How to Organize a Closet for Little or No Money

Are there piles of purses and stacks of shoes in your closet so that it's overwhelmingly stuffed? Read on to learn how to put everything in it's place and organize your closet.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Various baskets or boxes
• Permanent marker
• Self adhesive labels
• Clothes hangers
• Plastic storage bins

Closet Organization Tools

1. Evaluate your closet: take out anything that isn't a clothing item like games, blankets or paperwork and find another home for them.

2. Evaluate your wardrobe: sort out the items of clothes, shoes and purses that are old, need repair or no longer fit. Donate or sell anything that you don't want to keep.

3. Remove all clothing items from your closet and hang properly: use hangers with clips for odd items that won't stay on a regular hanger. Put them back in your closet in groups: skirts with skirts, dresses with dresses and sweaters with sweaters. If you like, separate each of these groups by color as well.

4. Remove all shoes, hats, gloves, purses, etc. from your closet. Use large baskets, plastic bins, or boxes for each (one for gloves and hats and one for purses). You may opt to purchase matching baskets or bins for these items; cloth lined wicker baskets are pretty and functional.

5. Line your shoes up by pairs on the floor of your closet. If you can afford it, purchase a shoe rack to minimize space. Place special shoes in plastic shoe boxes by pair and label with permanent marker and stick on label.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't spend a ton of money organizing your closet! You can do it with items at hand, or sell old clothing, purses and shoes to make money for new storage bins.
• Don't feel tempted to hold on to items that no longer fit. Unless you are actively losing weight, get rid of old clothes that are too small.