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Tips For Closet Organization
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Organization. That’s the key to leading a leisurely life. If you have a place for everything and put everything in its place, then you won’t have to waste time looking for such things as your car keys, matching shoes for your shirt or dress, or papers that you need for work. And if you don’t have to waste time looking for misplaced items, then you won’t have to deal with the feelings of frustration or aggravation that always result from such activity!
Today, it is possible to purchase all kinds of shelves, racks, drawers and cabinets for every room in your house. You could always cobble together something on your own, of course, but the quality and utility of it will probably be better from a store-bought item.
Do you have a laundry room, complete with washer and dryer? Is it arranged to your satisfaction? If not, here’s a few items designed specially for the laundry room. It all depends on how much space you have, of course, but the right items can at least double your space.
Wire shelving is one way to add that space to your laundry room. If the walls are of tile or for some reason you don’t want to attach the shelving to them, you can get shelving designed to fit over the top of your washer. You can also find folding tables, specially designed for the laundry, on which you can sort and fold your clothes, and then fold and put away until next time. A laundry sorter with divisions for colors, darks and whites is also helpful. And of course the laundry room is probably where you store your mops and other cleaning material. Get a wall organizer from you can suspend all these items, and it will improve the look of your laundry.
Once you’ve finished washing your clothes, it’s time to put them away in the appropriate closet. Alas, there’s no way yet to teleport the clothing directly, so you do have to make the time for that. If there’s enough room in your laundry so that you can fold the clothing into appropriate piles, that makes things easier, of course.
How’s your closet? Are your shoes jumbled on the floor in an unattractive mass, and more often than not buried underneath clothing or bags or other items? For the guys out there, are your silk ties and belts mashed together in a single drawer?
Many systems exist to help you take care of your shoe collection, no matter how extensive it may be, from over-the-wall hangers that fit on the back of your closet door, to tilted floor shelves. You can even get a rolling shoe rack that you can slide underneath your bed, which will leave your closet floor completely empty.
Tie and belt racks, designed specifically for the purpose, will ensure that these items stay where you put them, and will make it easier than ever for you to choose the appropriate one. There are swing-out racks so that the ties or belts will nestle against the wall or door, swing out to give you easy movement while you make your choice for the day, and then swing back to give you room once more to look at your shirts or dresses.
Some people don’t like to lay their slacks out in drawers. For these people, they can suspend their slacks on hangers of course, in amongst the dresses or shirts, or you can purchase a pants trolley which will roll right into and out of your closet for ease of use. Make sure you purchase a trolley made out of a sturdy metal or wood.
If you’ve organized your closet and still don’t have room, it’s time to move some of your clothing to storage. If you live in a location with clearly defined seasons, you can store away your winter clothing until it’s needed again, for example. Airtight storage bags are the ticket here.
And finally, don’t forget the little things. You don’t want moths getting into your clothing! Moth balls, cedar blocks or herbal sachets are of use here, and of course the cedar blocks or sachets will give off a pleasant aroma. If you live in an area subject to damp, you’ll want a closet moisture absorber to take care of that problem.
A.Caxton
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Closet organization tips?
My closet has been a total mess, and I’m trying to clean it out. Does anyone have tips for:
Storing scarves so they don’t get all jumbled?
Storing shoes (besides lining them up on the floor?)
And storing purses?
My closet does not have any shelving built in, but is fairly wide.
Those items are problematic in my closet, too.
For the scarves, I have them hanging on hangers, just like you’d do with a pair of slacks. Each is folded lengthwise once or twice, and is hung along with other scarves in similar colors. I have one hanger for blues, one for blacks, one for neutrals and another for brights.
For my shoes, I actually went to Target, and got some of the stackable drawer units, and I put my shoes in the drawers. They’ve been a huge help. We did this as my birthday present, and bought quite a few to add to the storage in the closet. I get that they can be a little pricey, though. You might look for over-the-door, self-standing or hanging shoe organizers.
I also have a lot of purses. A rough count says about 20 of them need to be stored. I found a shelf that fits well inside the closet, that allows me to have two "rows" of purses (they’re currently arranged in "rainbow" order). I also have used simple screw-in hooks (like cup hooks, but bigger), to hang the purses from the wall, underneath the row of clothes.
References :
http://www.target.com/Large-2-Drawer-Cube-Honey/dp/B000O1FR1M/sr=1-1/qid=1244671620/ref=sr_1_1/179-3157457-5933013?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=0&index=target&rh=k%3Astackable%20drawer&page=1
http://www.target.com/Whitney-Design-Hanging-Storage-Natural/dp/B000JYASQI/sr=1-2/qid=1244671754/ref=sr_1_2/179-3157457-5933013?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=0&index=target&rh=k%3Ashoe%20storage&page=1
I am having a similar problem and came up with a few solutions that work for me, so I thought they could possibly help you too. I have a small closet (to match my small budget). However, I do not have a small amount of shoes and purses, lol. So I bought an expandable shoe shelf to put at the bottom of my closet. It can expand with my collection of shoes. Ha, but only so far…Then I got a small bin that slides under my bed for my purses. There’s nowhere for me to hang them in my closet…But since your closet is pretty wide you could hang them up with a coat rack or pegs. Or you could put them on a shelf in this cool thing: http://www.organize-it-online.com/itm_parkapurse.html
happy cleaning
As for the scarves, you could just hang them up with the rest of your clothes on hangers.
References :
if you have a fairly wide closet, you can buy a shoe rack and use that to organize your shoes. or you could use shoe boxes. get the same sizes, wrap them in your favorite patterned wrapper and use these to store your shoes. you can even take polaroids of your shoes and stick them to the outside of the box so you won’t have to open each one when you’re looking for a specific pair. it’s really good to get some shelving units. plus get some shelf dividers and use these to organize your scarves. roll them, don’t fold them though so they don’t get creased. you could organize your stuff by color if you want, or you could also organize them by the occasion, like the formal ones and the casuals, something like that.
References :
Online Printing Company | UPrinting.com
http://www.uprinting.com
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