Closet is one of the basic necessities that helps manage your belongings easily. You keep all the required things in daily life like cloths, accessories, shoes etc in your closet. You keep buying such items and keep stuffing them into your closet. Sometimes, this leads to a messy closet. De-cluttering is the solution to this problem which is the process to keep your closet clean and up-to-date all the time. Like the entire house parts are supposed to be kept clean and tidy, closet also needs the same. So, follow the guidelines below on how to de-clutter your closet nicely.
Complexity Level: Basic
Time Required: 40 minutes
Resources Required:
- Garbage bags
- Hand gloves
- Cleaning solutions
- Boxes/cartons
- Clock
- Internet/magazines for gathering information
Instructions:
1. Decide necessary things
Many of you stuff your closet with many unnecessary items like stationary kits, boxes of sweets/chocolates etc. So, first decide the necessary things to keep in your closet. This will make your closet management a bit easier. Extra items can be managed to the other portions of the house.
2. What to do with unnecessary items
De-cluttering unwanted items are also tricky and headache providing. Look for the usable and in-perfect-condition items. You can simply ask your siblings, relative or your friends if they need any of them. This is a proven tip to de-clutter the closet. If you are still left with the collection of unwanted items, set them aside and give them in charity. This is another way to recycle items and saving the environment. Throw out the broken items if they cannot be fixed.
3. Categorize items on shelves
Start with categorizing items that can be placed on one shelf of the closet. For example, scarves and caps, jeans and trousers can be placed together as companions. This way, you will know where to find alike things. Also, if you have several shelves in your closet, you can manage your things easily by putting them into the suitable shelf. This way, you can find your things easily and quickly. Put your clothing on the front shelves, shoes on the lower shelves and other items like scarves, caps, hats, magazines, woolen etc on the top shelves. Use top shelves to keep things which are not used frequently. Put small accessories in the drawers.
4. Use separate boxes
If you are still in trouble in managing your closet, get suitable size of attractive boxes that can fit beautifully in your closet giving it a rich look. You can put alike things in them. This will be quiet easy to manage your closet every time you take out or put things.
5. Take help
Call for the help from your friend or any family member or your partner. This will lessen your de-cluttering time. Choose your helper wisely. He/she should be smooth with cleaning and should not be trouble-creating or yelling kind of person.
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. I often find my closet cluttered. What should I do to manage it in no time?
Take care every time you put anything inside your closet. Keep a habit of arranging things on the spot rather than leaving them to manage behind. Also, keep less items or divide your shelves.
2. I am a fashion freak. I like to buy things and I use them all but I find my closet not fit for my all items. Please solve my problem.
If things are too much to take care of, get another closet and keep it next to the bigger one. Put small items like scarves, caps, hats, goggles, shoes etc in the smaller one.
Quick Tips
- Throw away your emotions and fear before starting de-cluttering process. It will serve as a full proof weapon to get rid off unwanted items.
- Define a particular time for decluttering your closet every week/month. This way, you will find a managed and beautiful closet every time you open it.
Things To Watch Out For:
- Keep the doors and inner sides on the closet clean. This will quicken the de-cluttering process.
- Put a little trash can nearby to your closet. You will find it easy to throw unwanted/broken items immediately into the bin.
- Label the boxes that what items you have kept in them. This will easy to find out the thing in a hurry.
