How to Organize My Closet: Closet Organizers Do It Yourself & Closet Organization Systems

Storage and organization satisfies an essential human instinct - the desire to create order, which explains the universal appeal of "a place for everything and everything in its place." This phrase could not possibly describe me any better!

Creating the right environment for sleep and relaxation is very important, so bedroom storage should be planned with care and attention to detail. The closet is usually the central storage location in the bedroom. Organize your clothes well and you'll find you wear more of them more often. Perhaps it's because you can actually see all of the items in your closet, or perhaps there's just something magical that happens when you organize your closet but you will wear more!

The first step is to take everything out of the closet. Divide clothes into daily or occasional use, seasonal or year-round. Then sort it again into hanging items, stackables, odd sizes, and articles that can be folded, rolled, or collected in smaller containers. Set up a flexible closet storage plan that accommodates your wardrobe and the way you get dressed.

A mixture of hanging and drawer or shelf space will provide the basic storage requirements for clothing. Take into account the ratio of hanging space to shelf space that's available together with the overall space of the closet in order to find a workable storage solution. Sustainable order is crucial to maintaining organization. If you can't continue to keep the order in your closet, then perhaps you need to rethink your plan and create something that's still organized and orderly, but perhaps more simplified - like all skirts together rather than all skirts together and sorted by color.

Getting organized is meant to make your life run more smoothly. If you design your closet to mirror your priorities, everything will fall into place.

Take a look at the wealth of options available at Amazon to inspire your closet storage and organization project.

There are lots of great products available to help make your hanging space more efficient - like the Closet Doubler shown below - if you don't use all of your long-hanging space, then a product like this could double your hanging space without creating a crowded mess.