storage?

[ForresterModern]

LLast year for our anniversary, and while I happened to be out of the country playing kilted golf in Scotland, my loving wife (not kilt-loving, but loving all the same) turned the closet of our least used guest bedroom into a special cedar lined storage space dedicated to my kilts, plus other woolens in the off-season. 6 months after moving into the space with my kilts and kit I discovered moths in the closet in significant numbers so I researched treatment and prevention and storage options and went whole hog on preservation and organization. The whole story, along with pics of the closet can be seen in the following thread:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-kloset-65986/

My kilts and jackets/waistcoats are all in breathable hanging bags, sporrans and bonnets in various sized plastic containers, and hose in a couple drawers, with everything heavily invested with cedar strip liners, cedar balls, etc... I need to get a few more of the bags and containers due to some recent acquisitions.

But I can honestly say I have not seen a single moth since my infestation and eradication project nearly 6 months ago, and the closet organization does make things a bit easier to store and find when needed.

jeff

[Spartan Tartan]

What a great thread. Most of my accessories are just piles into the clo set in a way that keeps them out of my wife's way...

I've been thinking if a new dresser to have drawers for my growing collection of accessories.

Is there anything wrong with storing kilts flat in a drawer instead of hanging?

[mookien]

Josh: If you have the floor space, you could get an inexpensive chest of drawers from a garage sale, for example.

My son had an old "6-drawers in 2 columns" chest that he gave me. We bought one box of laminate cedar flooring for about $30 and cut it into pieces to line the bottoms, sides, front, and back of each drawer. Using Loctite Power Grab (which turned out to be very easy to use) we glued each board in place.

So, I ended up with a cedar chest of drawers (inside, anyway) on the cheap. It works great for all my accoutrement. I also place sachets of potpourri (from Bed, Bath, and "Way" Beyond) in each drawer for extra protection. So far, no moths.

I placed the extra cedar boards and "scraps" in the closet in which I hang my kilts on Order of the Gael kilt hangers. They are expensive ($19.29), but they work very well and have room for plaids, etc. as well as the kilt.

Good luck whichever way you decide to go.

John

[Cygnus]

While we don't usually have problems with moths around these parts, they do get into things on rare occasion and this thread inspired me to get the materials needed to protect my highland attire.

It turns out that two lightweight garment bags were just about the same price as two zippered pillow covers and, since the garment bags conveniently zip up the front, I purchased those. I also found some cedar scraps for about $7 and hung those from the top of the hangers and put some down in the bottom of the bags with my hose, garters, etc.

In the end I spent under $13 and now have everything in garment bags with cedar. Hopefully it does the trick.

I'll have to remember the Sterilite recommendation for the future as my sporrans still need a place to live.

Speaking of, does anybody have recommendations for storing a horse- or goat-hair sporran?

[Silent Raven]

well i went out and got a sterilite container for all my smaller object and i am quite pleased.



got my 2 sporran, belt, 3 sets of flashes, bow tie and sgian all in there nicely and i can also just plop my blamoral right on top. if any one is wondering its the 16 quart sterlitle stackable (although i only got one) drawer container. i also tossed a cedar block in there for good measure.

[mookien]

Great! Everything looks snug as a bug in a rug. I'd put more cedar and/or potpourri in it, though. Good luck.