I’ve just installed the Elfa system in my laundry and it’s WONDERFUL! Not a big install, it’s true, but still seriously funky.

thanks for the tips, pals!

I am toying with the idea of segmenting the closet into “his” and “hers” before I start - I am really thinking I will propose we do that - he has less need for longer hanging and I have more clothes in general - I will run the ideas they put together past my hero and see what he thinks.

they have you put in your walls clockwise - my dimensions are (back wall) 79 inches, 57.5 inches, then skip to “front wall” which is 52inches, leading to left side of 85 inches. You can put in your ceiling height in the wall views, if you would like to try it out using my closet as a sample, our ceiling is 120.

They don’t show the segments joining along the top shelf unless you specify it - I would.

I was just thinking that your stuff being in storage could be a benefit. You could take the opportunity to plan your closet according to your ideal wardrobe, rather than your existing one.

So you could measure the space you have and divide it up by percentages of how much you wear each type of item, building in some margin. Then, as you bring your clothes in, you could move your stuff in starting with your staples, culling as you go along. It would be kinda like what I’m working on in my closet, but instead of labeling specific items, you’d just be breaking up the space by category (some things do take up more space).

Personally, I’d like to do my entire house, my entire LIFE, that way: figure out what I need, where I need it, put it there, maintaining some flexibility, and get rid of everything else.

Just another thought.

I won’t actually be able to stay in my closet until I am ready, but it’s a small walk in with an opening (no door) that resides within our masterbath, so I will enter the bath/closet, close door b/c hero gets to sleep late and go from my sink to closet and back however many times I like w/o bothering anyone, etc. I am considering (very seriously) putting up 5 hooks on the wall (I have in mind biggish hooks like for coats or robes where I could assemble 5 week day outfits in advance…. maybe even putting the jewelry/accessories on the hook as well (behind the clothes so it isn’t easily dropped and so it goes on the body last, etc)… Is that insane?

My dilemma is that 90% of my possessions and wardrobe are currently in storage, so I really don’t know what hanging space needs are specifically - the answer may be that I will have to give up the idea of having the closet organization installed prior to moving in and should opt for bringing all my clothes into the house and doing a big wardrobe planning project and cull - THEN measuring my needs, etc - planning the closet around my wardrobe rather than starting from the space dimensions and rules of thumb?

But that Elfa shelving SURE is neat-o.

I did like my shoes on a shelf, when I had the space to do that. Now that I’ve heard how you set them on there, no doubt I would do that as well. Very practical!

Necklaces - I put them on those little plastic hooks you buy in stores. Works like a charm, everything is tangle free. The trick is to alternate between big beaded necklaces and the thin delicate tangly ones.

Earrings - For $5 or less, buy a plastic boxed container for beads at any craft store, or even the ones they use for fishing lures… stick your earrings in pairs, in each of the boxes That’s how I store all of mine.

Bracelets - same deal, use the hooks, or you can go cuter, and buy glass containers and put the bigger beaded bracelets and necklaces in there, and fish them out when you need them

Rings - I just use a little bowl for this.. but for your sterling silver, keep them in plastic bags to avoid tarnishing via oxidation

What else am I missing? I use a pencil cup holder for my makeup pencils and brushes…

And my shoes go on a shelf, one facing in front so I can see what it looks like, and the other facing with the heel out, so I can see how high the heel is.