Tips and Tricks For A Closet to Be Proud Of

Whether you're selling your house or not it is time to pay attention to your closets! In my opinion it is kitchens, bathrooms and closet space which helps sell homes. 

If you do not have great closets or linen closets you need to make it look like you do. If you are one of the lucky ones to have big closets and large linen closets, it is time to show them off!

Let us begin with linen closets. Take everything out and look at the items. Purge out what you have not used in years. Do not forget those really thin towels with all the strings; they can be thrown out now. If you are trying to sell your home I suggest packing away 50% of the items. 

Can we talk about folding? Folding is vital to making the linen closet look organized. The sheets should all be folded the same way, with the nice rounded side facing out.  Fold the towels in thirds and place the nicer edge facing out also. Towels should be with towels and sheets should be with sheets.  Things you don't use often should be higher such as quilts, blankets or extra pillows.  Take a close look at the pictures for some great folding examples I found.

Adding baskets to hold items can add texture and help hide things that you do not want to be seen.

When organizing you clothes closets put like items together.  Add built in shelves in the closet to help keep it organized.  Many of the organizers allow you to design it the way you want it to be depending on the size of the closet.

 This is a closet of a homeowner I quickly helped organize for a home staging.  It took about 10 minutes to pull out extra hangers and organize the clothing a bit.  Ideally I would have loved to have nice wooden hangers, but that wasn't an option

Just weeding out the clothing and arranging the items helped this closet put it's best foot forward.

Happy Organizing in 2012!!