Are you one of those whose cloths fall out of the wardrobe when you open it, or, who is able to find only one socks out of the pair at the last moment and has to dig through the whole wardrobe in a hurry, or, the one who does organize the wardrobe every few days/weeks/months and then again slowly the rows become entangled, and everything seems out of place as days pass? You want the wardrobe to be organized and good looking, you want to find things right in place and not waste time searching for them here and there, you don't want to loose that favorite blue top somewhere in the pile of your cloths, you want a suitable place for everything, but don't know where to start. Even if you are organized and you had place for everything in your wardrobe, with time you seem to be running out of space, you so very much like that new dress in the shop but you are not buying it simply because you don't seem to have space to put it in. Think again... there is solution to all of the above. It is possible that you do your wardrobe once and then you don't have to arrange it for years to come. It is possible to fit in a lot more in a small space than you thought. I am an organization freak and over a period of time, by searching through websites, watching videos and putting in some extra of my own creativity, I have learnt that it is absolutely possible to be organized and remain organized and to fit in a lot in a little space. I thought there is enough wisdom available on net regarding this and I don't need to spread the knowledge, but, when I was talking to a friend a couple of weeks back and she told her wardrobe was in a mess and she was really exhausted of rearranging it almost every week, I suggested her a few ideas. She was so happy, she did a makeover of her wardrobe that very day and sent me a nice pic at the end!!! That is when I decided to share some of the things that I knew to you.....
The most shining of all "golden rules" is to first take out everything, from your wardrobe, and collect the cloths and other things that you no longer use - anything that you haven't used for more than past 6 months, or, anything that you no longer fit into.Separate them out, and keep them for discarding or donating. (Preferably, donate them :) ).
Now, you should categorize the rest of your cloths. The categorization might vary for different people. Some might like to categorize based on colors so that they can color coordinate their dresses, others might prefer type wise categorization like all the tops together, round necks together and jeans together etc. , still others might categorize based on some other criteria as per their preference. So, it is completely up to you to categorize your cloths.
Once categorized, you should select the right kind of wardrobe organizers for your dresses, shoes and other stuff that you keep inside your wardrobe. Below are some of the organizers that I find very useful, I am myself using most of them and as a result, I have been able to accommodate large number of things in my small wardrobe and I still have room for more.
- Hanging divider organizer: I personally categorize dresses and stuff based on type and thus find these divider organizers highly useful in organizing them in different shelves. Earlier, when I didn't have such an organizer then I had no other option than to keep different such cloths in a single pile and as you can imagine, the pile would grow on and on and eventually cloths would start falling off the pile. Now, after I had once arranged the cloths in these shelves, I have never needed to rearrange them, and I could accommodate so much more in these shelves. I have even dedicated one shelf to the cloths which require laundry (the shelf getting full is a good benchmark for me to indicate that it is time to do my laundry :) )
hanging organizers from bed bath and beyond - Hanging shoe organizer: These can be used for organizing various pairs of your shoes - as the name indicates, but don't let your imagination stop there. These can be used for various other purposes as well, I use one of these for lighter and smaller cloths like tops, folded scarves etc and I actually keep my press / iron in one of the shelves here (of course after it cools down post pressing the cloths). When my baby was born, I bought one of these for organizing the baby stuff and it did wonders. They have so many types of tiny dresses that these sleeker organizers proved to be the perfect one for them where I could easily categorize them easily (like wraps, shorts, pajamas, rompers, sleep wear, full sleeve shirts, half sleeve shirts, dresses, diapers, nappies etc.) and put each one in a different shelves.
hanging shoe organizer - Over the door shoe organizer: Again, these are meant to store shoes, but they can be used for storing lots of other small small things like your hankers, scarves, folded belts etc. and anything else that you find convenient to store in these. There are transparent varieties wherein you can easily see what you have put - no longer loosing your socks here and there - one pair per pocket solves the problem :)
over the door shoe organizer - Over the door jewelry organizer: These are very similar to the over the door shoe organizers and these also can be used for lots of small small nick knacks like handkerchiefs, socks, stockings etc. being over the door saves you precious wardrobe space for more stuff.
- Scarf hanger: These are great for storing your daily use scarves
scarf hanger from bed bath and beyond - Belt hooks: You can put simple hooks or even no drill adhesive based hooks on the back side or on one side of your wardrobe and easily hang your belts over there
adhesive hooks - Drawer dividers: These are great for arranging small items inside drawers. You once use these and allocate space for every small piece of cloth and you no longer need to reorganize. Plus the drawer looks so neat that you wont believe your eyes.
- Shoe boxes: These can be used for storing shoes or small items again.
shoe boxes for organization - Purse organizer: Of course for purses - a must have for all ladies out there.
a pretty purse organizer - Living boxes from lock n lock and similar other organizers: These are great for storing the cloths , woolen etc, which you want to put out of the sight during off seasons or which you occasionally wear. Put them in these lock and lock boxes and they will stay tidied and well protected.
living boxes from lock and lock
Apart from these accessories, there are some simple rules that help keep our wardrobes organized better. Like :
- Keep the less used, occasional wear out of reach on top shelves.
- Keep more frequently used items within easy reach
- Donate and discard on regular basis. I prefer to donate.
- Buy only what you are really going to use & what you really like.
So, go ahead, use the above and ...... happy organizing :)
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