Looking for what we need inside the closet can become an impossible mission if our wardrobe isn't organized. There are some tricks that make the arduous task of neatly arranging clothes in the closet easier: here are Artigli's tips!
How to tidy up your wardrobe: tricks to save time
First of all, it would be appropriate to think about accessories, which are smaller and harder to place: there are containers on the market designed specifically to hold scarves, foulards, and belts: these containers fit easily inside drawers and can be tidied up in an instant.
What about t-shirts? According to home organization experts, a very simple way to organize t-shirts and tops is to roll them up tightly and line them up, sorting them by color. When drawers are particularly deep, you can save space by placing t-shirts vertically, as you would in a suitcase, to pack more items.
Clothes hangers can prove to be excellent allies and are easily transformed into "hooks" for hanging scarves, foulards, and other longer accessories: this way, we will always have them available and won't run the risk of finding them tangled and hopelessly ruined. Hangers can also be linked together with the help of soda can tabs: say goodbye to overflowing drawers and welcome a new, sensible order.
One of the most popular tricks involves using the hooks from an old shower curtain: before throwing it away, let's recover these precious little hooks, which will be useful for hanging pants and jeans: seeing is believing!
What are the types of footwear that take up the most space in the closet? Boots, of course! How to remedy this bulky inconvenience? To avoid damaging them and to ensure they keep their shape, you can rely on hangers with delicate clips that allow you to hang them without ruining them.
And underwear? We will no longer have to go fishing inside drawers to retrieve socks that have ended up at the bottom of a pile of miscellaneous stuff. The best solution is to organize intimate apparel inside small rigid boxes according to type.
How to store sweaters in the closet?
One of the items in the wardrobe that is hardest to organize is sweaters. These generally very heavy items cannot be hung, as their weight can damage them: the fabric often tends to stretch at the shoulders, deforming the sweater and compromising its fit. Avoiding a sloppy and unkempt look is possible by carefully folding sweaters inside the wardrobe, stacking them on the closet shelves, or placing them in clear plastic containers that allow us to spot the desired item immediately.
Sweaters can also be placed inside the large drawers present in the wardrobe or in chests of drawers outside the closet: this way, they can be better preserved, especially during the months they aren't used and tend to accumulate dust. Let's organize them side by side, highlighting particular patterns or prints that help us distinguish them.
How to organize pants in the closet?
Contrary to popular belief, pants are very simple to organize, and there are several ways to keep them handy so you can always find what you are looking for. Let's organize jeans and pants by length with the crotch folded in the same direction for each garment: we can also consider dividing these clothing items by type, separating jeans from trousers, and so on.
To save space, we can group similar models by stacking them on top of each other or hanging them on a single hanger: this way, we'll have flared pants, slim-fit ones, jeans, sporty pants, and all the others in a row. For skirts, we will use the same criterion, grouping long skirts or short skirts together and carefully avoiding placing fabrics that could be damaged because they are particularly delicate side by side: let's reserve a part of the closet for the most precious items or those with special embellishments.
How to divide clothes by color?
Faced with a well-organized closet, it becomes very simple to find the garment to wear for the right occasion, even better if the items are arranged according to color. The visual impact is also much more pleasant when faced with a well-conceived chromatic scale.
We can opt for the “color block” style by grouping garments of the same color together and moving, for example, from the darkest shade to the lightest, or vice versa.
We can also rely on the color wheel, the Itten circle, an optimal solution for creating color combinations within the wardrobe.
According to this tool, we can create valid basic combinations by pairing monochromatic colors—meaning those expressed in multiple shades—analogous colors (those found next to each other on the wheel), and complementary colors, which are found on opposite sides of the Itten circle.
Besides tidying up the closet, it is also necessary to maintain it, so the golden rule that governs all others is to always put everything back in its right place so as not to end up with piles of stuff to organize and a wardrobe that is messy all over again. Stock up on Artigli garments and organize them the right way to have a wardrobe of possibilities at your disposal!