What are the essentials of an organized closet? A plan, any plan is better than no plan becasue to make your plan you are beigning to think more comprehensivly about your clothes. Not just a pile of indivudal things you like (or maybe don't like now), but part of the plan of how you will spend your clothing budget and what result you want from that money spent.

Organizing the closet:

First off - do you have any idea what is in that closet now?

What is a clothes closet for? Clothes. The purpose of an organized closet is to have your clothes in a contained space where they are readily available for your use; where they will be neat and clean while they wait for you to want them.

Some teenagers (and some adults) seem to think the floor is the best place to store their clothes. Others like the piles on the floor and any available piece of furniture.

Often closets have way too much stuff in them. But even the idea of sorting the closet and cleaning it out may be overwhelming. You want to try a simple way to sort out the clothes in your closet? - Stop doing laundry. Yes, you did read that correctly - stop washing clothes. That will force you to wear everything in your closet that is wearable (if wearing clean clothes matters to you). eventually everything wearable in your closet will be in the dirty clothes basket(s). You will have nothing to wear. But - the closet will not be empty!!! Those things remaining in the closet are the ones you consider unwearable for whatever reason. A few may be out of season - but most are likely to be stuff you will never wear. May I ask ... Why are they taking up space in your closet? You have sorted out all the wear-ables and what is left perhaps needs to leave your closet - leave your home.