Here’s the first round of something I have been meaning to attempt for some time now…
I want to share the scale of the growing obsession:
“Let’s teleport into my closet!”
The ties are deceptive; there are more than there seems by the photo. Each hanger fits thirty-two ties; there are six hangers. They are not all completely full yet, but there are also close to a dozen that didn’t make their way to the hangers for the photograph. As it turns out, louver doors are handy space-savers.
The shelf was a quick build-in; it houses the accessories and underthings, at least the fancy underthings, the work underthings are out by the bed, they aren’t sexy enough for transparent display. On the topic of the tubs; this isn’t a Howard Hughes thing I have going on. Honest! This is practical living. The building was sandblasted some twelve years ago to remove the industrial aluminum paint from the brick and wood. All these years later, sand and grit still sift down for the planks and beams overhead. The neckties may still be a temporary fix, because I am not yet convinced I want them to sit out in all of that over time…
Yeah, I know. A fuggin’ lot of them. Yeah. Most were a quarter; some up to a buck and a half. One three-piece I may have paid four bucks for… by now, these all have proper sleeve length, too. I have removed or given away the ones that weren’t a perfect fit as they were replaced…
These are the dress shirts. Like the jackets, by now, I have done away with the ones that didn’t fit well enough. these are almost all a fitted cut in the torso. A few have only marginally acceptable sleeve length. I keep replacing them as I find them, but some are close enough and are such a great color or pattern that I cannot yet let them go… Maybe seven or eight of them are French cuffs.
These are the casual shirts. They are due for a major trimming. I just feel I have not wore most any of them. As I step up further into the whole to-the-nines to-do, they will continue to be neglected.
On a side note: I have stopped buying shirt hangers; maybe suit hangers as well. I have reached my limit on hanger space and have decided that anything more coming in must generate something old going out. That’s the deal. That is the effort to prevent the studio from flooding under quarter sale items. LOL
This piece was a freebie from the hallway some time back. It works well enough for now. A built-in or series of stacked cubes will eventually replace it. I have more shoes than will fit on it and there is wasted space between the shelves and the jackets overhead.
There you go. That is my closet; for now. As you can see, there is barely any room for me, which suits me just fine…
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