A More Organized Room - The Closet

If you've chosen to put your foot down and get your bedroom in order, you're on your way to a cleaner, neater, and more organized space. When the areas that we live in are in order - we tend to work better and stress less. By making simple changes and taking the initiative to start the organization process in your room, you'll be able to see noticeable changes in the way that you go about your day. One place that is typically lacking some organization is the closet - so making this your starting point will get you going on the right foot.

Before you even start with the clothes in your closet, getting the floor cleaned off should be your first goal. For many, the closet becomes a gathering place for shoes, bags, and other odds and ends that don't really have a place elsewhere in the home. For example, that bag of half used craft supplies you threw in there to get out of the way last year does not need to be there.

Start by taking everything out and separating the clutter from the items that belong in the closet. Once you've cleared out the entire floor, adding some stackable shoe organizers will give you some extra space while getting your shoe collection in line. You'll be able to stack pairs on top of one another and keep the matches in one place. Instead of locating one shoe and digging through the pile for the other, they'll both be within easy reach.

When it comes to the purses and bags that may have made their way into your closet, you need to get them up off the floor. Think about it, when you need a bag - the last thing you want to do is crawl down onto the floor and dig through the bottom of your closet for the perfect purse. Any home supply store sells easy to install hooks that will go right into your closet door. By installing a few hooks to hang bags on, you'll keep them in the direct line of vision and you'll never have to search through piles of shoes for a purse again.

Once you've gotten the floor in order and the purses hung, it's time to put some concentration on your clothes. Investing in some new hangers for your closet is never a bad idea. When you have a variety of different style hangers in your closet, it's much easier for the larger ones to knock the clothes off of the smaller ones and onto the floor. By keeping some consistency in the size of hangers that you use, you'll be able to prevent this from happening. Staying away from wire hangers will also help prevent any damage from being done to your clothes since they are known to put dents in the shoulders of shirts and even rust onto delicate fabrics.

After you've taken care of the hanger situation, it's a good idea to color coordinate your closet. It may seem like a tedious project at first, but keeping certain colors together will never leave you searching through your entire closet for one shirt ever again. If you keep most of your clothes in the closet, you know that you can hang up a small shirt amongst larger items and it can get forgotten for a week or two until the closet thins out. By knowing exactly where to look for a certain colored shirt, you'll never have that problem again. Once you have your closet arranged by color, you'll also be able to put clothes away and organize your closet at the same time.

By making these few simple changes to your closet, you're well on your way to a cleaner, more organized room. Tackling the closet can often seem like half the battle, so be sure to give yourself a pat on the back once you've finally got it in line.