If you save your DC's clothes, how do you store them?

Sorry it took me so long to come back to this thread. Thanks so much for all the replies!

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Originally Posted by maestramommy

Hmmm, I use large plastic tubs. They're stacked in our cedar closet in the basement. When the last kid has outgrown the clothes then I donate them. Are you saving for the next kid, or just saving them?

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Well, in theory I'm saving for the next kid, but in the meantime I have been giving all the clothes to my 2 nieces. When DD outgrows the clothes, I put it into storage, and when my nieces are ready for the clothes, I dig them out and send them to my sister-in-law. When they're finished using them, they send it all back and I re-store them.

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Originally Posted by acmom

I store ours in plastic tubs too - waiting to use again, donate or loan to friends. I was thinking the same thing about space recently but I am so glad I kept them in the tubs bc our basement flooded yesterday and I would have lost all the clothes if they weren't in the tubs!

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Good point. In my case though, the clothing is stored in a big closet on the 3rd floor of my home so I doubt flooding would be an issue. Although now that I think about it, technically the roof could leak....

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Originally Posted by wellyes

I don't think garbage bags instead of bins would save much space.

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In my particular case, the storage closet I am using has a slanted roof and a lot of space is wasted because the tubs just don't fit in certain places because of the roof.

I keep the bulkier items in those bags that you can compress: Space bags And the rest inside plastic bins. We have a storage unit in our building, so that solves the space issue for the bins.

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Originally Posted by happymom

In my particular case, the storage closet I am using has a slanted roof and a lot of space is wasted because the tubs just don't fit in certain places because of the roof.

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You could put the compressed space bags on top of the bins, where the roof slants.

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Originally Posted by edurnemk

I keep the bulkier items in those bags that you can compress: Space bags And the rest inside plastic bins. We have a storage unit in our building, so that solves the space issue for the bins.

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I have bad luck with space bags. They always end up leaking, even though I am making sure I follow the directions. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, but in concept they seem great. I just can't seem to get them to work correctly for me.

I also use large plastic storage bins. I have a bin for each size and they are labeled and stored on shelves in the garage. The only time I use garbage bags are in DS1's closet for the clothes in his current size that he's outgrowing now. When I get enough clothes, they will go in a bin.

I use plastic bins too. As she outgrows them I put them in a bin until it gets full and try to keep them labeled with those postit labels (love them!).

Its so easy to end up with too much so I try to go back through mine from time to time so that I can get rid of more when I'm not feeling as emotionally attached to the clothes. ;-)

I use plastic bins (Rubbermaid) that are clear. Label one end with the size.

As luck would have it, we are having a second DD, so I'll be able to dig out all those clothes again! As we go thru that size, I'll purge and keep a few things in a special bin for each girl!