Next to a closet, a dresser can be the ultimate storage hero. But with all the room available in a drawer-filled hulk of furniture, there’s also ample opportunity for clutter to accumulate. Wide-set or deep drawers can easily swallow up socks or smaller pieces, while digging for a single shirt can turn your garments into … Read more
While I’d consider myself a pretty neat person, I do have one clutter-filled space in my home: the laundry chair. You know the one: that beautiful, decorative chair you splurge on for the corner of your bedroom. It’s sleek, it’s sophisticated, it makes you feel like the has-it-all-together lead heroine in a Nancy Meyers flick … Read more
Most of us are lucky if we remember to fold clean clothes while they’re still hot, before those dreaded wrinkles set in. The real pros among us are able to fold a fitted sheet without ending up with a crumpled ball and a boatload of rage. And then there are the folding elites, like my … Read more
A walk-in closet is a hot commodity, and finding a home with one feels like winning the storage lottery. Obviously, if you draw that dream ticket, you’d like your walk-in closet to actually be functional, not just a large room of minimal organization opportunities. When Chelsea Young and her husband, Jordan, moved into their 2019 … Read more
Leaning against a drawer so it will close. Getting an arm workout trying to squeeze more hangers onto a rod. Packing one last item onto a shelf — only to have it tumble back down onto you. If you have a tiny closet, you’re likely familiar with at least one of those scenarios. And while you … Read more