<p>H heads to Belmont in a week and will live in the 4th oldest building on campus. The closet is very narrow. I can’t see his shirts even fitting in there!</p>
<p>Neckties are hard to store safely; they seem to wrinkle so easily. Is there a system or method for storing 8-10 ties that protects them and doesn’t take up a lot of space?</p>
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<p>Thanks musicamusica. He (and H) have hanging systems that go in the closet, but you can’t smash them – they need space. The one you linked to is 5" wide. His closet is not 18" and he has shirts, suit jackets, tuxedo jackets, etc that all have to go in there. The hanging neckties would not survive the crush.</p>
<p>We have a few beautiful leather roll cases for travel that hold one tie, but they were gifts and quite expensive.</p>
<p>Years ago, when first married and living in an apartment with limited closet space, I had picked up a couple of hanger systems. One is a wire system, 8 or 10 “L” shaped bars on a central stem, and a standard hanger hook. Takes no more space than a suit jacket would. I also picked up a couple of plastic disc shaped variations. </p>
<p>Try googling “hanging tie racks”. Here’s one [Your</a> perfect wooden tie rack! Deluxe 10-Tie Rack and Belt Organiser](<a href=“Clothes Hangers | Hangers For Shirts,Trousers & Coats”>Clothes Hangers | Hangers For Shirts,Trousers & Coats), a variation on the first I describe.</p>
<p>Given the inexpensive nature of these, they may well be worth a shot. My ties are still on them. Wrinkling is not an issue. I no longer need to wear one on a daily basis, and they are relegated to a crammed “dead” storage closet. When I do need to put one on, wrinkling has never been an issue.</p>
<p>Perhaps he could start out with only 1-2 ties…not a staple of college student wardrobe. Group performances usually require standard issue, solid color ties. It is not all that likely that those shirt will always be rehung…best guess, here. </p>
<p>Parents who have been managing the lives and wardrobes of high school aged performers usually find that the kids manage OK…let him figure it out.</p>
<p>I’ve got an idea that will cost you nothing…</p>
<p>Take a thin wire shirt hanger (one without the cardboard strut at the bottom since it needs a wire bottom also). Bend it into an “J” configuration, leaving the original rod hook in place as the top of the “J” but have the remainder of the hanger as the middle and bottom of the “J”. Drape each tie over the cradle portion of the bent hanger with half the tie on one side of the cradle and half on the other. (If it makes more sense, visualize this new bent up hanger as a long, skinny “S” instead.) You will easily be able to get about 15 ties on a hanger without wrinkling them.</p>
<p>I have no idea if these work or not:</p>
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<p>DS put his ties on a hanger and hung it in his closet. It worked just fine. If you’re worried they will fall off, use a suit/slacks hanger and just put the little rod that hold the slacks on the hanger over the ties.</p>
<p>DS had the smallest closet on the planet. He had no difficulty fitting all of his “music performance” clothes in it…no problem at all. The reality was none of his other clothes were in there anyway.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you mean by needing space. My H has worn ties for 30+ years and they overflow from his closet, and sometimes get crammed in suitcases or drawers, but it seems they survive just about anything he does to them. They hang on a long narrow tie & belt hanger, and don’t take up that much room.</p>
<p>My kid never had more than half a dozen ties with him at school. Kept the rest at home, and would occasionally swap them out (or I’d get an email: Mom! Could you mail me my solid red tie by Friday?)</p>
<p>But brainstorming ideas:<br>
*buy a couple screw-on hooks and attach them to the back wall of the closet to lay ties across, behind the other clothes.
*attach another tension rod behind or below the regular rod, wherever there is space.<br>
*create an “extension” to a regular hanger, so that ties can hang below the other clothing.
*drape a single tie around the “collar” of the shirt he is most likely to wear it with.</p>
<p>I would be embarrassed to tell you how many dozens of ties my H has. And then he has three shoeboxes of ties he wants me to make into a “quilt” one day. HA. So I attached three round wooden bathroom towel holders to the wall. the wood keeps the ties from falling off and they don’t wrinkle. Maybe he could put them over his headboard and it would look like art (and it wouldn’t be in the way.)</p>
<p>On the occasions that I am helping my son pack for school or other travel I always put his tie(s) and dress belts over the suit or sport coat is is likely to wear it with. I have also been known to put dress socks in pants pockets.</p>
<p>Jumping off POTO Mom’s idea - That reminded me that once I stored my many many necklaces on a collapsible accordian rack that my H hung on the bathroom wall. It was very pretty. Maybe he could do something similar – a rack like this, hung over his bed (or even on the wall of the closet.) [Wood</a> Accordian Coat Rack](<a href=“http://www.hangercity.com/exwalrac.html]Wood”>http://www.hangercity.com/exwalrac.html)</p>
<p>Another idea would be to get an over-the-door towel rack, for the back of the room door, or the back of the closet door. [The</a> Container Store > Classico Overdoor Towel Rack](<a href=“http://www.containerstore.com/shop/bath/hooks/racks?productId=10014394]The”>http://www.containerstore.com/shop/bath/hooks/racks?productId=10014394)</p>
<p>Or better yet - a shoe rack like this would hold a lot more: [36</a> Pair Over-the-Door Shoe Rack - Bed Bath & Beyond](<a href=“Bed Bath & Beyond | The Best Deals Online: Furniture, Bedding, Rugs, Kitchen Essentials & Moree”>Bed Bath & Beyond | The Best Deals Online: Furniture, Bedding, Rugs, Kitchen Essentials & Moree)</p>