The indication of good storage system in your home is that you have maximized the storage space for storing items. If this is not done then there is no use of having many closets which are not well-organized. Learn the art of organizing the closets first and then count on the number of storage spaces you are having at your home. So let us start with your biggest disaster- the clutter clothing closet! Read on and follow the instructions about how to organize your clothes closet. The very first thing to do is to remove all the clothes stuffed into your closet.

When empty your closet, you will realize that the closet was actually over-flowing with excess piles of clothes. Take out the clutter. Don’t panic when you empty the closet and find that your pile of junk is sitting on your floor, bed and sofa.

Now, get rid of the unwanted items out of the pile. Make the task easier. Divide items into bins. Gather four bins from your local discount store and label as “Keep bin”, “throw away bin” and “sell and donate bin”.

Keep Bin: The hard and fast rule for deciding what items to keep is to look at how often you wear/use the item. For clothes, any item you have not worn more than twice in the last year should not be included.

Throw Away Bin: Some of your possessions are probably ripped, stained, or broken. So any item that is 100% unsalvageable should go directly into the Throw Away Bin.

Sell and Donate Bin : This bin will be the heaviest, because chances are that most of your stuff isn’t ruined, just out of style or ill-fitting. If it’s been over a year since you’ve fit into the garment, donate it. We strongly suggest that you give as much of your stuff as possible to goodwill - it’ll make you feel good!

Now it is the time to sort out the clothes in the “Keep bin”. You can do this easily! All you need to do is again sort the clothes into two categories- the season category and the type category.

Separate all of your clothes in the season category into summer, winter and spring. The winter stuff will include your heavy jackets, summer stuff will include swimsuits.

Now come to the type category. Start by getting all of your professional clothes together. Don’t forget to include any outfits you might wear on an office casual day. This will make getting dressed in the morning so easy that you’ll be able to hit your sleep button five times instead of four. The next type of clothing you’ll want to separate is special occasion outfits. The last pile to organize is your casual stuff. These items range from your weekend wear to stuff only your dog should ever see you in.

This way, organize your closet and see, you have actually maximized the storage space!

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