How to Organize Your Closet with Bed Bath & Beyond

Surprise surprise, I don’t have a spacious walk-in closet. If you read my first home series post with a few confessions about our apartment, you may have guessed that though. Like 99% of America, I’ve fought with my hangers using all my strength, pushing them aside to excavate that one top buried way in the back. And of course, the top I need is always in the back. Upside: moderately toned biceps. My heels have often found themselves in a pile so gigantic I give up mid search, opting for a different pair. With any luck, that set of 2 is at least the color I was looking for. I’ve also had things fall on my head as I try to get another item down from the top shelf. Glamorous? I think not. More like reality.

Knowing that I’m probably not the only one with this struggle, I teamed up with Bed Bath & Beyond to share how to organize your closet space most efficiently with affordable products. It can be done. First things first. Hangers. I used a combination of 5 different types of hangers to maximize space. Believe it or not, it makes a world of difference.

• Slim: For tops, sweaters, blazers, etc. The notch also makes it easy to hang camis and tank tops plus they are super narrow so they take up less space.
• Skirt: For bottoms, these hangers are GENIUS. Absolutely genius. I love that you can hang them off of each other to save space on the closet rod. I started with my longest skirts/pants first and then hung in order of decreasing length. I usually fold all my pants but you could totally use them for pants despite the fact they are labeled as skirt hangers.
• Tiered: I used this for my scarves. I had been folding them in a basket but every time I removed one, I’d end up messing up the folding in the surrounding 6 scarves. That and it was just too difficult to find the one I wanted.
• Belt and tie: These last 2 were more for Matt and are pretty self explanatory.

Secondly, I had to tackle our shoes. Living in an apartment, we don’t have the luxury of one of those glamorous shoe walls despite the number of times I’ve tried to convince Matt we don’t need a dining room! So, I used a combination of these modular shoe and purse organizers to create shelves. In hindsight, I would have used a higher ratio of the purse organizers for shoes since I didn’t need as many of the woven shoe pockets as much I needed a shelf. I love the flexibility of these organizers because you can build to whatever arrangement you need. Since we bought multiple, we were able to construct what worked for us and leave out what didn’t! They’re also really easy to build.

Boots had to be tackled differently but I’m guessing that’s a given. Since our apartment was built in the 70s, the closet rod is at an awkward height where you can’t double hang. However, I discovered a use for this adjustable double hanging rod when it came to boots. Pairing that with this boot butler made for a very effective way to store your boots that didn’t ruin the shape of them. There are a few different configurations as well so you can make it work for you.

Lastly, we utilized these woven baskets for all of the things you don’t typically hang like swimsuits, socks, and random things you should probably have throw out years ago (like sorority invite costumes) but are hanging onto for some reason you don’t even remember.

So, do you think you can use anything for your own space? What are the challenges that you have? I want to hear your tips and tricks!