The Smartest Ways You Never Knew How to Organize Your Messy Closet
If you feel a slight wave of defeat every time you walk into your closet – clothes on the floor, not enough space, unpacked boxes – we see you. In addition to the old ways of setting up shelves and storing off-season clothes in labeled baskets until you need them again, check out these simple storage tricks that can instantly change the look and feel of your closet.
Use a bookcase
So simple, yet so functional. Use an Ikea bookcase (or larger, depending on available space) to create a wonderland of open cubes. Keep clothes for the season at eye level and those that you won’t need for several months on the lower shelves. This is an effective and inexpensive way to arrange and see clothes.
Use shower curtain hooks
Want more fun with your coat hangers? Attach shower curtain hooks to them . The closable hook types are ideal for threading scarves; Open-ended hooks are a great place to rest the straps or tank top (for easier removal). Be sure to keep this hanger at the end of the cabinet bar for easy visibility and functionality.
Use soda pill hangers
Do you know the moments when you see something so simple and effective that you immediately become confused like you yourself never thought about it? This is one of those moments. By looping the tongue of the soda can around the hook of a metal hanger , you can then place a second metal hanger in the open slot of the tongue, thus creating a not great but surprisingly cheap and effective way to hang more clothes in the same place. … (Don’t drink soda? No problem. A tab from any LaCroix, Spindrift, or yesterday’s White Claw will do.)
Use wine crate dividers
Need to organize a bundle of shoes in a small space? Then save the wine box dividers for your next big trip to the liquor store (or just ask your grocery store if they might have extra accessories that they’re willing to part with).Slip the dividers into a basket or storage tank , and voila – you suddenly have a few small compartments for storing your shoes. (It can also work with a sports-oriented shelf or basket. Each divider can contain a bar, shin guards, a rolled sports jersey, these long soccer socks, and even a water bottle you teach your child to fill up before practice.)
Use a perforated jewelry board
What works wonders in your garage will also save you the frustrations of your closet. Instead of fishing in heaps of knotty necklace chains and bottomless pits of bracelets, attach a perforated plank to your closet wall, attach J-shaped hooks, and watch the headaches of untangling your jewelry go away. Take a look here to imagine the possibilities.
Rotate the hangers after putting on something
We’re all trying to get rid of excess clothing and maximize space, right? One trick to help you determine the cut is to rotate the hanger and hang it in the opposite direction after you put your clothes on. Revise the toilet twice a year, and any hanger that hasn’t changed direction is a strong donation candidate.
Hang up your bags
Of course, you may have a different assortment of bags, tote bags and satchels, randomly hidden in different closets throughout the house (* points to himself *). Or you can collect them in one place, hang them on a clothes bar with S-hooks and never wonder where that damn white bracelet is again.
Store shoes in opposite directions
If that shoe rack gets crowded, one way to set up another pair is to store two shoes from each pair in opposite directions. For example, place the left shoe with its toe against the wall and the right shoe with its toe outward to cover any empty space and squeeze in another pair.
Use all wall space
What does the back door of your closet do for your closet? What about wall space under the eaves or above the eaves? Nothing? Well, it’s time to put them into action. Place a towel rack in any unused space and use it as a personal rack for hanging accessories. Attach shower curtain hooks, S-hooks, or even a shower basket to hold belts, socks, caps, craft supplies, handheld games, and anything else you’d no longer want to see on the floor. This isn’t California Toilets, but it’s a damn good start.