Among ever-changing fashion trends, seasonal clothes, and forever-favorites, it can feel impossible to keep your clothes organized. The retail market’s worth $1.4 trillion, which makes storage space crucial.
If you find yourself questioning whether your closet’s the same size it was when you bought the house, it’s time to simplify. Don’t worry, you don’t have to donate or ditch your statement pieces.
Organizing’s a decluttering method. Seasonal clothes invite seasonal closet cleaning.
Here’s how to keep your fashion closet fresh.
Store or Sport Your Seasonal Clothes
Closets are homes for your clothes. Having a chaotic closet makes for chaotic mornings.
Imagine: not finding that one defining belt could cost you your 9 o’clock client. Looking at bathing suits during winter seasons only makes you angry.
If you have seasonal clothes, you have two options: store them or sport them. Here’s how to make it so that every season’s clothing shines.
1. Below the Bed
If you’re an out of sight, out of mind person, it’s easy to shove last season’s clothes below the bed. They might come back in style, you say.
To keep organized, label your latched bins so your future self can thank you. They might say summer suits or springtime scarves to distinguish what’s what.
Designating spaces keeps your closet clean and fashion-forward.
2. Above Your Head
If you have shelf space in your closet, use it! That way, if you dare resurrect last season’s sweater, it’ll be close by.
It can help to see what you’ve stored in case you want to reclaim it.
3. Storage Rooms
You may not want to give up a guest room to store bags and boxes and you don’t have to. That’s what storage rooms are for.
If you don’t have one, attics and basements can keep your clothes safe during the off-seasons.
4. Garages
Garages are great for storage. If you don’t need your seasonal clothes for another year, consider vacuum sealing bags of clothes to save space. Be sure to fold them beforehand to avoid permanent wrinkling.
5. Self-Storage
Organizing your closet leaves space for your all seasons clothing—the clothes that never get old. If you have vintage wear, costumes, or delicate clothes taking up space, consider the benefits of self storage units.
If you’ve inherited clothing from relatives or own clothes from a sacred era, tuck them away safely with self storage. You don’t need to see them every day, but you know they’re there when you want them.
Strategic Storage
Before you know which seasonal clothes to store and which to sport, consider how much space you have to work with. How many clothes need storing? What’s essential and what can you part with?
Once you take inventory, you’ll know where to store them. The strategic storage process reveals your relationship with your clothes in a more personal way.
The result’s living with more intention, more space, and better fashion than ever before. For more advice on living your best home life, check out our latest blog posts!