Back to school time can be one of the most hectic times of year for parents. Everything needs to be organized for things to run smoothly. The problem is, this is the hardest time to get everyone’s life in order. This is especially true if you have more than one school age child. Our ideas can help you get the whole family on track and ready for those fall classes.
Buying new school clothes, back packs and school supplies can add to the clutter that you probably already had accumulated. Fall weather may bring about the need to take those warmer clothes out of storage. This is probably when you realize that a lot of your child’s clothes have been outgrown. Many parents donate children’s clothing to charity or to other friends and family. If you have more than one child, then you may want to save those clothes to pass them down in future years. This can create a storage need. It is not always as simple as out with the old and in with the new for parents.
You need a closet storage solution that works for you and your family. Closets can provide a lot of space to organize if you use a little creativity. One problem that many parents run into with dresser drawers is that kids want to unfold everything while searching for their school clothes. Digging through drawers can create a very unorganized mess. Clean clothes are tried on and discarded. Drawers are emptied. Pretty soon, you may not be able to tell which clothes are clean and which ones are dirty.
Most closets have one long hanging bar. This does not really make the most use of the space that you have. There are some configurations that will allow you to stack folded clothes on shelves and only hang the clothes that really need to be hung. Here is an example.
If you do not want to remove the bar, build a shelf below it, about three feet off of the floor. Then build two smaller shelves two feet above the bottom shelf, one on the left and one on the right of the closet. This leaves the hanging bar free in the middle for dress clothes.
The two smaller side shelves can be used for storage. You may also consider placing baskets on these shelves for socks and underwear. The bottom shelf can be as deep as the closet and provide a large area for stacking t-shirts, pants, shorts and pajamas. Your kids will easily be able to see what they have clean without digging. They can simply peek through the piles and slide out what they need.
The bottom shelf will be high enough to place small dressers or storage bins for out of season clothes, or clothes that each child is waiting to grow into. This is also a good place to put a laundry basket. Placing a long mirror on the inside of the closet door can keep teenagers from leaving the closet area when trying on different outfits. Provide some good sturdy wooden hangers for their most treasured outfits. For girls, consider Glam Hangers that will encourage them to hang up all of those clothes that they decided not to wear!
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