Off Season Storage

[JeffsWood]

With another kid on the way, the spare bedroom in our house (and thus spare closet) is going to spoken for. So I need a solution for overflow storage.

For one I was going to re-do my closet and my wifes closet as they both couldbe better organized, but the other thought I had was picking up a couple of these:

And setting them up in the attic. I could use them for off season storage. Thoughts? Any one used these before? For $70 they seem like they would be a cheap solution.

here is the link to them:

http://www.containerstore.com/browse...9867&FEEDCNT=3

 

[randallr]

Those look cool. One thing I would worry about in the attic is climate change. In the winter they are veryyyyy cold and summer VERYYYYY hot. Don't know if that is an issue though.

 

[kabert]

I have two of these in the attic that I use for off-season storage. They are fantastic and I can't imagine now, with my oversized wardrobe, what I'd do without them. Using them enables me to keep ALL my off-season clothes out of my closet. And, since it's easy to access clothes inside the storage containers, as the weather warms this coming spring, I will gradually move some clothes out and other clothes in. My attic sees extreme high temps in the summer but never gets below 50-55 degrees or so in the winter.

I think I got them at Hold Everything. Don't overload the racks or they will break (I had it happen once). I also store my best off-season shoes inside the two storage containers on the bottom, under the hanging clothes. The rest of the shoes just get stacked up in their shoe boxes on either side of the storage containers. This has served me well for the last 5 or 6 years -- only one mishap, when an air conditioning pipe above some shoe boxes sprung a small leak (only a pair of A-E bucks were ruined, fortunately).

 

[aportnoy]

+1000

I have two of these srtictly for outerwear (leather, shearling, LP coats etc.) and I couldn't survive without them.

 

[Holdfast]

Timely thread. I need more storage space myself. Filled up my main wardrobe & the one in the spare bedroom and really need more space, stat, without wanting to buy another big wardrobe. Will be reading this thread with interest.

 

[Bellum]

Originally Posted by randallr

Those look cool. One thing I would worry about in the attic is climate change. In the winter they are veryyyyy cold and summer VERYYYYY hot. Don't know if that is an issue though.

I can't see cold being a problem. Heat on the other hand.. would not be good for storing fur and leather over the summer. If you have nice fur and leather you should consider cold storage.

 

[ndw]

Originally Posted by aportnoy

+1000

I have two of these srtictly for outerwear (leather, shearling, LP coats etc.) and I couldn't survive without them.

How do these work in terms of protection from moths etc.?

 

[aportnoy]

Originally Posted by ndw

How do these work in terms of protection from moths etc.?

You can buy cedar planks for them and they work quite well. Also, the canvas cover is quite sturdy and offers full coverage.

 

[ndw]

Originally Posted by aportnoy

You can buy cedar planks for them and they work quite well. Also, the canvas cover is quite sturdy and offers full coverage.

Perfect. I have a cedar storage closet that will fit these quite nicely. Thanks for the answer!

 

[sho'nuff]

Make sure the items you place in storage are 100 percent clean of any debris and moth larvae/eggs.

No matter how airtight the storage container is any trace of moth colonization will thrive under prolonged dark, undisturbed places.

Some will say false, never seen any holes they say? The destruction can very possibly be there:
Not all moth larvae destruction is visibly noticeable. Lot of it is that the fibers are still in its form but are weakened, and thus when you wash or dry clean for first time that weakened spot shows a small hole or blow out.

The outerwear you have in storage may very well have many weakened spots to be revealed under first few cleanings.

 

[Ataturk]

After Katrina, the lights were out for about three weeks. Some of my guns stored indoors rusted.

The moral here is that climate control is also moisture control. I'd think it would be a bad idea.

 

[ndw]

Originally Posted by sho'nuff

Make sure the items you place in storage are 100 percent clean of any debris and moth larvae/eggs.

No matter how airtight the storage container is any trace of moth colonization will thrive under prolonged dark, undisturbed places.

Some will say false, never seen any holes they say? The destruction can very possibly be there:
Not all moth larvae destruction is visibly noticeable. Lot of it is that the fibers are still in its form but are weakened, and thus when you wash or dry clean for first time that weakened spot shows a small hole or blow out.

The outerwear you have in storage may very well have many weakened spots to be revealed under first few cleanings.

Thank you. This is very informative. It drives me nuts when my a nice piece of clothing is ruined by insects.