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How do you organize your closet?

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Last Post Aug 11, 2008 12:19 PM by: WhatsInHost_Tam
WhatsInHost_Bren
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How do you organize your closet?

Jul 4, 2008 7:00 PM
Now that you've done the shopping -- How do you organize your closet?

By item (all pants, all shirts...)?
By color?
By outfit?

Share your closet organization tips!!

Brenda
B-)
WhatsInHost_Annie
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Jul 5, 2008 12:53 PM
I tend to organize my closet by clothing type. One side holds all my fancy clothing and dresses for those special outings. The other side holds all my casual clothing from T-shirts to shorts to jeans. And then I sometimes I break that down into pants, shirts and dresses, depending on how much time I have. :^O

Annie
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Jul 5, 2008 8:30 PM
I find it easier to have my pants and jeans in the middle of the closet for easier access. To the left side, its dresses, dress shirts, and skirts. The casual shirts are on the right side of the closet.

I'm always mixing and matching so it is easier for me to have my closet organized this way.
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Jul 6, 2008 8:17 AM
Closets are supposed to be organized? I'm lucky when my stuff makes it back INTO the closet! LOL

heidi :-x
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WhatsInHost_Tam
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Jul 6, 2008 12:43 PM
LOL! Heidi me too! *coughs*we even have a sock basket *cough*

I do hang some of it back up sometimes. LOL! The Pants go on the bottom, and the tops on the top. Doesn't matter whose it is, just shirts on the top, pants on the bottom.
Now I see no problem with that, and I can't figure out why my husband will get a little upset when he grabs a T-shirt he thinks is his, and puts it on and it has little blue birds all over the front. I think its kind of cute <grins>

Tam :)
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Jul 6, 2008 4:07 PM
Sock Basket! Tam! LOL I thought we were one of the only families to have one.

We have a huge sock basket. It contains mostly all white socks and a few colored socks. The funny thing is that none of them has a match. I just do not understand how I can have over 200+ single socks in one basket, where did all of the matches go. Does anyone have any thoughts on where the missing socks go in most households?

I think I am going to have to finally give in, close my eyes, and just throw the whole basket out. All it ever does is grow larger, never smaller.

As far as organizing my closet, I need a closet intervention. I have all of my dresses, dress pants, blouses, and tops all separated but I still have a huge problem. I have so many things in my closet that I need to throw away. My closet contains clothes that are too big, too small, and too old.

After reading Brenda’s post, it made me start thinking about proper organization.(Thanks Brenda! :-D ) I ordered something called “Huggable Hangers”. They are supposed to give you more room to hang more clothes than you could with regular hangers.

When these hangers arrive, it will be the start of my closet intervention. I will keep everyone updated through my blog when I start.

Roe:-x

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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Jul 7, 2008 8:18 AM
I'm very particular about my closet. Clothes are sorted by season, style and color. Pants and capris are up front, followed by tops, which are followed by dresses and skirts. My husband rolls his eyes every time that he catches me moving my seasons in and out of alignment. LOL! The other day he told me that I waste too much valuable time making sure that all my blue shirts are together and organized by shades. I explained to him that this is why HE wears the same crummy beat up shirts over and over: He can't FIND anything nice because his part of the closet looks like Denise the Menace organized it. ;)

Shannon
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Jul 8, 2008 6:52 AM
Another way I organize my closet is to take out the winter clothes when the warm weather season starts. I think I only wear my winter clothes for a month at the most due to the hot climate. I store my winter items in plastic storage containers until the cold weather arrives.
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Jul 8, 2008 3:30 PM
What a cool question Brenda. I have a walk in closet in this house which is something I’ve never had the pleasure of before. It’s a really nice change of pace to not have to store clothes with the changing seasons. Spring/summer clothing hang on the left and fall/winter clothing on the right. I do tend to keep outfits hanging together as well as the dresses, pants, etc. so I am somewhat organized. I bow to Shannon who is the Queen of the neat closet. LOL:-D
WhatsInHost_Shann
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Jul 10, 2008 8:18 AM
No need to bow. My husband swears that I suffer from an illness that causes me to be freakish about unnecessary things. His part of the closet drives me insane, but he has banned me from touching it. I can't imagine why. LOL

Shannon
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Jul 11, 2008 6:31 PM
My poor closet looks like a bomb went off in the middle of it. I'd love to have it organized, but honestly, I have no idea where to start. It's a disaster area!

Angela
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Aug 1, 2008 12:11 PM
Gesh Angela,

All you need is an entire weekend w/ no plans, kids, distracting household chores and the desire to clean...

lol

Brenda

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lisa86
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Aug 6, 2008 3:17 PM
I have an infatuation with hanging things up, if I have the space! It just makes everything easier and not having to fold is a huge benefit. The minute things come out of the laundry being able to throw them on a hanger is something I love.

I personally prefer to organize my closet by colors AND item. I usually put all of the shirts first, ranging from lightest to the most dark, and that includes long-sleeve shirts to sweaters. Then if I'm lucky enough to have the space, I'll place all of my pants on hangers and then put them in order from light to dark as well (this way I don't ever skip over khakis, and other color pants when getting ready in the morning) since I tend to wear jeans whenever possible.
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Re: How do you organize your closet?

Aug 11, 2008 12:19 PM
Oh my! You all would absolutely die if you seen my closet. My husband' clothes mixed in with mine. Khaki's mixed in with plain old jeans.. etc!

It is really bad. I have seen some of those closet organizers the white metal looking ones, maybe I should invest. Anyone ever used those? And please tell me do they help?

Tam :)