31 Best Closet Organizer Ideas For A Cleaner Closet

June 18,2024

The best closet organizers and closet storage ideas, according to professional organizers, including the best space-saving hangers, the best shoe storage for closets, the best drawer organizers, and best storage bins, boxes, and bags..
“Another thing I love for closets are valet rods. It’s this horizontal rod. You mount it on the edge of the shelf, and then you can pull it forward when you need it. It basically makes a little closet rod that goes perpendicular to your shelf, and it’s great if you’re planning an outfit or if you’ve got something that isn’t quite clean, but you’re going to wear it again, or when you’re packing or just got dry-cleaning. It just gives you a little extra space to hang garments, and then it retracts if you don’t need it anymore.” —Zaslow .
“I like the Command hooks by 3M that you can just stick on and remove. It’s great on the walls of your closet or on the closet door itself. You can hang belts, jewelry, small accessories, a robe. It’s just a great way to use more of the space of your closet besides the shelves and the rod.” —Zaslow .
“Personally, I like to store shoes low down. They’re walking around outside on the sidewalk; they’re dirty. I don’t like them to be up high where dirt falls down onto your clothes or onto your face. I like to use, as much as possible, the floor of the closet, and there are certain shelves from the Container Store. They’re stacking mesh shoe shelves, and I love them. It’s a very fine mesh, so that you don’t have to balance a heel. A lot of shoe shelves are just two rods, so if you’ve got heels, they can fall through. So it’s just really easy to keep your shoes on the shelf. They’re big enough for men’s shoes, and what’s great is they can stack together, so you can build it up as high as you need. They’re also high enough for most high heels.” —Zaslow .
“For regular clothing drawers, they make drawer dividers that are on springs, so they adjust to fit your drawer perfectly. Those are great. Again, you can position it exactly where you need it in your drawer so you can divide up socks from underwear, dress socks from gym socks, even keep different types of T-shirt stacks separate. And if you do want to do, which I do recommend, that vertical folding of shirts, it’ll keep your stacks together. There’s one at the Container Store: the Dream Drawer Divider. It’s just plastic, very springy. Be careful when you put it in. But it stays put, which is great.” —Zaslow