We don’t have a spare mattress, let alone a guest bedroom. But we have two sets of bedding as a result of merging our possessions when the Man and I moved in together. They were good quality and fairly new, so we didn’t want to get rid of them. Storing a spare set of sheets is no problem, but the queen-size doona and pillow-top mattress took up a lot of room, an entire shelf of our tiny linen closet to be exact:
Garbage bags: classy, right?
I headed to Tarjay and picked up some Space Bags and it now looks like this:
I’ll probably move that shelf up to create more space on lower shelves where we need it.
By now you might be thinking, ‘That was easy’. Well I am here to tell you that Space Bags are in fact, VERY complicated and I would be remiss if I didn’t share this crucial safety warning with you:
Today’s lesson is: Space Bags are good for storing your doona, not good for storing your baby.
errr, thanks for the warning.
I have to tell you, I have had these and they just don’t seem to work for me. There is never enough air sucked out and the package never shrinks down.
I think it probably has a lot to do with what’s in them. I was storing super fluffy doonas so there was a lot of air to be sucked out. But for something like jumpers it probably wouldn’t make much difference so I wouldn’t bother.
You sure it’s not to signify that babies are just not allowed full stop?
Be careful stacking space bags; they are very slide-y! I stacked three on the top shelf of my closet; two slide and fell off. One folded and popped! The other sustained puncture wounds. Poor space bags.
I told you they were complicated creatures
Thanks for the warning, I’ll make sure I either don’t stack them too high or store them vertically.
Ha! That last line of your post made me laugh.
It is really sad when our society has so many people that don’t have/use common sense and manufacturers have to put warnings like that on items so they don’t get sued!
Couldn’t agree more, Karen!