Category Archives: Closet Accessories

Reduce Your Time Spent On Laundry With These Tips

When people hear you say the word “laundry,” they often assume you’re referring to washing and drying clothes.

However, this step is only a part of the laundry cycle, which actually begins and ends in the closet.

Here’s a quick breakdown:

You select an outfit from your wardrobe to wear.
After changing, you place dirty clothes in the hamper.
When the laundry bin is full, you sort clothes and separate colours.
Dirty clothes are washed, dried and folded.
Clean laundry is put away.

The cycle seems simple, but you know full well that it doesn’t always go smoothly or quickly. Prevent laundry gridlock and make this process more efficient.

13 hours of free time

What if you could save 15 minutes every week from your laundry cycle? That adds up to 780 minutes a year or 13 hours of free time.

Small changes in your daily routine can lead to big savings in time. Try to reduce your time spent on laundry with these simple tips.

Place dirty clothes into three separate bins

If you separate colours at the very beginning of the cycle, you’ll be able to skip an entire step later on in the process.

Add built-in laundry hampers to your closet cabinetry

Built-in laundry hampers help you stay organized without taking up space. They are also a great way to conceal mess and odour.

Consider customized laundry closets and cabinetry

If you often misplace the dryer sheets or your laundry area always seems cluttered, custom laundry cabinetry is a great way to help you stay organized.

Organize your bedroom closets

Putting away laundry is the last step in the cycle and it’s a very important part of the overall process.

If your bedroom closet isn’t organized and you put clothes away in random places, you are wasting valuable time every morning when you get dressed for work.

A closet organizer makes it easier to know where everything belongs. You’ll speed up your morning routine and putting away laundry will be less of a chore.

How To Upgrade Your Closet

If you haven’t done anything to your closets since you moved into your home, they could be looking a little dated.

Maybe you’re running out of storage space or dealing with a lot of clutter. It’s probably time for a closet upgrade.
An organized home starts with an organized closet.

Whether it’s in the bedroom, hallway or laundry room, you want your closet to be tidy, with belongings fitting perfectly into their designated spaces.

This will make items easier to find when you’re in a rush, which is especially important in the morning as you get ready for work or help the kids prepare for school.

So how do you upgrade your closet?

Closet organization

If your closets aren’t as organized as you would like, don’t worry. These closet accessories can help you upgrade your closet to better match your needs.

Tired of losing earrings and having necklaces become tangled? Add a jewellery drawer, one lined with felt, to keep valuable accessories protected and organized.
Rather than piling shoes on top of each other on the closet floor, create a place for every pair with a pull out shoe shelf.
Keep dirty laundry hidden by upgrading your closet with a laundry hamper. You can even add three hampers, which will allow you to sort colours right away and speed up the laundry process.
Add drawer dividers to organize drawers housing smaller, miscellaneous items. You can also use drawer dividers to sort clothing items like socks, underwear and ties.
Install a sliding belt rack in your closet to keep all of your belts or scarves in one place.
Add another chrome hanging bar to create more space for shirts, dresses and suits.

Closet styling

If you wish to upgrade your closet’s style, there are solutions for that as well. Small details like decorative hardware can make a big difference and can be used to enhance your interior design.

A new closet door is another great way to upgrade both your closet and room. Here are a few options you might consider.

More smart closet ideas

For more smart closet upgrade ideas, come visit our showroom to sample our products and talk to our design consultants.

Custom Closet Ideas For The Accessory Lovers In Your Life

Accessory lovers know that eye-catching jewellery, a striking scarf and statement shoes take ordinary outfits and make them stunning.

The only problem with having a wide selection of accessories is that the collection can quickly clutter a closet.

If you have friends who love accessories, but don’t have the right storage solutions to keep them organized, consider giving a custom closet as a gift this holiday season.

Here’s a quick guide to get you started.

Jewellery lovers

A small jewellery box just doesn’t have enough space for the accessory lovers in your life. As an alternative solution, help design your friends a custom closet with jewellery drawers that will keep their collection organized.

These drawers have divided areas that make small pieces easy to find and prevent necklaces from getting tangled.

Shoe lovers

Don’t let your friends leave their favourite pairs of shoes cluttered on the closet floor. Offer your friends the perfect solution for both their shoe addiction and space: pull-out shoe racks.

These shoe drawers offer plenty of space for storage and prevent shoes from getting scuffed.

Scarf lovers

Scarves aren’t just for adding warmth when the weather is chilly. They are also great for enhancing style, and many different designs, colours and materials are available.

If your friends have a large collection, help them keep scarves organized with hooks installed in their custom closet. Hooks can also be used to store belts.

Give a one-of-a-kind gift this year with some of these closet accessory solutions. To get started, contact Organized Interiors today.

