Hi guys, welcome back to my channel and to a video that is perfect for anyone out there who has
too many clothes like myself, or you might have a small or shared wardrobe. Today,
I'm going to show you my top 10 tips and tricks on how you can really maximize the space that you do
have. And what prompted me to make this video is we're current renovating our house,
and we're having to take the clothes from four wardrobes, and put them into just two wardrobes.
So we're really having to declutter, think about clever ways to store things. So these
are my top tips, and I hope you really like them. If you do, give this video a big thumbs
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for more videos like this. But with all that said, let's get into my cloth storage tips.
Okay. So this first tip might sound very obvious. And if you've clicked on this video, it might be
something you've already done, but to make sure everything fits into your wardrobe, you first need
to have a good declutter. And I love to declutter in the KonMari way, which is to take every single
item out of your wardrobe, put it into one big pile so that you can really appreciate
just how much stuff you actually have. And then to go through each item, thinking about whether you'd
like to keep it, does it bring you joy or whether it's time to get rid of it, sell it, or donate it.
So I tend to have a declutter twice a year with a change of season. So when my summer clothes
go out into storage and I put my winter ones in, and then again, when my winter clothes go out
and my summer ones go in, I'll do it then. But this is something you can be constantly doing.
If you have a basket that you keep in the garage or your closet that says donate or get rid of,
then when you see an item and you think actually don't wear that as much anymore,
you can be constantly decluttering and putting it into the basket. Or I saw this really good
hack. I'll link down below where I saw it, but it is to hang all of your hangers like this,
almost backwards, but then, once you wear an item to then hang it back the proper way. And then,
at the end of the year, you can actually see which items you've been wearing
and which ones you really haven't been. And then it might be time to get rid of those.
As I just mentioned, I really like to store away my seasonal clothes. Our bed has this great
gas lift storage, so I can just put so much stuff underneath our bed. But I ordered these
canvas bags from Amazon, so I just put the clothes into that, and then you can store it in your attic
or garage or wherever you want to put it. But as someone with too many clothes, it literally
halves my wardrobe, so that is also a good tip. And when it comes to storing clothes in drawers, I
really love using drawer dividers, especially for smaller items of clothes, like socks, accessories,
pants, and stuff like that. You can get these on Amazon or Ikea or so many other places as well.
But I really like these ones because they have little sections in them. So they're great for the
kids' vests, for their pants, for their socks and ties, but it was also great when they were babies,
and their clothes were really tiny, and I'd lose their little baby socks. So these were
great. I feel like it really maximizes the space in a drawer, and it makes it very simple
for the kids to locate their things as well. So if I say, go and get some more socks or
they're laying out their clothes the night before for school, it's very easy that for them to just
find everything that they need, and it just looks great. So organized as well, but you don't have
to get these fancy dividers. You could just get the baskets from Poundland. I used to use them
when the kids were little. I feel like if you came to my house and opened up the drawers,
you would see that there is some divider in almost every single drawer, even in the bathroom.
And I know this isn't closed, but I wanted to show you what I meant by drawer dividers in other
drawers. So I got these clear little dividers on Amazon, but you can get them other places as
well. And I love how they section off a drawer to make it look super organized. So this is actually
the kid's bathroom drawer. So they have their toothbrushes, their hair brush, their hair wax,
any skincare, floss, and Vaseline that they use. And it all looks really organized. And this also
works very well for your skincare. Must also apologize. If you can hear the building work
that's going behind me, they're drilling at the moment. But another way to maximize the storage
in a drawer is to fold everything in the Marie Kondo way of folding.
Often, clothes take up less space if they're in a drawer rather than hanging every item
up. So if you have items that don't need to be ironed, it's worth putting them into a drawer
like this. So this is my son's pajama drawer. So I actually fold the sets all together,
and then it's very easy to just grab an entire set, and then it's just all done. But when you
line everything up, it's easy to see every item that you have. It's also easy to take
what you need and not mess everything else up. And a hack that we were recently did in our airing
cupboard, but it would totally work in a wardrobe as well is to use any dead space that you have on
a shelf by getting these shelf attachments. I got this one on John Lewis and it its in that
dead space so that you can then separate things, put different items into it. So in
our airing cupboard we're actually storing extra toilet roll in this, but I've seen these used in
kitchens for mugs or for plates, or in a wardrobe just to separate items, like if you want to put
accessories, or shoes, or t-shirts, or something into those. It just gives you another space.
And something that I recently did, which has helped me to get more into my wardrobe,
and it also looks more organized as well is to invest in some non-slip velvet hangers.
They're also slim line. So instead of having all kinds of different hangers, like you see here,
it can go from looking like this to looking a bit more like this. Obviously, they're slim, they all
line up. It just looks a bit more aesthetically pleasing. And you can pick these up in places
like Poundland or Amazon as well. And I'm just really pleased with how it looks. They all
match in color. I don't know, it's a small thing that looks great. But there is something about
wooden hangers that I only just found out, but wooden hangers, they're obviously a bit bulkier,
but they are sturdy, but these also actually repel moths and bugs from your clothes. So if you have
any wool like jumpers or tweed jackets, you might still want to keep them on a wooden hanger.
And a simple way that you can double your hanging space is to recycle a little tab
like this. So the next time you have a Coke or a Diet Coke, save the little tab, and then you can
put this onto a hanger and then hang a second item off of this. And it will really cut down
on how much hanging space you need. This is such a simple hack. It really works, and it's free. Or
you can also get these proper hangers online from, say, Amazon or places like that. And then you can
actually hang multiple clothes off of it. So in Caleb's room, we have quite a long cupboard that
was really congested. So we're actually going to hang these on the hanger so that the clothes are
almost more like hanging downwards. You can still see everything that you have, but you can actually
fit more. It feels a little bit more roomy now. And this type of hanger works really well
if you have a lot of trousers or jeans. So I'm actually using this for my son's school trousers,
and that means I can fit it's all of them on there. He's got five pairs. So they're now
on there and it takes a less hanging space, and it looks really organized. They're all on one hanger.
And while we're talking about hangers, there is one more that I wanted to show you guys. I found
this online and I thought it was such a good idea. This is a hanger for bras, for underwear,
for sports bras, for vests, and things like that. You could put actually anything into it,
but I thought this was such a great idea for bras because they can take up so much space
in a drawer. And some bras that I have, I don't wear every day. Some are for certain dresses or
for certain outfits. And if you're a curvy girl, your bras can take up quite a bit of space. So I
thought that this was genius. You can actually hang it up. So if you have more hanging space,
this is a great option. And then, on the reverse of this hanger, there's also more pockets where
I've actually put my vests. But if you had loads of sports bras, you could put them in there,
or you could put your underwear, or socks you don't wear all the time. I just love this idea.
And then I also wanted to show you this really cool item, which is a great way to double
your shoe space. So I got these, again, on Amazon and you actually store your shoes in it like this.
So one in it and one on top of it, and they're also adjustable, so whether they're flat shoes,
heels trainers, you can adapt them to suit the shoe. And as you can see, we've got five different
pairs there, and I could still fit so many more in this space. So they're brilliant for saving
space. And we have a lot of shoes in this house. And then the last hack that I wanted to show you
guys is if you really do have way too many clothes, it might be worth operating a one
in one out type rule in your wardrobe. So say if you buy something new, you're going to have to
choose one thing that it's time to say goodbye to. And that is really if you just have way too
many clothes and you can't squeeze anymore in. Okay. So those are all of my tips. I hope you
really enjoyed them. Let me know, in the comments down below, if there is anything else that you
would add. And thank you so much for watching. I'll see you in my next one. Bye, guys.