Organizing your master closet

Organizing your master closet make getting dressed in the morning easy if you first determine how you decide what you will wear each day.

For instance, I start choosing what to wear by determining what the temperature is going to be that day. With that in mind, I start putting together an outfit based on sleeve length. I tend to run cold and still have Florida blood in me, so it is all about how cold it might be that day. This helps me decide if I ma going to wear sleevless, short, mid or long sleeve shirts.

Once I have picked out my shirt, I move onto slacks vs skirts, jacket and then shoes.

Because this is my decision making process, my shirts are located closest to the inside door of my closet. I choose the shirt and move further into slacks and skirts. Moving past the skirts and slacks are the jackets and shoes. Get the picture?

Everyone makes consistent decisions when they get dressed in the morning. The key is to make note of how you choose and organize your clothing elements in that sequence within your closet. This way, you simply move down the rails picking your clothing elements in the order that most suits your style.

Another way to organize might be by color. My client just yesterday decides what she is going to wear by the color she feels like wearing that day. We organized her clothes into color groups.

Another client organizes his closet by work clothes versus weekend clothes. We have his dress shirts hanging directly over his dress slacks and casual shirts directly over his jeans.

There is no ‘one way’ to organize anything. The perfect way for you to set up your closet might be completely different than the ultimate way for others. The key is to design it according to your own personal decision making process when you get dressed.

There are a few good rules of thumb to follow for everyone. These tips I have listed below.

7 Tips For a More Organized Master Closet

1. Keep all clothing and shoes off the floor

2. Keep the floor clear easy to clean

3. If you don’t have built in shoe cubbies and you have extra pole space, use hanging bags for shoes

4. If you need more drawer storage and you have the extra pole space, use hanging shelves for jeans, sweats and other bulky items

5. Use space bags or plastic bins on the top shelf for off-season clothes

6. Remove lids from hampers so clothes actually go into the hamper instead of getting stacked on top

7. Separate and organize clothing items by the way you determine what to wear in the morning. Variations include dividing by color, occasion or warmth.

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