Organizing the Clothes in your Closet: Shirts & Sweaters
This is a continuation of the post Organizing your Pants & Skirts. One of the benefits of getting your closet straightened out is that it makes the process of picking out your threads for the day much less complicated!
Remember the key points:
1-You wear what you see
2-Group like items together
3-Maximize the space
4-Only “real” clothes belong in the closet
Tanks/Camisoles
The above storage works well especially if you have more than 6 or so sleeveless underpinnings that you only wear under other shirts (so you’re not concerned about them getting wrinkled).
I saw this idea on pinterest and used it for both Nancy’s & mom’s closets. The idea is to use plastic shower curtain hooks along the rung of a hanger. You can buy these types of hooks (like these) very inexpensively at the local dollar store. There are usually 2 types…the ones that have an open side and the ones that clip shut. I found that the open side ones tend to fall off the hangers too easily, so opt for the full circle ones. Once you open them, put them on the hanger, and slide your tank top in it, you don’t need to clip it shut.
Hanging Shirts/Blouses/Cardigans
Depending on the amount of different kinds of shirts you own, here are two examples of grouping together certain items. The above left example (my mom’s) has sleeveless shirts/vests on on the right side, then the short sleeve shirts and lastly the long sleeve shirts…each loosely categorized by color. The above right example (my closet) has cardigans on the left half of the rod and shirts on the right half. I, personally, do not separate my short sleeves from long sleeves because I tend to wear by color. What I mean by this is, if I need a blue shirt to wear under my cardigan, I look in the blue section not worrying about the length of sleeves. If it happens to be short sleeved, then I can easily wear a long sleeve t-shirt under it to keep warm.
If you are short on space in your closet, you might think about folding certain items (like t-shirts, cotton turtlenecks, polo shirts) and storing them in a drawer.
Sweaters
Most of your sweaters keep their shape better when folded instead of hanging on a hanger. In the example on the above left, I’ve used stackable wire shelves to make it easier to use the vertical space above the rods. In the example on the above right, I actually rolled the sweaters instead of folding them. I did this because the depth of the shelving in the armoire was long and yet it’s important to be able to see all of the sweaters at a glance. If you stack them in front of each other, you tend to forget about the ones in the back!
If your closet doesn’t have shelving already constructed in it, then the removable shelving below is helpful: (don’t forget to measure the space available).
Container Store $6-11 depending on the size
Now your closet should be a beautiful sight!! Did I miss anything?
Thanks for organizing with me!