The ultimate way to declutter extra clothes hangers

In the ongoing process of rearranging my life and my living environment, I ended up having a couple file storage boxes filled with clothes hangers. The only problem is that they don’t fit into file storage boxes. Clothes hangers are a mess to deal with as everyone knows. So today I decided to see what options there are to store the extras I like to keep.

I found the above boxes at the Container Store. The large one is exactly the right size for storing clothes hangers, as if it was actually made for that purpose. The medium-size one is perfect for pant hangers. I told myself that I will only keep enough hangers to fit one box. Having more than one box of extra hangers would be crazy, but it is good to always have some extra.

In addition to being useful, these boxes look very nice. They are available in several different patterns including the “baroque” pattern in the above pic.

Here are some more pictures from the Container Store of some boxes including the one above which are all similar dimensions and suitable for storing hangers or clothes:

The Maarten Bold box was the nicest and with a firm lid is stackable.  The Baroque Taupe has two metal frames which slide into place on either edge of the box and the sides are fabric.  It can be stacked with another box of the same size since the frames will align, or the medium box can be stacked on it if rotated 90 degrees so that it lines up with the metal frame.  The Maarten Bold box doesn’t have this issue since all its sides and its lid are sturdy.  But $49 is a lot to shell out for one box, no matter how nice it is.  I ended up getting the Reisenthel Baroque Taupe large and medium fabric storage boxes.

I saw a documentary recently about a famous architect who makes entire buildings out of cardboard. It is so inspiring. The designs he creates are breathtaking and include a futuristic-looking library, an art museum, a church, and more. I cannot find a link to that documentary (sadly NHK do not share their content), but here is another one:

I love the idea of lightweight, eco-friendly materials used for our buildings, our homes, and our products. It is inspiring me in many ways and giving me visions for the future. I like the idea of pure, running water, rock, sunlight, paper or wood, eco-friendly polymers, meditation, and of course lots of yoga and sweat.

One last image of a nice nested floral gift box set they had.