Home Wardrobes and Other Closet Solutions

There are many closet designs for walk-in closets and reach-in closets. But sometimes it's just not enough. A home wardrobe or "closet outside of the closet" can help you to create extra storage and give you the versatility that you need.

Keeping your closet organized becomes a lot easier if you don't have to switch out summer and winter wardrobes. Using a stand-alone or built-in wardrobe closet can help you to do that. You can keep summer clothes in one and winter clothes in the other. Never having to move anything around eliminates your need to rearrange the closet every few months.

Changing out wardrobes for the season rarely goes as smoothly as it sounds. You will usually need to get out your winter clothes in the fall when you start needing jackets and long-sleeved shirts at night. Then you're back to your summer clothes during the day. What this does, is it creates a need to have both wardrobes available for a few weeks. The closet gets crammed and disorganized pretty quickly.

More and more people are turning to exterior home wardrobes to take care of this problem. You can alternate between the wardrobe and your closet from season to season, like we mentioned above, or you can use the wardrobe to store your out of season clothing. By using a wardrobe instead of boxes, you keep the clothes neatly hung and folded. So, when those in-between seasons like spring and fall sneak up on you, you can simply go to the wardrobe and get what you need.

Not having boxes to deal with not only frees up storage space in your home, but also eliminates the need to wash, iron and hang everything that comes out of storage. Sometimes clothes in storage will get a musty smell. That is actually mold that you are smelling. Even if you can't see it yet, it's there. You can help to eliminate mold and mildew in stored clothing by using cedar sachets or other cedar products.

In a wardrobe, your clothes won't get as musty and wrinkled. However, if the wardrobe will be closed for an entire season, you will want to use cedar products anyway, just to be safe. You can hang the clothes inside on cedar hangers to eliminate odors, protect the clothes from pests, and to eliminate moisture.

Your clothes hangers can help you to keep things from getting wrinkled and they can also help you to make the most of the space in the wardrobe or in your closet. A good wood hanger or coat hanger can help coats and suits keep their shape. Then, you can use slim hangers that are designed to save space for the rest of your clothing.

Selecting the right hangers and storage space for you is essential in keeping a closet organized. If it holds the things that you need it to hold, it can be one of your greatest assets.