Coat Closet Woes
When you organize your home, don’t overlook the coat closet. The coat closet is an important central area that should not be ignored. If you think about it, your family’s day can be impacted by the state of your coat closet every day.
We use our coat closets to keep the entrances to our homes inviting and clear. With kids coming in and out with backpacks, sports equipment, shoes, coats, gloves and so forth, we really need to have the coat closet prepared. Besides holding the kids’ things, we also stow our brief cases, laptops, purses, jackets and tote bags in the coat closet. So, you see, it gets a lot of traffic. The average family member probably visits and uses the coat closet about twice a day.
Getting the coat closet organized can keep your home in working order. There’s nothing worse than starting out every day behind schedule, searching for important items, and not being able to find the things that we need to get our day moving. Additionally, if everyone comes home and throws their things down in the entryway, then it can quickly become a heap of junk that is impossible to keep under control.
Make a list of everything that your coat closet needs to hold. Start with the bulkiest items and work your way down to gloves and mittens. Coats, of course, are usually number one on the list. You will need to make sure that you have room to keep your coats from being crammed together. Coats need to have space between them so that they can dry after being exposed to snow, rain or even just humidity. A good rule of thumb here is to not keep every coat that you own in the coat closet. Keep the coats that you wear every day in the coat closet just so you can find them easily when you need them. This will help keep space clear for all of those other daily items that you need handy.
The next big thing to organize is back packs, brief cases and laptop bags. Most people can just install heavy duty hooks up the sides of each closet wall. But, if you have room, you can put in shelves that are deep enough and tall enough to hold your bags. If you do use shelves, then you probably still have room for hooks where you can hang your purse, totes and other smaller items that need a place to go.
For really small items, consider an over-the-door organizer. One with moveable baskets is great for dividing up items by type or by who owns them. The lowest basket can be for the youngest family member and the highest for the oldest or tallest family member. Baskets make great ventilated storage for hats, scarves and mittens. They’ll be easy to grab and go if they’re not all crammed in a box or thrown in a pile.
Keep baskets and bins for each family member’s personal small items. Use sturdy wood hangers to keep coats from ending up on the floor or misshapen at the shoulders. Get your coat closet organized and your family mornings will be much more pleasant!
About the Author: Joe Granville is on the staff of Only Hangers, a leading online resource for wood hangers, coat hangers and all types of clothes hangers which is recognized for the excellent quality and value of its wood hanger and coat hanger offerings. For more information, please visit http://www.onlyhangers.com.
We use our coat closets to keep the entrances to our homes inviting and clear. With kids coming in and out with backpacks, sports equipment, shoes, coats, gloves and so forth, we really need to have the coat closet prepared. Besides holding the kids’ things, we also stow our brief cases, laptops, purses, jackets and tote bags in the coat closet. So, you see, it gets a lot of traffic. The average family member probably visits and uses the coat closet about twice a day.
Getting the coat closet organized can keep your home in working order. There’s nothing worse than starting out every day behind schedule, searching for important items, and not being able to find the things that we need to get our day moving. Additionally, if everyone comes home and throws their things down in the entryway, then it can quickly become a heap of junk that is impossible to keep under control.
Make a list of everything that your coat closet needs to hold. Start with the bulkiest items and work your way down to gloves and mittens. Coats, of course, are usually number one on the list. You will need to make sure that you have room to keep your coats from being crammed together. Coats need to have space between them so that they can dry after being exposed to snow, rain or even just humidity. A good rule of thumb here is to not keep every coat that you own in the coat closet. Keep the coats that you wear every day in the coat closet just so you can find them easily when you need them. This will help keep space clear for all of those other daily items that you need handy.
The next big thing to organize is back packs, brief cases and laptop bags. Most people can just install heavy duty hooks up the sides of each closet wall. But, if you have room, you can put in shelves that are deep enough and tall enough to hold your bags. If you do use shelves, then you probably still have room for hooks where you can hang your purse, totes and other smaller items that need a place to go.
For really small items, consider an over-the-door organizer. One with moveable baskets is great for dividing up items by type or by who owns them. The lowest basket can be for the youngest family member and the highest for the oldest or tallest family member. Baskets make great ventilated storage for hats, scarves and mittens. They’ll be easy to grab and go if they’re not all crammed in a box or thrown in a pile.
Keep baskets and bins for each family member’s personal small items. Use sturdy wood hangers to keep coats from ending up on the floor or misshapen at the shoulders. Get your coat closet organized and your family mornings will be much more pleasant!
About the Author: Joe Granville is on the staff of Only Hangers, a leading online resource for wood hangers, coat hangers and all types of clothes hangers which is recognized for the excellent quality and value of its wood hanger and coat hanger offerings. For more information, please visit http://www.onlyhangers.com.
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