Shape Up Wednesdays - Entry Way & Hallway Closet
The closet, if used by everyone in the home, becomes a frequent stopping ground for each member of the household. If located by the nearest entrance in your home, it becomes quite the catch all, and an avalanche when you are in the most hurry to get out the door.
Our family is quite active and get into our closet daily. Since we walk our dogs everyday, retrieving the pet walking gear was becoming a daunting “go fetch” routine and inspired me to post this to help others.
You can find ease, like we do now, when accessing daily items from your closet. Set aside about 30 minutes of your day and budget $40, you’ll love your newly organized closet in no time.
Ingredients
(1) shoe organizer for a door
(1) hanging sweater organizer
(2) small baskets
Directions
1. Take everything out of the closet while separating everything into like categories (ie, scarfs and gloves together, jackets in one pile, etc).
2. Survey the items once you’ve finished sorting. Are there things that do not belong in the hallway closet? Set these aside and any items that can be donated or thrown away.
3. Install the shoe organizer onto the inside of your closet’s door.
4. Hang the sweater organizer inside the closet.
5. Return large items back to the closet (vacuum, umbrellas, jackets). Be sure to put the items most accessed closet to the front.
6. Put small items like dog leashes, flashlights, dog toys, sunglasses and even tennis shoes into the shoe organizer, after it’s attached to the door.
7. Set scarfs, gloves, hats into their own shelf in the sweater organizer.
8. Items that you get to once a year, or infrequently, set in a basket, on the top shelves. Put these items out of your daily grasps.
Remember: Leave room for the items you get to on a regular basis in the front of the closet or on the lowest shelves. Really keep the closet to house specific items that pertain to your exiting and entering the house. For us it is, pet’s leashes and other walking things, suntan lotion, coats, cool & rainy weather accessories. Be creative and try it out. You can always come back to the closet to adjust it as your realize your true needs of the closet.
