With us all spending more time at home during the latest lockdown, now is the perfect time to declutter and organise your wardrobe. An organised wardrobe will not only make your life easier and more functional, it will also reduce unnecessary stress on a daily basis.
Here are some of our top tips for organising your wardrobe space:
- Take everything out of your wardrobe
Start by taking all your clothes out of your wardrobe and sort through every item, allocating into one of four piles:
- Keep
- Sell
- Donate
- Dispose
A good rule of thumb when trying to decide whether to keep or discard items is that if you haven’t worn something for a year, then you probably won’t wear it again!
- Organise by category, style or colour
Decide how you are going to organise your clothes – some people prefer to organise by category (eg work, leisure, gym), whereas some people sort by style (eg trousers, skirts, t-shirts), whilst other people prefer to categorise their wardrobe by colour.
However you prefer to organise your wardrobe, we can guarantee it will make looking for a particular item a much quicker process, meaning more time for you and less rush in the morning!
- Separate the seasons
It is easy for winter wardrobes to take over, with bulky coats and jumpers vying for space, so it is a good idea to divide your clothes into seasons, so that you can pack one half away when it is not needed. If you don’t have sufficient space to store clothes that you won’t need for several months, then Offerfair self-storage is the perfect solution.
- Wash and dry your clothes properly
If you are putting seasonal clothing items away, make sure you wash and dry them prior to storing, even if they look clean. However, there is no need to iron them before putting them into storage as you’ll want to iron them when they are going to be worn again, and nobody wants to do the ironing twice!
- Use newspaper to keep shoes in shape
Storing shoes and boots can be difficult as they can easily lose their shape when put in a bag or box so we recommend storing them away from clothes and to place some newspaper inside them so they keep their shape.
- Pack your clothes with care
If you are storing clothes, then always roll clothes instead of folding them as this prevents them creasing, and you will be able to fit more rolled-up items into a box. Also remember to put heavier items at the bottom and lighter, more delicate items at the top.
If you have got any more tips on how to organise your wardrobe, then contact us and we will share the best ones in future news, blogs and on our Facebook and Twitter pages!
