https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:30:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2405048 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:10:45 +0000 Jenni NZ 2405048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Lisa and Cookie for the shoe shelf appreciation. Staysfit, I have hats on my very top shelf and a woven footstool that belonged to my beloved paternal grandmother to stand on to reach them! They do occasionally fall on me but at least they are soft. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2405031 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:58:40 +0000 Cookie 2405031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenni, those shoe shelves are enviable! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2405024 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:18:27 +0000 karen23 2405024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>She must lead a very different life!</div><div><br /></div><div>My closet is small and has very little floor space, so my shoes are on low shelves.&nbsp; The shelves above the hanging clothes are used for storing things like sweaters.&nbsp; Only seldom-used or out of season items end up in big plastic boxes.</div><div><br /></div><div>That and art, craft or sewing stuff (but that's elsewhere.)</div><div><br /></div><div>I will admit, it all needs to be organized better, especially the accessories.&nbsp; But tax time is approaching and the home-office area is next.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2405004 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:16:17 +0000 Janet 2405004@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I decided the other day to take the hooks off the inside of our closet door and repurpose a storage box to hold my belts, which are now rolled up. It’s not perfect, but I do not wear my belts frequently so I don’t mind this solution so far. In the process, I took out two belts that are so infrequently worn that I can’t even remember the last time I reached for them — off they go for donation/swap! </p> <p>I agree about upper shelf usage, SF! I use the upper areas of our closet for out of season footwear and evening bags (all stored in boxes). Our closet has an angled ceiling so some upper shelves are quite high — I keep a small collapsible step stool tucked in the corner of the closet to access those areas, which doesn’t happen often. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404975 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:43:22 +0000 Staysfit 2404975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hate the idea of storing frequently used items on the top shelf. &nbsp;Inevitably, something falls down on my head! Therefore, I use the top shelf for out of season items, infrequently used handbags, totes, summer sun hats, and heavy Aran knit sweaters. &nbsp;There is plenty of room for shoes on racks beneath my hanging clothes and on two cotton twill hanging shoe storage containers. I can see everything and they don’t take much space. I hang belts on a carabiner attached to an over &nbsp;the door hook. I also hang tank tops and camis using a carabiner on a small hanger. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404921 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:43:26 +0000 Lisa 2404921@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting article, thanks for sharing!</p> <p><b>Jenni NZ</b> - Excellent shoe storage! How fun that you can see everything so easily! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404621 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:06:23 +0000 Jenni NZ 2404621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for making me laugh, Cookie!<br /> I just read the article for the second time. I don’t think I am as organised as her but pretty good. I would HATE having to climb up on a step-stool to get my shoes. I also don’t need 4 kinds of black sandals, though I do have 2 kinds of green sandals, ha ha. My very favourite thing about my walk-in wardrobe is the open shoe shelves. I dust them and swap the seasonal shoes from top to bottom twice a year. My tall boots and high shaft boots in their box, and my slippers, are in a different place. My handbags, tote bags, aprons etc are loose on shelves and more of a mess. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404585 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:12:50 +0000 Cookie 2404585@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Will NEVER have her closet. Of course I make a typo in the comment revealing that I am a copyeditor. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404573 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:00:27 +0000 Joha 2404573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven’t had time to read the article yet but my grandma had her own solution for the belt problem. A small fancy cord tacked loosely across the lower third of the belts. Affixed to the wooden closet door with two thumbtacks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404406 Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:17:13 +0000 Cookie 2404406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>lol Sarah I am a magazine copyeditor and a total slob. I love Susan Orlean but will ever have her closet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404403 Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:08:15 +0000 cat2 2404403@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet: Good point about the furniture. I buy case goods second hand and one can almost always find something fun that works. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404382 Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:03:27 +0000 Janet 2404382@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do have to say that gradually switching my hangers to matching thin flocked ones made my closet so much more pleasant. The ones in the article look interesting but I can’t get over how expensive it would be to redo a whole closet worth of clothes with them! </p> <p>As for little organizational tools for keeping wardrobe tidy, that’s what Home Goods and Home Sense are for — I have some bins and boxes from them that keep us pretty organized. I also can’t see paying tons of money for something like that, unless it’s an actual piece of furniture that will be on display out in the bedroom.</p> <p>Oh, and thanks for the suggestion, The Cat! Something like that is a possibility. I’m going to play with ideas before we have our room painted and get new flooring later this year — that will be the time to paint and repair that door (which sticks and does not close all the way, much to my frustration). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404238 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:13:44 +0000 Dee 2404238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would never bother keeping shoes in a special box and then putting a photo on it, way too fussy for me and time consuming to maintain.<br /> I also dont fuss with identical hangers either. I have thicker supportive ones with twisting hooks for heavier things like coats and jackets but some thin coated wire hanagrs for my tops. Also wooden clip ones from ikea for my pants.<br /> I do hang my clothes by category, colour and length, that's about as fussy as I get. