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5 Tips to Organize your Closet TODAY

10/15/2019

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Closets: the space that can either fill our hearts with ease or dread. As a professional organizer, I often work with my home-organizing clients on the closets in their homes. It is so easy for these tiny little rooms of ours to become overwhelming, cluttered, and messy because of all that we try to fit in them. Plus, closets are easy to hide from visitors. We just shut the door and blissfully ignore the truth that lies inside. 

Never fear, Candi is here! I have listed below my top five tips to make your closet an organized dream. I am positive that if you follow and commit to the following advice, you are sure to have a functional, organized closet. 

1. Use slim hangers
We've all seen the slim, velvety hangers but I promise you, they are NOT a gimmick! They will reduce how much space your hangers are taking up now by 30%. WOW! Now, I know what you're thinking, "But wire hangers are thin too." And yes, wire hangers are thin but they do not hold onto clothes well. Once clothes start slipping off of hangers, your closet is bound for chaos. The slim velvet hangers keep your clothes from going anywhere and the best part about them is they are CHEAP! You can find them at Target, Walmart, Amazon, HomeGoods, TJ Maxx, and plenty of other places. I included a shopping link below for your convenience.
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2. Organize shorter garments closest to the door and longer garments furthest away
To give your closet a far more organized aesthetic, place your shortest garments closer to your closet door entrance and gradually work your way back with longer clothing. Not only does this look better, but it is easier for you to find the shorter clothing items when they aren't hiding in between your longer garments. This tip will help you find the garment you're looking for, clearly see all the clothing you have hanging, and create a more pleasing and organized closet. 

3. Ratios- The One for One Rule
Having trouble with a cluttered closet? Still feel like your closet is STUFFED even after switching to slim hangers? You need the One-for-One rule in your life. Every time you buy a new dress, shirt, skirt, pair of pants, whatever is may be, you donate another piece of clothing from your closet. This rule prevents you from cluttering up your closet and helps you let go of the clothes you aren't using. What I love about this rule is once I give away one piece of clothing, I start to notice other garments I should donate too which is a great habit to get into. If you are really committed to sizing down your closet, make it a One-for-Two rule and get rid of two garments for every new one you bring home.
 
4. Keep the floor as clean as possible
This may seem like an obvious organizing tip, but it's essential to keep this one in mind! If possible, try to keep your clothes from draping on the floor. When your floor isn't visible, it is bound to become messy in those hidden areas. Some people are able to keep their shoes lined up and neatly organized on the floor, but this is difficult for most people. I highly recommend using shoe racks to keep your shoes off the floor and organized.

5. Utilize storage boxes to store seldom used or off-season garments
I absolutely LOVE this closet organization tip. I have had many clients tell me that their closet is too small or they can't fit all of their things in their closets even after decluttering. Storing seldom used or off-season garments is the key to getting your closet in tip-top shape. You can either grab plastic bins from the dollar store and add labels or go for some pretty fabric boxes to store your clothes. There are also plenty of under bed storage boxes that work great as well. But don't forget: if you store your bulky sweaters, make sure to throw replace them with your summer clothes when you pull those sweaters out. And for a seldom used bin of clothes: be sure to put them back in their designated bin once you're done wearing them so that they don't sneak into your closet space!

Those are the 5 tips to get your closet in order! It isn't as hard as it sounds, I promise. Closets can be daunting, but I hope these five snippets of advice will help get you and your closet on track to an organized haven.
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Professional Disclaimer: The ideas, recommendations, and opinions on this website, blog, and made in person are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and should not be considered legal, financial, or medical advice. I am not an attorney, doctor, or licensed financial professional. Sage Organizing Co., LLC is not liable for any losses or damages related to actions or failure to act related to the content of this website, blog, or in-person discussions. If you need specific legal, financial, or medical advice, consult a professional in your area.
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Unclog your Beauty Drawer with these 5 Hacks

