- My closet is like a fun, messy bitch.
She's got everything,
but she's like not sure if she can handle it?
She's really fun, though.
I like her.
- [Ashley] Is that you or the closet?
- Oh, it's my closet.
That doesn't describe me at all.
(spirited piano music)
- My names' Ashley, and today we're gonna give
my coworker Sarah a total closet makeover.
Basically, I'm gonna kick Sarah out of her apartment
for 24 hours and give her closet a complete facelift.
Sarah is a super awesome boss lady on the move.
She lives in New York City.
She's a video producer.
She does UCB improv.
She's getting married soon.
Sarah has been really busy for sure,
so she need a closet that's super functional
and pretty organized.
At the moment, that is not exactly what she has going on.
- Oh my god.
I mean look at it.
(laughs)
(jaunty orchestral music)
I got a giant suitcase that I put there.
Another suitcase. This is like dog stuff.
I think something maybe Christmas-related's back there.
I have a giant prop bin of stuff
that's pretty much trash that I keep,
I guess, just in case I go to a costume party?
I don't know. It's bad.
Like, I'll put the pants on, and then I'll be like,
I can think of a few shirts that would work for this.
The first one I find, is the one I'm gonna wear.
And then usually I'll pull it out, and it'll be wrinkly.
And I'll be like, do I really wanna iron this?
Do I have that time.
If I think I do, I would have to get the ironing board out,
which is also in here.
This is, I'm just gonna.
Okay.
(dog barking)
These bins were purposeful purchases for organization.
The system is working for me so much?
I'm always trying to make the putting away easy,
but that usually makes the finding it take much longer,
You've got two separate items on.
I think this is a top.
It's all about creativity.
I have no idea what's in these bins.
I've kind of just accepted
that it's gonna be embarrassing at this point.
Like, I'm already showing you this.
I'm just accepting it.
- To recap, these are Sarah's biggest issues at the moment.
She can't see everything, so she doesn't wear everything.
It's a big hassle to put clothes away.
She just has too much shit.
And, she also has a ton of weird props.
And then we have what I'm calling the nope list.
It's just things that are big fat nopes.
Sarah is not gonna commit to them,
so we're not gonna do them.
The three things on the nope list are:
lids, the easier to put things away the better.
Mystery boxes, labels are a must.
Lastly, micro-organization.
Anything too complicated is just not gonna fly.
I spend a lot of time thinking about these things,
and I have a general plan of attack.
So, this is the basic layout of the closet.
A hanging shoe organizer
will both store shoes and be used as a divider.
Then I'm gonna try and squeeze in a hamper right here,
to free up some space in her bedroom.
On this top shelf, we'll put things that Sarah
doesn't need every day, like props, bathing suits, scarves.
In the somewhat hidden areas on the side,
I'm going to put things that
she doesn't need to see all the time.
Her ironing board, luggage, rain boots, things like that.
So, now I'm gonna order a bunch of stuff online.
I'm giving myself a budget of $200,
which I think is pretty fair for a complete closet facelift.
But I also have a major shopping problem,
so we'll see if I can keep it under $200.
So there you go, $200, 24 hours,
a total closet facelift.
So we just kicked Sarah out,
and we're gonna start the makeover,
but the first thing I'm gonna do
is take everything out of this closet.
Like every last piece of whatever is in here.
You cannot fully utilize your closet
if you can't fully see your closet.
(fun piano music)
The next thing that I'm gonna do
is organize it by item type.
I'm gonna put dresses with dresses
and shirts with shirts and jackets with jackets.
You should organize your closet by how you use your closet.
(fun piano music)
So, the other thing that I'm gonna do
while I'm sorting by item type
is put them all on matching hangers.
This is a little thing that makes a big difference.
So all the clothes are pretty much sorted.
They're on new hangers. We're looking good.
But now, I have the pleasure
of going through Sarah's mystery bins.
Okee-doke. This box looks like it is full of mystery.
There's a lot of duct tape on it like I can't even open it.
(Ashley gasps)
(record scratches)
Winter coats?
That's not very mysterious.
This is a very sensible thing.
Darn.
So, the mystery bin was bust,
but I have a feeling this luggage might have something fun.
What the heck is this?
They're gonna have a stylish home
for some not-so-stylish props,
but you know, everybody's got their thing.
(upbeat music)
(moves into groovy music)
One of my favorite purchases I made is this hamper.
Sort of matches the bins that we have on the top shelf.
I put some dryer sheets here, and she can just stick 'em
in the hamper to freshen things up,
even if you don't get to laundry very often.
(groovy music)
This big-ass piece of luggage is the perfect place
to put seasonal stuff, because it's just wasted space
inside of here if you leave it empty,
and things like winter coats
you don't reach for all year long, so I stuff them in here.
And then on the other side of the suitcase,
I stuck in other bags.
So, she's got a lot of big duffle bags, I put them in here.
One of the big problems with the bins was
they got kinda dirty, and this has this canvas lining in it,
and you can kinda like snap it and unsnap it,
so if does get dirty, you can just throw it in the wash,
and then it's like new.
(groovy music)
One of the biggest things that Sarah said was that
she doesn't wear clothes because she can't see the clothes.
Well, I've organized it so that hopefully
she can see everything, but the real thing
that's gonna help her out and stay organized is this app
that I basically input all of her clothes into.
I took a picture of every piece of clothing she has,
and basically in this app you can like make little outfits
and you can schedule outfits
and you can make packing lists and stuff.
She might think it's the most ridiculous thing in the world,
and she's probably right, but I am also
one of the most ridiculous people in the world.
So, I did it, and I think it's pretty awesome.
(electronic music)
(cash register chimes)
You ready?
- [Sarah] Yeah.
Oh my god!
What is this?
The space.
- You actually have a very big closet.
- Yeah, I see that it is big
now that it's not filled with, you know, shit.
- That'll do it.
- I love the labels.
'Cause like, my bins before,
I had not idea what was in them.
- Other really big change that we made was we made
all the hangers match, which is a little thing,
but I just think it standards it so much.
- [Sarah] It looks really nice.
One item on each hanger.
- One item on each hanger.
- Oh my god!
I like this because there are no lids,
and I can easily see what's there,
and it seems like it'd be very easy to put away.
- Yes. - So no excuses.
Future Sarah, no excuses.
(Ashley laughs)
- Now for the grand finale.
Hang on.
- There's more?
- [Ashley] There's more.
You can pick out the outfit on your phone, and then be like,
okay I'm positive this all looks good together,
so these are the only items
I'm gonna go find in the closet right now.
- And so I don't have to like take out 50 things
and try them on with them, and then like, not put them back.
- Yes! Yes yes.
- Wow I didn't even know that app was a thing.
I'm very excited to try that.
- Yes!
- I give myself like a 95% chance of success with this.
- That's pretty good.
What would you say it was before?
- Oh, what I had before?
- Yes.
- It was like zero percent.
- There we go.
- It was already a mess and I was never gonna fix it.
- There you go, no but I think
it's just a matter of doing it that one time.
Sure, maybe it won't look like this every single day,
but having a system like this
helps you kinda find that happy medium.
- I wanna give a hug. - Yes!
- Thank you so much.
(electronic beep)
Oh, the padding was bad? My bad.
Let's do hug like this.
Thank you.
- [Ashley] Now I need to go organize my own closet.
(upbeat music)