How to arrange your clothes
How did you get on going through your wardrobe this weekend? It’s probably the question I wanted to ask you the most! After last week’s post on decluttering your clothes, how did you find the process? Did you have a friend over to help you? And more importantly, are you ready for the next part: Organising your clothes in your closet!
You probably got rid of a few (or even some more) pieces and gained quite a bit of space. Congratulations! Be proud of yourself. Just don’t run to the shops to reward you with a new piece of clothing, please.
Now, let’s have a look at how you can organise the remaining clothes in your closet:
Define your preferred way to arrange your clothes. Is it by colour, style (for example, short vs long sleeves), occasion (formal, casual, office or sports)? Decide where you will keep your accessories like your belts and jewellery. Will they also be in your closet or do you have a special, separate space for them?
Decide how to want to access your clothes. Is it easier for you to hang or fold your clothes?
Hanging clothes: If possible, divide your closet into sections for long and short items. Put up additional rods to add more divisions. If you’re renting and can’t attach an additional fixed rod, simply take one normally used for bathrooms. It does the trick!
Invest in some quality hangers and use multiple tier hangers, if needed. This way, your delicate items like dressy shirts and tops can still be kept as neatly as possible. Avoid over-cramping your closet. After all, this is also one of the many reasons to declutter your clothes on a regular basis.
Folding clothes: Adjust the shelves to gain more space as needed. You can also put up shelf dividers, letting you put more clothes on a particular shelf without each pile becoming messy.
As it can be challenging to remove folded clothes from a pile, don’t stack too many items on top of each other.
You can fold clothes like sweaters, sweatshirts, as well as tank tops, t-shirts, jeans, leggings and sports gear.
Occasion wear: Do you have enough space to hang your evening and occasion wear in a different closet? If not, create a specific area of your closet for them and avoid mixing them with other clothes. Place them on padded hangers and potentially keep them in a see through clothes sack. You can add a small lavender bag to keep it smelling nicely.
Out of season clothes: Keep out of season clothing in airtight, plastic storage boxes. Paper boxes can attract humidity allowing them to become mouldy.
Drawers: Their height is well suited for underwear, socks, nightwear, belts, ties, scarfs and accessories. Depending on the size of your drawers, you may even want to keep your folded clothes in them. Consider storing shirts vertically to optimise space.
Like folding, you can get dividers to ensure items are neatly and separately kept from each other.
Don’t ignore valuable floor, higher up or door space. Floor space is ideal for shoe racks. You can also keep bigger baskets to keep your purses and handbags.
Your laundry basket should not be kept in your closet where you have your clean clothes. Keep it in your bathroom or near the washing machine.
Your higher up space provides for great storage for seasonal clothes. Post a written list of the content on the front of the box to easily identify them. Use different boxes for your shoes than for your clothes.
If you can’t reach these higher up spaces, use a stable stool or small step ladder. Many of these have multiple functions these days and you don’t need to hide them anymore.
The doors of your clothes can multi-function and be used to hang belts and ties, for example. Alternatively, you can attach a full length mirror.
Learn how to apply the final touches and create a well organised closet you’ll love in our next post. In the meantime, leave a comment about how you’re getting on organising your closet so far. I can’t wait to hear from you!
Until next time,
Agni