August is the month to be thinking about organizing your closet. Why? All the stores will be having their pre-fall sales this month. You will want to have sorted/ cleared out what doesn’t fit or flatter so you are ready to fill in any holes in your wardrobe.
The best advice I can give in a short blog is to think of your closet as your “store”. You want to be able to “shop your closet” just as you would at a retail establishment. What does that mean in terms of organizing? Well, in the store all the short sleeved shirts/blouses are on the same rack. Slacks are hung together and grouped by color. Shoes are in a separate department. You get the idea.
Hopefully, when you get done weeding out and rearranging, you will be able to see what you have at a glance. if you find that your clothes are still jammed in there, you may want to consider today’s product on review – the double-hang closet rod. This is a quick fix to expand your hanging space without putting in an entire closet system.
Here are a couple examples.
The product featured to the left from Bed, Bath & Beyond has limited adjustable ranges in both height and width, holds 40 lbs max, and sells for $14.99. If you get on their mailing list, you will get 20% off coupons every so often.
The right photo shows a comparable rod from The Container Store, that adjusts widthwise from 20-36″ and in height from 28-51″. This version sells for $19.99 normally, but is on sale for $12.99 with the college dorm push going on now.
My advice is to purchase two rods and keep the width at the lower end for greater strength. Hanging shirts/blouses on the top and skirts/slacks on the bottom makes sense in “shopping” but you make the final decision.
If you need help on where to start on your closet, my colleague, Elizabeth Hagen, is hosting a teleseminar on August 19th, 1 p.m. EST on “How to Organize Your Closet so you will get Dressed… Not Stressed!“ She is very good at walking folks through the organizing process step-by-step. The seminar is not free, but is under $20.
Now you don’t have any more excuses. Get crackin’ on that closet so you can go shopping while the good stuff is on sale. With your double-hang rods you can fit twice as much in there!
Free From Life Clutter! Throw Out 50 Things – Book Review
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Available at Amazon, $20
Do you wonder if you can ever streamline, but are afraid to throw out something that is important? Life coach Gail Blanke’s book Throw Out FIFTY Things might be just the thing you need for that extra push!
This book is not only about clearing out physical clutter, as freeing as that is. Once you take the first steps of tackling drawers and shelves that are holding debris from actions and attitudes long past, you are pumped up to do the real work of pitching the emotional baggage that is weighing you down. Gail’s vision is “to empower men and women to live truly exceptional lives.”
What is your “life plaque”? What is holding you back from, as the Army puts it, being all that you can be? This book is a great motivator to just get started!
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