Maximize Your Closet Space – Big Storage Solutions for Small Closets

You may think you couldn’t possibly get more use out of your small closet without studying the laws of physics and gravity. But all you need is a simple change in perspective.

Think differently

Look at your closet. Standard closets come with one rack spanning the width of the space with a shelf on top of it. Look past it, or better yet, take it out. Now what do you see? It’s more than just a box, it’s a three dimensional space.

Now consider the height, width, and depth. If it were a sealed space, how much water could it contain? Don’t try this! Just get your mind thinking about the space as a big container ready for filling.

Let’s get personal

Think about what you need to store in it. Do you wear suits, dresses, and skirts? If so you need to hang them up, leaving about 24″ of depth and enough room across so the clothing can “breathe” and not get crushed.

Think vertically

Look up. Take advantage of the height and double-hang the racks so there is enough room so that the clothing on the bottom rack doesn’t graze the floor. You can either extend the top rack to accommodate long pieces or add another long rack.

Think horizontally

This will leave more space to add horizontal shelving. There’s no need for a 24″ depth for sweaters and ready-to-wear items, unless the shelves can be pulled out so you can see what’s in the back. Otherwise, consider short-stacking the shelves so fewer items rest on more shelves.

Keep it at eye level

Keep what you need on a regular basis at eye level. Use upper storage for items used less often. Some people prefer to use storage boxes and containers for the out-of-the-way items and the day-to-day items exposed for easy use.

If the shoe fits…

If the shoe fits, take good care of it! After a quick wipe down, shoes need to be stored in a dry, clean space, preferably upright and properly supported (like popping simple cardboard tubes into boots).

If your preference is to put them in drawers, look into a pull out shoe rack for larger footwear collections. Even the smallest closets can add stacked shelves on the floor.

Bags of bags

Like shoes, purses can take up lots of space. If you hang them together they can become a big, twisted clump. Give them their space. Add a series of cubbies or store them in clear boxes so you can see each one and access them easily.

It’s the little things that count

At the end of the day when you want to take off your watch, jewelry, belts, and small accessories, you need to have a place to put them.

There are multiple solutions and container systems available that take up very little space. Even a simple hook can do wonders. An extra shelf or counter top can be a regular drop-off spot, or include a drawer in your shelving system so you can simply tuck away and hide.

It’s personal

Your closet is your space, a reflection of your lifestyle. You can try to modify the space on your own or you can talk to an expert and have them show you how to maximize your closet space.

Organized Interiors’ design consultants specialize in creating personal, one-of-a-kind fittings, custom-designed for your personal storage needs.

Schedule a free in-home design consultation with one of our professionals to start getting more from your closet spaces.

5 Closet Accessories That Make Great Gifts

Nobody can resist a gift that promises to make life easier, especially if it’s wrapped in a hint of glamour. Better than a day at the spa, it’s a lifetime of organization.

Here are 5 closet accessories that make great gifts.

Shoe shrine

It’s not just a shoe rack, it’s the ultimate in convenience – a pull out footwear storage system.

It’s like a dresser, except all the doors are “open-faced” with a low, sturdy railing track to hold shoes in and can be pulled out to extend the full depth of the drawer, then pushed back in and out of the way.

There’s no more scrounging around the floor at the back of the closet. Shoes are elevated to a higher, more accessible level.

Jewellery in a drawer

Using drawer storage is also an excellent way to keep your jewellery within reach. Using a top drawer that’s closer to eye level, in a well-lit closet, is an easy way for mom to get her bling on.

Choose a custom velvet-lined drawer. It’s not only a beautiful way to display your jewellery, it’s also functional.

Velvet-lined spacers help keep jewellery “in shape” by providing a slip-resistant surface. Keeping jewellery pieces separated also helps prevent scratches on surfaces and tangling.

A little Paris flair

You can never have too many scarves. They’re always in style (just ask a Parisienne).

Discover a better way to store your scarves. It can be as simple as purchasing drawer dividers to fit into a shallow drawer to neatly fold away each one.

There are many solutions available to keep them wrinkle-free and fresh. By keeping them in sight and within reach, there’s no excuse to leave the house without a little French style all year long.

Maximizing space and minimizing effort

To maximize closet space, look up. If you use double height rods to hang shirts, pants, etc. you create double the storage space.

You’ve probably thought about it but decided against it because it would make it too difficult to reach clothes on the upper rack. But what if that rack simply pulls out and down to your level with a simple movement?

Genius, effortless, the closet does the hard work for you.

Ironing board in a drawer

Yes, an ironing board can be a perfect gift. Not the clumsy, squeaky, awkwardly shaped, leggy ironing board you have to drag out of a dark closet, bend over to unfold, adjust and bend over again to fold up and drag back to the closet.

This one is in a drawer and the system is beautifully designed to function by simply sliding out when needed and tucks away when you’re done.

For even more gift ideas, check out our closet accessories page.