Joanna Picardi shares a few pieces of advice on how to best organize your closet.

1. J O A N N A P I C A R D I
HOW TO
ORGANIZE
Your Closet

2. EMPTY EVERYTHING
Take everything out of your closet and lay it in a
designated area of your room. This includes all of
your hangers, shoes, boxes, or whatever else you
currently store in your closet. This process helps you to
see everything you own and put every item you want
to keep back in one by one.
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3. CATEGORIZE
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Next, sort everything you just
removed into different
categories. You can start with
keep, throw-away or donate
piles, or you can sort everything
based on season or type of
clothing. Place your different
groups of clothing in labeled
boxes or bins to keep them
organized.

4. PURGE
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The hardest part of organizing your
closet is getting rid of things, but it’s an
essential step. Establish some rules
beforehand to make the process slightly
easier, like anything that has a hole gets
thrown out. Then, go through every
individual item of clothing and ask
yourself when the last time you wore it
was, if it still fits you properly, and if it
still fits in with your current style. Get
rid of whatever doesn’t fit or isn’t
something you wear; it’s wasting space
that could be taken up by pieces of
clothing that you genuinely love.

5. PUT IT ALL BACK
Now that your closet has been emptied and you’ve gotten rid
of everything you don’t need, you can start the process of
putting everything back in. Put everything back in a way that
makes sense to you. That may be organizing things by color,
by silhouette, or how often you wear them. Choose whichever
works for you, and start organizing everything.
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6. CONTINUED
ORGANIZATION
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Once your closet is all organized,
the most important part is keeping
it this way. Everytime you purchase
new clothes or put laundry away,
make sure things are being added
in with your current organization
pattern.
Also, set a recurring organization
date. Whether it’s once every six
months or only once a year, go
through your closet regularly and
continue to get rid of the items you
no longer have any use for. This
will help keep things organized.