July 6, 2009

Tips And Ideas For Cheap Closet Organizers

There is nothing that makes your life easier and house tidier that well thought out closet storage. Life is simpler when you know where things are. Not only will you know where everything is but your house is also easier to tidy when you have a place for everything. Carefully thought out closet storage systems are a worthwhile investment.

There are very cheap and easy ways to organize any closet and every closet needs some organizational help. One of the best "cheap" ways to organize a closet is to buy some snap together plastic shelves and some clear Rubbermaid bins. Make sure the bins are the proper size for your shelves. Stick a 3×5 sticker on the end of each bin and make a clear list of the contents.

You can save even more money by putting together some sort of stacking or shelving system with found or recycled objects. A popular option for shelving is finding or buying cheap shelves, and using bricks or blocks to stack them together. You might even have everything on hand left over from the last renovation you did. Just make sure to wash any found items well, and you might even think about giving the shelves and/or stacking blocks a coat of paint to brighten them up.

Another really simple and cost effective organizer solution is to use hooks for as many items as can easily be hung. You can find double hooks, and even clothes rack style hooks very inexpensively. All sorts of things that you typically find in closets can be hung up, and if you have a bunch of related things that just seem to go all over the place, consider finding a cloth shopping bag, or mesh bag to collect related items and get them out of the way by hanging them up.

The cheapest way to organize a closet is a method that costs nothing at all. The best closet organization tends to be homogenized. Homogenized means uniformity. This means the closet contents should be more or less the same. Furthermore, the contents should be accessed at approximately the same rate. A jacket that is worn every day should not be stored with roller blades that are never used. If you don't use something sell it. If you use an item a few times per year, then store it in a closet with other items used at the same rate.

Closet storage systems do not have to be expensive. There are a number of different ways you can start to organize your closets that are very cheap or cost no money at all. With a wee bit of thought you can come up with a number of different cheap closet storage systems.

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