My family (husband, myself, 4 year old son and a 10 year old daughter) moved into a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with my mother to save money for a house. However, I need ideas on how to organize our shoes and clothes using only two closets and minimal space.
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I always seem to have a problem with shoes and I bought this two drawer chest at a furniture store that came from a military base (used solid wood) marked down to $15. Very nice. It is approx. 19-20" tall and 44" wide & fits under the cloths that are hanging. No more problems with shoes anymore, they are hidden. I also bought one to sit at the end of two of the beds to hide stuff in. (art's & crafts supplies & computer supplies) LOL
We put ours in a plastic hanging shoe thingee with pockets for individual shoes. If it's where it will show, place it inside the closet door making sure the door is closed all the time when not in use to help the door frame support the added weight. We do this for quick access. A friend of mine puts hers back into the original box they came in and stores them neatly on the closet floor in rows up, and across.
I use those hanging material/plastic shoe pocket bags as well, but not only for shoes but for paired socks, belts, underwear ... if they don't have a dresser or are out of room in the other. If you get a kids one the pockets are smaller so it has at least 12 or more pockets. You must be careful not to overload it and be sure it is a strong one that you can hang on a wooden hanger in the closet right next to the other clothes, except this hanger will save 3x's the space.
Enjoy, Crystelc
You could just keep the current season's clothes out and available and the others seasons packed in those bags that you can roll up and from which you can extract the air.
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How about an open cubbyholed set of boxes that you can use as a giant shelving unit across a wall. The clothing for the next day needs to be selected in advance and hung on hangers to have the wrinkles fall out.
You can buy the shoe holders that hang on doors at Wal-Mart. Or store them underneath your bed. I do my shoes on the side of the bed I sleep on and my boyfriend's on the side that he sleeps on. They also sell those laundry racks at Wal-Mart & Dollar stores that have wheels and a pole on them to hang clothes on. Or you can buy those under-the bed Rubbermade storage containers to store out of season clothes!
Instead of using up space in drawers for bras, I found a slacks hanger and later moved up to the multiple slacks hanger where you can hang 5-6 pairs of slacks on one hanger. The wooden single slacks hanger works great because you can undo the wooden dowl and slip off the bra on the far back without taking them all off of the hanger.
In my closet I have my purses on a shelf lined up horizontally and my shoes on a hanging rack behind my closet door. And with clothes, try rolling them. I have two dressers and you can fit twice the clothes in your dressers when you roll your clothes. Organize them like t-shirts in one drawer tank tops in another etc. Also those little kid cubbies are great to put makeup and hair stuff in. Put the cubbies in front of a mirror and your all set.
I use my suit cases to store seasonal clothes in. If i need the suitcase for traveling I put the folded clothes in a large garbage bag where the remain until I get home! Works great!
I did a search on how to fold clothes. You'd be surprised how much space I saved by changing the way I folded my clothes!
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