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how do you store bags? I don`t have an excess

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Ellianne Mon 03-Aug-20 10:48:53

Those plasticky hanging bags look good. Is it important to let the handbags breathe inside the plastic?

Rosalyn69 Mon 03-Aug-20 10:47:14

I store my handbags in their soft bags in the wardrobe. Shopping bags in “the cupboard under the stairs”.

Maggiemaybe Mon 03-Aug-20 10:45:27

Shoppers, backpacks, totes, daily handbags are on a long shelf above the hanging stuff in my wardrobe, in size order. Evening bags lined up in order of colour on a small shelf in another wardrobe.

The tote bag, two cross body bags and canvas bag I actually use are down by the side of the sofa ready to grab.

Time for a cull, I think.

Unigran4 Mon 03-Aug-20 10:33:31

SYLVIAPATTEN shoe-thingy is inspirational

CarlyD7 Mon 03-Aug-20 10:33:07

I have only 3 handbags and a daypack. They are all stored in the same shelf in my wardrobe. Shopping bags are in the boot of the car. If I go to the beach, I use the daypack. If I need a bag for a special occasion, I either buy a cheapie and then donate it to charity; or borrow one from a friend. (I started doing all this when I had a massive clearout a few years ago and found that I had 11 handbags, of which only 1 had been used in the past year!)

brigid18 Mon 03-Aug-20 10:21:25

Mine are on 2 hooks inside the wardrobe door.
Shopping bags etc on the back of loo door downstairs

SYLVIAPATTEN Mon 03-Aug-20 10:21:01

Hi to store handbags I use a hanging plastic thingy meant for shoes! Ideal as you can see from picture.

Davida1968 Mon 03-Aug-20 10:20:55

We keep most of the shopping bags in the car - all packed into each other. A couple of "smarter" shoppers are hanging up in the coats cupboard. I possess only one handbag!

Sussexborn Mon 03-Aug-20 10:06:29

I bought a hanger similar to the photo but from a shop rather than online. Surprising number of options if you google handbag storage. A lot depends on what storage space you have and how accessible it is.

annep1 Mon 03-Aug-20 09:51:11

Mine are on hooks down the side of the wardrobe. Special ones in zipped bag above wardrobe.

Ellianne Mon 03-Aug-20 09:41:42

Daily bags are on hooks in a corner of the (integral) garage, I just grab the one I want as I go.
Holiday ones are in the loft in suitcases. Special (wedding, party) ones are in their cloth bags in the wardrobe. Shoppers are mainly in the car. Beach bags, picnic bags are in another section of the garage with surfboards and kites. Work bags are in a cupboard in the study. The dog has his own bags too in his wardrobe.

TrendyNannie6 Mon 03-Aug-20 09:38:57

Well I have one of those carrier bag holder things and mine is full, I also have several of the canvas bags as I’m a bit of a collector if I see nice words on them, I have to buy, my friend has got a funny one, take this old bag home, but I have bought hooks for my many handbags and I hang them over my wardrobe rail and now my handbags are hanging in there,

TrendyNannie6 Mon 03-Aug-20 09:35:03

Ask flyinghandbags she will know oh Bluebelle you do make me giggle

lovebeigecardigans1955 Mon 03-Aug-20 09:29:23

The drawers under the hanging space of my wardrobe hold evening bags in blue/grey on one side and cream/beige on t'other - I don't have many.

Shopping bags are slung on top of a shelf unit under the stairs.

Holiday luggage was in 'under bed' storage until I retrieved a large bag which I'd forgotten about and was disappointed to find the surface of the bag had gone flaky. It's on the floor in front of the wardrobe while I ponder (procrastinate) what to do about it.

BlueBelle Mon 03-Aug-20 09:18:42

Ask flyinghandbags ? she ll know

Illte Mon 03-Aug-20 09:16:41

I've tried all sorts. Under the bed, hanging on the back of doors, in the bottom of the wardrobe, even displayed on shelving!

What a good thread. I'd love some other suggestions. And I've only got 8 plus the rucksacks

But that's another story?

harrigran Mon 03-Aug-20 09:13:52

I have my bags on shelves inside the wardrobe, I place each one in it's cloth bag and line them up in size order. The bag used every day is placed on the floor of my nearest wardrobe in the bedroom I use, the others are in guest rooms.

craftyone Mon 03-Aug-20 09:04:02

I have around 9-10 bags, some shopping as in kipling or radley and a few shoulder/cross body bags. Not a lot really but I would like to store them so as to remember what I have, rather than grabbing the same bag when I go out.

I don`t want them under the bed, not any more. Anyone have any good ideas?