Being able to create enough space to fit everything in your wardrobe can feel like a never ending battle, especially in New Zealand with our love of outdoors and adventure sports, never mind the ever changing seasons and temperatures. However, there are some quick easy storage hacks you can to to create more space in your wardrobe.
1. Store out of season clothing and sports gear elsewhere
Clear out what you won't be using for the next six months, neatly pack in boxes and put it into a self-storage unit. There are many available throughout the country. One of the newest to open is SpaceMax in Henderson, Auckland. A self-storage unit will give you the peace of mind of round the clock security and month to month flexible rental periods.
2. Recycle fizzy drink tabs to create more hanger space
Save yourself valuable time and space. This is a simple way to keep those tops, bottoms and accessories in one place and to be able to hang more than one piece of clothing on a single hanger and space those hangers out so they don't all bunch together.
3. Purge your wardrobe
Have a clean out every six months. Fewer items mean better organisation in your wardrobe. One of the best tricks I have been taught is to turn all of your hangers so the open end faces out towards your room. As you wear things turn them back the other way. Every six months take out everything still facing in the original direction and store the things you really love and can't bear to throw away and sell or donate the rest.
4. See-through boxes
If your shelves and drawers in your wardrobe are getting a bit chaotic get your hands on some clear boxes in different shapes and sizes like these brilliant ones from Ikea. This keeps everything visible and easy to find and can house all those little things like accessories that often end up lost at the back of a sock drawer or wardrobe.
5. Organise those shoes
If the bottom of your wardrobe looks like a shoe hurricane has paid a visit, a simple shoe rack or shelves can quickly create space inside your wardrobe. Or be creative, clear boxes with beautiful shoes in them can form a display feature in your bedroom or in a prominent place inside your house.
6. Remember the doors
Install hooks and rods on the back of the wardrobe doors to store everyday items like belts, scarves, shoes and even costume jewellery.
7. Give your jandals some love
With a small amount of creative genius metal coat hangers can be used to store your jandals and get them off the pile on the floor. Read more about how to create beautiful jandal holders here Jandal Love.
8. Go Vertical
People often forget about the empty space just above the clothes railing. Adding some temporary shelves or clear plastic boxes to store some extra items, especially those which aren't used to often is a great way to utilise space.
9. Look after handbags with shower curtain hooks
To keep your handbags damage free and out of reach of little girls playing 'Ladies', use shower curtain hooks along the railing or rod of your wardrobe.
10. Refold your t-shirts
Folding t-shirts neatly into thirds and organising vertically rather than stacked on top of one another means you can see what you are looking for and your increase your storage space. This is especially great for teenage wardrobes!
11. Garment Tags
If your wardrobe is like mine and you have clothes stored in garment bags it is easy to forget they are there. Take a picture of the item and glue it onto a tag that you can hang on the coat hanger. Now you will always know what is inside!
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