how do you store bags? I don`t have an excess

Mine are split into summer/ winter, in tall containers and depending upon which season I make that container the most easy to reach - works a treat.

My problem is not handbags or even shopping bags although I have more linen bags than I know what to do with - all with inspiring “green” logos.
My problem is the eleventy million single use plastic bags my shopping has been delivered in since the start of lockdown.
Ocado used to charge 5p per bag but then gave me 5p for every bag I returned. It usually evened out.
But now nobody will take them back and there’s only so many waste paper bins you can line with them.
So for now they are tightly rolled up with a rubber band round them and threatening to take over the garage.

Does anyone else appreciate the irony of bags that take up so much room?

I use the same bag pretty much all the time, because I can’t be bothered changing stuff over. The colour goes with anything.
I have about 6 more, stuffed in a drawer, for ‘dressier’ occasions, which are very rare these days. None of them were expensive.
Shopping bags live in the car.
I can’t get my head around people who have huge collections of bags - or shoes, for that matter.

I have a lot of handbags but tend to use the same one all the time. They are stored on the floor of the wardrobe.
My shopping bags are in the hall cupboard but I usually take my shopping trolley as it holds so much more.

Me too humptydumpty. My bags aren't that valuable. But tbh I don't think I would keep them in their bags even if they were.

I'm very impressed by those who store handbags in their soft bag! I have never bought a handbag with its own soft bag, in fact they're usually from charity shops!

The hanging thingy is open both sides so air isn’t a problem. I moved mine to the back of the coat hanging rail so it doesn’t need to be moved. The one I have is better made than the one in the ad from my last post but probably rather more expensive.

I had a new smaller bag for my birthday in June and have wrapped it in its bag and put it in the wardrobe. Now I need to find a way of remembering that I have it!

I have a spare handbag tidy if anyone would like it? PM me. Won’t be online again for a few hours.

Recently had a clear out and determined to sort out the bags. Those that had cloth bags and stood up on their own - fine. For the soft floppy ones I used shoe boxes to stand them up in generally two to a box as they supported each other. Bigger rigid ones also stood in a box. Didn't fancy buying the clear plastic boxes some folk use and no room to hang the stacking system in a wardrobe. All mine are on a shelf.

I used to have a great system where I hung them all on the handlebars of my exercise bike ?

How do I store bags? Sorry to say rather untidily !!!

I am going to get better organized when the weather cools down and I do not want to get outside in the fresh air so much.
I look to reach that goal by mid autumn.

We have shopping bags which are stored inside each other and hang in my upstairs laundry. I only own one handbag and it spends its life on the hallway table

What a problem! I have a solitary handbag which I replace when it starts to fall apart...?

My solution is similar to that of Sylviapatten but the spaces are square, and they are open at the front. here is a velcroed fold-over bit at the top that goes over the wardrobe pole.

Oh goodness, I have bags under in 2 of the under bed draws, in a shoe cupboard, in stacking baskets and on top of the wardrobe in the spare room. My be I need to declutter them :-)

I like the look of the hanging sectional, I'm going to take a look on line.

Lovely thread though :-)

I use a canvas hanging shoe caddy in the wardrobe. I have a reputation for "collecting" handbags so it is very useful.

I got a 'plastic hanging thingy' but found some tend to slide out of sides if not a big bag, and if you move it much, and if it gets full.ended up not using it after a bit, as its annoying.

I have two black handbags - 0ne large/one small and a grey shopping back on a hook inside the downstairs cupboard where I store the vacuum cleaner.
Posh black handbag - funerals etc - on a hook in spare bedroom.
Holiday bags in suitcase with holiday clothes. They won't see the light of day this year

Oh gosh...all these organized people....I need a strong drink after reading this....

How to store handbags, I wish I knew. I have bags on backs of doors, inside wardrobes, holiday ones inside suitcases and then just in case I didn’t have enough bags I went and bought some more. They are lined up on the floor of one of the spare bedrooms waiting for me to sort out and donate. They have been there for most of this year ?. The good bags are in there bags most not used as I have a fad for a particular bag and use that all the time until I choose another favourite. Help....

I cannot do any of these storage ideas, my shopping bags, the common ones, are already in my car. Inside one wardrobe door I have a marvellous hanger for scarves, it has holes in it and scarves are threaded through, silk scarves, all sorts of scarves. If I am honest, I have scarcely worn a scarf all year, what a waste. Inside the other wardrobe door, I have screwed a shoe hanger with individual shoe pockets and that is useful

I don`t have many bags of the tote size, the most expensive was a radley but even that was not dreadfully expensive from the radley outlet

Time to bite the bullet, I think I will de-clutter some bags and several scarves. This de-cluttering is becoming personal

my handbags are few, one summer, one winter, one shopper/bag, one evening bag. All are on a hanger one below the other using coca cola bits to lower the hanger

Oh yes, I agree, the daily roll call when one swaps bags Pittcity.
Purse, phone, hairbrush, tissues, make up, oyster, mints, dog poo bags etc.
And now .... mask, hand gel, wipes etc to add in.

Agree with Pittcity, so basically i have a summer handbag and a winter one. Both neutral colours (boring). Took some to the charity shop last year, the rest on the wardrobe shelf. Haven't bothered changing to summer one yet 'cause I've hardly been out.

Does anyone use one of those inner bag things to transfer stuff from bag to bag easily?
I don't like switching because it's such a kerfuffle to swap without forgetting something.
Mine are on top shelf of wardrobe with one in use beside the settee.