Would you believe some people actually get paid good money to put clothes away?
It’s true. Depending on the current state of your wardrobe, you’re either currently scheming to find a way to get that job, or trying to budget a way to afford their services, or maybe both.
But wait! Before you pick up that phone, we’ve got a couple tips here to help you organize your clothes like the experts do, without asking expensive consultants for a second opinion! Before you start scanning Angie’s List for the best (or cheapest) closet organizer, try these tips first:
Group like with like
The best place to start keeping things tidy, whether in the closet or the dresser, is to keep like items together. Whatever your space constraints may be, make sure to always group shirts with shirts, pants with pants, and so on. (And if this leaves any empty space, that’s fine—avoiding ‘hybrid spaces’ is going to be better for your overall organization scheme.
Fold like an expert
Folding, rolling, getting mad and stuffing it into the drawer like a ball; whatever your preferred way of organizing bedroom dressers is, you’ve surely found yourself running out of space faster than anticipated in your drawers. One good way to prevent this is to learn the “KonMari” method of folding, a method of folding clothing developed by Marie Kondo, a Japanese organization specialist. There’s plenty of videos out there to help you get the gist, but here’s the important steps:
- Fold one side of the garment across the center
- Fold the opposite side the same way, stopping before the edge, to form a rectangle
- Fold the rectangle in half lengthwise once, then again