Where do you stash?

[Sabine Janus]

For those of us who can't be out, where do you stash your things and any experiences on "Never do's"

Sabine

[tifftg]

I have an area of the basement that I keep somewhat purposely looking disorganized that I keep some containers of clothes. Also my wife knows and hates that I dress so she really does not go snooping, she doesn't want to see.
What is your situation, single, married big place small place who might see your stuff and how much do you have?

[Paulie Birmingham]

plenty of stories here, including mine, where we thought we had the perfect hiding place - and we were all wrong.

it was bad getting found out, but its better now that its out.

[Jenn A116]

Mine is in a section of the office closet. That closet pretty much is used for assorted clothing so nothing stands out as unusual if anybody (a guest) should happen to look in there.

[Cheryl T]

Well, back in the day, as the saying goes I used to keep everything in an old speaker box deep in the attic.
Another time it was in a box in the trunk behind the spare tire. That was when trunks were big.
So glad those days are over and everything is in the closet and I'm not.

[RoxieChristine]

I have my stuff hidden as my wife is NOT supportive and I could never tell her. I can't divulge secrets or I'd have to kill you :tongueout My wife and I have seperate walk in closets and baths, so that helps. Most stuff is kinda hidden in plain sight, or where only a handyman or me would look.
Roxie

[DianeT]

After years of trying different hiding places, reading innumerable studies about women's 6th sense for finding stuff their hubbies want to keep out of sight, graduating in women neurology with a specialization in Things that Attract Women's Eye, getting counseling from the best magicians about how to hide an elephant in a room by stuffing it in a teapot, and reading all articles I could find on the WFD (Wife Detecting Factor), I finally found the one, the definitive, the ultimate, all-purpose, ACME, vegan-compatible, tax free and hypoallergenic hiding place that makes all other hiding places pale in comparison. You're just one easy step away to get access to that insane solution that so many governments would kill for. Are you ready?
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[Kris Burton]

I'm not in this position, my wife is OK wth my CDing and my stuff is in plain view in the closet of our guest room. If you must hide though I suggest selecting a place where not only people may find your stash, but pets. A few weeks ago my dog somehow found a pair of my pink panties and was parading around the house with them. My wife caught up with the dog and took them away, bringing them to me. She said - "I'm glad I know of your dressing otherwise we would be having a very different conversation right now!"

So, to avoid THAT conversation, select your place wisely.

[countrygirl]

In my closet hanging right next to my male clothes.

[Rachel05]

I was so creative (I thought), had this area in the loft where only I went, all my stuff was stashed there, I used to take great care to put it all away and yet my wife still stumbled across it one day when I wasn't there, she was looking for something and found way more than she bargained for, but the strange thing is she never said anything to me for several years and tried very hard (unbeknown to me) to catch me in the act

Catch me she did and that was when she told me she knew, a day I dreaded and yet a massive weight lifted because then there was no need to hide all my things

[1Ladyjade]

I have a rolling tool bag that Jade lives in. The overflow is in a tote in the back of my SUV. I dress while at work when free time avails.

[Debbie Denier]

Inside a lock up garage I used to rent away from home and workplace was 1 of best .Worst a record storage box and sports bags on top of wardrobe. Both discovered by parents and wife respectively. Favourite was a wardrobe in my mothers home. In plain sight for Debbie time at the weekend. Now forever gone unfortunately.

[CharlotteCD]

I have a built in wardrobe which was without shelving etc in it. I decided as a project I would put shelving in the bottom half, full width.

It just happened that I also built a false back to those shelves, so the bottom 4 shelves finish 5 inches short of the wardrobe back, touching the false back, and the top shelf goes all the way to the back, creating a 5 inch deep hidden compartment that's only accessible if you take everything off the top shelf and lift it up in a certain way.

I don't expect it to be discovered. There's no reason for anybody to dig that deep into my belongings.

[kimdl93]

In a box inside a window air conditioner?.Drat?you were not referring to that stash. (Apologies to Dexter fans)

I never really had a hidden stash.

[Michelle_G]

Kim, I read that first sentence and immediately thought Dexter, then read the rest. Lol

[CDSophie62]

All my female clothes are in the loft in storage boxes.
My wife knows I dress, but doesn?t want to see me dressed or
female clothes in my side of the wardrobe.

All the boxes are stored away from the usual loft stuff such as luggage & Christmas Decorations.
My wife never goes up in the loft, but my step-sons do sometimes do so to
store their stuff as neither has a loft.

[Jane G]

When I was in the RN I used to keep my fem cloths in a locked tool box. Never got found. We had a great Snap on tool kit on my section, so no one ever needed to used my personal tool box.

[docrobbysherry]

I'm a "closet dresser". Now that my daughter moved out, Sherry fills every closet in the house!:devil:

[Geena75]

I have a trunk that locks and a unused cupboard in the basement. It is getting too small, so I will have to develop a better scheme.

