Simple Storage Ideas for Better Closets
Guides to the parts of a closet that pile up fastest: shoes and boots, bags and purses, belts and scarves, and the small accessories that need a home.
7 guides published
A nine-step project that turns one cluttered drawer of small accessories into a divided drawer: empty, edit, measure, sketch, choose dividers, fit them, load one kind per compartment and adjust.
Small accessories need containment and visibility. Sort them into kinds, give each kind one shallow container, and place it by how often you reach for it. Covers hats, gloves, ties, jewelry and glasses.
Belts and scarves tangle because they are long and loose. Learn when to hang, roll or fold each one, how three scarf methods compare, and where to keep them so they go back easily.
Sort your bags by how often you use them and by whether they hold their shape, then give each kind a home: upright on a shelf, on a hook, filed in a box or covered on the upper shelf.
Tall boots slump, crease and spread across the closet floor. Here is how to prepare them, keep the shafts upright, and choose between standing, hanging and flat storage.
Nine common kinds of shoe storage compared by which shoes fit, how visible the pairs are, how easy they are to put back and what space each one uses, so you can match one to your closet.
A method for the pile on the closet floor: gather and edit every pair, sort by how often each is worn and then by type, place each group at the right height, and count pairs per row before buying a rack.
