I just got back from a lovey holiday and find myself confronted once again with the reality that all my clothes, bags, accessories, jewelry and most of all my shoes need a proper storage solution and organisation.
My place has a regular-size wardrobe with 2 doors that slide from one side to another. Inside there is one shelf high up above the clothes rail.
I usually hang dresses, coats and other such clothing items in here but I am rapidly running out of room. On the base of the wardrobe are my other sweatshirts and sweatpants.
On the top shelf, I have kept about 6 shoe storage boxes which contain my favorite heels and stillettos. Sneakers and sandals are downstairs in the garage.
I just bought 3 sweater trays, a jewelry organizer, and those stands for necklaces..but I still need a lot of advice as to how to manage all of this!
Something else you could do is go through things and give away those things you have not worn in the past year. Most of us have way too much stuff, particularly clothes, and there are many people who don’t have enough. So do up a few big bags of stuff to give to the Salvation Army. You will find that it will free up tons of space, will make you feel better about all of it, and will help other people. Sometimes simplifying and minimizing in our lives is the best thing we can do in terms of reorganization and peace of mind. Think about all the time you spend worrying about organizing, tidying, sorting, and deliberating because you have too much stuff. If you are at all like me, you could give away at least half of it and never miss it.
I put coats in a coat closet, as they take up so much room. Remove the beach mat, and put it in the garage, and ditto for the beach bags.
Hang like things together, working from long to short. Example: I put slacks on hangers hanging straight down. They are about as long as my dresses, but dresses go in first, on the left, then pants, then capris. Next come long sleeved shirts with buttons, then long sleeved pullovers, then short sleeve shirts with buttons, then pullovers. I organize by color, darkest to the left. I hang sets together Example: a twin set–both pieces on the same hanger, unless they are sweaters, then I fold them together. I’ve seen hanging shelves which can work in a closet, hanging from the clothes rod.
There are 6 or so small shelves, where you can stack folded sweaters or T shirts, or handbags, or whatever.
I love Huggable Hangers by Joy Mangano, purchased from HSN.com. they come in a lot of colors, and I can definitely get more clothes in my closet now that I use those hangers. Target has them in black and linen colors.
I think you have the right system with your drawers. I would suggest that you only have as many clothes as will fit in your available space. Put out of season clothes in another place, even if it is in
a "Space Bag," stored in the garage.
We wear 20 percent of our wardrobe, 80 percent of the time. Depressing. isn’t it?