How to Prepare Your Custom Closet for the Holiday Season

Assess and Declutter: Make Room for New Additions

Okay, so before you can get anywhere with your holiday storage aspirations, you need to create space. That means an honest, thorough assessment about your closet’s current state, including the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Do yourself a favor and remove any items you won’t need during this holiday season, like off-season clothes, footwear, and accessories. Then, go through all your holiday items, and decide which will return to the closet.

The ones that don’t will go one of two places: the donation pile or the discard pile. Laundry resource Rinse suggests donating items that don’t fit, aren’t used often, or are out of style. However, the items should be in relatively good shape. If they smell, have holes, or are otherwise worn, recycle them.

Oh, and here’s another tip courtesy of Rinse: never donate your undergarments. Just recycle them or throw them away.

Once you’ve made heads and tails of your closet items, you can reintegrate them neatly back into your closet. Now you’ll have room for seasonal items, like gifts and holiday outfits.

Add Holiday Storage Solutions: Efficient, Festive, and Functional

Of course, if you just take items out and put items back in, your closets can still end up cluttered before you know it. That’s why you need to incorporate storage solutions to help pick up the slack.

Oh, and make your storage seasonal! For instance, festive storage boxes or bins are perfect for keeping gifts, holiday outfits, and wrapping supplies. You can also explore options, like hanging storage bags, shelving units, and drawer dividers, that complement holiday colors, like gold, green, and red.

These smart storage additions subtly integrate the festive theme of the holidays and will bring cheer every time you open your closet doors. And on the note of bringing cheer, please label your bins, so you can quickly find what you need.

Create Zones for Holiday Essentials: Gifts, Décor, and Outfits

Next, it’s time to get in the zone. Holiday zones, that is. Creating designated zones in your custom closet will make organizing your seasonal items a cinch, from accessories to holiday outfits, gifts, and more.

If you have even more space to spare, consider crafting a gift-wrapping zone. You can keep all your tags, bows, and wrapping paper in one convenient place. Plus, you also get the benefit of hiding your gifts in your closet when you’re done.

If you decide to follow through on the gift-wrapping station idea, make sure you still set aside part of your zone for holiday accessories and outfits, so you can quickly grab what you need for your next holiday gathering.

Add Festive Touches: Small Décor for a Holiday Vibe

Who says the closets have to be bereft of holiday cheer? Share the love, warmth, and joy of the season in this part of your home as like any other. A few small, simple additions, like string lights or a hanging wreath, will make a difference in how much you use and enjoy your custom closet during the best time of the year.

And if you don’t have any spare room for closet décor, at the very least, you can add a couple of scented sachets or drawer liners in scents, like pine, cinnamon, or cranberry. These aromas freshen up your closet, immerse you in the holiday spirit, and can even keep pests away.

Seasonal Rotation: Highlight Holiday Outfits and Accessories

Give your out-of-season items the boot, and let your holiday clothing and accessories shine. Moving these items to the front will keep everything accessible, so the next time you get invited to a last-minute party or have to dash out to get the perfect gift, you’ll have the ideal outfit to wear.

Try grouping similar items together, like winter coats, holiday dresses, and scarves, so you can easily pick through what you want until you get that flash of inspiration.

By the way, item rotation is a tip that works even when the holidays are over. Switching the items in your closet from the back to the front and then back again will keep your space functional and fresh all year.

Do Not Mix Irrelevant Items

Here’s something you shouldn’t do when organizing your closet for the holidays: don’t let unused or unrelated items linger in your closet. You might tell yourself you’ll take care of them tomorrow, but then tomorrow comes, and you don’t get around to it. Then the next day passes, and the next day…you get the picture.

You don’t want to reduce organizational efficiency and undo all the hard work you’ve put into crafting a picture-perfect closet in time for the holidays. Store your non-essential items in another designated space, and come back to them later.

Quick Tips for Maintaining a Functional, Festive Closet During the Holidays

Once you’ve gotten your closet in a place you’re happy with, it’s easier than you might imagine to keep it that way. Here are some handy, actionable tips for closet organization during a busy holiday season:

• Regularly put items you use back into their designated zones, so you can access them again next time.
• Keep a hamper full of items for discarding or donating.
• Each week, plan for quick mini cleanups to keep the closet tidy.

This might not sound like much, but these small efforts will keep your closet organized and ready for the next gift stash or holiday event.

Conclusion

Preparing your custom closet for the holiday season can reduce stress, incorporate more space, and introduce a warm, festive vibe. Putting in the hard work now will allow you to take pride in your festive, organized closet later. That little bit of effort will foster more enjoyable holidays.

Source

• https://www.rinse.com/blog/rinse/clothing-donation-etiquette-and-how-to-guide/