Daily Habits: Achieve & Maintain an Organized Custom Closet

Do a Five-Minute Tidy

You might be surprised by how much you can accomplish in just five minutes. Either in the morning or the evening, spend a few minutes tidying up your closet. Make sure your clothing is hanging neatly, check the drawers to see if they need a little bit of attention, and make sure nothing is on the floor. 

If nothing is amiss, grab a microfiber cloth or dust rag, and spend the minutes quickly wiping down the shelves, drawers, or even the baseboards. You might also choose to use your five minutes vacuuming or sweeping the floor. By taking on these tasks for just a few moments each day, you’ll eliminate the need to go in on a sunny Saturday morning to spend an hour cleaning out the closet.

Make Good Use of Wall Hooks

If you have hooks hanging in your custom closet, you can put items away in seconds. Accessories, like scarves, belts, neckties, and lightweight purses, can simply be placed on hooks – allowing you to put them where they belong without any hassle. Use these daily to keep your closet looking neat and tidy.

If you don’t currently have hooks, you can have your home organization company install some high-end ones for you, or you can add these yourself. Even temporary hooks can do in a pinch, and you can buy these for just a few dollars each. Just be mindful of the weight limit they can accommodate. Also, make sure they can be removed without damaging your paint.

Inspect Clothing Each Evening When You Take It Off

Do you have a pile of clothing that needs to be treated for stains? Rather than saving up clothes for stain treatments, you can do this as you undress each evening. Take a good look at what you’re taking off, and have a stain stick handy. Check your collars for perspiration marks and the fronts of your shirts for any errant food drips. Go ahead, and apply that stain stick immediately, and your stained clothing will be ready to go into the hamper.

If you have a shirt with a loose button or a sweater with an open seam, the same strategy applies. The difference is that you probably won’t be taking out your sewing kit on a daily basis. If you can at least identify and set aside items that need a little extra TLC on a daily basis, though, you can get to it on the weekend. This will keep the clothing out of the rotation until it’s fixed, and you won’t have last-minute lost buttons to contend with at 7:00 am.

Hang or Fold Clothes Directly Out of the Dryer

If you do laundry daily, you can follow this tip on a daily basis. If not, just do it on wash days. Take your clothes out of the dryer, preferably while they’re still warm, and quickly fold them or put them on hangers. Then return them directly to your closet. The goal here is to not let clothes sit around getting wrinkled in a laundry basket while waiting for you to have time to fold several loads.

While many of us procrastinate when it comes to putting away laundry, the reality is that it only takes about four minutes to fold an average load of wash. If you can do this each day, you’ll never contend with a pile of clean clothes taking up your couch or bed, and your clothing will always be neat and clean. The Frugal Homemaker has more tips on doing that load of laundry each day to keep everything running smoothly.

Conclusion

By spending just a few minutes each day in your custom closet, you can keep it looking and functioning its best. Tidy up, use your wall hooks and other closet organizers, check your clothes for stains regularly, and keep up with your laundry. You’ll find it makes a big difference, and you’ll be able to gain lots of time on the weekends you would otherwise be spending cleaning out your closet.

Source

• https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/02/22/the-laundry-method-that-changed-my-life-literally/