How To Design Your Own Closet Organization Systems

Are you thinking about converting a spare closet for extra storage? You should be aware of all the options you have for installing storage closet systems. You can choose from thousands of different bins, shelves, and boxes.

Before you begin, you’ll need to decide whether form, function, or a combination of the two are most important to you. If you don’t care whether your closet looks glamorous or coordinated, you have more options. You could choose from canvas totes, plastic tubs, or rolling bins.

You can find a wide variety of Rubbermaid plastic totes and bins that you can use to enhance your closet storage. You could use little containers normally used for leftover food to store craft items or hardware; you could use giant totes for some of your biggest items, such as cushions from the patio furniture or the holiday decorations.

What you can do is put the large bins on the floor under the shelves, then fill up the shelves with bins of different sizes.

Labeling is one of the keys to good closet storage systems. You should clearly label each tote, bin, and tub so that you’ll always know what’s inside.

You should keep all similar items together, and you should be able to tell at a glance what’s in any box. A label maker gives you an easy way to do this, and you can peel the labels off and change them later if necessary.

You could also write the contents on the bin with a permanent marker, or you could write it out on a piece of paper and tape it to the front/side of the bin.

Some of the most popular organizes are the clear or translucent bins; you don’t have to do quite as detailed labels with these. Since you can readily see the contents, you’re more organized and you save even more time.

Rubbermaid has a wide selection of these as well, which you can incorporate into your closet storage systems. Also, remember that you can get specialty storage items for your closet too, specially made for gift wrap, craft items, and other hobby supplies.