Using a room as a closet has regained favor in many large households. Converting a bedroom to a closet reduces the amount of time needed to complete a family's laundry because all the laundry is put away in the same space. Include a folding table in your clothing storage space to cut time and effort even more as whoever is responsible for folding the clothing no longer has to haul the folded clothing to the closet. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Locate wall studs with a stud finder. Determine placement for your closet shelf system, level and mark placement with a pencil. Closet organization kits that fill a whole wall are available and include efficient layouts. Otherwise, consider two rows of shelves -- one set high and the other at waist height -- with the top shelf offset to allow dresses and long coats to hang properly.
2. Drill holes where needed to install wire closet shelving with hanging rods on one wall of the room, or more as needed. Use appropriate wall anchors (these usually come with the shelving) if studs are not located where the shelves need to be mounted. Install the closet shelves according to the manufacturer's directions.
3. Arrange stacking plastic drawers around the room. You need at least four drawers per person and more if each person has a large amount of clothing.
4. Place a laundry hamper that is divided into sections for each type of laundry near the door of the room. You may consider purchasing a second divided hamper if your family produces a large amount of laundry between wash days.
5. Set a table in the center of the room as a folding station. A drop leaf table works well here as you can set the leaves of the table up when working and fold them down to allow for ample walking space.
6. Put a small trashcan underneath the table for trash found in pockets or dryer sheets. A laundry basket should remain underneath the table to provide a home for unmatched socks until the other sock is found.
7. Hang clothing by size and type. Hang shirts and dresses on the top rod while pants and skirts should hang on the bottom rod.
8. Fold socks, underwear, pajamas, shorts and T-shirts and place in the stacking plastic drawers. Label each set of drawers with the name of the clothing's owner. If space is at a premium, stack older children and adult drawers on top of younger children's drawers.
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