Hanger Management

Here are a few tips to keep your closet more organized. Sometimes it seems hangers just multiply when you're not looking, doesn't it?

Dear Hubby put a closet rod over our washer and dryer that is just the right space for putting empty hangers -- quick to grab when hanging up laundry and it clears up space in the closet.





Use plastic colored clothespins on the hanger to indicate something that is currently too small or too large (am I the only one who has this problem?). Use wooden clothespins to indicate that something's been worn and not laundered.

Got too many clothes in your closet and don't know which ones to get rid of? Try turning all of your hangers (with clothes on them) backwards on the closet rod. When you return them to the closet, hang them the right way. After a few months, you'll be able to clearly see which clothes have not been worn and should be considered for dismissal from the inventory.

This is kind of a cool tool -- a place to put extra hangers and/or carry them back and forth to the laundromat. Once this is full and I still have lots of hangers, I start to recycle them. How? Return them to the dry cleaner.