[alwayshave]

I keep clothes in my closet. Also some in a storage locker, but I am not hiding them, it is just a space issue. When I was married top my ex-wife I kept my clothes in my wife's old clothes closet mixed in with her stuff. She never found them or knew I crossdressed.

[JulieC]

My wife knows and supports, so I don't have to hide from her. Kids are another story. I don't want them to know, and so hide from them. There's some things hidden in plain sight, in drawers in our bedroom where my wife might keep some things too. Her sizes aren't that different than mine, so it's believable. Right now, there's a very pretty white skirt sitting folded on top of a dresser in our bedroom. My wife and I got it together, for both of us to wear. The kids have seen her wear it, so they associate it with her, not me.

I do have a stash of things that could never be hers (think; size 11 shoes, when she's a 7.5). That's deep in a storage closet in the garage, behind a lot of other crap. I have an easy-ish way of getting to it when I need to, but if you don't know how to do it, it's a pain to get to it. It works. Well, I think it works. The kids haven't said anything :)

DianeT you're hysterical :)

[edit] Karren reminded me with her post below; when I was young, I got caught by my mother and read the riot act. My stash was in a stupid place (underneath mattress). She tossed what little I had. So, when I managed to re-acquire some pantyhose, they went into a bad and into a ventilation duct in my bedroom. If it had ever been found, I would have known.

[Karren H]

Over the years I have had a bunch of different hiding places including hidden compartments I built into the bathroom cabinets, hidden compartments in the ceiling of one of the closets, hidden compartment in an unused ventilation duct, inside one of my pinball machines, in the storage bay of our pop up camper in a gated locked storage facility. In a couple igloo coolers surrounded by insulation in the attic. In my workplace office in a locked lateral file marked confidential.

[Heather76]

When you say "can't be out" I hope you're referring to everyone but your wife/SO. The few months after I started to CD and before I told my wife, all I had were panties. They were easy to hide as I had so few pairs. Once I came out to her after about 5 months, I no longer hid things. I keep all my femme apparel in 3 places. Some of my bras and panties are in my bedside nightstand (2 drawers). Some of my bras, panties, and my forms are in my bathroom (also our guest bathroom). My nighties, dresses, suspender fishnets, garters and attached stockings, and tops & jeans are on hangers in the guest bedroom. If we are having daytime/evening visitors, I transfer everything in the bathroom to my nightstand in case they need to visit the bathroom. If we have overnight guests, I take all my things on clothes hangers and put them next to my wife's clothing in out master closet.

If I had to find a place to hide my things from my wife, I believe the bottom drawer in my rolling tool chest in the garage would be a decent place for most of it. However, I couldn't have as much as I have and fit it all in there.

[Natalie5004]

Spare closet in the guest bedroom. Not hidden at all.

[Stephanie47]

In 1983 we converted out single car garage converted to living space. Over the years it has become a storage room. We have amassed way too many worldly possession. My "stash" is in 20+ Xerox boxes which are stacked there. My wife knows I dress but I think she has no idea of the extent of my wardrobe which I have to admit is out of control. I do keep in my armoire a selection of panties, bras, slips and nightgowns that I wear to bed every night. There is a large box in my night stand that is full of full slips.

[Denice]

The only thing I worry about are my panties, bras and pantyhose after I wash them. I hang them on a big CD rack and cover it with a bathrobe.

[wendylovescd]

Large lockable storage boxes in attic.

[Jane G]

I keep clothes in my closet. Also some in a storage locker, but I am not hiding them, it is just a space issue. When I was married top my ex-wife I kept my clothes in my wife's old clothes closet mixed in with her stuff. She never found them or knew I crossdressed.

Your ex clearly had more than enough cloths not to notice..:heehee:

[alwayshave]

Jane, She actually didn't. She was just such a snoop that she was always so busy looking through all my stuff she never looked at her own space.

[Teri Ray]

I used to hide all my things in soft luggage bags stowed on a high shelf in the barn where a ladder would be needed to access them. The barn was a ways away from the house so I would need to drive our 4 wheeler out to the barn to load the bags and bring them to the house. But times change and now I keep my things in the house stored in my own Teri dresser and closet. Much nicer.

[Jillian Faith]

When we built our retirement home we designed a hidden Jill closet adjacent to my male closet.

[JennyMay]

I don’t have a hidden stash, but I do have a small bit of a large wardrobe were I squeeze in my few remaining male clothes.

[JocelynJames]

When I had a ?stash?(mainly panties ,a bra and hose) , it was the very bottom of my underwear drawer, pushed to the back , and in a small duffel bag that had a million guitar/ audio cables. Now , hanging clothes are in the closet and also one of those portable racks , jeans are mixed with my guy jeans, lingerie , bras and hose have their own mini dresser , exercise gear is with my guy gym clothes and panties 2/3 of a drawer with my guy underwear( don?t know why I have more than 1 pair for Dr visits). Basically, it?s all mixed but I know where things are , as does my wife.

