Organizing the wardrobe for the change of season

Closets in order and in harmony: from shelves to tone-on-tone boxes

According to interior architect Alice Truant, "updating wardrobes can be considered a real mindfulness therapy, which helps us make room for the new season, saying goodbye to the one about to close".

But what are the essential requirements of a well-organized and aesthetically harmonious wardrobe department?

"The wardrobe was born as a space dedicated to order, even if not always like this and, indeed, precisely because it is equipped with closable doors, there are those who tend to fill it to excess, with the consequence that inside it reigns the case .

The design of an organized wardrobe should pay great attention to the study and variety of internal compartments.

If possible, I recommend designing numerous drawers and shelves, without forgetting a vertical space dedicated to trousers and coats, to be hung on hangers of the same material and the same colour, to create a first, important sense of harmony and aesthetic rigour.

Further storage elements may be useful, above all the classic boxes covered in washable fabric, for storing hats, bags and tote bags. Again, investing in a collection of boxes of the same color and material is equivalent to achieving an effortlessly tidy effect".

And if the wardrobe is mini size, how to keep everything in its place?

"First move: replace wooden hangers with metal models, featherweight and much less bulky.

In this case, the wardrobe can be organized by hanging the clothes in front, perhaps by thinking of a double height clothes hanger , which can be reached more easily with practical latches.

For everyone: take advantage of the change of season to clean up what – objectively – has been lying unused in your wardrobes for years, if not centuries. After that, you will feel much better, lighter."

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