OMG. If this isn’t the most awesome-est idea for organizing dresser drawers, I will eat my tank top. Mrs. Accountability of Out of Debt Again, wrote a post called An Awesome Way to Organize Your Dresser Drawers, and I am speechless. Pretty much.
Why didn’t I think of this? Basically, you fold your clothes and put them in the drawers sideways so you can actually see what’s in there, instead of having to dig through piles to see what’s at the bottom when you need to find a shirt to wear. Every time I have organized my dresser drawers (which is probably equal to twice in the last 10 years), they become unorganized when I’m trying to find something.
Problem solved.
So why is this significant to me? I recently realized I am the female version of a frat boy. If I can’t find a clean tshirt or clean socks easily, I automatically assume I don’t have any and buy more. Since my dresser drawers are crammed full of various unfolded tshirts, shorts, and pjs I never find anything easily. Ever. When I open my drawer, it’s pretty much a surprise party and I never find what I initially had intended on wearing. Further, I have two big dressers that fit this description. Not one. Two.
Add that to the closet full of clothes. I don’t have a husband or significant other, and it’s a good thing, because the side of the closet that would be theirs is occupied. I literally have no closet space. Which is generally the excuse for why no one can live with me. After all, where will you put your clothes?
This means that I am wasting money somewhere on clothing. Not only because I can’t find things, but also because I have no idea what I have. If I organized my closets and my dresser drawers, I bet I could sell a lot of stuff and would realize that even after selling the stuff I don’t wear or didn’t know I had, I would still have enough clothing to last until I’m at least 80.
And I don’t even care if 80 year olds shouldn’t wear tube tops.
So, I’m going to try out Mrs. Accountability’s dresser drawer plan and see if I can at least get the 3 tshirt drawers under control. If anything it’ll look a lot better than the current situation.
Now, if I get those shoes and purses under control, I’ll really be rockin.
(Btw, thanks Mrs. Accountability. You may have saved me a ton. At least in tshirts.)
One Comment
Awesome, thanks for linking to my post! It has also really helped me to recognize which shirts I’m not wearing – the drawer of shirts is obviously pretty darned full and week after week I choose my favorites, and there are several I just don’t wear anymore. On Sunday my hubby brought home about a dozen shirts he found at Walmart on clearance for $3 each and before, everything would have been piled in a laundry basket but now I was like, Where will I put these!? I don’t really need more than one drawer full of shirts! There’s like 20 shirts in my drawer already, lol! So I’m taking all of them back but the two I liked the best, and I took two shirts out that I don’t ever wear. I hope this method works for you, and thank you again for link to my post!