Ok everyone, this is gross. Here we go.
So, my closet is actually in the bathroom since its larger than the one in the bedroom. Fine.
Our bathroom doesn't have a fan. Fine.
I store clothes, shoes, bags in the closet in the bathroom. Fine.
Well, one of my canvas bags filled with wintery items like mittens fell down off the top shelf. So, I got the stool out last night & climbed up to put the bag up. But, wait a minute. What are those little black dots on the bag....it smells musty...it's MOLD.
Holy crap. I pulled out all of the other canvas bags up there(why do i have so many) and checked them all. A backback bottom was covered in mold. GROSS. The Vera Bradley bags smell musty. I threw out probably 5 bags. The rest got strewn across the living room and sprayed with Lysol.
No more bags in the closet. Actually, I am giving away and/or selling 1/2 of them because if they are shoved up in the closet, I don't use them or need them!! Impromptu cleaning out of stuff. Oh and this happened at like 1030pm last night. So, when Erik got home at 12, I was up & going crazy cleaning.
2 comments:
FYI - I tossed a VB bag in the washer and it didn't do any damage. You could probably do that to get rid of the mold off of those.
I think you can get a de-humidifier at Ace Hardware in laurel village. They have a small one that is made for closets. We have had mold problems too, it's so nasty!
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