If you live in a small home or apartment or you simply have lots of clothes and other related items and not a lot of room to store them closet organizers can be a lifesaver. But in order to get the most out of your closet organizers in Toronto you’ll need to keep a few things in mind after they’ve been installed and you’re actually using them on a daily basis.
Closet Organizers: Toronto Storage Pros Provide Hints on Maximizing Yours
We design, build and install state of the art closet organizers for Toronto homeowners. But one thing we’ve noticed over the years is that our customers are sometimes at a loss for how to get the most out of them. So below we’re going to provide a few tips to help you optimize your organizers.
- Practice makes perfect – Even with spanking new closet organizers a Toronto homeowner may still veer outside the lines and wind up leaving stuff on the floor or piling it in the corner of the closet. This is mostly a matter of “old habits die hard”. In order to get the most from your new organizers you need to build new habits. That means resisting the urge to drop things willy-nilly or, if you do, getting in the habit of picking them up right away.
- Look up – Chances are your new organizers are models of efficiency which means they take advantage of all the space in your closet; including long-neglected vertical space. Some of these new storage areas may require you to use a small step ladder to get to them but some folks can’t be bothered. Well, be bothered. If your new organizers have space allotted at the top for lesser used items make sure you take advantage of that.
- Keep it simple – For some, trying to remember where everything is supposed to go in their newly organized closet is too much. As a result clutter begins to slowly creep back in. For these folks we suggest trying a different approach. Keep it simple. What we mean is that it’s often easier to acclimate yourself to the new closet organizers by instituting a simple rule like: “Keep the floor clear”. Rather than “Scarves go here and hats go there and tights go there…”
- Don’t be afraid to augment – You may find your new organizers become overwhelmed in time. If that happens don’t start dumping stuff on the floor again, look for efficient ways to augment the storage capacity of your organizer. You can hang a shoe storage rack on the back of the closet door for instance, then use the freed up space for other things. Also, don’t forget to purge twice a year.
All of the above tips should help you get the most out of your closet organizers. Our Toronto customers often find that when things aren’t working as planned, it’s not a matter of an inadequate organizer, it’s a matter of changing bad habits. Talk to one of our residential storage pros for more information.
