Double The Storage Space In Your Bedroom Closet

Lee Dobbins () -

Everyone needs more storage space, right? Well a good closet organizer can double the storage space in your closet and make it easier for you to find just what you need.

There’s 2 basic types of closet organizers. One is actually more like closet furniture and has built in drawers cubbies and of course poles to hang your clothes. These can run you quite a bit of money but do a great job to organize and beautify your closet and will be durable enough to last a long time. A less costly alternative is found in wire closet organizers that offer almost the same amount of organization but aren’t as pretty and may not wear as well. Both kinds will work with a walk in closet or a simple reach in closet.

When buying an organizer system for you closet, you want to keep in mind what kind of clothing you have and how much of it. Do you have tons of shoes, but not a lot of shirts? Then you'll want more storage units for shoes. If you have a lot of hats, scarves and purses, make sure you design in storage space for those. Your organizer system should be customized to the types of clothing and accessories you own as much as possible.

There are many different storage units you can incorporate into your closet design to make things easier to find and also give you more storage space. Some of the organizer units you might want to think about include:

Shoe Cubes - each cube fits a pair of shoes and they stack on top of each other so all your shoes are available at a glance

Shelves - for folded jeans, sweaters, purses and hats

Tiered Tie Racks - for ties, scarves or belts

Drawers - for those personal items you don’t want to leave out in the open

Slide Out Bins - great for laundry, just slide them out and bring them down to the washer.

A well though out closet organizer design can double or even triple your storage space. Don't forget to add stacked rods for your shorter items to hang on top of each other which gives you twice as much space in the same linear area.

About the Author

Lee Dobbins is editor of Bedroom Designs and Decorations where you can find great bedroom design ideas for dozens of bedroom themes.

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Comment #1 itsmrsjonesy from * -

These are some great tips and I think that since I currently have no idea what is even in my closet because of the mess in it I will be trying some of these ideas out!!

Comment #2 Robin from Funkytown -

I definitely need something for all of my jeans. I've been hanging them up and it's taking up too much space in my closet!!

Comment #3 Star from NY -

Thank god we have a shelf in our closet. I can't tell you how many sweatshirts we have. I mean you can only wear one at a time and you don't even wear them all year long. The shelf is quite high up and goes all around the closet. The cubby for the shoes I should really look into as well. I have plenty of space to put them but instead the shoes just get thrown in the back and then you have to search for them when you want them. When I get a half second in my life I should really get that closet organized. These are some great tips to get started with.

Comment #4 George from Dead Like Me -

In our old house we had wire shelves that also served as the hanger rails. I fed DH's ties through the wires instead of buying a tie rack. We thought it was genius. It certainly was a space saver.

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