set in the storage area under the stairs. Now Harry (Potter) has his own room it’s used for storage.
Then I had the brainwave I could put my bags in them, well some of my bags. I sort my bags into Summer & Winter so hopefully I could fit 1 season in them.
Ta-da!!!
Here they are, all packed up ready to slide in under the stairs. I managed to fit 2 bags in some cubes. I couldn’t fit all my Winter bags in, but I put all my favourites in here & doubt I’d use the others. I’ll put the one I’m using on top. I packed all the Summer bags away as I’m sure Winter is here with the temps we’ve had this past week. A top of 7C on Wednesday, brrrrr!!!!
I didn’t stop there, I moved all my Summer clothes upstairs to the spare wardrobes & brought down all the Winter ones. I also sorted my hats & scarves & they look great on the hat stand.
Now the Whinge
Weight gain cause by my Fibromyalgia medication mean a lot of my stuff doesn’t fit. I’ve looked in the shops but still haven’t found a pair of trousers/jeans that actually come up to my hips. I don’t have one of those tattoos above my butt & have no intention of getting one, I also don’t plan on wearing a thong, so I don’t need trousers that barely cover my bum! I want some that come up high enough to keep my lower back covered & warm. Is that too much to ask??? As for finding the right size!!! in Australia, where there are no ‘size guidelines, it’s a lottery. Every shop you walk into is a whole new set of sizes. They may say 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 etc but a 10 in one shop, is a 14 in another. Oh but then we have the small, medium, large, ex-large system, which is just as unreliable. I have clothes in my wardrobe 8, 9 (jeans), 12, 14 & 16 & they all fit. I’m a size 9 jeans at Rivers but a 12 at Target. I also range from small to ex-large. Gone are the days when you could buy anything without trying it on. You find something you like, then you have to take it in 3 sizes in the hope one will fit. Oh & what’s with the skinny arms! A 12 body fits but you need a 14 or 16 so the sleeves fit.
So is it just me with the weirdest figure in the world or are others having the same issues???
I feel your pain Jan, my personal solution is to take the scissors to the tags the very moment I get them home, that way the size is irrelevant, it doesn't help the inconvenience of trying on 3 different sizes in the shop before you buy however!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of the cubby hole for bags. I've narrowed my collection down and just hang them on coat hangers in a section of my closet.
ReplyDeleteI can sympathize about the clothes...what happened to short sleeves, now they barely cover your shoulder and are more like sleeveless. I prefer my upper arms covered so I wear 3/4 sleeves most of the summer...and everyone should wear slacks that come up to their natural waist at least....
Mama Bear
I have the same fitting problems. I do like the jeans selection in the Ezibuy catalogues, though, and have found a pair that fit and suit me quite well. Fortunately, they aren't seasonal, but have appeared in the catalogue for a few years now.
ReplyDeleteLove your bag storage idea. If only I had some where to put a couple of those units, it might solve my bag storage problem. Add a couple more units, and my shoes would have somewhere, too. lol