5/7/2019

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Makeup: a love-hate relationship. It can be fun to experiment with new makeup products and try out the trendiest lipstick shades, but after the shopping-adrenaline wears off, the sheer number of cosmetic products we each own can be truly overwhelming. Concealers, foundations, eyeshadows, eyeliners, mascaras, blushes, bronzers- the majority of our makeup comes in small, individual containers. With all these small products, it can be hard to have a functional cosmetic organization system. Stop feeling like your makeup storage is grimy and embarrassing and follow these 5 hacks for a clean, organized space to hold your makeup goodies:

1. Throw away all expired makeup/makeup you don't use

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A lot of people don't realize that makeup products expire. Each item of makeup should have a small picture of container on it with how many months the makeup is good for. For instance, the back of my bronzer says "24M" inside the picture of the container meaning it expires in 24 months. Keeping old makeup not only clogs up your pores, it clogs up your storage too! While you are checking the expiration dates on your products, also think, "When was the last time I used this?" Just because it isn't expired, doesn't mean it deserves a place in your drawer. It can be hard to part with makeup but once you throw away makeup you aren't using, it will make you more conscious the next time you go shopping. Check out this chart to help if you still have questions about when your makeup expires!
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2. Categorize and label your makeup

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This is a personal favorite of mine! I separate all of my makeup by which part of my face I use it on: eyes, lips, brows, cheeks, face. By categorizing and labeling makeup this way, it will shorten how long it takes for you to get ready. It can be so frustrating in the morning digging through bronzers and eyebrow gels just to find the mascara tube you use everyday. Stop the search in the morning and feel relived in KNOWING where each of your products are. The labeling system is also a great way to maintain organization by having a home for everything. Interested in knowing more about maintaining organization at home? Check out this past blog post!

3. Opt for acrylic containers

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Acrylic containers are so pretty, so trendy, and so FUNCTIONAL. Clear containers help you see all of your products which prevents you from buying makeup you already have! Additionally, acrylic makeup organization makes it easier for you to find what you're looking for and reduce how often you misplace cosmetics. Not to mention, acrylic containers are easy to clean with just a swipe as opposed to containers that have fabric accents.

4. Keep products that need to be finished at the front

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This tips goes alongside tip number one. When we get home with that new eyeliner, sometimes we forget about the perfectly good eyeliner that we've been using! Try to finish off the products you are currently using before moving on to the new products. This way you prevent wasting perfectly good product and get all of your money's worth! Also, jumping into your new makeup before finishing other makeup is a recipe for clutter and disorganization.


5.  Get creative with what you use to hold your makeup

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Don't feel discouraged if you don't want to spend a lot of money on fancy, makeup specific organizing products. Get creative with your makeup products and think about other affordable organization products you use at home. Spice racks, utensil organizers, magnet boards, mason jars, candle jars, letter organizers, wine racks, hanging shoe organizers, even ice cube trays are just a few options to use for your cosmetics.
With these 5 tips, you'll be able to keep your makeup drawer or vanity in tip top shape. These tips also are useful for haircare and skincare products as well. Makeup organization is a great way to keep clean which is especially important when is involves what we put on our skin! Additionally, it can help reduce wasting money on products we already have (not that I have ever done that before *sarcasm*! Eeek!) and help us create a more efficient makeup routine. It's hard to know which products work best for you when you struggle to find them or are using expired ones.
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Professional Disclaimer: The ideas, recommendations, and opinions on this website, blog, and made in person are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and should not be considered legal, financial, or medical advice. I am not an attorney, doctor, or licensed financial professional. Sage Organizing Co., LLC is not liable for any losses or damages related to actions or failure to act related to the content of this website, blog, or in-person discussions. If you need specific legal, financial, or medical advice, consult a professional in your area.
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How to Beautifully Stage your Home so it Sells in a Flash

10/7/2018

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If you want to stage your home so it sells in a flash,  93% of Realtors highly recommend that you declutter and organize the house first.  Having a house that potential buyers can imagine themselves living in takes some work, but it pays off in higher sale prices and shorter time on market. 

