Closet Storage

Frequently Asked Questions about Closet Storage

1. How to de-clutter a closet storage?

Why make it cluttered in the first place? Now that you have, don’t worry, we have your back. Use your brain and DIY ideas to make every cubic feet of the closet storage available. Put up a junk drawer and shove items which you fail to place properly. Pile your shirts and denim in a neat and folded way. Hang items from coordinated hangers. Put up a rotating shoe tower or hanging shoe organizer. Hang belts and scarves in-line and keep woolens in cubbies. Use storage boxes for t-shirt, pajama or workout clothes. Keep your formal suits or dresses in dirt-free garment bags and store them in the back of the closet. Above all, do not clutter.

2. How to organize closet storage?

There are myriad of ways to do so, dear. Instead of single hangers, use 5-in-1 hangers; shelf dividers can come to your rescue. Stack your belts, bags, and scarves in boxes or just hang them from hooks inside your closet storage. Lingerie and socks are some of the unruly items in your closet. Use drawer organizers and manage them like a pro. Before all these, just decide which items you should keep and which you should toss away.

3. How to maximize storage space in a small closet?

Keep your purses and totes in a bag organizer, hang a shoe pocket organizer behind the closet door, stack similar items into cardboard boxes, hang jewelry items from the empty walls, use drawer dividers to store the intimates, socks etc. Add drawers or put a drawer set under the hanging clothes. Install a closet organizer consisting of hang track, shelf brackets, rods and rod support- everything. These will solve your issue and maximize the closet storage space.

4. Which closet organizer gives you the maximum storage?

Closet organizers that come with everything- from standards to rod supports are best to get more storage space. Storage bins are also good options to utilize the space inside your closet. Pay attention to the vertical space of your closet storage. Hang organizers for your shoes or bags on this space and voila.

5. What is the best closet storage system?

Well, it is tough to say as this will vary with your choice and requirements. Alan, Rubbermaid Configurations closet storage, ClosetMaid Impressions are top choices of critics in 2020. As for your little ones, Little Seeds Grow with Me is a good choice. If you have a fascination for solid wood, John Louis has closet storage of red mahogany for you. If you are eying a large walk-in closet, Elfa has you covered with closet storage consisting of shoe racks, shelves etc. So, choose any and see which one suits you best!

6. How to build closet storage?

Choose a piece of plywood (at least 72-inch) and drill holes on it at a certain distance for attaching pegs once you are finished. Miter the plywood with the help of a saw blade. Glue the mitered corners together and give it the shape of a box and fix them with pin nails. Now, secure the back of the box by putting another piece of plywood on it and flushing the edges. Now, turn it right side up and screw a piece of ply on the front along with screwing a piano hinge together. This will make your closet door. Now put it upright, open the door and slide the shelves into. Insert shelf pegs into the holes. Finally, screw a knob and latch as you wish. There you have it.

7. How to install a closet storage?

Before installing you need a well-chalked out plan. You can trust your skills or take the help of an interior decorator. Mark the studs where you wish to hang the tower unit. You can grab ready-to-assemble kits and make your tower easily by following the directions and locking the bolts and cams together. Now, as you desire, put them on the floor or hang on the wall. Attach brackets on the tower unit and wall; cut shelves to size and place on the bracket- you get your top shelf. Now, attach open and close brackets on the tower and wall respectively, size the rod and lock it with a screw to get your hang rod. Now place drawers, cubbies and more shelves as per your need here and there. And you have your closet storage installed.

8. Where to buy plastic closet storage?

Visit any shops selling interior designing items or furniture and choose from the options. Also, you can always trust online shopping sites that have a wide array of plastic closet storage for you to choose from. As for guarantee and material quality, you have to trust the reviews the customers give and decide which product to go for.

9. What do you keep in closet storage?

Anything you wish. But then again, do you want it to be your closet or junkyard? Then just decide that you actually want to keep. Refer to the “To Keep or Not to Keep” section of this article to get a better idea of what you should keep, donate, or toss away. You’ll find three similar black cardigans, five similar green t-shirts and so many other things which have just piled up over the years. Keep your clothes, shoes, bags, scarves, tie and belts, intimates, suits, dresses, woolen garments, denim, jewelry- did we miss anything? Well, keep that too in the closet.

10. How to convert a closet into a pantry with pull-out storage?

At first, take all the measurements and chalk up a plan where you want to keep your pantry items. If needed, remove the door frame and make sure the door is sliding or opens on the front. Pull out all the poles and shelves from there. Put the baseboard straight across the closet wall and install the pull out drawers. You must ensure that everything is dry fitted after you complete each step. You can line up the cabinet front with the wall of the closet storage.

Remember what Amy Fine Collins says; “Opening up your closet should be like arriving at a really good party where everyone you see is someone you like.” With a pile of stained and cluttered items crowding your closet, that won’t ever be possible, will it? Get up and get going! Have a clutter-free closet storage today with the tips we shared. After all, “You do not know what you have unless you clean your closet!”