Organize Your Coat Closet

Coat closets not only hold coats, they also become storage for items like phone books, shoes, scarves, and even the vacuum cleaner. This amazing collection of items can leave you with a disorganized, and cluttered closet. People often find that they don’t know where to begin when taming this clutter. It may be that everything is packed so tightly that you just don’t know how you will create an ounce of space.

A good place to start is to actually make a list of the things you dislike about the coat closet. Are you overly frustrated by the growing pile of footwear? Do you have to pull almost everything out to find a matching pair of shoes? Are wet snow boots piled on to the mountain of shoes? This can leave you with a mildew smell that can permeate everything in the closet, including your nice, wool coats. Perhaps you have resorted to plastic drawers in the past and are now finding that you can’t remember what’s in them, and can’t open them enough to see.

Lots of us have heavy coats or jackets that occupy extra room; if your ceilings are high, you can add another layer of hanging storage for these or other items. Consider purchasing an inexpensive hanger “grabber”–a long, adjustable pole designed to help you reach items hanging on the upper level of your closet. The grabber is easy to use and gives you access to those high places, potentially increasing your storage area twofold.

If most of your coats are short, or children’s coats, you can even use two bars with a ceiling that is only eight feet. Perhaps coats are not the challenge, but you find that you simply have run out of space for shoes, purses, scarves and other items that can be folded. When this is the case, you may want to consider placing shorter bars on the sides of the closet, and then using the back wall for shelving or drawers. Don’t forget the benefit of hook for items that could be hung up and moved off the floor such as tote bags and umbrellas.

If you have drawers in your coat closet try to get some clear plastic ones, so you can determine what is inside each without having to open them. Perhaps have baskets for certain items like hats, scarves, gloves etc. You can use vacuum storage bags to keep bulkier items like quilts stored in as small a space as possible. These vacuum bags work by removing all of the air from the bag once the item is inside, making large things such as quilts extremely small.

You can avoid wet shoes or coats making your coat closet smell by using cedar coat hangers. It may feel like a huge task but once your coat closet is clean and tidy it will be one big load off your mind.

For more articles on coat hangers, check out plastic coat hangers and space saving hangers.

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