A clean, organized wardrobe is simply the best: It makes things easier for your morning routine, and all that extra space gives you an excuse to expand your wardrobe. If you want to make the most of your space, try some of these closet organization and storage ideas.
1. Declutter your clothes by category
Declutter your clothes
A fast, easy way to declutter your clothes is to go through them by type. Tossing every piece of clothing you own into a massive mountain on your bed is overwhelming and inefficient.
Instead, separate your clothes into categories like pants, dresses, tops, outerwear, accessories, and undergarments. Then sort through every item in a single category before moving on to the next.
2. Empty and clean your closet
Empty and clean closet
The next step is cleaning your closet. Take out everything you dont need and put them in a separate bag for donations. This is also important, so that you can find your long, lost favorite shirt hanging in your closet.
3. Store your clothes by category
Clothes by category
This tip may seem obvious, but it makes all the difference when you want to locate your cozy gray alma mater sweater in a flash.
Keep like items with like items. Store all your belts in the same spot, hang your sundresses alongside each other, and keep your workout shirts separate from your pajamas.
4. Hang anything delicate or fancy
Fancy clothes
Delicate items like your expensive dress that you can’t afford to iron and ruin have to hang or your office going shirt and suits. All these things need to be hang with care.
5. Stack thick items like denim and sweaters
Denim
Save yourself precious space by stacking bulky winter sweaters and stiff denim jeans (in separate piles, of course). These items make perfect stacks for your shelf space because they’re sturdy and thick, meaning they won’t slump, crinkle, or lose their shape when you stack them.
6. Store your most used clothes at eye level
Used clothes at eye level
Keep everything that you need at eye level so can grab everything you wear at daily basis and have no problem with finding them.
Put lesser-used pieces directly above or below your most popular clothes, and relegate your least-worn items to the top shelf.
7. Use drawer dividers for your undergarments
Undergarments
To maximize space in the compartments and make everything easy to see, roll your socks, tights, underwear, and belts, mask, so you have a specific place to look for these important things.