In this article, we'll be sharing ideas for organizing and staging the living room, master bedroom, and kitchen, so you you can sell you house faster.  AreaReal Estate professional Leigh Bryant, of The Temple Team at Keller Williams, will also share some of the tricks of the trade with our readers. 
Source: ​National Association of Realtors 2017 Profile of Home Staging

Here are 9 home staging ideas to sell your house quickly...

Living Room

  1. Paint your walls a neutral color​​: now is NOT the time to show your personality through color. Potential buyers want to be able to envision themselves living in the home; it's tough if they are distracted by blazing lime green walls. Freshen the space up with a new coat of a soothing, neutral color. 
  2. DECLUTTER: this is the number one piece of advice Realtors give to their sellers. Warning: Do NOT "hide" the excess clutter in closets....buyers look in closets, too.  Remove excess clutter, box it up and put into storage.  
  3. Help buyers imagine living there. Create "cozy" vignettes, like a quiet reading nook in the corner. 
Pro tip from Real Estate professional Leigh Bryant of The Temple Team at Keller Williams: The day the house is photographed for the online listing is the most important day of the selling process. The house should be perfectly staged for photos: those pictures are what cause buyers to want to visit your home...or not. 
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Master bEDROOM

  1. Remove all personal items.  Yes: even your wedding photos, photos of your children, and any religious icons.  Same goes for any clothing, personal care items (like perfume bottles), and artwork.  There should be no evidence of the people that live in the home. 
  2. Stage the closets, too.  Buyers are always thinking about storage space; show case the available space in the closets. Real Estate professional Leigh Bryant suggests that clients "channel  Martha Stewart" whenorganizing their closets before photographs and showings. A good suggestion is to have the closets 50% empty.  
  3. Make the room calming and spa-like.  The room should be well-lit, be spotlessly clean, and smells pleasing.  Creating vignettes, like a reading area or a window seat, helps the buyers envision how they would use the space. 
Pro Tip from Professional Organizer Candi Ruppert of Sage Organizing Co.: to make your closet appear larger, use hangers of the same color throughout the whole closet. Organize the shortest garments at the front of the closet and the longer items toward the back. 

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KITCHEN

  1. Pay special attention to decluttering and organizing the cabinets and drawers.  Home buyers can and will look inside your cabinets to assess the storage space. Cabinets and drawers should be 50% empty, clean and look like a Crate and Barrel display. Box up and put your excess kitchen items in storage. 
  2. Only leave 2 appliances on the counter-top, at the most.  A coffee-maker is acceptable, but make every effort to not have anything else on the counter. Your counters should be clean, empty, and showcase the space.
  3. Create a pretty scene at the sink.  Your sink should be spotlessly clean and smell like heaven (run lemons through the disposal if odor is an issue). Have a pretty dishtowel, some fancy dish soap and a new washcloth/sponge laid out. 
Pro Tip from Real Estate Professional Leigh Bryant: Don't let the decision of whether to hire a staging expert come down to money. 90% of the time, the cost of hiring a stager is recouped in a higher sale price or shorter time on market. 
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Professional Disclaimer: The ideas, recommendations, and opinions on this website, blog, and made in person are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and should not be considered legal, financial, or medical advice. I am not an attorney, doctor, or licensed financial professional. Sage Organizing Co., LLC is not liable for any losses or damages related to actions or failure to act related to the content of this website, blog, or in-person discussions. If you need specific legal, financial, or medical advice, consult a professional in your area.

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Ready, set, Stage!

Using these 9 tips and ideas will help you beautifully stage your home so it sells in a flash!
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Leigh Bryant is the Director of Sales and Expansion Partner for The Temple Team in Charlotte, NC.  Contact her here.

