If you are planning to organize your wardrobe and shoe racks, you will be amazed by our 40 tips for optimal organization. Having an organized closet at home can become a sign of an organized life. Sort your clothes according to occasions such as sport, casual, chic, business or party, then you will save time and effort on the eternal dilemma about the right outfit. Let yourself be inspired by the ideas for organizing your clothes, shoes and accessories and stop putting off this task.
Order in the wardrobe – make optimal use of the available space
OneOrder in the wardrobeTo create it, follow these steps and be surprised by the result. Suddenly you have to decide to stop stacking sweaters, T-shirts and scarves and organize all your clothes so you can find them at a glance. In order to enjoy the comfort of your walk-in closet every morning, organize an optimization of the available space soon. Spring can be determined as the best time if you successfully say “Bye-bye!” to clutter.
Start with empty shelves
Start with the small advance of emptying all cupboards, drawers and clothes rails. Don't panic about this mess - it's just the beginning of the big closet reorganization! After clearing out, there are far fewer things left to put away than before.
Maintain the home of your favorite belongings
Cleaning all shelves, drawers and the bottom of the closet should definitely be the next step. Wipe off the dust – for interior wooden surfaces, use wood care products. If you have a walk-in closet, refresh the color of its walls or give it a whole new wall treatment.
Consider a small renovation in your clothes home to find further inspiration for creating your new organization system.
Stay true to your style and design your walk-in closet according to your taste. Details such as carpets, decorative drawer knobs and comfortable seating also play an important role.
Plan a closet organization system
You have to go through your entire wardrobe to figure out what you really need. Decluttering helps ensure that you can optimally organize your clothing and other personal items later. Our tip is: Anything you haven't worn in the past year can't go back into your newly organized closet!
Look at the empty shelves and plan the new organization system for all the clothes and accessories that you don't want to part with. For this purpose, it is better to get transparent storage boxes. Later you will find your things before you even looked for them.
Sort clothes and shoes according to the season
If summer and winter clothes were previously stored together in your closets, now sort them by season. For those that are used all year round, leave them hanging or lying at the front for more convenience.
A rainbow in the wardrobe
You will find your clothes more quickly if they are sorted by color. For spontaneous ideas, let this rainbow inspire you what to wear in the morning.
Even though you don't step on the red carpet every day, you can allow yourself to feel that way. Sort your clothes from dark to light, like the professionals do backstage before a fashion show.
Labels for storage baskets and boxes – a practical idea
For optimal storage in the walk-in closet, hang beautiful labels in the form of stickers or tags on the storage boxes or baskets.
Collect accessories, summer shoes and other small items in transparent storage boxes. If necessary and depending on the space available in your closet, install additional shelves.
The rule of 12 months
This is one of the top rules of perfectly organized wardrobe - clothes that you didn't need in the last 12 months are unlikely to be needed in the next 12 months. Clothing also has an expiration date.
Hang as many clothes as possible
Leave little clothing on the shelves - hang as much of it as possible on hangers. This is a tip not only for the best organization, but also for saving space. And your shirts and pants will always look freshly ironed.
The tip for the sweaters
The above rule does not apply to sweaters and other types of knitwear. These like to lie neatly folded on top of each other on the shelves and thereby retain their shape and the good quality of the threads.
Use the same hangers
To create a visual unity on the clothes rails, hang the clothes on hangers of the same type and distribute the space equally.
Organizing clothes by type – an idea with great success
If blouses and skirts hang together in your wardrobe, you will immediately notice the difference in how creative and imaginative you have become when choosing your outfit for various occasions.
Look in the same direction
Embrace this idea not only when creating the new organizing system in your closet, but every time you tidy up your clothes. This contributes to the optical unity and the little effort is worth it.
Stilettos are up, ballerinas are down
For the shoes that you don't store in boxes, arrange them in the shoe rack according to this simple rule. So you always have the flat shoes for every day and the stilettos are waiting on the top shelves for the next party.
Belt and scarf hangers – good helpers for organizing your wardrobe
Scarves, ties and belts are the accessories that have the property of adding quite a bit of clutter. Therefore – long live the scarf and belt hangers!
