I read my best organizational tip of the year in The Duggars book, 20 and Counting. I only have a family with 4 daughters (soon to be 5), but I still find my laundry and closet organization is always a challenge.
After reading how the Duggars handled their laundry, for a family with 18 children - at the time of the book writing, I decided to give it a try. This is what the Duggars say, "We would no longer use bedroom closets for clothing....No more carrying clean clothes all the way to the bedrooms and putting them away in drawers and closets. Now they're sorted and put away right in the laundry room..."
I decided this was a brilliant concept and gave it a try. My long-suffering husband installed a hanging rod in our laundry room.
Now we hang all the clothes for the youngest 3 girls directly in the laundry room. This one organizational tip saves me countless minutes each day...carrying laundry up to each bedroom, putting it away in closets and dresser drawers, or worse, sending the children up with the clothes only to find the clothes half-hanging on hangers or sticking out of drawers.
Now all the clothes are within fingertip reach. It makes the entire laundry chore easier, and the girls bedrooms stay much neater. And since our girls share bedrooms, it also leaves more room for them to store their toys and belongings in our small bedroom closets.
In addition to putting up a hanging rod, we also installed a shelf above it. It is a great place to store out of season clothes and hand-me downs. I use free copy paper boxes and just label them with the sizes/seasons. This saves both time and money as I don't overbuy for a season.
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