You’ve heard the basic tips and tricks for keeping your custom closet organized – donate what you aren’t using, rotate your items seasonally, and straighten your closet each evening before bed. If you’re already doing those and are still dealing with closet chaos, you’re not alone. We’ve compiled some unique tips on organizing your custom closet.
Try some of these closet organization tips you might not have thought of:
- Create a capsule wardrobe
- Color code your closet
- Use pull-out organizers and tools
- Install better lighting
If you’re ready to take control of your custom closet, keep reading.
Create a Capsule Wardrobe
If you have a crowded, cluttered closet, drastically minimizing the number of items you’re storing can work wonders. A capsule wardrobe is, as described by Modern Minimalism, a small collection of easily interchangeable items that allow you to create a lot of outfits with a relatively small selection of clothes.
There are quite a few benefits of having a capsule wardrobe, including the ability to buy more upscale items (because you’re only buying a few, not dozens), an easier time choosing your outfit each morning, and, most importantly, a much less cluttered closet.
What you’ll want to do is decide what your core wardrobe pieces are and which color palette you want to stick to. You might prefer to have your basic pieces (pants, blouses, skirts) in neutral colors and then add color to your wardrobe with your sweaters, neckties, shoes, and accessories. You’ll be able to get a lot more tips from the link above.
Color Code Your Closet
If a small capsule wardrobe isn’t for you, don’t worry – we have a tip for those with larger wardrobes, too. Consider color-coding everything, so you can find exactly what you’re looking for at a moment’s notice.
Hang your clothing by color. Depending on your preferences, you might have a rainbow variety of items, or you might have mostly neutrals, darks, or pastels. That’s fine. Whatever you have is how you’ll organize your clothing.
You might choose to organize in rainbow order, or you may want to just go light to dark – with white clothes on one side, black on the other, and all of the other colors in between ordered by shade. Of course, you might also pick another configuration; perhaps you will put warm colors on the top rod and cool ones on the bottom. Whatever works for you is fine.
In the end, you’ll be able to find what you need when you need it because you’ll know exactly where your navy pants or your red sweater is.
Use Pull-Out Organizers and Tools
Once you’ve got your clothing well-organized, it’s time to make the most of the actual space in your closet. Not everything has to be out in the open. There are a lot of options for keeping items hidden away within your closet, only to emerge when you need them. This is where pull-out storage shines.
Pull-out drawers and shelves are common closet components that allow you to easily access items even if they’re in the back corners of your storage space. A pull-out mirror, a pull-out jewelry tray, and a pull-out hamper are other examples of tools that can help you stay organized without taking up valuable real estate in the center part of your closet.
Install Better Lighting
While you might not think of lighting as a closet organization tool, it is. Good lighting is crucial to both getting and staying organized. You’ll be able to better see what you have, you won’t have any reason to not put items away even if it’s late at night, and you’ll identify clutter as soon as it starts if you can see it plainly.
You probably already have an overhead light in your closet, but that might not be adequate. Consider LED strips or touch lights in the darker corners to illuminate those parts of the space. If you have a large closet with plenty of surface space, you might consider a pretty lamp or some other cozy light fixture. You could use remote-controlled lighting or even a motion sensor to make it convenient and simple to turn on the lights. Be creative, and think about where lighting would be beneficial in the closet.
Conclusion
By making changes in the items you have within your closet as well as how you store and organize them, you can make a big difference in the organization level of the space. Try some of the tips listed above to maintain good order in your custom closet system.