[Jazmin]

I used to hide my stuff in garage never be found there! Didn't have much and would bin the lot anyway after feeling bad about it then I'd get more after that stupid feeling had passed.well stashed a couple of things in the back of me underwear drawer.and forgot them! Busted! She found them.i told her everything. after the initial are you this that or what she could not of been anymore supportive and only wish I told her 30 years ago although she says she doesn't know if she could of accepted it then.anyway I don't have to stash now she cleaned out some cupboards for me and I now have more dresses than she does.helps me shop and suggests different clothes I would absolutely love to have a proper wardrobe to put my clothes so I'm working on that....

[Christina89]

I used to hid my stash under old clothes in my dresser when I lived with my mother. And then before I moved out I just leftmy bras and panties in my underwear draw. But after I moved out I just keep my bras and panties in their own drawers and I have a few clothing items in their own drawers as well and some dresses are hidden in the back of the closet behind jackets and sweaters.

[Joanne108]

in my closet next to my guy clothes!

[Glenda58]

I keep it my room and dresser. The only thing I keep in the basement is my seasonal cloths that I will be bringing back up now that it's gotten cooler.

[MarinaTwelve200]

I have 3 large Plastic bins with lids I slide under my bed My bed is 18 inches off the floor, so there is plenty of space.

[Lucy B]

Mine is in a couple of boxes in the loft.
My wife has only been into the loft 3 times in the 20 years we?ve lived in our house.
It?s only a matter of time I suppose??..

[Jillcder]

Most of my stash is in the garage some in plastic tubs in the rafters but most of it has been locked in an old metal gun cabinet this worked great for hanging dresses, blouses and skirts on skirt hangers this definitely helped preventing wrinkles. I know many here say its not if but when you will be caught im starting to get to the point of possibility hoping to be found out by my wife.

[Monique65]

I keep my panties in my undie drawer next to my one pair of tighty whities. Everything else resides behind an HVAC duct in my closet.

[BobbiKay]

Denice, I like your idea of a "CD rack". But you probably didn't intend the pun.

- - - Updated - - -

Panties are in dresser drawers. Leggings (which I wear to bed or when lounging in the house, as she knows) are in drawers or hanging over the shower rod. A few dresses are hanging in the closet. The bulk of my stash (including boots and shoes) is in bags, boxes, or bins in the basement or garage. The garage is too full of other stuff to park cars in, so my wife never goes there. I do all the laundry so I have free rein to hang the things that can't go in the dryer, mine as well as hers. That said, I usually hang dry my bras, drawers, and hose off a towel bar behind the basement bathroom door, out of sight of the casual observer.


I really must get better organized, though.

[Krisi]

My advice is, if you live in a home with another person and are trying to hide your crossdressing from that person, the question is "when" you will get caught, not "if" you will get caught. If you are creative and handy, you can probably hide your stuff well enough, but remember, you are going to want to wear it and that means getting it out and putting it on.

What will happen eventually is, that person you are hiding it from will come home unexpectedly and catch you dressed. Or, someone will find your hiding place.

To answer the question, my female clothes are hanging in the closet and in my dresser drawers. I was caught years ago.

[JenniferR771]

I was caught 15 years ago. Wife came home from choir practice early. Piano player was sick.
A few years later she found a few items in boxes in my garden shed. Not accepting--however--she bought a few plastic storage chests and put my stuff inside them. At one time i had a few dresses in a spare closet in my home office--mixed with her old dresses. She caught on to that after a year or so. LOL!

[Judy-Somthing]

When I was a teen I had a big console TV and stuffed my stash in the back and back in the 70's I had two large stereo speaker cabs which held quite a bit.

[Karren H]

Even with the greatest hiding places.... you can't be sloppy. Found this the other morning and corrected it.

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[Sandi Beech]

I rent a 5 by 5 storage unit about a mile from my house. So far it has worked out great, I just need a larger one now.

Sandi

[Krisi]

But what if your wife finds out about the storage unit? And isn't it pretty inconvenient having to drive to a storage unit to get your stuff?

[Sandi Beech]

FYI storage unit really only works for those who absolutely can not dress at home. If my stash were found at home, it would be hauled off to the dump by my wife immediately.

Even if she found out I have a storage unit, she can not get into it. She would not even be able to get to it as she does not have the gate code even if she had the keys.

As for convenience, it is perfect. I pick up my suitcase on the way out of town whether driving or flying, and drop it off on the way home. I had previously stored my things in the attic but it was getting much too large to manage.

I have long given up on trying to get acceptance. It is just not possible with my SO, so my stuff has to remain offsite. It is not ideal by any means, but it works quite well.

Sandi

[Jessica Secret]

I have an accepting and supportive boyfriend, so my lingerie wardrobe is in my own closet in plain sight!