{"id":5966,"date":"2016-10-13T00:38:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T00:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kravelv.com\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2022-03-14T01:11:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T01:11:15","slug":"8-closet-organization-tips-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kravelv.com\/8-closet-organization-tips-move\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Closet Organization Tips After a Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the fact that my house is nearly 3,000 sq. ft., the master bedroom closet is miniscule. Even with my wife and I dividing it down the middle, if feels like it can only fit one of us. I\u2019ve started to change this, and I have more ideas on how to make the room feel large and luxurious.<\/p>\n

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    Edit your wardrobe<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I\u2019m guilty of having too many t-shirts in my closet, even despite paring down during our move between states last year. Many of them are \u201cI might need a shirt that can get dirty\u201d and \u201cI don\u2019t wear this on a regular basis.\u201d The problem is, I only rarely need a shirt that can get dirty to the point of not being able to just throw it in the wash. That\u2019s where the 20\/20 rule<\/a> comes into play. As The Minimalists put it, \u201cAnything we get rid of that we truly need, we can replace for less than $20 in less than 20 minutes from our current location.\u201d Simple, elegant, and it will free up a lot of space in the closet.<\/a><\/p>\n

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      Baskets and Bins<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      When we moved into the house last December, we basically threw our clothes into the closet without any mind for organization. It was a \u201cget the clothes in the closet, deal with the rest later\u201d situation, and it hasn\u2019t improved much in the 10 months since. I recently bought a basket and sliding bins<\/a>, and as you can seen in the photo above, we have two regular bins. My wife co-opted the basket as a de facto hamper, but I\u2019ve used the bins to great effect. I now store my jeans, loungewear and some winter clothes in the bins, saving desperately needed space – which will be all the greater once I put the last tip into practice.
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        Closet on display<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        There are cubbies built in at the center of the closet, seen above. I would love to display important items<\/a> on the shelves to add an elegant touch. For me, it\u2019s a collection of what has been termed \u201cfashionable hats.\u201d Instead of ball caps, my collection includes a trilby, Greek captain\u2019s hat from my parents\u2019 recent trip, a bowler hat, and two newsboy caps. Given that I haven\u2019t had any space in my closet, they are sitting in a box in the garage. While the internet has done its best to ruin the reputation of fedoras and trilby hats, I still want to proudly display mine alongside my suits.<\/p>\n

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          DIY shelving<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          The same cubbies I just mentioned are a detriment, however, in that they came with the house. I may need to build my own cubbies and hangers, and get rid of what we currently have, in order to be more efficient with the space. While I could invest in pre-made closet shelving<\/a>, possibly from a certain Swedish furniture company, their nearest location is a few hundred miles away. Hardware stores with wood and nails are just down the street.<\/p>\n

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            Drawers for the small things<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            There\u2019s a small area where I keep my winter shirts right now, but I ultimately want to pull the wooden bar down and replace the hanging shirts with drawers<\/a> as another DIY project. I\u2019m one of the few people at work that wears a tie everyday, and I currently have my ties hanging from two clothes hangers. It\u2019s not ideal. My wife\u2019s ever-growing scarf collection also needs a place to live, as do my pocket squares and rarely used cufflinks.<\/p>\n

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              Vacuum Bags<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              I have some vacuum storage bags left over from moving that have been sitting in my garage.<\/a> I recently organized my garage<\/a> (it was more important to get the cars in the garage than my clothes in the closet), so I now have room to store some of the bigger clothing items in a vacuum-sealed bag. My summer shorts and most of my t-shirts will soon be useless in the unyielding cold of an Idaho winter, so why should they take up space in my closet for a few months?<\/p>\n

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                Unusual storage<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                I have recently become a gun owner, and I don\u2019t own a safe. With my wife and I looking to start a family, I need somewhere to lock up our firearms where tiny hands won\u2019t pry. The closet seems a safe bet. Unfortunately for me, gun safes tend to be expensive. Fortunately, metal lockers<\/a> are not, and I can still lock them. It\u2019s a short-term solution, to be sure, as I will definitely want a real gun safe by the time any future children learn how to wield tools to pry the locker up, but a locker in the closet should serve its purpose until then. Plus, the locker can also be used to further clothing storage when I no longer need to keep guns in it.<\/p>\n

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                  Go vertical<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  My wife is tall. I am not. I have very little hope of reaching anything at the top shelf of the closet, while my wife can barely reach it. For my last improvement, I would love to have some sort of ladder to reach the top shelf<\/a>. It doesn\u2019t need to be rolling, but I want access to that space so I can store more clothes. There\u2019s a few hoodies up there right now, but it\u2019s underutilized.<\/p>\n

                  Even with the few changes on the list I\u2019ve made so far, the closet feels much, much bigger. I have more room to store things, rather than just throwing them around, and it will only feel roomier with more improvements and sorting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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