Day 90: Bug-Free Storage
I, of course, have been aching to take my clothes out of plastic bags. I reached the two-month mark set by my pest control company just as the seasons began to change and I was sorely in need of the jackets, scarves, gloves, sweaters, and pants that were smooshed into garbage bags in my sad, sad closet.
And yet, not wanting to be in the position of having to do seven loads of laundry in case of a reinfestation, I needed a strategy.
So I made a trip to The Container Store on 59th St. and Lex and got three big storage bins. I spent several hours one Sunday in September slowly but systematically unpacking my garbage bags and packing my out-of-season stuff, extra linens, and other fabric items into the bins, which I taped around the edges with blue painter’s tape. I categorized the three bins as: (1) clothes, (2) bags, and (3) linens and towels.
I packed all in-season items into two Space Bags and four Ziploc Big Bags, with another Ziploc Big Bag in my front closet for my jackets.
My six other categories for the bags were as follows. For the Space Bags: (1) tops – work shirts and blouses and nice casual tops, and (2) bottoms – skirts and pants. For the Ziploc Big Bags: (1) sweats, shorts, and tees, (2) dresses, (3) washable winter knits, and (4) dry clean only winter knits.
