When deciding how to arrange your closet, evaluate the clothes you’re keeping and put them in catagories such as: hanging items, drawers, shoes, misc drawers, etc. Some things that you’ve been folding should probably be hung up, and some hanging items probably are on the wrong hanger type and are getting excess wrinkles just from [...]
Admit it, you are hording piles of clothes you don’t wear and probably never will. Don’t spend money organizing things you won’t wear, get rid of it. Here’s the plan: after six months, see which clothes still have tags or stickers and re-evaluate them for eBay, consignment or donation. You haven’t worn the clothes in [...]
I have a relative (no names for privacy) who is very anal about how his closets look. His shirts are hung in color order and are all hung the same direction. When we helped move them in I was given specific instructions about how to hang them. If I couldn’t do it right, don’t bother [...]
If you don’t care about coordinating the look of your storage space, you have a lot more options for types of storage. Plastic tubs, rolling bins, and canvas totes are just . That’s because in smaller spaces, every inch of closet space must be maximized, and in larger spaces closets require more careful planning since [...]
Even though I write about this topic, I admit to having a couple of closets that are not well organized. I’m still looking for the perfect system for these particularly small spaces, so while I hunt, I’ll post information about it here.
October 10, 2008 