THIS IS HOW YOU KEEP YOUR CLOSET IN CHECK

And then designer Issey sent an article with the headline “you have got to see America’s largest closet” and I knew for sure: something is going seriously wrong at my home. America’s largest closet is owned by Theresa Roemer, former Miss Texas, and she does something with charities and businesses (and is rich by marriage). The thing is over 900 m large and cost about half a million to build. But then you also have three (!) floors (!) of closet space. Oh, and there’s a champagne bar in it, because that’s handy.² Of course, there is some order and regularity in there, otherwise you would constantly lose everything. On the third floor, her fur coats and large hats are displayed. The spiral staircase takes you down to the second floor where she has her hair and makeup done and where the shoes from Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Louboutin are placed. The top floor is for bags and jewelry. The ‘closet’ is affectionately called the ‘she-cave’ and actually looks more like a store than a closet, with large Birkins in illuminated showcases and Hermes belts neatly.

organized by color. As mentioned, one must maintain order in life..

She tells Fabsugar. how she does that and also for the person with less, she actually says quite handy things about a normal closet. 1. What you don’t see, you don’t wear.

This lady honestly has a really good point. Most people tend to fold everything on shelves, but that way you forget half of your stuff. Try to hang up as much as possible, or at least lay it out well in sight. Your closet is not a place to hide things, but rather to showcase them.

2. Adapt the closet to your personal wishes.

Sounds like an open door, but think about it. If you buy a standard closet, you have to adjust the layout to that closet. But maybe you need a lot more shelves and racks than ten thousand shelves. Look at your wardrobe, are you someone who has 10,000 pairs of shoes and relatively much less clothing? Shelves are your friend. But if it’s the other way around, then you should, considering point 1, actually have more racks.

3. Make use of empty walls.

An empty wall is an unused wall. Mount hooks or racks for towels to hang your scarves and belts on. Or lots of little nails/buttons for your necklaces.

4. Invest in good hangers.

Those thin crappy dry-cleaning hangers work in principle the same, but it looks much neater if you use nice wooden hangers. Or white ones. Coincidentally, I recently bought a whole pack of hangers at HEMA, for 4 euros you get seven hangers, so you really can’t go wrong there.

5. Sort everything by color and type.

I do that too. All my shoes and clothes are sorted by color. A bit compulsive? Certainly, but it looks oh so lovely.

And then designer Issey sent an article with the headline “you have got to see America’s largest closet” and I knew for sure: something is going...

Good luck!