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Closet Organization ideas + hacks: The 3 commandments

5/2/2017

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The 3 Commandments of Closet Organization: Thou Shalt Not Use Wire Hangers - SageOrganizingCo.com

Normal People with Average Closets, Unite!  
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​I think it’s safe to say that if you are a normal person living in an average home, you probably have some strong feelings about your closets.  Are we talking about pride, joy, and/or total bliss?  Ah…. no.  If you’re anything like me, you have been embarrassed, frustrated, and sometimes just ticked off your closet.  Too many clothes!  Nothing fits!  How did the floor disappear?  Isn’t it crazy how that little bit of square footage in your house can make you feel so overwhelmed and unorganized?
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In this post, I'll be talking about how I used the Three Commandments of Closet Organization to totally revamp my personal closet.  After I learned these tricks of the trade, I started helping clients turn their closets in a happy place.  Today, I’ll share all the details to help you do the same.
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The Three Commandments of Organizing
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​As a Professional Organizer, I’ve learned that whether you are organizing a closet, a garage, or a sock drawer, there are 3 steps you need to take with every single project. It can be so overwhelming to tackle a project, but if you can follow these three rules, you’re on your way.   Are you ready for me to drop this  closet organization knowledge on you?!?  Get ready to have your mind blown:
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Commandment One: Reduce
Commandment Two: Arrange
Commandment Three: Maintain.
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Sounds so simple, right!?!? Well, let’s take a closer look at how you can do it.
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The First Commandment: Get Loose & reduce!
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​Before you start organizing a closet, you first should reduce the amount of inventory on hand. Or, to put it in simpler terms, Just Throw Stuff Away, Already.


​I had all these items in my closet, and I’ll guess you probably do too. 
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  • Sentimental garments (dresses from my rehearsal dinner 20 years ago, college formal dresses, a leather jacket my late grandmother bought me circa 1987).
  • “Skinny” clothes (that totally don’t fit) and “heavy” clothes (that totally don’t fit)
  • Clothes that I bought and never wore, but felt too guilty to donate.
  • “Maybe I’ll Wear That If I’m Invited to a Alligator Allergy Awareness Gala” (or some other obscure event), which can also be the “I Once Wore That to a Fabulous Party.”  I’m looking at you, 2011 Steeplechase dress and hat.
  • Shoes that don’t fit, are out of style, or are too worn out to wear
  • Every handbag I had ever owned
  • A floor covered by laundry, things I didn’t want to rehang, and other random junk.

I knew stuff had to go.  I KNEW it… but I needed some inspiration.  Lucky for me, this was right about the same time that the book,  The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo,  was all the rage. So, I read it and despite all the Zen/hippy-dippy stuff in there, I walked away with one piece of true wisdom.  Only keep the things that make you feel happy.

Did the shirt I once wore to a company Christmas party in the late 90’s make me feel happy?  No : I just felt bad it was too small now. How about the leather jacket my grandma bought me? No: I kept it because my late grandma bought it, even though I hadn’t worn it in over a decade.  Did the expensive dress I wore once to a wedding make me happy? No, but it was so expensive I thought I thought I should hang on to it.

Did any of it make me happy? Well, yes!  There were a lot of garments that I loved, that fit me well, and/or that I loved.  And yes, I kept my rehearsal dinner dress. I will never wear it again, but it truly makes me happy.
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So that became my rule: If it makes me happy, it stays.  If it doesn’t, it goes. And once I made peace with that rule, it was amazingly easy to get rid of things. A LOT of things.  Like, bags and bags and bags of consignment and Goodwill items. 

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A Quick Tangent on Donations
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​Two Tips.
 1: Always keep donation bags in your closet.  If you have to go searching for a grocery bag to bag up your stuff, you’ll lose the momentum and quit.  Just stash some extra bags in the closet and fill them as needed.  Trust me,  it works.
2: Take your full donation bags to your car immediately.  If you leave it sitting on your closet floor, it’s never leaving.  Go throw it in the back of your car and drop it by Goodwill (or wherever) the next time you’re out running errands. 
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Boxed & Headed to goodwill

 
Commandment two: Arrange what is left over
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​So now that you’ve got a lot less inventory in the closet, you can figure out how you want to organize it. Here are a few of my professional guidelines. 
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Get rid of the wire hangers.  

