Ours are better than the round kind because they have a rectangular, straight surface to make it easier to attach labels, like from a label maker. Also they are balanced so they don’t spin around on the rod. You can see them here: http://tinyurl.com/2twult

I would love to give Unclutterer readers a special deal. Until November 30th, you can get 20% off with the coupon code “unclutterer” on this product. We have them in 12-packs with labels included, and we also sell them in bulk Professional Packs of 50.

Cheers,
Lorie Marrero
Creator of The Clutter Diet®

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The right half of the closet has one long rod across the top, which is for my dresses and skirts and my husband’s suits. Below the skirts is just enough space on the floor for a 3-section laundry cart. (http://www.overstock.com/Janit.....oduct.html)

The other half of the closet has two rods, so my husband (the taller of the two of us) gets the top rod, and I get the bottom rod. I try to arrange it so that I just have tops on the right side of the closet opening, bottoms on the left side of the closet opening, and empty hangers in the middle. (The bottom rod usually follows this arrangement; the top, not so much. *insert eyeroll here*) As clothes get returned to the closet, they get put in closest to the empty hangers on the appropriate side. Clothes with less frequent use therefore migrate toward the ends — this way I can see which clothes have been getting neglected or need to be purged.

I tried working with a professional organizer a while back, and she tried to convince me to cluster my work tops & dresses/skirts separately. It didn’t make sense to me to do that when my system works for me!

My shirts are divided roughly into short-sleeves and long sleeves, and each is in order from white to black. I don’t sweat prints – the dominant color is usually obvious. Since sleeve lengths vary, the “short-sleeve” category holds sleeveless through 3/4 sleeves. Within colors, I try to keep it from light to dark shades but I don’t worry if something’s one place off.

Skirts, pants and dresses are my other categories. I arrange pants roughly into office and casual, and all of these from light to dark.

I don’t need “separators”. The visual break between each broad category is enough for me to easily know where things go. Separators would just get in my way.

I have a lot of clothing, but it’s so easy for me to pick an outfit. There’s usually one item that speaks to me each morning (or night before if I’m really ambitious), so I pick the rest of the outfit around that item.

It’s so frustrating to me that I can be so good about my wardrobe, but so disorganized and cluttered in just about everything else.

My divisor is a visual up and down. I hope my explanation makes sense.

I organize by type, but I made my own dividers out of simple cardstock. I cut it into rectangles about 4″ wide by 8″ long, then about 2/3 up from the bottom a 1″ diameter hole for the rod. Make a slot from the hole to the bottom for insertion. Then write on the top portion if you actually want to name your sections.
I did, just so I’d remember–this system is pretty new for me.

After dividing by type it was easy to see which items I have too many of (I use separates, so I want a certain number of items of each type) and which are too few.

I am considering doing DH’s closet the same way to show him he has faaaaaar too many of certain types of items.

shris

So it goes: Tank tops on blue hangers, short-sleeved shirts on white, long-sleeved on blue again. Skirts on wooden clip hangers, dresses on blue hangers, pants on wooden, blazers on white hangers. I have a second closet for fancy-dress clothes on black and white hangers, and the blazers switch between closets as one gets too full.