Watching home design programs makes you want to organize your clothes, shoes, and accessories in your closet flawlessly. In contrast, decluttering, cleaning, and reorganizing a closet to make it more useful when you’re done requires some forethought and preparation in real life. Therefore, you are in the ideal place if you wish to maximize your available area.

Before you begin

Gather the equipment and materials you’ll need to make the work easier before starting to organize your closet. Here is your handy toolset for a closet organization:

Shopping Bags

 To bring clothing to the tailor, dry cleaner, and donation center, use sturdy bags. In a pinch, cartons and containers will work if you don’t have any bags.

Tape Measure

Measure the available shelf and hanging space. Don’t forget to bring a notebook to record the dimensions of your closet.

Full-length Mirror

Make sure your full image fits in the mirror before deciding whether to “toss” or “keep.”

Catch-all Basket

This contains various receipts, rubber bands, hair clips, wads of cash, papers, and loose change that you might find in your pants pockets. Put these little things into your catch-all basket for the time being; you don’t want to have to stop in the middle to gather them.

Steps to Organize Your Closet

The size of your clothing, the amount of space you have, and the type of life you lead will all have an impact on how you arrange your closet. But every wardrobe or closet may be organized using these five general steps:

Empty Your Closet

This will be strange if you’re used to stuffing things into your closet because you’re about to take everything out and probably discover some items that you forgot about that were stuffed in a rear corner. Hangers, boxes, baskets, and anything else that might be on the floor or shelves should all be taken out of the closet.

Clean Every Corner

To plan and picture how you’re going to reorganize your closet, you need a room that is free of clutter. Dust the shelves and hanging hooks first. Next, vacuum the floor or sweep and mop it. Finally, use a decent all-purpose cleaner to clean the baseboards, shelves, and hanging rods. Don’t forget any containers or baskets that might be gathering dust and filth.

Declutter Your Clothes, Shoes, and Accessories

The next section is the one you have either been anticipating or dreading. Focus on what to keep rather than what you’re getting rid of if you’re one of those persons who love to hold onto items they “may need one day” or “used to fit/be in style.”

It can be useful to ask oneself these questions when deciding whether or not to keep something:

• Do you love it?
• Do you wear it?
• Does it convey the impression you wish to make?

You can safely add that item to the keeper pile if you can confidently respond “yes” to all three questions.

Make a “maybe” pile if you’re having trouble. Place your “maybe” pile in a trash can and check back on it in a month, three months, or six. You can confidently donate or consign these goods if you forgot about them or never considered wearing them.

Assess Storage Solutions

It can be difficult to choose the best closet storage options for your specific situation. Fortunately, there are many excellent closet organization solutions available, including closet system kits, but the majority of individuals can get them by adding a few inexpensive closet organizers.

Replace and Organize

Replace the items in your closet, arranging your clothes, shoes, and accessories by your storage strategy. Consider where it makes sense to keep each type of clothing, and then consider where in your closet is the most convenient to access.

Group like with like

As a group, decide where to store belts, sweaters, long-sleeve shirts, work pants, dresses, button-down shirts, jeans, and shorts. Working in groups of items will help you determine how much room you need and the best method to store each type of item.

Properly utilize prime real estate

The clothes you wear most frequently belong in the front and center of your closet. Make sure your work clothes are in the front of your closet if you have to get dressed for work every morning at 6 a.m. Less often used clothing, such as formal attire and out-of-season attire, should be kept toward the back and on the upper shelves.

Tuck away least-used items

For out-of-season clothing and items, you only seldom wear, such as Halloween costumes and extremely expensive shoes, use the top shelf of your closet.

Closet Storage Tips

Although closet organizers, storage systems, and solutions won’t increase the amount of room in your closet, they can assist you to gain access to more storage space. For instance:

• Using a step stool will make it simpler for you to access your closet’s upper shelves.
• A double hang will make better use of the closet’s horizontal storage area.
• Your entrance can become the ideal location to store shoes, accessories, or both with the help of an over-the-door shoe rack.

You could be compelled to give up, take out your credit card, and purchase an expensive closet organization solution. Defy the desire. After taking measurements of the area and evaluating your possessions, design your closet accordingly. Purchase only what you require for clothing storage, and if at all feasible, make use of what you already have. Handbags, shoes, accessories, and workout attire are all well-organized in little bookcases, cubbies, and baskets.

Last but not least, when purchasing a new storage item, remember to take three measurements of the space. There is nothing more frustrating than bringing something home only to discover it is a little too wide.

Maintaining Your Newly Organized Closet

The more often you maintain your closet, the quicker it will be. Once a month, quickly straighten up your closet, and twice a year, go through the entire reorganization procedure.

Create a cleaning schedule for yourself that is either based on the season, on occasions like your birthday or New Year’s, or an event. The next time you can’t find a crucial item of clothes, it’s a good indication that your closet needs to be reorganized.

Conclusion

A neat, organized closet is the best because it makes getting ready faster and provides you more room to increase your wardrobe or at the very least come up with fresh outfit combinations since you can see everything. And it begins with a potent design strategy or the intelligent utilization of your current space. You may accomplish your goals with the help of these closet organization tips.