Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Hung Up


 
Joan Crawford aside, I could use some more old-fashioned metal coat hangers. 





They’re one of those things I’d never had to go out and buy. They were always just there.  I’m not sure where the ones we do have came from. Granted, if you frequented a cleaners, your clothes would be returned on hangers wrapped in rustly white paper, but that never happened often enough in our house to explain all the ones filling our closets. And we can’t depend on that source. I can’t remember when I last had something dry cleaned.  I’m inherently cheap and avoid clothing requiring outside help. It always felt as though I was renting that silk shirt, paying for it over and over again.

I have made a few raids on my husband’s closet, but that well is almost dry, and I think he might be on to me.  And I’ve bought some of those fancy fuzzy hangers, but it feels wrong somehow, to be buying hangers. King of like paying $2 for a plastic bottle of water after umpteen years of just turning on the tap. 
     Paying for something that up till now just bred quietly in the darkness of our coat closet seems counter-intuitive. But now, due to a second home and too many trips to Marshall’s (and too few to Goodwill), I may have to start nailing up pegs around the bedroom, Shaker-style.
 

12 comments:

  1. Nails & pegs sound like the cheapest solution. You could visit the nearest Goodwill. When all else fails go to Amazon, type in wire coat hanger, and they will fix you right up.

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  2. We have the same problem since we moved, though no on such a grand scale, I suspect. The Dollar Store has solved everything.

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  3. I got rid of all my metal hangers years ago...ala Joan Crawford. I only have plastic and they are much gentler on my clothes and do not seem to breed as much.

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  4. They breed here. Sadly the ones which breed most successfully are not perfect specimens. Bent and knarled. Like me.

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  5. I vote for the trip to the goodwill society!

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  6. Makes me smile. I use plastic ones and hubby always keeps me stocked. I do eventually need to clean out stuff that I don't use (and I've made two trips lately to the used clothing store with big bags of loot that will make somebody happy and liberating some hangars. :-)

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  7. I like the idea of pegs around the room, but in reality, it would drive me bonkers within a week. I like things put away where I can close the doors on them. Here in Australia I bought cheap plastic hanger at Woolworths for $3 a dozen. They're fine for shirts etc, but wouldn't be strong enough for a heavy winter coat. Do you have an IKEA anywhere near? They sell wooden hangers quite cheaply.

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  8. Wow, can't remember the last wire coat hanger I owned. Since electronics have removed the need for one to get into your car after locking yourself out, I have happily embraced the plastic ones. They really are gentler on the clothes and don't leave those dreaded shoulder nipples.

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  9. I like plastic too! We have a coat tree for heavy coats in the winter and pegs near the front door:)

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  10. I use plastic hangers too. I hate wire hangers, just like Joan. I'm forever taking them back to the cleaners. (I get our shirts washed and pressed, so we get lots of them.) Maybe I should mail them to you?!

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    1. I suppose it is time for me to transition to something classier, but any other type of hanger seems to take up more space than old-fashioned wire ones.
      I suppose I could curb my shopping, but - - who am I kidding?

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  11. I was in Woolworths here two days ago and noticed packs of 20 wire hangers for $3.

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