How to Organize Your Clothes!

Clothes, clothes and more clothes!  How to keep them organized? Here are a few simple tips to keep things neat and tidy. The bonus of organizing your clothes is how simple it becomes to create outfits and to keep only what is worn.

First tip is to put all your hangers the wrong way.  When you wear something put it back with the hanger the right way, after the seasons are done say 2 at a time, spring and summer - fall and winter, donate all the clothes on the backward hangers; you are not wearing them and someone else will!

Take all your off season clothing, and store them away in a air tight bin and label it.  Store in basement, garage, attic or where ever you have space for items not being used for some time.














 Another great thing to do is store baby clothes by sizes, this way when you have another child you can bring out the right containers to set up the nursery, or if a good friend needs clothes you can find the right sizes to give to her when needed :)

When organizing your closets that hold your clothing always put like items with like - t-shirts with t-shirts, skirts with skirts, sweaters with sweaters - as this will make it easy to find what you are looking for and easier to create an outfit.  Next step is to colour order each section from light to dark. or what ever order works for you ;)  When it comes to the jacket closet store by length of coat and colour order them. This will help to see your jackets better and will be easier to find the right one.

I think we all need to remind ourselves that we usually only wear a low percentage of what is in our closets, so be generous and donate all you are not wearing and will never wear!  We usually make outfits from the same items through out the month without realizing it. Save money by not purchasing new clothes but look at your wardrobe and see what other combinations you can create.  See below for great examples.

When getting dressed keep a list of items you need to add to your wardrobe, a white shirt, brown belt, white capri pants  etc.  When you go clothes shopping bring the list so you are buying what you need not what looks good on the rack.  When you see something off your list ask, does this match my wardrobes colour scheme? What outfits can I make with it from the clothes I already have? Is it in my budget?

When buying clothes think higher end for the finishing touches ie. jackets, pants and skirts.  You can get away with a lower end t-shirt or tank top if worn under a jacket or sweater.

As women we tend to have 3 sizes of clothing.  Keep ONLY the size you are in the closet, store and label the others.  You can keep a couple of sweats for around the house one size up for those bloated days ;)

Hope this was helpful, I know it was a great reminder for me.  I have more clothes to donate and feel better about how less cluttered my closet is.

What tips do you have about clothing please share with our readers!!