Tis the season to be … jolly about having an organized closet!

 

Huh? Don’t have one of those? Or maybe you have one, but aren’t so jolly because the season changed on you, and now you need to access a whole different set of clothing?

 

For me, I solved the seasonal clothes “musical chairs” dilemma by having two closets – one consisting mostly of clothes for cooler weather; the other for warmer weather. One closet is a walk-in and the other is a reach-in.

 

However, I know that everyone doesn’t have two clothes closets in their bedroom. So, we manage with other solutions.

 

Most closet tips I read about suggest:

• Parring down your clothes

• Make room for the new season and store out-of-season clothing in space-saver bags within containers under the bed, or hung within mobile wardrobe storage closets.

• Grouping wardrobe pieces together that work together

• Parring down your clothes

 

Oh, did I mention parring down your clothes twice? Purely intentional, actually.

 

While the above are all good tips, in my professional opinion, I want to add my 2-cents about working with different size closets. Large or small, all closets have the same issues. And, it’s always about space.

 

With large closets, for example, it may not be such a problem to store all-season clothing in same space. Yet, the clothing area can still get out of control and end up too jammed packed with clothes, shoes, and accessories. That is because these things have a way of growing (especially if you’re a girl or woman!). Therefore, large or small, parring down becomes a necessity.