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By Mary Frederick

Have you ever looked in your closet and felt a sense of panic? You’re not alone!

The fact of the matter is that our closet is the one area that is truly our own. When we have people over, we don’t usually show them our closet.

Unfortunately that happens to also be the one area that people tend to become lackadaisical about.

If it’s out of view, then it’s perfectly fine to just throw things into a corner, right?

Wrong!

If you adopt this habit in your closet, it can quickly become a real eyesore.

Not only that, but it can turn into other bad habits in the rest of our home as well. So before you let the closet clutter take control, work to avoid this problem from ever happening.

Here are some helpful tips for keeping your closet organized.

Use the One Year Rule

We’ve all held onto past fashions that we were sure would come back. Perhaps we held onto the clothes that once fit us because we were sure we’d get back to that someday.

However the rule is universal and should be followed to keep your closet organized and tidy. If you have gone a full year without wearing or using an item in your closet, then get rid of it.

Take a Seasonal Inventory

So long as you have the space to hold the clothes that you aren’t wearing in a given season, this can work tremendously well in keeping your closet organized.

As you move clothes, shoes, and accessories from an area back into your closet, use this as an opportunity to take inventory. Decide upon which items you really want, what you actually need, and what you can stand to get rid of.

This is an excellent opportunity to apply the one year rule, and of course to get organized for the upcoming season.

Even if you only perform this inventory twice a year, it’s a fantastic way to stay ahead of the clutter.

Put Away Items After You Use Them

It’s often attributed to our inability or unwillingness to put away clothes or other items after we’ve used them.

If you wear something, put it away. If you’ve folded laundry, immediately put it into the appropriate spot right at that moment.

If you let things linger or put them into a pile, chances are that they will stay there.

If you institute a rule of putting away items as you use them, then you are far less likely to let your closet become unorganized.

Find a Spot for Everything

Institute the help of some great organization tools such as bins, racks, hanging units, and whatever else you require to designate a spot for everything.

If you have a spot to put even the tiniest accessory, you are far less likely to allow yourself to get unorganized.

As with any other effort you would use in your home in terms of declutter, your closet is yet another area where everything should have its own designated place.

If you can follow this in even your least viewed part of the house, then you are well on your way to a more organized closet and to a more organized house overall.

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