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Watch VideoOrganizing your closet with Good Housekeeping
Story By: Kristin Hawley
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If you are closet is in serious need of some attention, the Good Housekeeping Institute has some clever ways to enhance your closet space.
Lifestyle editor, Sara Lyle says, "you could pay a custom closet company thousands of dollars to come in and build you a system that will streamline your space or you can pay a professional organizer to come in and weed out what you don't need.The good news is you can fix it yourself with a few easy tips and inexpensive products. It almost sounds too simple, but you literally go from one end of the rack to the other, take out every single article of clothing, separate your clothes into four piles. One of things that you want to keep; one with things that need to be cleaned or mended; one of things that you would like to donate to charity, and then the fourth are things that you are ready to get rid of. that's your throwaway pile."
The Ultra Slim Flocked Hangers did well in the tests, you can buy them from, www.bedbathandbeyond.com. "Really weed out the mismatched hangers that you have. Particularly the ones from the dry cleaners can be really bad on your clothes. They can create corners in the shoulders of delicates. So what we recommend is the UItra Slim Hangers that are flocked and have a nice curved shape here. And, they also have a nice little indentation that can keep your clothes in place," says Lyle. You can get these 10 hangers for $10.00.
You can save time in the morning by hanging clothes that are worn together near each other. "The trick is, you put them in so that the hook is facing you so that next time you are cleaning out your closet, you'll have an easy way to know which ones you've worn this year and which ones you haven't because when you take something out when you put it back in the closet obviously you'll put it the correct way," says Lyle.
Do you need more space for folded items? Good Housekeeping recommends hanging canvas racks.
