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Thursday, June 8, 2006
Time again for tips on storing your winter clothing
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
It’s an end-of-winter ritual
some would rather ignore:
packir^ up sweaters, coats
and other cold-weather
essentials. Unfortxmately,
there’s no ignoring the holes
you may find in that favorite
cashmere sweater when sea
sonal clothes aren’t stored
properly
“The care you take when
you’re storing your clothes
away is going to have an
effect on how they look when
you take them out tiie next
season,” says Mona Williams,
vice president of buying for
The Container Store, based
in Dallas.
Leaving garments mpro-
tected for several months is
an invitation to pests and can
lead to mildew, discoloration
and fadirg- StiU, developing
and executing a storage plan
can be daunting, especially
when space is ti^t.
Cynthia Braim, a Long
Island-based professional
organizer, often finds clients
“overwhelmed by how to keep
the clothes, where to keep the
clothes,”
She and other e^qierts offer
these suggestions:
_ Before you pack, puige.
Donate the garments you
didn’t wear all season, along
with the clothes your children
have outgrown, Braun says.
Many people strug^e with
this step, says professional
organizer Michael Nov/lan,
recalling a client who instead
oirtained-off half the living
room of her one-bedroom
apartment to create a walk-in
closet,
"Some people can’t help
themselves,” says Nowlan,
also a feng shui designer
based in New York and
Sydney Australia. "But what
are you doing wilh six winter
coats?”
Retirees Stephen and
Susan Bennett enlisted
Braun’s help when they
moved to a new townhouse in
Coram, N.Y. Before purchas
ing wood veneer wardrobes
for winter clothes stor^e in
their finished basement, they
gave away what they didn’t
need and immediately saw
the benefits.
“Now I know what I own,”
says Stephen Bennett. "You
love your home more aftea'
clutter is gone,”
• • Start your washer.
Insects and mice are
attracted to natural' fibers,
especially wool. Perspiration
or food stains make garments
even more enticing. The pros’
advice: Wash or dry-clean
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fur, before storing it.
"You never want to store a
soiled garment,” says Alan
Spielvogel, director of techni
cal services for the National
Cleans Association. In addi
tion to attracting pests,
"stains wiU oxidize over time
and become even more diffi
cult to remove,” he says.
Don’t be deceived just
because clothes look clean.
"The food that we may not
even see on them—that’s
what the insects go after,” says
Lorene Bartos, a home envi
ronment columnist and
University of Nebraska-
Lincoln extension educator.
Pests also can be attracted
to starch and fabric softener,
so avoid those when launder
ing before storage, Bartos
says.
The insects that do the most
damage—primarily clothes
moths and carpet beetles -
’’avoid the light and hide in
the cracks and crevices,” she
says. That’s why you should
disinfect and vacuum storage
containers and closets before
filling them. If you have a
cedar closet or chest, rub the
cedar with sandpaper to
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