Closet Organizers that make life easier

One of the hardest things to do is to try to stay organized especially when there are children involved. Children don't always understand the importance of staying organized and are prone to just leaving things where they lay. One of the biggest problem areas can be the closet especially if it's a large one. Quite often it becomes a catch all for everything and can become quite messy. The good news is that there is help for this problem.

There are a variety of closet organizers available on the market today and your only limited by imagination and how much you want to spend. Solution can be as simple as using shoe boxes to hold small items or as complex as full size closet organizers involving shelves and hangers that have every possible combination of places to store items.

Shoe boxes are a cheap and easy way to keep things in place. Next time you buy shoes for yourself or your family put those left over boxes to good use. Put a label on the outside end so that you know the contents and use them to store small or medium items in the closet. They are great for small toys or school supplies. For something that looks a little bit nicer you can even help your child cover them in decorative paper or wall paper and can even have them match the decor of the room. This allows you to organize while still keeping the room looking nice. Or, there are a multitude of clear plastic shoe boxes available for purchase that match everything and have the added benefit of being much sturdier due to the heaviness of the plastic instead of the cardboard of a regular shoe box.

Another option is to use the plastic drawers and carts that are available at many stores. These come in various sizes and shapes and can fit into almost any space. The nice thing about these is that with them being clear plastic they are easy to see the contents if a label should somehow get misplaced. Depending on what type you get they will often stack on top of each other allowing you to fit the most amount of storage into the smallest possible space. It's not recommended though that you stack them higher than the child's head as this can cause a safety hazard.

There's also the organizers that are designed to maximize storage in closet space. These tend to be more expensive than the previous two methods and take a little bit more time to put together but they can be the nicest looking and most effective out of the three options. They come in two different forms. Ones that are already designed out and all you have to do is find one that fits in the closet space available are easy and convenient but don't allow much for creativity or personalization. Then there are the ones where you decide exactly what you need. How many shelves, how big of a hanging area, and box areas for storage are some of the areas that you can customize. These take more time to put together because you have to decide exactly how much space you have and what you need to store in the area but when you are done you have a closet that is organized to your exact specifications.

It can be a very daunting task to try to organize a closet but the benefits far outweigh the set up time. The time that can be saved by being able to go to the closet and easily find items can be far better used on other projects like homework or extra curricular activities. It also saves money how many times have we bought a second item because our child loved it and thought it was lost and then later it's found and we have duplicates? By having everything organized we avoid this problem and save ourselves both time and money.