10 Time-Saving Tips for Organizing Your Custom Closets

If you have a tie rack, a belt rack, or even a scarf rack, these delicate racks can get overwhelmed by all of the clutter in your closet. This reduces some of the benefits of a custom closet, as you can’t easily find what you need in the mornings.

Instead of struggling to track down that tie or belt that will match your outfit, hang these racks on the inside of your closet door instead. Now everything is within arm’s reach so you can simplify and speed up your morning routine.

As you start over with your new custom closet, now’s a good time to arrange your clothes into an organizational system that works for you. One of the classic organizational methods that’s simple but effective is to sort your clothes by type.



For instance, if you have button-down shirts or blouses you wear for work, group those items together. Then, organize all of your slacks, your dresses, skirts, etc. Now, when you wake up in the morning and decide that you want to wear a pencil skirt or a black button-down shirt to work that day, you’ll know just where to find those clothes.

If you have an impressive collection of purses, then the last place you want them is on the floor. It’s hard to display your bags when they’re tucked into a corner of your closet. Besides that, stacks of bags take up a lot of room. It’s also not great for your purses to have other bags sitting on top of them.



You can opt for a bag or clothes hanger on one of the interior walls of your custom closet. This hanger will let you display several purses to each hanger. You can also allocate an empty shelf or two just for your purses, so you can proudly show them off!



Since you invested a good amount of funds into your custom closets, why not take full advantage of the space? Affordable Custom Closets & Garages discusses the costs involved when purchasing a custom closet further on their blog.

Everyone has a few pieces of clothing they hold onto but never wear. After all, maybe that statement shirt will be in next season or bell-bottom jeans will fall back into favor. You just have to wait a bit longer.



The problem with hanging onto clothes you don’t wear is that these garments have to go somewhere, probably your custom closet. Now you’re taking up valuable space with clothes you don’t even care for and making it harder to get to the clothes that you do want to wear.



If you haven’t worn the garment in question for at least six months, then it’s time to donate it to someone who will care for it. That’s doubly true if it’s been years since you’ve worn it.

Do you have your entire yearly wardrobe crammed into your custom closet? No wonder you’re having a hard time organizing the space! Even a large walk-in closet can be overcome by the sheer volume of your clothing.



Separating your garments by season is a quick fix to this issue. It’s not like you’re going to wear shorts in January anyway, at least not in most parts of the country, or a sweater in July. These clothes are just hogging up room that you could use for the clothing you do wear in the current season.



Here’s a suggestion: divide your clothing into at least two categories, cold-weather clothes and warm-weather clothes. The off-season clothes can go in a storage bin and kept elsewhere, but don’t leave them in your custom closet.

Here’s a fun option you can take advantage of for thin, small clothing like socks, underwear, tank tops and some t-shirts. Take each clothing item and roll it up, sort of like a burrito. Then, stand up each rolled-up item and stack them in a storage box or drawer. You can add more clothes this way than by purely folding them.

If you have no idea what to do with your socks and underwear especially, this solution will be one you use all the time. If you are going to roll up your t-shirts, do keep in mind you may have to iron them before wearing them.

The autumn and winter are fun times of year because you can ditch the summer clothes and wear a sweater or pullover instead. The problem though becomes that your wardrobe is a lot thicker and bulkier than your streamlined summer clothes.



Trying to fit all of your sweaters into your custom closet likely won’t work, as you’ll run out of room very quickly. Plus, cramming too many sweaters can cause electricity to generate between them, greeting you with a static shock when you go to pick out your clothes in the morning.



Leave your clothing rod for the garments that must be hung up and fold your sweaters and heavy pants and put them in your closet drawers and cabinets. 

Dividers can be your best friend, especially if you’re struggling to keep your custom closets neat. Using divided shelves or divided drawers will help you to sort through your clothing items by type, so you can become an organizing king or queen. Now, all of your dress socks will be in a separate spot away from your everyday socks and your casual t-shirts will be spaced apart from your polo shirts. How handy!

Do you feel like you have no available floor space left in your custom closet? These next two tips will help.



Your clothing rods were likely installed at eye level or thereabouts so you can easily reach your clothes. Yet the problem with this placement is that filling your clothing rods with lots of garments can make your custom closet feels full fast. Longer clothes like dresses or slacks might hang to the floor, compounding the problem.



By inching your clothing rods up a bit higher, now none of your garments will drape to the floor, even longer dresses. This opens up more space so your custom closets look and feel roomier.

Cleaning up what’s on the floor is another way to open up the space that your custom closet affords you. If you currently have your footwear stacked atop one another on the floor, there’s a much better way to do things.



A shoe organizer lets you stack your shoes so they stand straight up. The dividers separate each pair of shoes so you can pluck the pair you need in the morning and then be on your way. Shoe racks let you stack your shoes more traditionally, but with room between each pair.



This helps you track down your favorite footwear, plus it preserves your shoes too since you’re not scuffing and dirtying your shoes with another pair on top of them.

Your new custom closets are a valuable addition to your home. Don’t let them get cluttered like your old, smaller closet used to be. With the 10 organization tips highlighted in this article, you can clear your custom closet so it’s roomy and neat in no time. Best of luck!