How to Clean a Clothes Closet
Closets tend to be ideal places to shove clutter when unexpected guests visit. While most closets mainly house clothing, they can also be used to store shoes, handbags and boxes of storage. Over time, a closet can get extremely messy and is often overlooked during housecleaning because it is so easy to just close the door. These easy steps will ensure that your clothes closet is kept clean.
- Remove everything from your closet. You may be surprised at what you find in the back. Make sure that the rest of your room is already clean and try to put everything in one corner or on the bed.
- Sort the contents of your closet into piles—articles that will go back into the closet, items that are to be donated or tossed and things that need to go elsewhere. If you forgot you had it or haven’t worn it in over a year, you can probably get rid of it.
- Vacuum out the bottom of your closet and dust any shelves or ledges. This will help keep dust and dirt off of your clothes, blankets and other closet contents.
- Purchase stackable storage bins or shoe boxes if necessary to add organization to your closet to prevent future clutter. Label the bins accordingly and stack in a manner that allows you access to your most used items.
- Fold any clothing before putting it back into your closet and make sure those that aren’t folded have hangers. It is easy to have too few hangers in your closet and then clothes end up balled up in a corner or thrown on the ground.
- Add an air freshener or moth balls to ward off any unwanted smells or pests. You may also want to consider purchasing a closet dehumidifier to prevent any mold and unwanted moisture if you live in a humid area or your closet is in your basement.
- Make a cleaning schedule to regularly clean out your closet to avoid clutter. After your first big closet cleaning, each time after should be much easier and not take you nearly as long.