Organizing your Closet: Tips to Create a Functional and Stylish Wardrobe

Organizing your closet can be a daunting task. Every closet feels like it’s one bad day away from becoming a mountain of clutter. Clothes line the hangers, upper shelves are packed with extras, shoes and accessories are all over the floor. Sometimes you can barely step foot in the closet without the contents threatening to topple into the room. You may even have any extra items from your room pushed into the closet for safekeeping, forgetting them, then discovering them later when you begin a cleanout. 

If your closet is even half this bad, it’s time to take charge and reorganize. Whether you have a walk-in closet or one that’s more shallow, there will come a point where you decide it’s time to start reorganizing the growing mess it’s become. While daunting, the payoff to this process is worth the effort. 

Start Decluttering by Pulling Everything Out

When organizing your closet, you have to start somewhere, so you might as well begin with a fresh start. The decluttering process begins by pulling everything out of your closet and dividing the contents into piles. One pile should be items that are worn down, ripped, or otherwise need to be thrown out, one pile for items to keep, and a final pile for clothes that can be donated. The donation pile should be simple to distinguish as those would be clothes or items you’ve outgrown or never worn that could be put to better use with someone else. 

Sort, Count, and Measure the Clutter

Once you have everything in piles, it’s time to start sorting the contents even further. Create groups for similar items to better organize what you’re keeping in the closet. T-shirts in one pile, long sleeves in another, pants in a third, until you have everything set up perfectly. Once you have the new, smaller piles situated, you can take closer stock of what you have. 

Count and measure clothes, shoes, and accessories. This is to double check that you can, in fact, still wear them. For the sake of stress, it’s best to keep items that you know you can currently fit into instead of items that are too small or far too big. This reduces the clutter going back into your closet to a minimum and ensures that even if you can’t wear them, you’ll be giving them to someone that can through donation. You can either try the clothes on as you place them in the piles or once they’ve been sorted, whichever is more convenient for you.

Organizing Your Closet Carefully

Now that you have an idea of what you want to keep, have everything sorted into piles, and double-checked that everything fits, you can start putting items back into the closet. Start with the clothes to make sure you have enough space for the essentials. Organize everything like you did in the piles, with similar clothes hanging near each other. If you don’t have enough hangers to handle them, use shelving above the hanger racks to hold the rest. 

Once the clothes have been situated, you can move the shoes or other items in as needed, being careful not to throw them around like before. Align everything with a system in mind, so you can find anything easily at a glance. Shoes on one end, stored items on the other, all arranged so you can see them clearly when you open the closet door. If need be, you can even label items to make it easier to remember where you stored certain things around the closet. 

Simplifying Your Closet Cleanout

If you’re just starting your sorting and organizing journey and want to learn how to declutter, Tranquil Transitions has the solutions to help you clear out your house and repurpose your clutter into a stress-free environment. Our team helps you determine what can stay and what should go to alleviate the pain of indecision that often comes with decluttering. If you’re ready to start your transition to a cleaner, clutter-free home, contact Tranquil Transitions today.