Closet Organizers: Giving Structure To Your Closet

June 12, 2009 – 5:58 pm

Having everything organized in your closet is essential due to many factors. It saves your time if you can access everything in a fraction of a second. It saves you space, which means you can now go out and purchase more things.

Many closets only have a very simply structure. However, after you buy a closet it doesn’t mean that you cannot enhance it.   Making the best use of it is almost essential, since you can have a smaller closet with everything perfectly fitted within.

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Creating a sense of order can be easily achieved. There are only a couple of principles to follow. One of these is probably that similar things should be grouped together. All ties should hang from the same hook; all shoes should be in the same shoe organizers and so it goes with everything else. Buy a closet organized to every single category of items that you have in your closet.

There are closet organizers for many kinds of items. Don’t buy a “general” closet organizer with many drawers. They look perfect and they will put order in your chaos, but actually they are tiresome. Opening and closing many small drawers gets old. Go for simple solutions like bins, hooks and extra shelves.

Some people have an extra bin for everything that could not be classified. However, experience shows that when using such system on a daily basis, almost everything goes into this bin. Beware therefore of a “general” bin or shelf for any possible item. Everything should have its place in your closet organizer.

If you think that you don’t have the money or time to buy closet organizers, you are definitely wrong. Having an organized closet will save you time and only cost a couple of dollars. It will save you time, since you will throw or give away everything that you don’t need. The rest will be in its place, easily accessible and at hand. It won’t cost much money, because the simplest items are just plastic bags for dirty clothes or shoe organizers to gathering all your shoes in an organized manner.

Even if you want to invest less than $10, you won’t have much trouble finding alternatives to better organize your closet.

Take a little time and envision what you want the outcome to be; you may have a grand vision and little money.  So consider starting small and building, you will be amazed at how one small step can improve your outlook.

Buying a Closet Organizer

June 12, 2009 – 5:14 pm

Many people, who don’t have much space, also don’t want to leave their closets in a complete mess. One normal solution for lack of space is a closet organizer. Actually, there is a lot of space in any closet that is not being used. Closet organizers are there to help you use effectively such space.

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Closet organizers are bins, racks, hooks and extra shelves. There are a couple of things that you should consider before buying some. You can buy a complete package or single items. The second approach is normally recommended, since through this approach everything will fit nicely.

Organizing your closet effectively is an art, even if it has simple rules. Many people are masters of this art and others try their best without amazing results. Ask for a second opinion if you are like the second group of people.

Put everything on paper. Draw how you want your closet to look like and count everything, shoes, ties, shirts and everything else.  Every single piece of clothing should have its right place. Similar things must be grouped together.

Buy in stages, this helps clearing space for the next stage. Overbuying closet organizers won’t help you. Before you start consider giving away extra items or throwing things that you don’t need. Look at what extras you have, clothes, shoes, etc. these things are just occupying space in your closet.

Make sure your closet organized fits your closet. Measure the space and count every item. Buy a little bit more space than you currently need, since it is reasonable to expect that you’ll buy more clothes.

In some extreme cases, you may want to hire a professional closet organizer, these is individuals help organize closets using closet organizers, design software, etc.  Professionals are a huge help for some extremely messy people. You will need to classify everything you need.

Here are some of the things to consider and look at as your build out your closet organization:

Bins: perfect for small items.  Ideal for placing similar items together and placing them out of eyes way.

Shelves:  Done properly you can improve and increase your shelf space and make it more esthetically pleasing.

Shoe Organizers:  Shoes are great; they also take up tons of space and can make a mess in a hurry.  A shoe organizers is almost a must, it keeps all your shoes, matched and clapped over each other. Some shoe organizers can be hanged and even save you more space.

Hooks are ideal for ties, belts, purses, scarves.

Closet organizing can be an enjoyable process, and done correctly can be a long term rewarding experience.