Organizing a closet is a snap. Much like co-coordinating the perfect outfit, for the perfectly organized closet all you need is the right set of accessories. With the right equipment, items in your closet can be well organized and easy to find. Here are some items that can make your closet a good home for your clothes.
The first thing any good closet needs is good quality coat hangers. Cheap coat hangers can rust, break, snap, and worse not properly keep the shapes of your garments. Clothes can also too easily slip off flimsy hangers, and get lost on the closet floor. The perfect coat hangers for coats and blazers are thick, durable plastic. For pants and skirts, try using wider hangers. For double duty you can purchase tired hangers that can hang up to six garments at a time. For shirts, dresses and blouses plastic coated wire hangers are best, they can also add a pop of fresh color to your closet, in modern shades of spring green and sky blue.
The downfall of many closets is overflowing piles of shoes. They can easily be contained in compartmentalized over the door holders, or shoe cubby holes. Perhaps the handy man in your life could be persuaded to put in some extra shelves.
As for the colorful clutter of your life, everything from old school work, and journals of poetry can be stored in a variety of storage boxes for every taste, from file boxes with lids, to decorative hat boxes. As an added bonus after you’ve purchased all the pretty things to organize your closet, you’ll have room for more clothes! And of course, more shoes.
A Messy closet in need of new hangers
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Written by admin on September 26th, 2009 with no comments.
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There are a variety of ways you can change your standard clothes closet into a working home office. Many people will not take on such a project because they may not know what tools will be needed to build a closet office. However, there are some options available that can make the change from a place to store your clothes to a workplace much easier.
First, you will need to spend some time planning the design for your closet office. You will need to determine what you like to put into your new office space. In particular, if you will be using a laptop or a full computer with its own monitor. Also, you may want to consider how much desk space you would like to have. This is especially important if you will be doing a lot of writing in this area, using paper and pen.
Once you are set with your design, you will want to determine what items will be needed to meet these needs. In some cases, the closet will already have a shelf that you can use as your new desk. If this is not the case, look to see if there are support beams in the closet that you can rest a board on. Keep in mind that a board of at least ¾” will be needed to support the weight of the items on your new desk.
Perhaps the easiest method to transform your closet into a workplace is to use existing storage bins and desks. If you locate a small enough desk, this may fit easily into the closet, without the need for many tools at all. To help complete your desk, you can use file cabinets and hanging baskets to store other items. This can get your closet office up and running quickly.
The tools that are needed to build a closet office will depend on your needs and the amount of money you are willing to spend. As you can see, there are several options available and there is a lot you can do at little to no cost. The office closet can be a welcomed addition to get your home office up so you can start being productive.
Working on a new office closet
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Written by admin on September 25th, 2009 with no comments.
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I recently organized my closet. Why? It was simply a matter of self preservation. I am normally a disorganized person, not due to laziness, but due to too much work. I never had time to do the organizing that I needed to do. Unfortunately, by not organizing my closet, I found myself having to make time to recuperate.
My husband and I go to work at different times. Usually, he is out of the house first. However, the day that convinced me that my closet had to be organized, I had to go to work several hours early. The alarm sounded at an unreasonable hour, wakening me from a dead sleep. Mornings and I do not mix well, and I was only half awake as I stumbled towards the rest room. Since I wanted to let my husband sleep longer, I did not turn on the light. As I walk towards the rest room, which I have navigated many nights in the dark with no problem, I tripped over a shoe that had obviously bounced out of the closet when I had tossed two of them into the closet the night before.
Fortunately, I recovered from this stumble, but I should have heeded the warning offered by the lone shoe. After showering, I make my way from the rest room, still in the dark and wearing only the suit that God gave me. I again stumble over the dreaded solitary shoe, and as I try to right myself, my other foot catches on the sister of the first shoe, causing me to plummet onto the disorganized contents that filled my closet floor, narrowly missing the open closet door. I was never able to close the closet door, because there was always something in the way.
Regardless of my good intention of letting my husband sleep, I see the light come on as he hears the crash, a few expletives, and my whimpering. Needless to say, he was wide awake. After ensuring that I had not broken anything, including the closet’s infrastructure, he began to laugh, which further hurt my bruised pride, which matched my bruised and twisted ankle. I can now state that I have an organized closet. I wonder if I should be worried about my storage room, which I may take on next.
An unorganized closet can make it hard to reach your clothes
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Written by admin on September 24th, 2009 with no comments.
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