Hijab storage

Asalam waaliykum sisters,

Alhamdulillah Day 5 of Ramadan. Hope you are all doing well, inshallah.

I thought I would share how I store my hijabs with you guys. I was asked by a couple of sisters I know who are struggling due to limitation in space; what is the best way to store hijabs.
If you are looking for a new way to store your hijabs i have one idea. I have tried everything, I used to roll them and store them in my chest of draws, but that took up so much space and by the next day they were a total mess. Plus chest of draws are for my normal clothes.

Tried the hijab hangers, worked well for a while until they broke and snapped. I have a lot of hijabs 3 huge bags worth. So they weighed a lot,  when I hung them the hangers that are made for hijabs could not cope with the weight. I tried using skirt/trouser hangers and clip on a 2-3 per hanger again that took up my whole wardrobe. Not practical especially as I share my wardrobe with zawji.

I know this works well if you have less then 10 hijabs. I must have around 50-60 now so the hangers was no longer practical.

When I was at university 3 years ago now!! subhanllah. The landlord left two wardrobes in my room. So as you can imagine I used one for clothes and the other for hijabs. I just hung the hijab straight onto the poll and this was the tidiest way to store them.

Picture quality not great, was taken with my old Nokia phone. This worked very well and I could see what hijabs I had, they were not hidden and therefore forgotten.

Well unfortunately I eventually left that flat, and now married I do not have the space or luxury to store them this way. Regrettably, for the last 5 months they have been sat in 2 huge Lidl bags and another huge shopping bag, Not practical at all and my hijabs were always a mess and needed constant ironing.

Alhamdulillah I gave one Lidl bag of Hijabs away to charity, so I was left with one plus the normal shopping bag. Some I have only worn once or twice so why hold onto them!!?? I only kept the ones I wear often and that I have recently purchased.

Yesterday I went out to Argos and had a look at their storage solutions, we do not have an IKEA near by otherwise would of checked them out too. I have had my eye on the wicker style baskets for a long time. They are a bit pricey and the ones I have found have always been too small. In Argos they have 3 large Sea grass baskets for £25, I had a £10 voucher so only paid £15.

They are perfect, look nice, sturdy and do the job. So pleased with them and the smell reminds me of the straw baskets made in Morocco. I am going to store them under the table and free up the table top. They look amazing, I am so lucky to get them for £15, such a bargain.

I was able to divide my scarfs into 3 categories, Casual, Smart and evening. As you can see I  have way more casual then evening. They fit perfectly and look way nicer then the bags. Plus these fit nicely under the table and can be stacked too!

They can be stacked and put in the corner of my room too. Do you agree they look 100% better and neater? The Sea grass has a large weave and therefore allows air to circulate, hijabs closed up in a bag will start to smell musty and not nice. Now they have lots of air getting to them.

I just tied a thin neck scarf to the handle, makes it look very girly. What do you guys think?

I found this to be the best way to store my scarfs after all the other ways I have tried. Of course if you have a separate wardrobe then hanging them on the poll is by far the most  practical in terms of not having to ironing every time you want to wear a scarf. But this is the most practical for me, and the most cheapest alternative.

Do you sisters have any other ways of storing hijabs, how do you find best to store them? Please do share what you do. Comment below and please share this post.

Jazakallah khier

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