There are many ways to keep a kid's closet organized and accessible without spending a lot of money or time. Organizing expert Louise Kurzeka shares her top 10 tips:
1 Take everything out of the closet and sort, establishing what stays and what goes.
2 Use the highest shelf to store out-of-season clothes or hand-me-downs from an older sibling. Store in labeled containers by season (fall/winter, spring/summer) or by size (3T, for example). Hang out-of-season dresses in the back part of the closet.
3 Place a cardboard box on an upper shelf for donations. As the child outgrows items, they can immediately be put in the donation box.
4 Pair up matching outfits and store them on one hanger.
5 Place a tall kitchen garbage can on the closet floor and use it as a clothes hamper. Kids are more likely to use a hamper/clothes basket when it is close to where they change clothes.
6 Place a basket on the floor of the closet for storing stuffed animals.
7 For younger children, it may be easiest to create a home for their shoes by designating a dishpan on the closet floor.
