After mentioning several times in different threads about the sorry state of my closet...I decided to start a thread just to let myself rant
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Moving to Hong Kong was huge shock to my American sendibilities...but a shock in and upon itself is the lack of any closet at all. And I mean NOTHING....storage space is not standard here....either people don't have a lot of stuff....or most of it is hanging out the window!!! All I know is that my DH and I tried to have closets built in to our apartment...and they ended up smaller than kitchen cabinets. It has been 3 years...and my clothes hoarding, fashion-loving, closet-compulsive self just cannot come to terms with this lack of space! My sweaters are in the drawers in our table by the front door, my jackets are shoved in one small corner of our daughters armoire, my handbags....oh my lovely bags, are in a cheap, plastic IKEA container, under my bed....and also on top of my son's armoire (where they keep tumbling to the floor every few days). My shoes are stacked on inside of another in those hanging shoe bags that we have nailed to the back of the doors (I think my Guccis, Pradas, and LV's have literally shrunk in shock), AND I have no idea as to what I own, as the "closets" were built so poorly that I cannot see what is in the back!!
After deciding this morning to rearrange all this stuff....I spent 3 hours and have decided there is nowhere for it to go
. Hence this thread where I would like to just ***** and moan for a minute!! Oh
...how could this happen to me....a person who adores and appreciates my belongings....and I have nowhere to put them!!
OK...now all that being said...I realize I am lucky to have all of my stuff, and I can appreciate that there are people with way less stuff...not to mention closet space than myself. Just wanted to have a little shallow complaining for a minute!
AND....if you can relate to my pain...please tell me your closet woes.....
!!!Moving to Hong Kong was huge shock to my American sendibilities...but a shock in and upon itself is the lack of any closet at all. And I mean NOTHING....storage space is not standard here....either people don't have a lot of stuff....or most of it is hanging out the window!!! All I know is that my DH and I tried to have closets built in to our apartment...and they ended up smaller than kitchen cabinets. It has been 3 years...and my clothes hoarding, fashion-loving, closet-compulsive self just cannot come to terms with this lack of space! My sweaters are in the drawers in our table by the front door, my jackets are shoved in one small corner of our daughters armoire, my handbags....oh my lovely bags, are in a cheap, plastic IKEA container, under my bed....and also on top of my son's armoire (where they keep tumbling to the floor every few days). My shoes are stacked on inside of another in those hanging shoe bags that we have nailed to the back of the doors (I think my Guccis, Pradas, and LV's have literally shrunk in shock), AND I have no idea as to what I own, as the "closets" were built so poorly that I cannot see what is in the back!!
After deciding this morning to rearrange all this stuff....I spent 3 hours and have decided there is nowhere for it to go
. Hence this thread where I would like to just ***** and moan for a minute!! Oh ...how could this happen to me....a person who adores and appreciates my belongings....and I have nowhere to put them!!OK...now all that being said...I realize I am lucky to have all of my stuff, and I can appreciate that there are people with way less stuff...not to mention closet space than myself. Just wanted to have a little shallow complaining for a minute!
AND....if you can relate to my pain...please tell me your closet woes.....
my things, and already don't buy as much, because of having nowhere to put it....
