Coat Hangers

I hook spare ones over the clothes horse

My spare coat hangers are in a supermarket shopping bag in the a ttic.

There are ten or so plastic ones in the wash-kitchen for drying clothes on, and another couple in the ironing basket.

The rest are hanging up with clothes on them.

Buy a garment, get two coathangers free?

MerylStreep

Can I politely ask people not to give them to charity shops. We are all inundated with them, plus, we have to pay for our rubbish to be taken away.

Even nice wooden ones, meryl? Just asking as had a clear out and I too like the velvet ones. clothes don't slip off them even in my one crowded wardrobe. and have decent wooden ones to give away, and I know some people prefer them.

Or don't wear wool coats much.

Although I am going to examine them carefully for mucky marks 😲

Callistemon21

Oreo

So that may explain it if you don’t have stuff dry cleaned.

😂😂😂

I'm just filthy!

Or just sensible and don’t buy anything that needs dry cleaning maybe?😁

in the wardrobe but I swear they breed in the night! they tangle themselves all around each other it's a nightmare.
btw do you remember at bazaars and fetes coat hangers with knitted or quilted covers were a great fundraiser?

I think they reproduce at the back of the wardrobe, especially the wire ones!

No wire ones! (These can be recycled at the tip.) All others are hung in wardrobes. Any unwanted ones are offered on local Freegle group website.

Schools might be interested in skirt/trouser grip hangers to hold artwork whilst it dries….that is if they still do any painting in schools.

Oreo

So that may explain it if you don’t have stuff dry cleaned.

😂😂😂

I'm just filthy!

I got rid of all the old wire ones. Now any spare plastic ones live in a box on top of the wardrobe in the spare bedroom.

So that may explain it if you don’t have stuff dry cleaned.

You get your dry cleaning back on wire hangers.

MerylStreep

Can I politely ask people not to give them to charity shops. We are all inundated with them, plus, we have to pay for our rubbish to be taken away.

Oh, I thought they'd be useful.

I haven't seen a wire one for years!

I only have plastic or wood coat hangers with a few material padded ones, no wire ones.
They live at one side of the wardrobe.

Here they don’t give you hangers when you buy clothes- they collect them at the check out. You have to actually buy the things separately.

Can I politely ask people not to give them to charity shops. We are all inundated with them, plus, we have to pay for our rubbish to be taken away.

I don’t store them I have 2/3 spare but anything above that number go either in the bin or recycling.

There are various hanger storage devices on Ebay. I have the canvas type, but it is a bit flimsy. Here is a link to the search.
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=coat+hanger+stacker&_sop=12

I discovered a couple of things from pre Covid still with new labels on. What was I even thinking?
I’ve found things that were probably pre millennium and often ask myself the same question nanna8 !

I keep them in a dark corner of our walk on robe beyond the clothes. I chucked out all those foul metal ones and a few basic wooden ones during my recent cull. Oh I feel so good, at least I can find things now. I discovered a couple of things from pre Covid still with new labels on. What was I even thinking ? Nasty, horrible clothes straight to the op shop! One of them had half sleeves with bare bits at the top. Yukyuk and triple yuk, I must have been out of my tiny mind.

I bought 2 packs of the velvet hangers, but they are too big and stretch the shoulders on all of my clothes, MrOops hates them as he can’t drag his clothes off of them the way he does with wooden ones.

They aren’t breeding, but they are now packed away in a dark cupboard, I think it’s the light that makes them breed.
Keep them in the dark and all is well.

Luckily we have quite a few closets in our house, so I keep some empty hangers in each closet. For the front door closet I purchased nice wooden ones, which actually hold the weight of coats without bending, like some of the light wire ones do.

I hate to admit my own closet is packed very tightly... my DH has given me the chore of doing a cleanse in the New Year, not a diet cleanse, but a closet cleanse! He's the organized one in our household. So I will try to get rid of some items, and then I can lower the amount of wire hangers, and replace them with the nicer velvety ones. They are nicer for hanging clothes, since they are non-slip.

Sorted out my wardrobe yesterday and put T shirts in the chest of drawers rather than leaving them hanging until summer, therefore a plethora of hangers that clearly breed. At present plastic ones in a basket which keeps falling over in the bottom of the wardrobe, wooden ones on the rack.