How to Organize Storage for Closets

A huge stress that many people face is not being able to find something that they are looking for when they need it. We all put things in a certain spot so we don't forget where we put it. Inevitably we always forget where the spot is and end up ransacking our home trying to find it. You can affordably organize the closets in your home and never lose anything again.

1. Go to your local grocery store or liquor store and ask for empty boxes


2. Visit an art supply store and get construction paper, glue, markers and scissors if you do not already own them


3. Take everything out of the first closet that needs organizing


4. Separate the items that are found inside into three piles: keep, toss and charity.


5. After every item is out of the closet and in the perspective pile, take the toss pile and immediately throw it in the garbage outside. This is a great way to insure that you are not going to try to salvage something that clearly needs to be tossed.


6. Take the charity pile and immediately bag all of the items up and put the bags in a separate room where you cannot see them. This will help you to only focus on the items that you wanted to keep at first glance.


7. Take the items that are in the keep pile and go through them again. Look for damaged or broken parts. Check to see if the items still work.


8. Take the remaining objects and separate them into the empty boxes that you received, grouping like-objects together. If you have a collection of card games, place all of the card games in one box. Place board games in their own box.


9. Take all of the boxes and place them in a row in front of you.


10. Take the first box and dump out the contents. Take the construction paper and use the marker to write the name of the contents on the paper.


11. Paste the construction paper to the side of the box.


12. Label all of the boxes with the contents that are inside. You can use the same color construction paper for all of the boxes or mix it up to create a bright and colorful closet.


13. Place the boxes inside of the closet on the top shelf and on the floor.


14. Take the clothing or coats that were in the closet and arrange them from shortest sleeve to longest sleeve.


15. Purge the closet on a regular basis to keep it neat and organized.