Fellow Professional Organizer, Stephanie Culp, has authored a book entitled, Organized Closets and Storage for Every Room in the House. It’s filled with great suggestions to maximize your closet and storage space.
When organizing your wardrobe work from within. Hang blouses or shirts alongside complementary skirts or pants. Things that don’t have a companion article should be taken out to be given away.
Hang belts, scarves, and purses, where you can see them for easy coordination. You can find special racks for these items, purchase drawer dividers, or simply drive nails in strategic spots along the closet wall or door for easy access. As the old adage goes, “If the shoe fits, wear it”, can certainly apply to closet cleaning. However, it needs to be turned around to say, “If the shoes don’t fit, toss it! Those you do wear should go on a shoe rack-the kind that hangs on the inside of the closet door or one that stands on the closet floor.
How about the plastic wrap the cleaner sends home covering your clothes? If you have some of that still hanging around in the closet –it’s got to go! It’s hard to see through it to tell what it’s covering and it can be dangerous to kids and pets.
Hangers are another thing to look over in your closet. Different types are helpful. Plastic hangers with swivel head allow you to put the garments on the hanger any way you wish and keep the clothes all hanging the same way in the closet.
Skirts can be hung on hangers that attach individually to each other for a layered or single effect, thereby grouping garments by category, color, fabric, or casual vs. formal. Pants hang best on open ended chrome hangers. Then, when the task is completed the closet will have that spacious look you’ve dreamed about!