Oh my god.
It's like your whole life before your eyes.
It's like just so much.
It's just already giving me like
Intense anxiety?
Intense anxiety.
My name is Meghal and I'm a self-proclaimed organization
nerd.
Today, I'm going to help my friend Courtney
organize her overflowing closet.
But before we start don't forget to subscribe down below.
Hi, I'm Courtney.
I live in a one-bedroom apartment in Astoria
with my fiancée Jack.
Part of the reason we chose this apartment was
because of the huge, walk-in closet.
I just don't know how to sort through
all of my stuff.
I need help!
Here it is.
Alright.
Wow.
It's very stressful trying to get things out of the closet.
Because of my height it's very hard for me to reach things.
So I kinda just throw the sweatshirts on top
of the closet.
There's a lot of stuff in here.
Jack has a ton of hats.
I don't think I've seen this many hats outside of a hat store
in my entire life.
I can't even walk into it without stepping on a shoe.
Okay, there is a shoe rack in here.
But there are shoes on the floor as well.
Not sure when he wore this last because there is a giant
dust bunny on it.
Nothing is folded correctly.
Nothing is where it's supposed to be,
and sometimes things just fall on top of me.
Originally, we wanted the closet to be spilt half and half,
half of my stuff, half of Jack's stuff.
But it hasn't really been working out that way.
It's so hard for either of us to find what we're trying to
wear.
Both of us keep bumping into each other.
And we end up fighting about it.
Okay.
Alright.
Courtney and Jack are fortunate to have a walk-in closet,
but it feels very tiny because of the clutter
and overwhelming amount of clothes.
So I'm here to help them find a new system
that works for both of them.
What are you thinking and hoping for your closet?
I want Jack to have a place to put his hats,
not just throw them up there.
I would love to have my sweatshirts in some kind of order.
I would really love if we could get some matching hangers.
So like it would look a little nicer.
I love matching hangers.
For this space, it's not a matter of getting rid of things
but putting them in the right place.
I'm excited to kind of tackle this and
find some new solutions for you.
I cannot wait to be able to just walk into the closet.
I'm gonna go order some stuff and then I'll be back
to organize Courtney's closet with her.
I am back and I have all the organizing solutions.
I'm so ready.
I have Jack here to help us out a little bit.
Jack's here to help us with the hardest part -
emptying out the closet.
Then he's got to go to work and it's up to me and Meghal
to do the rest.
I'm nervous because I don't want any of it to be gone
when I get back.
So, I'm trusting you with almost literally all of my belongings.
The first thing that we're gonna do is empty out the closet
and then just sort things as we go.
So when we put things back into the closet
there is a order to it.
Oh oh!
The shoe rack is caught on a shoe.
Alright, I guess I have to go to work now.
Please don't throw away any of my things.
Noted.
Alright.
We've emptied out the closet.
I am seriously shocked that all of this even fit
in the closet.
There's so much to go through.
Ready to start filling everything?
I'm so ready.
We're gonna sort through everything,
get them in their respective piles.
We're gonna switch out the old hangers for the new hangers.
The velvet allows straps and shirts to hold
onto them very easily, and they don't take up
as much space.
I choose two purse organizers that will allow you to see the purses
that you have.
And you'll be able to easily access them and use all of them.
For your side, Courtney, we got a four section
shelving organizer with a garment rod at the bottom.
Let's roll up the sweatshirts so you can see which one each is
and they'll easily fit in the hanging organizers.
For the tops, let's organize them by type and if necessary
we can organize them by color.
That way you can form a mental image in your mind
of where everything is, and plus it looks good.
What's great about Jack is that he's so tall.
We repurposed the shoe organizer that was living outside
of the closet and put that up top to hold all of Jack's pants.
You'll have more walking space in front of your closet
and the pants will have a place to live.
For Jack's side, I also got a shelving organizer
and it's still pretty slim so when we put this on
the garment rod, he still will have plenty of room
to hang the rest of his jerseys and shirts.
I think one of the most challenging aspects
of this closet was figuring out to do with all of the shoes.
We actually got an organizer that could hang on the
back of your door.
Courtney, your shoes are smaller so they'll easily
fit in the organizer.
For Jack's side, we're taking the shoe organizer
which originally had all of your shoes on it
and putting his shoes on it.
And this will keep all of the shoes off the floor and up.
You guys have probably like five million hats between the
both of you and I think Jack has most of them.
I purchased two hat organizers.
You clip hooks onto an adjustable nylon strap.
We're just gonna mount them to the wall and each hook
can fit a few hats.
Hopefully with these two hat organizers
we can clip the five million hats that are in this apartment.
We have finished organizing and cleaning
your closet.
Everything is back in place and
I would say a better place than before.
I love how this came out.
I'm not tripping over any shoes.
I'm not searching for any sweatshirts.
Everything is right where it needs to be.
I don't feel like there's as much clutter.
I just feel so much better right now.
Are you excited about anything in particular?
Yeah, I'm really excited about the matching hangers.
To organize this closet, we spent a total of $220.
Honestly, I was a little nervous that it wasn't gonna work out
but magically everything came together.
But it still is pretty tight.
There isn't that much room to grow.
So I think for both of you moving forward
say you buy a new pair of shoes get rid of a pair that you don't
like or don't use.
That way it won't end up overflowing again.
Do you think you can keep it up?
Keep it clean?
I know I'll keep my side clean.
I mean like who knows with this one.
He like buys a new hat every day.
Your closet is all done so I'm gonna get out of here.
Alright, thank you!
Thank you for having me!
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