Opening your wardrobe can either be a delightful experience or dreadful eyesore of an overflow of clothes that are hard to retrieve.
Whether you are using reach-in or walk-in wardrobes, you can use adequate closet space that blends functionality with aesthetics.
If you have the opportunity to design your own wardrobe layout, then think carefully about your wardrobe needs and allocate adequate space in height, depth and length to accommodate your needs.
OPTIONS
Investing in professional closet designers may offer great benefits in producing stylish and easy-to-reach storage solutions. Wardrobe spaces should factor various needs of foldable clothes, shoes, belts, ties and bags. Below are a few accessories that could improve your wardrobe organisation.
Special drawer features
Install special features such as drawer dividers, which neatly store small items such as socks and folded ties, keeping them organised and visible for easy access.
Drawers with pullout trouser racks keep trousers well-pressed without creating those annoying creases from a hanger.
HANGERS
Get good quality matching hangers to comfortably carry the weight of blazers, shirts, blouses and dresses. Have different wardrobe sections for shirts and longer space for the dresses.
If you are keen on details, you can opt to hang clothes that are colour coded and categorise them according to heights.
SHELVES
Combine open and closed shelving to hold folded clothes such as T-shirts and cardigans. Top shelves are useful for storing seasonal items while lower shelves should hold easy-to-retrieve outfits, which showcase or conceal the items that could create clutter.
Where family members share a room, drawers can be labelled for each sibling so that each has their own personal space to keep their valuables.
BASKETS
Careless removal of clothes can easily cause an entire pile of clothes to collapse and soon become chaotic. Keep wardrobe interiors tidy by using plastic or weaved baskets to store folded clothes and keep them in place.
Modern sophisticated wardrobe closets already have pre-installed accessories and baskets to make your life much easier.
ROOMS WITHOUT CLOSETS
All is not lost if you live in a house without closets. Install a steel rod in a section of the room where you can hang clothes.
There are various options in local supermarkets to make work easier for you. They include such things as vertical fabric collapsible shelves and plastic chest of drawers that can be used to store the foldable clothes.
Utilise wall space by installing shelves where you can keep accessories such as handbags and shoes.
Demarcate the section of the room using a curtain rod or shower curtain to conceal the makeshift closets.
And if all that does not suit your style, simply get your local carpenter (fundi) to make you a portable wardrobe that you can easily carry with you when you move houses.
