Sort Your Hanging Clothes by Style

The signature of a well-organized walk-in closet is neatly arranged clothes hanging on the racks. Whether you have one bar all the way around or layered clothing bars, there's something uniquely elegant about clothes that are clearly arranged by their visual style.

Hanger Groups:

Start by creating hanger groups or categories. Tidy clusters of hangers look better than an even spread across the bar and help to keep your clothes organized to quickly grab what you need on the go.

Group By Type and Height:

Group your hanging clothes by type and height, which typically go together. For example, group all your folded-over pants together, all your jackets and long-sleeve shirts, all your long dresses or robes, and all your everyday shirts or blouses. 

Group By Style:

You can also organize your hanging clothes according to specific styles, such as formal, casual, work, and outdoor clothes. These will visually match in fabric and ambiance.

Group by Outfit: 

If you tend to pre-plan outfits, you can hang individual outfits in mini-clusters of hangers for easy dressing each day.

Add a Shoe Rack Along the Baseboard

A classic walk-in closet organization idea is to place a shoe rack below your hanging clothes.  The size depends on how many shoes you want to store, and it's a tidy way to keep all your shoes neatly paired and ready for action. You can display your nice special-occasion shoes on the top rack and keep your daily sneakers on the lower rack alongside your more casual and outdoor shoes.

Some people also prefer a hanging shoe rack on the back of the closet door or to arrange their shoes on a vertical shelf.

Make Use of Your Vertical Shelves

If your walk-in closet has built-in vertical shelves, you're in luck. These are the perfect place for your folded laundry. Smaller items and soft clothing that don't need to be hung up look great when folded neatly into vertical shelves in your walk-in closet. The recent trend of shallow cloth organizer boxes can also increase the efficiency and tidiness of your vertical shelf storage.

Cloth Organizer Boxes

Cloth organizers are cloth-covered shallow boxes that help to contain your folded clothes and small personal items. Find a style that slides neatly into your walk-in closet's shelves and enjoy a more versatile and efficient storage solution.

For example, a cloth box is the perfect place to neatly stack your balled sock pairs while keeping them easy to grab on the go. They are also excellent storage for accessories that are difficult to arrange in neat stacks on a shelf. Cloth boxes are portable, as well, and you can grab one to make your choice on the bed without dumping everything from your shelf to re-fold later.

Strategic Use of Your Upper Shelves

The upper shelves in your walk-in closet are the perfect place for medium-term storage: Things you need occasionally but not every day. It's quite common to store things like folded extra linens and spare blankets for your bed, a few boxes of keepsakes, or your travel luggage that you only need a few times a year.

The key to elegant upper shelves is to designate a tidy space for each thing you want to stow.  Keep your linens stacked neatly, store your keepsakes in labeled totes for easy access, and nest your luggage to take up the minimum space while in storage.

Tidy Your Closet Once a Week

The key to keeping your walk-in closet organized is to reinforce your design regularly. While you may pop in a whole stack of laundry on the go, remember to re-sort your hangers so your clothes go back into their organized categories. Take the time to neatly fold smaller items into their organizer boxes and habitually bring stray shoes back to the rack.

You'll love how convenient and accessible your walk-in closet is when you put in just a little time to keep it organized each week.

Apartments with Walk-In Closets in Waite Park, MN

For some of us, having a walk-in closet is a must. Whether you have a big wardrobe or just like extra space to stay organized, you'll find beautifully spacious walk-in closets in Waite Park apartments right here at Park Meadows. Contact us to book a tour and see these walk-in closets (and our other awesome amenities) for yourself.