Effective wardrobe picking techniques

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

"It's easier to find Narnia than a sweater!"

You need to prepare well for the battle with the invaders of hangers, boxes and shelves. We stock up on patience, develop a strategy and get ready to test in practice popular tactics to combat clothing chaos.

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Attack on the clones

First of all, you need to get rid of everything unnecessary. We will not focus on the fact that clothes that have not been used for more than a year are subject to immediate eviction. Better to focus on the pile of things that will remain after this obvious parsing procedure.

Our task is to get rid of the "twins". Surely things of the same style and color have accumulated in your wardrobe. Examine them carefully and leave one copy at a time that has retained the best possible presentation.

Everything else is discarded, especially if repeated washing and regular use have brought the material to an indecent and alarming state. Or to the points of reception of clothes, in the absence of obvious defects. Let them be used by those who need it more than you. The same applies to things that you bought, but for some reason stopped wearing: put on weight, lost weight, disliked … saw your best friend in exactly the same. No matter what guides you, these actions will bring tangible benefits to you and others.

I'll be back

They will definitely come back … but only when the season comes. The second stage is the analysis of things according to the seasons: summer, winter and spring-autumn. Do not store outfits intended for the next time period on the central shelves - put them in special boxes in the upper tier or, if space permits, in a separate closet. For convenience, we recommend that you sign them to make it easier to find what you need later. An alternative is transparent containers.

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The next step on the path to perfect order is sorting the clothes left over from weeding. We must place it so that any element of the wardrobe can be reached with a slight movement of the hand. If, in the process of fishing out the necessary items from the closet, you touch something else, the alignment is bad. Fortunately, we live in an age of consumption, and something new is being created for our needs every day - find storage modules in the corresponding departments of stores that fill the space of your shelves as efficiently as possible. These can be boxes with disproportionate dividers, pull-out systems, honeycomb containers and much more.

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The main task is to divide clothes according to purpose and size. For example, knitwear on hangers can stretch, so it's best to fold it in a separate pile. Lingerie and socks can be put into special compartments in the drawers intended for them. Similar storage systems can be purchased for belts, waistbands, and ties. Scarves are usually placed on the door, but if this is not possible, then hangers with a chain of rings will help out. Pants and skirts should hang from the lower bar, and shirts, blouses and jackets should hang from the upper one.

Shoes are traditionally offered to be packed in boxes, but it is inconvenient to store high boots in them. And for this case, there is an original solution: trouser hangers with special clothespins perfectly fix the edge of the bootleg - such bunches are obtained.

However, to disassemble according to purpose is half the battle. In order to have enough free space in the closet, you also need to be able to fold clothes correctly. There are some clever t-shirt folding techniques (with video tutorials) that are very popular in the internet community. But such high-speed techniques are good only to surprise with the skill of friends. In practice, completely different techniques are used. The most common advice is “roll-to-roll” packaging. It has two advantages: things wrinkle less and take up less space. But if the "flat world" is more familiar to you, then it makes sense to improve your skills - the network spaces are full of photo examples on the correct packing of clothes.

Bonus at last! A few household secrets:

• Socks should not be placed one into the other, giving them the shape of a ball: the material stretches and the operating time is shortened - it is better to fold one to the other, fixing them with a wrapped elastic band
• Shoes in narrow low boxes are better positioned if one of the paired elements is turned on its side
• Bags can be stored on S-hooks that can be attached to a trouser or shirt bar
• A double hanger can be made using a regular can ring, passing it through the folded end - this will give you additional space for things in the same space

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So, goodbye, Narnia, hello, a new ideal world … a world of logically laid out things! Make predictability the main feature of your closet. Don't waste your energy looking for things, make sure that they are always in the right place and at the right time!