Life hack: winter clothes, how to store in summer

First of all, it is necessary to prepare the wardrobe to receive warm clothes. Remove all contents and wipe the walls and shelves with a damp cloth. For the reliability of the compartment, you can vacuum and wipe with a disinfectant: dissolve three tablespoons of 9% vinegar in a liter of water. After that, the cabinet must be thoroughly ventilated so that there is no moisture left. To fight moths, place insect repellent plates or tablets in each compartment, or moisten cotton pads with cedarwood or lavender essential oils.

Do not throw away the silica gel bags. They will come in handy in your fight against moisture in the summer. Arrange them on clothing shelves. Another option is to put salt in the clothes bags, they will also draw in moisture.

To save space in your closet, vacuum bags are great. Due to the fact that oxygen is almost completely removed from them, the volume of things decreases significantly. But not all clothes can be stored in such conditions. Never use vacuum bags for fur coats, sheepskin coats, wool items, down jackets, leather jackets, coats. Pack jeans, sweatshirts, thermal underwear in bags. Everything else will simply suffocate, lose volume and shine-softness.

Depending on the volume, one package will cost you 50-300 rubles. It is not necessary to buy a special pump, the air can be sucked out with an ordinary vacuum cleaner, just do not turn on the unit at full power, do it at minimum speed.

You can buy plastic containers for storing things. But they also have a significant disadvantage – airtightness. This means that they are not suitable for wool, fur, down jackets. But containers can be improved! Take an awl, heat it over a fire and make several holes in the walls. So your things will “breathe”, which means that you can put any clothes in containers.

For fur coats, sheepskin coats and leather jackets, use a suitably sized coat hanger. And on top, be sure to put on a fabric cover. Cotton is the best option. You can use an old sheet for him. Sew the fabric around the edges, make a hole for the hanger and a comfortable, correct, and most importantly, inexpensive cover is ready. Suitable for storage and special trunks, in which you were sold outerwear, they are made of “breathing” materials. However, they can attract excess dust due to the fact that they are electrified.

Never use plastic covers if you don’t want your fur coat to hang until next winter.

You cannot send items for storage if you have not washed them. It doesn’t matter how many times you put on the sweater, one or ten. All the same, skin epithelium, sweat, dust, possibly imperceptible food residues remained on the tissue. This will attract moths to your clothes. In addition, old stains are almost impossible to remove.

Erase everything. And hats, and sweaters, and jeans with sweatshirts. It will take a lot of time, console yourself with the fact that as soon as the cold comes, you can immediately put on your favorite fluffy sweater.

It is better to send fur coats, sheepskin coats and coats to dry cleaning. If this is not possible, shake out your outerwear thoroughly. The down jacket can be washed in the washing machine. Wipe the fur of a fur coat with a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol. After such cleaning, send the clothes to the darkened balcony for a day. Next, comb through with a brush. Store your fur coat in a case on a hanger. Put small bags of salt and lavender in your pockets. Salt will absorb excess moisture, lavender will scare off voracious moths.

Before storage, wipe the sheepskin coat with a gauze cloth soaked in a solution of five parts of water and one part of 10% ammonia. Let dry. If there are stains, remove them with a special eraser. It costs from 100 to 500 rubles. You can use it for more than one season. You can also wash your face with a mixture of a liter of water and a teaspoon of 9 percent vinegar. Supply the dried sheepskin coat with bags of salt and lavender and send it to a cotton or linen bag on a hanger.

Wipe leather jackets with a sponge dipped in warm soapy water. After that, absorb the moisture with a dry cloth made of natural fabric. Let the jacket dry, preferably on a darkened balcony. For a shine, you can rub the skin with glycerin or lightly beaten egg white, in which you need to dampen a flannel cloth. Make sure the jacket is completely dry before storing it in the closet.

If you do not change boots and boots every season, you need to prepare them for storage very carefully. Your shoes have already suffered over the fall and winter. That only there are dirt and reagents.

Wash each pair thoroughly, brush hard-to-reach areas with a toothbrush. As a finishing touch, almost dry shoes can be wiped clean with regular wet hand wipes. They will remove the remaining dirt and moisturize the skin.

Check if everything is in order with the heels, if the seams have parted somewhere, if you need to replace the roll or glue the sole. Better to do this in the spring than then frantically looking for a shoe shop during a cold snap.

Inside, rub your shoes with tea tree essential oil. It will remove unpleasant odors from your boots and shoes and disinfect them. Do not overdo it, a few drops on a cotton pad will suffice.

Treat leather shoes with a special cream, suede and nubuck – impregnation. Stuff your boots and boots with newspapers, they will protect the shoes from deformation, and at the same time absorb excess moisture. By the way, you can use cloth bags with a mixture of salt and soda. They will protect against unpleasant odors and dampness.

It will not be superfluous to pack each shoe or boot in a separate cloth bag before folding it into boxes. Old tights are also suitable for this, they will protect the surface from dust and accidental scratches.

Remember to put a bag of lavender or a cotton pad soaked in lavender or camphor essential oil in each box.

Hats are also noteworthy. With woolen and other knitted fabrics, everything is simple – wash, fold and forget until winter. But with fur hats and felt hats you will have to tinker. We still strongly recommend sending them to dry cleaning. For one product, they will ask from 300 to 1500 rubles, but experts will remove fat from the lining from the scalp and hair. It becomes a beacon for the moth. Moreover, traces of styling products, foundation and powder may remain on the hat. It is much more pleasant to put on a clean hat on your head in winter than a hat with dubious spots.

After dry cleaning, hats and caps are best stored in special cardboard boxes on thick paper frames. An inverted jar or flower pot is also suitable. You can try stuffing the hats with paper, but make sure that the shape is not broken.

Also send “winter” bags for storage. They must be cleaned with damp hand wipes inside and out. Allow to dry. Pack in the cloth bags in which they were sold, or sew the “wardrobe trunks” ourselves.