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Achieve Home Organization in 2023 With Custom Closet Systems
There’s nothing like starting a new year with a clean slate. Everything seems possible when you shed the baggage of the past year. Even getting control over a chronically disorganized home seems possible. If you want to achieve greater home organization in the upcoming year, the key is to start with your closets and storage spaces. When you have adequate storage, putting things away comes easily and items that you put away stay in their place instead of cluttering up the rest of the house. Custom closet systems may be just what you’re looking for to achieve home organization in 2023.
- Purge and Take Inventory
- Add Space for Hanging and Folded Clothes
- Showcase Your Shoes
- Remember the Accessories
Take a look at the steps you can take to achieve home organization with a custom closet system in 2023.
Purge and Take Inventory
Start by taking everything out of your closet. This will help you do two important things. First, it will give you a chance to go through your wardrobe and decide what you want to keep and what you’re ready to get rid of. Clothes that no longer fit or that you just don’t like anymore tend to accumulate in your closet, and they’re just taking up space that could be put to better use. Go through your things and be honest with yourself about whether you’ll really wear the item again. Even if you’re hanging onto something because you want to fit into that size again, would it be better to just buy new clothes when you do fit into that size?
The other thing you’re accomplishing is an inventory. After you separate items that you intend to sell, donate, or trash, you’ll have a fresh idea of what you have and what kinds of spaces you need for the pieces you'll be keeping. This will help you plan your closet design.
Add Space for Hanging and Folded Clothes
If your closet is currently disorganized and your clothes have a way of winding up on the floor or scattered around the bedroom, there’s a good chance that you don’t have enough space for folded clothes, don’t have enough space for hanging clothes, or both.
It helps to be sure of what items should be hung and which items should be folded. Martha Stewart explains that activewear, shorts, and thick sweaters should be folded, while dresses, pants, and blouses should hang. Jeans and T-shirts can go either way. You can increase hanging space by installing additional hanging rods. If you have a lot of separates, it can help to hang one a bit higher than usual and the other a bit lower, giving you a way to display tops and bottoms easily. You may also want to hang hooks for things like bathrobes or jackets. A custom cabinet with dressers can increase your space for folded clothes. Additional shelves can help too, especially for things like thick sweaters that can be stacked high.
Showcase Your Shoes
If you’ve ever been late for work because you couldn’t find the shoes that went with your outfit, you know how important organization can be. It’s not just the possibility of losing shoes that’s a problem; shoes can also get damaged when they wind up piled underneath other shoes or stuck under furniture. Getting your shoes off the floor and into a more organized system keeps your home cleaner and your footwear in better shape.
Consider showcasing your collection with shoe shelves. Not only does this make it easier to find the pair you want but it also makes your closet look great.
Remember the Accessories
If you can store your accessories neatly in the closet, you have more space in the rest of the house, and your jewelry, hairpieces, and other clothing accessories aren’t getting scattered or lost.
Jewelry trays can spotlight your favorite pieces of jewelry and give you a convenient place to store them. If you have a lot of scrunchies, headbands, and ponytail holders, you may want to store them in a small basket. Sturdy storage boxes of the right shape and size can be used to keep your favorite hats clean and undamaged. There are many closet accessories, so be sure to consider anything that may create more space for your closet items.
Conclusion
When you have a plan to clean your closet, inventory it, and customize it with closet storage features and accessories, you can achieve a more organized closet that helps you achieve better home organization overall.