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404235 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:19:30 +0000 Star (Lise) 2404235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What SISI said. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404234 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:53:58 +0000 Sisi 2404234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Time ago I have&nbsp; accepted the fact that I'm basically a messy person so I just need my wardrobe to be "organized enough" for my needs. These articles about closet organization are often "too much" for me.&nbsp;To be honest, the closet in the photo doesn't look very organized to me: all that stuff crammed together...</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404192 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:26:43 +0000 cat2 2404192@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ugh; these are all the things I don’t like about organization posts. Buying weird plastic storage solutions; labelling things with plastic strips; and buying MDF organizers. I have my belts rolled up in fabric boxes, and that’s the only bit of organizational junk I have bought. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404151 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:36:32 +0000 The Cat 2404151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, I need to have my belts (and some other long items, like dresses and bathing robes) hanging on the back of the door to my small bedroom, and initially I was annoyed by the sounds they made when the door was opened or closed. However, I found an easy solution: A soft flannel sheet placed close to the door (and behind the hanging items) mutes the sounds. Perhaps a similar idea could work for your closet door. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404146 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:06:17 +0000 Suz 2404146@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, that was a fun read! I love her little MOMA accessory drawers. And it's quite inspiring that she has thought so thoroughly about this subject! She belongs on the forum!&nbsp;</p> <p>She says a lot of the stuff that <b>Angie </b>says about organization. And I use Finds the way she uses Indyx.&nbsp;</p> <p>I don't use her shoe system (don't have as many shoes) or the garment bags (I am blessed with fewer moths where I live)&nbsp; but I do use pretty much all her other recommended tricks. I keep my belts in a box, <b>UmmLila</b> -- for the exact reason you mention. It works well for me. They are in a narrow Ikia box between my different jeans.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404144 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:03:00 +0000 MsMary 2404144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha I have Thanksgiving notes like <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/dining/joan-didion-thanksgiving.htmlhttp://">Joan Didion's</a>! And afterwards I do post-Thanksgiving notes for next year!</p> <p>Anyway I am very lucky to have a whole room as my closet and I have shelves behind doors for my shoes, so I don't have to do boxes. Although I will note that clothes and shoes do expand to fill the space available!</p> <p><b>Janet</b>: I used to put my belts in the scarf closet (looped over dowels) but these days they live draped over the end of a short bookcase and that works well for me.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404143 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:56:08 +0000 Jaime 2404143@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I should read before I comment but thanks for the link! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404139 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:29:45 +0000 SarahD8 2404139@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh that was great. Like a sartorial version of Joan Didion's Thanksgiving planning!</p> <p>Is there a link between being obsessive about domestic order and being a great journalist? I don't know but it sure makes me feel less inhibited about obsessing over wardrobe management etc. (I am a journalist lol.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404135 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:15:36 +0000 LJP 2404135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I love her, and I love her ideas. &nbsp;I draw the line at a $450 5-drawer little cabinet as great-looking as it is. &nbsp;I do use the same hangers , and would love to duplicate the shoe storage idea- I did it many years ago using just the shoe boxes but put little photos on the boxes and it was great, until it wasn't. One must be meticulous to maintain those habits.</p> <p>I envy your country's Container Store. I'd be in there all the time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404134 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:50:10 +0000 unfrumped 2404134@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty organized! I love closet candy. </p> <p>I’m not there. But, I do store my shoes very similarly , except no photo. All but a few of my shoes are stored above my top hanging rod. On that closet shelf I have these ~ 36” long shelf stackers that I’ve had for maybe 40 years, used in several different homes. So 2 rows of shoes are “ out” , unboxed. On the top shelf of the stacker I start stacking my Container Store shoeboxes. She’s right about some shoes being too big, including some regular sneakers due to the increasing sole size, plus short boots, so I have to use the “ large shoebox” for them. I’ve always had my shoes “ up” like this— lets the lighting hit them as a shallower row, and then hanging items are below and mostly 2 levels with rod - extenders. I do need a small stepstool to reach the top but it stats right in the closet and I rotate seasonally what’s most easily accessible. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404132 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:45:56 +0000 Janet 2404132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love closet organization stuff! Posts and articles with photos are even better. :-D</p> <p>I have my small collection of belts — maybe a dozen or so — hanging on a rack on the back of our closet door. I’m always a little annoyed that they swing around when the door is opened or closed, and I’ve wondered about storing them rolled in boxes, since my hanging space is pretty full. I like her little carts but we don’t have floor space in the closet for that. I do have space in a cabinet — I may have to test rolling the belts to see if they sit neatly in a storage bin. </p> <p>The stuff about boxing and photographing every pair of shoes made me really happy that we dedicated the back wall of our closet for shoe storage! Just open shelves but the shelves are adjustable and it’s easy to see what I have! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-organization-3#post-2404124 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:44:04 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2404124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will never be as organized with my clothing (I do divide by seasons, type of clothing and color) as the writer Susan Orlean, but I enjoyed this read about her methods:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://nymag.com/strategist/article/susan-orlean-closet-tour.html">https://nymag.com/strategist/a.....-tour.html</a> </p>