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Posted by Cristina & Elyse

my only suggestion for storage is to use those big bags you can suck the air out. that way they take out less space. my mother uses those for her MANY blankets that she won't let go. I swear... she has sooo many.

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Posted by Anonymous

Yes, SPACE BAGS, and if there is a Bed, Bath and Beyond near you, use their flyer and postcard coupons to save money on your space saving. They will keep your clothes clean (as long as they are clean when stored, but woe to you if they are not) and allow you to store as much as possible. Best wishes to your wonderful family! *Ü*

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Posted by Steph @ Problem Solvin Mom

I have one idea that might work for you -do you have some local friends that you can swap clothing back and forth with? I share clothing back and forth with some of my girlfriends who have children older/younger than mine, and it's a great way to not have to store it yourself!

Blessings,
Steph

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Posted by ET @ Titus2:3-5

Clear, plastic bins.

You can get them in any shape and size. If your storage space is limited, try to find ones that will fit under beds.

Have fun! :)

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Posted by Anonymous

I use the under the bed plastic bins, or the regular bins. I also take clothes to the consignment shop every season. Especially stuff I don't like or clothes given to us that I can not find another home for. I have Goodwill, Consignment and then Storage bins. Three seperate give aways. I only have one season at a time in the closets. We have the 3 boys in one closet, 2 girls in the other. Char

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Posted by Anonymous

I would suggest under the bed as well- you could even get those bed risers to raise the beds higher so you can store more stuff.

Also, just be creative. Try cheap or free cardboard boxes ( I suggest holding out for the ones with separate lids) and cover them in pretty contact paper. I organized my whole closet with 12 boxes for next to nothing and it looks great.

If it were me, I would have a girls closet and boys closet- have a box with each kid's name on it that is specifically for pass downs. That way they stay sorted by size. Have one big box somewhere for Goodwill/consignment so that you don't have to consolidate from different places.

As far as knowing what to buy- I suggest letting each kid have a "color theme" each season. For instance your 9 year old girl could choose Brown as her "main" color and green and yellow as the secondary colors. If you buy with that in mind, you will likely have less clothes but more combinations. Also less accessories usually because you don't have to have 2 dress shoes, 2 belts, etc.
Not to say you can't have exceptions but it would make it easy to shop and not have as much stuff. Then when you pass it down you can keep the brown "base" items and one of the original colors and let the next one pick a new color to supplement with. And then when it passes down again, you can keep most of the base stuff, get rid of the one original color and let them pick another color... I know that sounds complicated but I actually think it would be really really simple once you got the hang of it.

The less clothes you have, the easier to store and the easier to sort!!

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Posted by SweetSavages

yeah, Carri...is there a Bed Bath and Beyond NEAR you? Wahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

Don't think of swapping clothes w/ me each seaon...just the thought of trying to remember what was yours to return and what was ours is making one of my hairs think of turning grey. = )
No help here...same problem.

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Posted by Anonymous

i'm not done with babies yet so to store between kids i use space bags... yes, like you have seen on TV. they really do compress the clothes well and make it so that you need less storage space. I also used them to compress clothes and blankets that we took to an orphanage in Ukraine. I was able to get two duffle bags worth of supplies into one duffle bag. They weighed a ton but were (luckily) under the FAA max. It really is cheaper to order them online or by phone than to buy them in the store, but they can be found at Walmart and other stores. That's all I got :) Good luck! Sorting just for my two is a holy nightmare...
Kate
http://web.mac.com/jandksomers

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Posted by kyhills

I only had to deal with girls clothes but I put them plastic containers with lids( very important so you can store them anywhere). I had a box for each age for summer or winter.I would change clothes out twice a year. So a box would have 2T summer and then be changed to 2T winter. I put the boxes wherever I could attic, under beds, closets, garage, beside the bed with a table cloth. I will admit that changing clothes each season was one of my least favorite jobs. Remember kids do grow up quickly and then you don't have to do this job any more. =) Pam

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Posted by southernseven.blogspot.com

If you have a garage buy the shelves that hang from the ceiling. You could then store clothes in rubbermaid boxes in the garage.

I don't know your bed situation but you could buy/make the risers to allow more room for bags/bins under beds.

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