​They are an eyesore, but they also don’t support your garments well. In time, they will bend and bow and ruin the lines of your garment. Ladies, you have nice things, so treat them well.  I don't care if it is a Target t-shirt: treat your clothes nicely!


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​Have all your hangers match.
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This eliminates the visual clutter in your closet.    If you can afford it, slowly invest in and build up a supply of the velvet lined slimline hangers. (Better Homes and Gardens makes a box set of 30 that you can purchase at Walmart). Slimline hangers allow you to hang more garments in the same amount of space. I also love that garments don't slip off the hanger. 

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​If slimlines aren’t in your budget, you can always purchase plastic hangers.  This may be my OCD, but try to do all one color.  Again, it eliminates the visual clutter.   Note: I've started seeing plastic slim hangers in stores, but have yet to try them out.  Let me know in the comment section below if you've used them!  I'd love to hear how they work.


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Use dead space in your closet.  Most average closets I’ve seen have the hang bar, then one shelf above it.  But truly, there is usually room for a second shelf above that.  If you can add another row of shelving, you’ve just doubled the number of items you can store. Get yourself to Home Depot, buy more shelving, and put in another row.  You’ll end up using that top shelf for your lesser used items. 
Use the floor to your advantage too.  Tuck your laundry baskets underneath your short hang items. 

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Arrange by function (not color).  I believe you should put like-items together. That means all work tops in one zone, casual tops in a different zone, etc.  Then within each zone, arrange by length. So, in Work Tops, go Sleeveless to Long Sleeve.  In Pants, go Capri to Bootcut.  When you’re getting dressed, you think about what you are doing that day and/or the weather.  You don’t say “Oh, it’s hot today. I think I’ll wear green”.  You say “It’s hot and I have to work. I’d like a sleeveless top”. 


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Put the things you wear most frequently closest to the door.
If you work 40 hours a week, put your nice work clothes up front.  If you seldom dress up, put your casual things closest to the door.  I personally like to put the trendy seasonal items at the front of my closet, and the classic pieces further back. However you dress is the way you should organize your closet. 


Stand Back, Admire Your Progress
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​Now that you’ve hauled out tons to donate and/or sell and your stuff is all gorgeously arranged, you want to keep it that way.  

Let's move on to the third Commandment of Closet Organization. 

The Third Commandment: Maintain it, yo. 

Want to keep your closet under control?  Then it's all about the ratios, my friends.

Follow the One In, One Out rule.  It’s easy.  If you buy one new shirt, you must get rid of one old shirt.  Two new dresses?  Gotta donate 2 old dresses, pal. If you can make yourself follow this rule, your closet will never again get out of control.  PREACH~!

Need to thin out your items quicker?  Try a One In, TWO Out ratio.  
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Want to be even a little more hardcore?  Don’t keep extra hangers around.  That way you can’t “cheat” the One In, One Out rule because there aren’t extra hangers.  It’s brutal, but I’m here to tell you, it works.

Wilt thou follow the 3 commandments of closet Organization? 

I'm going to be honest: it takes time, patience, a couple gut-checks, and sometimes a little money, but you can organize and maintain your closet if you follow the 3 Commandments.   

Let's hear your questions in the comments section!  Do you think the 3 Commandments will work for you?!?
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Professional Disclaimer: The ideas, recommendations, and opinions on this website, blog, and made in person are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and should not be considered legal, financial, or medical advice. I am not an attorney, doctor, or licensed financial professional. Sage Organizing Co., LLC is not liable for any losses or damages related to actions or failure to act related to the content of this website, blog, or in-person discussions. If you need specific legal, financial, or medical advice, consult a professional in your area.

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