How to organize your closet and handbags

[glamourdoll.]

Oh those shelves look beautiful!! I love how your wall is bright pink and the black color shelves just go so well with it. Love it...especially the L shape! Now, I want to get some for my closet. I can't image they are from ikea.

Thank you!

 

[slip]

I took all my boxes out from my closet, hoping to air them. Now they are all stacked at one of my bedside tables. And the smaller ones at one corner of a shelf. The bedroom does look kinda 'disorganised' for a while.

 

[sdkitty]

DH built me a four level shelf system. Each shelf holds two bags side by side and can hold three. I keep them in their dustbags on the shelves.

 

[DisCo]

I used to treasure the boxes my bags came in when I purchased them but they're just taking up too much space in my closet that it's really impossible to hang on to most of them. I've kept the ones that can function as storage boxes.

 

[LV-PRADAfanatic]

i like that ideae

 

[lilyyy]

glamourdoll - i love your pink wall!! Makes me home sick! my bedroom at home was almost the exact same pink! i dont think my partner would be too impressed now if i painted our bedroom pink! i love you have your handbags displayed!

how do you get your bags to stand? i have a few bags that no matter what i do will not stand and they just end up flopping on the shelf and that just means other bags stack on top of them =(

 

[margarettegucor]

I had my old wardrobe closet stacked with my precious bags, some LVs and gucci, but when my first born came, I just had to sell them away & stock 2-4 bags at a time & after carrying them 3-4 times, i sell them away. Now my son rummage through my purse, & before it gets messy & stained & depreciates it's value, i sell them to give way for more. I have a closet full of space at the moment & is about to do some refills..

 

[Rekindle Chanel]

Nice advice IndiaInk !

LVPradaFanatic- wish i have your problem, hehehe. You must have a good colection by now by the look of those boxes.

 

[appleproject]

Thanks for your kind words!! I just bought 3 2x2 shelving systems from Ikea, and stacked them on top of each other to make the L shape, really easy to do! I wanted to put individual spotlights for each of the units too.. but I'm not opening a shop and would be wasting electricity anyways, LOL.

http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/60135299

Thank you

 

[lily25]

OP you can take pictures of your bags, print them out and paste them on your boxes so you know where is what. I did that with my shoes. Saves a lot of time.

 

[Platinumnk]

lol, i wish my closet was that stuffed

 

[newmommy_va]

Just a tidbit from one of my SAs... for long term storage, it's recommended that bags be stored stuffed in their dust bags, and out of their boxes... although the way you describe your "jigsaw puzzle" made me wonder if you nest empty boxes to reduce the space needed for storing them. I think that's a fabulous idea; I'm definitely going to do that!

 

[muchstuff]

FINALLY...any thoughts on allowing leathers to touch each other for prolonged periods of time? I have to share while things look neat and tidy, it probably won't last long ...

 

[muchstuff]

I had to share while everything is newly organized, maybe now that I can see my Day bags I'll start to carry them! Does anyone have an opinion on leathers touching each other for prolonged periods of time?

 

[resplendent]

If you have cloth dust bags for your more expensive bags, they will protect the leathers better than having leathers touch...I don't see any patent leather which would be the most at-danger of getting ruined.

Also, depending on where you live, you have to be careful about humidity causing mold growth on leather.

For Chanel flaps, where the flap pockets are tightly touching adjacent leathers...some people insert a non-acidic? soft fabric piece so they don't stick together which has been known to happen to some bags.