How to Organize Your Coat Closet This Winter

Have you taken a good look at your coat closet recently? Whether you’re working with a closet right by the front door or a catch-all closet closer to the garage, you want to make sure that your closet is organized, accessible, and tidy! Everything in its place and a place for everything is the best motto when it comes to organizing your coat closet this winter.

Ways to Best Organize Your Coat Closet

The coat closet is one of the easiest dumping grounds for always-in-a-hurry go-getters. From coats and jackets slipping off hangers to hats and gloves were thrown absent-mindedly on the floor, your coat closet can get pretty messy pretty quick. By incorporating just a few of these organizational tips and tricks, you’re sure to transform your coat closet into any HGTV’s dream closet!

Clean Out When The Seasons Change

The best way to make sure you’re getting the most out of your closet space is to clean, purge, and organize with every change in season. Pool floaties, beach bags, and flip flops won’t really be needed for the cold, blustery days of winter. Relocating some of those seasonal items will free up a lot of much-needed space for the coming months. Anyone can spare an hour or two twice a year to give your home an organized and fully functional closet!

Donate, Relocate, or Replace

This is also a great time to get rid of anything that’s out of date, out of fashion, or no longer serves a purpose in your closet. Empty the entire closet out to make sure you’re only keeping and storing what you’ll need for the winter. We all have a tendency to keep things we don’t need, or allow certain items to outstay their welcome.

Cleaning out your coat closet for winter is a great opportunity to donate whatever you don’t need. You can store off-season items elsewhere, like in the basement or under the bed. Replace your daily-wear items like jackets, boots, and hats back in the coat closet.

Dust and Vacuum

Vacuuming and dusting a closet? Really? Oh, yes. You’d be surprised by the amount of dust, dog hair, debris, or dirt that can end up in the bottom of a coat closet. To set yourself up for success in the winter, be sure to vacuum your closet and dust any shelves you might have. A thorough cleaning will ensure that your coats, jackets, scarves, and other winter accessories are ready to go whenever you need them.

Use the Right Hangers

Using the right hangers in your coat closet is going to save you a lot of time and energy in the long run. There’s nothing worse than hanging up your coat only to have it fall into a puddle on the floor. My Premier Luxe Wood Coat Hangers will ensure that your coat doesn’t slip to the floor no matter how heavy or thick it is. The 2” wide velvet flocking will ensure that nothing slips off the ends.

Strangely enough, skirt hangers are actually great for winter coat closets. You can clip scarves, hats, and gloves with a skirt hanger, keeping all your winter accessories within easy reach! My Velvet Top Hangers with Clips can easily double as a coat hanger and added storage for scarves, hats, or gloves.

Creative Floor Storage

Even if your coats are all different lengths, you can easily find a floor shelf that would fit in your coat closet. Use a floor shelf to store winter boots, or even hold different sizes of bins where you can keep extra bits and bobs like dog walking items, umbrellas, or various outerwear accessories. A floor shelf will keep your floors clean and help keep your closet from getting overly cluttered and, as a result, annoyingly messy.

Door Space

Don’t forget about the door! You can use over the door hooks or even a series of over the door storage bins to make sure your winter coat closet is ready and raring to go for the snowy season. Adding behind the door storage will almost double your closet storage. And if there’s one thing we all need, it’s more storage!

Breathe new life into your coat closet this winter. Pitch the piles and give yourself some much needed organization by following these simple solutions.