As an ex Pat/Brit the only place I can think of as a closet is, yes, a Water Closet – W.C. in the english jargon. I do not know how the inhabitants of our ex colony across the pond would refer to it. The water closet  has been around since caveman Ug decided to dig a hole in the ground to hide the remants of a mammoth meal, which was probably mammoth in more than one sense of the word with various names and shapes. The soldiers in the war called them “The deser Rose” because the desert probably did rise according to what was deposited there. Even the river Thames served its purposes when the Londoners disovered that it was all on their doorstep, so who needed a WC. Today the sense of the work has taken another meaning, and closets are everywhere. They now have doors and shelves and used for storage. The water closet had no storge, Who would want to store anything like that. The idea was to hide it from the eyes (and noses) of everyone and send it on its way to a dark place, mainly beneath the ground, flowing into undewater streams known as sewers. there are even towns that now proudly have opened their sewers as a tourist attraction. There is a sign Visit the Paris Sewers System, entrance fee €4.30, so they even make money out of it.

We Brits tend to have cupboards, other than closets Seems words change when they cross the poind. By the way the photo is not one of my closets (note plural form of the word) it was taken in our local castle. They had much nicer closets. I decided not to show a photo of my closet. Even with the doors closed it would be an infringement into my private sphere. It is big enough to accomodate my hanging clothes and also my laying clothes. The ones that hang are trousers and blouses and jackets. The laying clothes are the t-shirts. I have a side compartment with shelves where my home dress is and nightdresses. Home dress is necessary as it is the “doesn’t matter if it gets stained or creased” appearance. If they let me out I wear the more respectable garments, the ones that are more or less kept clean and don’t have to be ironed before showing in public.

Of course I keep my seasonal clothes in the appartment. In summer the off the shouder look and just below the knee pants, whilst the winter clothing is having a hibernation in the hobby room in the monster closet. However, as time goes, the amount of clothing diminishes and to save shifting everything twice a year, I have reduced the seasonal changeover somewhat. Mr. Swiss has the same amount of room as I do, plus an extra closet in the spare room for ….. I am not really sure what, but I know I have my fondue rechaud in this spare closet and he has a few non-clothing objects.

As the years go by I seem to have made a hobby of organising. I used to be a chaos person, although it was an organised chaos. I always found what I was looking for eventually, although it needed to be ironed before I could wear it. These days are now gone. I have become a tidy person, no longer Mrs. Chaos, I even put the freshly washed and iron home t-shirts at the bottom of the pile. At the top are those that were freshly washed and ironed the last time, just to ensure a perfect rotation of the goods.  Yes, I have home t-shirts and away t-shirts according to the purpose for which they are needed.

Writing this makes me realise how Swiss I have become over the years. In England we always seemed to have a mess, and never room for everything. Since being retired, it seems I have nothing better to do when not writing my Pulitzer prize suspicious blogs, as to keep my closets tidy and organised. This reminds me I noticed I still have a winter jacket hanging on the rack in the entrance hall which should now be in the hobby room with the other Winter items. This is taking up unnecessary space and so I will remove it today.

The only problem I have at the moment are the shoes. I do not want to throw away the old shoes, they might become fashion again. The unwanted shoes are in three large paper carriers in the hobby room, so they are no problem. My daily shoes, which are comfort pure, all adida lookalikes, mainly Sketchers, are in my bedroom closet at the bottom. I should actually remove them and apply the vacuum cleaner to remove the earth remans of my walks. I do have at least 3 pair of nice shoes, but I never seem to need nice, just comfortable. On the other hand they might come in useful for a special occasion. Special occasions seem to be few and far between as you become a golden oldie.

And now to clean the closet – but which one?

Daily Prompt: Closet