I was thinking about closets the other day and realized that pretty much no closet upstairs has a door anymore because of the closet organizer systems we use. I don’t know when that became a “thing” of mine, but with the renovation we removed all of the closet doors and just made closets part of the decor. This started with our closet but quickly moved into our kids room too.
The closet organizer system we have
In our toddler’s room, we have a closet system that we installed a couple of years before she was born. It originally housed all of my clothes, since our master bedroom’s closet was really inefficient/small for two people. I spent a ton of time looking through organizing ideas before realizing that one of these systems would definitely do the job. Now it’s the perfect setup for easily finding her clothes for every day of the week!
It’s a normal sized closet for New England homes (if you live in an older home than ours you probably have a small closet, but there are smaller systems you could use!), but the closet system lets me create a lot more closet organization that stays organized. The open shelving means I can use storage bins and swap out smaller bins for larger ones, or create shoe storage, or house stuffed animals too.
When I posted these photos on Instagram, I got a lot of questions about what hangers we use. I bought this set of hangers from Amazon, and I liked them so much that I bought another set for the new baby’s room, too.
How I organize my toddler’s closet
On the top rack, I keep jackets/sweatshirts or heavier pieces like sweater dresses. The bottom rack holds new clothes, plus her robes and a few costume/dress up items for easy reach. The rack on the left holds everyday clothes, dresses, etc. I try to keep her clothes organized so that I can just grab something off a shelf or a hanger and know exactly what I’m picking up. Keeping the same clothing items (like coats or light jackets) together in one space also helps me see what she has so I don’t overbuy (except looking at her closet you can see just how much clothing she has- hah!).
As she gets older I can shift around the closet design, but the plan is to add more shelves for larger clothing items that she isn’t yet wearing. I also added a bin to store baby clothes that she has grown out of until I put everything in the larger storage bins and out of her bedroom.
I love the drawers for extra organization, so I have a place to put her swimsuits, extra sheets, and other things that just don’t fit well in her dresser. One drawer usually has some items that are a little too big but will fit soon-ish.
The hamper was a HomeGoods find, but I found some similar ones online!
And the pink bin on the right side holds anything that is suddenly too small. It saves me from having to constantly pull out bins to reorganize clothes that no longer fit the little miss. This way I just put it into the bin, and about once a month I will do that organization.
Closet shelves
The shelves are another great part about this closet system, because I can display some things like her castle piggy bank or the stuffed flamingo that was at my baby shower.
On the top shelf I keep all of her sweatshirts, which she doesn’t wear too often but are easy to grab if I know we’ll be out and it will get chilly.
I also have a jewelry holder for all of her headband bows (on the wall we also have a bow holder that holds the clip bows!). The lizard music box was mine as a child!
The bottom shelf holds folded sweaters and jumpers.
All in all, this closet system has been really versatile, from my clothes to my toddler’s clothes! It works just as well for adult clothing as it does for a child closet. You could even put this in a living room closet and just change the design to be more drawers and shelves if you wanted.
I am switching out one of the other closets in the house to have a very similar system (just larger, as it’s a bigger closet), because we like it that much. And as we move rooms around eventually, it won’t be a problem if this stays a kids bedroom or becomes storage space for an office.
I should note that we installed this closet system ourselves: It took a couple of hours, but it was easy enough to do and came with pretty good instructions! The closet system cost about $200 total, which is an absolute steal compared to what’s out there.
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P.S. If you’re in an organizing mood, you’ll also want to check out my garage stroller organization system you could hang on your garage wall, basement wall, wherever you have space.
That’s really sweet – organized and pretty to view.