Small closet organization must start with a personal commitment to discipline. Small closets are notoriously the most difficult to successfully organize. Generally, small closets hold more than they should. The hold more than they should in two different ways.

We simply hope to keep too much stuff in our closets and this interferes with proper organization. The important first step is to commit to de-cluttering your life and your house. People do not intend to collect clutter. Clutter catches up with us when we continue to collect new things but refuse to discard our older items. For many people it is extremely difficult to throw anything away. The reasons for that can only be found in psychology books.

The first thing you should do when starting to organize a closet, any closet, is attempt to reduce your belongings. This step is often referred to as purging. Go through the entire contents of a closet to see if there are items you really don’t need. You must commit to at least finding some items to dispose of. Aim for purging 20% of the contents. This might be too ambitious for one day. So aim to get rid of 20% of the contents within a specified time frame. Ideally, the time frame is less than one week but take longer if needed to meet your goal.

Once you have completed the purge portion of the closet organizing task you are ready to move on to step two. Step two involved organizing the items into discreet categories. Depending on the size of the closet or cupboard, you need to make a hard and fast decision about the number of categories each may contain. For small closet organization it is best to limit the categories to a 1-3 maximum.

One such closet organization grouping could be sewing materials. Many of us have buttons all over the house. Gather up all the buttons for every drawer and make a button jar. Gather needles and thread together and anything else related to sewing. Even if you think you don’t have any sewing materials you probably do. Another such grouping could be note paper, greeting cards, post its, wrapping paper, envelopes and pens. Everyone has stationary. Collect all your stationary together and store it in one closet. A small commercial closet organizer is great for stationary storage.

You may want to consider buying a proper closet organizer. There are reasonably priced closet organizers for closets of all shapes and sizes. You can find closet organizer systems at most department stores. If you are disciplined and ready to put some effort into the process then small closet organization is achievable.

Read more about different closet organizer systems and ideas at closet organization tips.

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