How To Design Your Own Closet Organization Systems
If you’re planning to use a closet for extra storage space, you should learn about all the options you have when it comes to installing closet storage systems. There are literally thousands of different shelving units, bins, and boxes for you to pick from.
First, decide whether you’re going for form, function, or a combination of both. If you don’t care about coordinating the look of your storage space, you have a lot more options for types of storage. Plastic tubs, rolling bins, and canvas totes are just some of your choices.
You can find a wide variety of Rubbermaid plastic totes and bins that you can use to enhance your closet storage. You could use little containers normally used for leftover food to store craft items or hardware; you could use giant totes for some of your biggest items, such as cushions from the patio furniture or the holiday decorations.
What you can do is put the large bins on the floor under the shelves, then fill up the shelves with bins of different sizes.
A key to good closet storage systems is labeling. Each tub, tote, and bin should be clearly labeled with what is inside it.
You should try to keep all similar items in the same place, which makes it a lot easier to see at a glance where everything is. It’s easiest to use a label maker, and that way, you can just peel off the labels and change them if you ever need to in the future.
Another option is to label the storage bin with a permanent marker, or you can tape a piece of paper to the side or front of the bin that describes the contents.
Some of the most popular organizes are the clear or translucent bins; you don’t have to do quite as detailed labels with these. Since you can readily see the contents, you’re more organized and you save even more time.
Rubbermaid also has a good selection of clear bins you can use as part of your closet storage systems as well. You can also find specialty storage items for your closet too, designed to hold things such as gift wrap, hobby supplies, and craft items.