Whether your house has a ton of very large and useful closets, or you have an older house without a single built-in closet, you are probably going to have to decide at one point or another how to make your closets as functional as possible. The best way to acomplish this is by finding a suitable closet organizer, and then going through the task of organizing your belongings to fit your newly designed and organized storage space. For some people this is an easy task, for others it’s a chore.

So now that you’ve decided that you actually need some sort of organizer in your closet, how do you go about planning for it? You need to make sure that when you’ve finished the storage makeover you have an effective system for organizing and storing your belongings. In order to acomplish this, you need to think about a few different points:

Use of the Closet – how are you going to use this closet? You should try to match the function to the general area of the house that the closet is located in. For example, don’t store your jackets and boots in the upstairs hall, you will probably want them closer to the door where you actually use them.

How Big the Closet is – we are not all blessed with super size walk-in closets in every bedroom, and conveniently sized pantrys just off the dining room. Yes, sometimes we have to compromise. Just make sure that you design your closet with an appopriate amount of free space that you can easily get to items, as well as put them into and remove them from your storage space. Spaces which store seasonal items can usually get away with a little less breathing room, whereas closets that are used daily should have plenty of room so things don’t start piling on top of each other.

Expense – determine how much you want to spend before you do any shopping. You might want to do some forward thinking and total up all the closets that you might be redesigning in the near future as well so that you are more realistic about this item. Sometimes it makes sense to skimp, especially if you are not all that permanent in your current home, but others may be lucky enough to splurge on a custom built in showroom closet organizer.

Design – this is the point that combines all the previous points. Once you’ve answered all the previous questions, you will be much closer to deciding what the actual design of your closet is going to be. You still must figure out the material, color, and style though, so looking through some magazines devoted to storage solutions might be a good idea before you come to a final decision.

These are the important things that you need to consider before moving from the planning stage to the building stage. Once you’ve gotten through them though, you’re probably ready to get shopping, or alternatively, call a closet design company who will take your ideas and decisions into account and design a closet organizer that makes the most efficient use of your closet possible. What ever type of organizer you end up with – a modular DIY system, or a custom designed built-in solution, there is no doubt that you will truly enjoy the your new found de-cluttered lifestyle.