Idea for extra storage space – shoe racks in a cubic shape
Add cubic shaped shelves in the walk-in closet if you have space for them. You will be amazed at how many of your things would fit there and stay in order for a long time.
Take advantage of the corners of the wardrobe
It's typical for there to be clutter in the dark corners of the closet. This is where all the things that we are looking for and never find in time are most often found. Organize the corners and stack boxes with rarely used shoes, boots or suitcases.
Hang up the jeans
Although you are used to the jeans being folded and stacked on top of each other, our tip is – hang the jeans on hangers and arrange them according to color and design. This means you can only take out the pants you currently need without making a mess of the entire stack.
Class instead of mass when tidying up
When putting things away, if you realize that you have clothes of the same type - three black sweaters or two pairs of jeans in the same colors, clear out the unnecessary items according to this simple rule.
Light the casing of your clothes appropriately
An essential tip for an organized, walk-in closet is proper lighting. In the light you will find the clothing and accessories you are looking for more quickly, especially if they are in dark tones.
How many pairs of shoes do you own?
To all the ladies who answer this question with: 'A lot, but not enough', we give you this clever idea for organizing your shoe racks - place the shoes so that the left one faces forward and the right one faces the back.
A tip for floor-to-ceiling wardrobes
Create space for twice as many clothes hangers when you halve the space of the floor-to-ceiling wardrobes with a second clothes rail.
The transparent storage boxes – a good solution for keeping your closet tidy
The transparent plastic boxes are ideal for creating optimal organization in your wardrobe. Accessories, underwear, flip-flops and other items whose shape makes it difficult to tidy up can be conveniently stored in these boxes. Thanks to their lids, these lockable plastic boxes form promising organization systems.
Tips for jewelry storage
Thanks to their divisions, these furnishing inserts make a drawer the perfect place to store your valuables. It is best to store genuine and more valuable jewelry in a safe place such as a money safe.
The perforated plate - an idea for storing your jewelry
Leave oneperforated plateInstall at the back of one of the doors of your wardrobe and equip it with hooks of different shapes as shown in the picture. Then display your necklaces, bracelets and earrings in the most convenient place possible.
Organizing baskets add beauty to organization
Smaller accessories such as scarves can be easily stored in baskets. And depending on the material of the baskets on the floor and shelves of your closet, you can give it an exotic, minimalist or romantic design.
Storage baskets as decorative accents in the wardrobe
A variety ofstorage basketscan be found commercially made from various materials. For fans of the shabby chic style, we recommend these baskets in rose patterns. To create a visual unity in your wardrobe, choose baskets in the same design.
A tip for general
Install a coat hook on the side of your closet or inside its door and hang clothes there that you plan to wear the next day or that are to be taken to the dry cleaners, for example. This tip also brings extra order to your daily plans.
Tidy up and clean regularly
During your weekly cleaning of the apartment, do not miss your closet so that you can preserve the quality of your clothes for longer and avoid the risk of allergies.
New opportunity for clothing out of use
Clear out clothes and accessories that you no longer need - that no longer fit you in size or design. These can be taken to a thrift store or a foundation. Set aside any clothes that need repairs.
What can fit in your closet?
It's often tempting to use your bedroom closet as general storage space. Now let's say it out loud - books, folders, toys or boxes are no longer allowed on the wardrobe shelves after they have been organized.
We love women's bags
And love means care and preservation, of course. Have coat hooks installed on the walls of your walk-in closet and keep these beautiful partners in your outfit in constant order.
The cubic boxes can be called the best displays for the women's party bags and shoulder bags. Don't let them be stored in plastic bags anymore, otherwise you risk losing their proper shape and the quality of the leather.
No knick-knacks allowed in the closet
After Christmas, New Year's Eve and Carnival are over, store the used Carnival costumes, party accessories and decorations in your basement. This notice applies to all items that are used once a year.
Any clothing that no longer corresponds to your current clothing size should be taken to the second-hand store or given as a gift to a friend. The rule goes double for the shoes, no matter how fond you are of the pair.
