so excited to be giving you guys a closet tour today because I have spent maybe a little

over six months trying to set up my closet, trying to get it right, trying to just organize

it in a way that it's going to work for my needs and my habits and stuff.

So I just want to show you everything that I've done here. So I am standing on one side

of the closet. There is another side behind me or in front of me that I'm going to show

you in just a second. But this side, this is where I have all of my drawers and shelves

with baskets, and then all of my handbags up there. And then the other side has all

of the hanging space and the shoes and the necklaces and stuff.

So let me just start with the drawer and show you everything. So first off, this system

here is my by IKEA. It's called the PAX System and it comes in multiple colors. This is the

black-brown. Everything is customizable. Meaning that it has these little pegs on the side

of the closet so you can always take a shelf out, add a drawer or you could add a rod to

hang stuff or you can move this higher or lower depending upon what you're storing.

So everything is just - it's in the right spot right now and I really like the way it's

set up.

So OK, so the drawer. So up here is where I have all of my jewelry and accessories.

So I went ahead and I found all of these nice jewelry organizers from Michaels. Now, I loved

the color. I love hot pink. I love zebra print and leopard print and stuff so there are - I

don't know. It's just fun. It matched my personality. So I got them. They were actually on a clearance

at Michaels. I think they were maybe $3 or $4. I don't remember.

But they have little sections so I have accessories like sunglasses, jewelry boxes, bracelets,

scarves, belts, and then over here I have rings, bracelets, some necklaces, and earrings

and stuff. And then at the very front, I have all of my accessories that I use more often

than some of my other accessories. So I have like my small handbag like this. I have this

in black and beige. I always use these when I'm just - I don't want to carry big purse.

I just want to carry something small. So I keep those right here.

And then I have all of my hats. So I don't wear hats too often but when I go to the gym,

sometimes I wear hat or just running errands and stuff. So I have all of my everyday hats

right here. And then - so that's the jewelry and accessories drawer.

And then the next one down is where I have pajamas, leggings, and sweat pants. So I am

a big legging's person. In the winter, I wear leggings like every single day. So leggings

has its own section here. And then sweat pants, I'm always wearing sweat pants also so sweat

pants are here. And then pajamas, pajamas are folded nicely over here.

And what I did here is I used these dividers. These are spring loaded dividers that they

go inside drawers and they are spring loaded so they fit multiple-size drawers. So they

just keep the sections separated. And then at the bottom of the drawer, you can kind

of see down here is where I have the shelf liner that actually, it smells. It smells

like I think cucumber or lime so it just gives the drawer a nice scent. And you just line

the drawer and then all I did was used double-sided tape to kind of keep it down so it doesn't

slide everywhere.

Now, something else you can do and what I've done here is every time I go to the mall,

which I don't really goo too often, but every time I go to the mall and I'm looking for

perfume samples or something, I bring home the perfume sample and I just stick it inside

of my drawer. So if I didn't have that liner down there then I would still have a nice

scent inside of the drawer. So here's the sample one that I got from Macy's and I'm

just going to stick it at the bottom of the drawer. So now, my drawer has a nice smell.

OK. So that's the pajama drawer. Down here is where I have all of my undergarments. So

I've shown this on camera before and I thought it was kind of weird but whatever. Underwear,

socks, bras, and I have the same spring loaded dividers right here so it kind of divides

up the categories of stuff. And then I have the same liner at the very bottom of the drawer

that it stays in place with the double-sided tape And then all the socks are kind of - they're

color-coded like everything else in this drawer but they're kind of categorized in a way where

like gym socks here, fancy socks here or like dressy socks here and then pajama socks like

these fuzzy socks are all the way in the back.

OK. So something else you could do if you want to have like a nice scent inside your

drawer is get this little scented sachets, I think they're called. I think this is from

Target or something. They're really inexpensive and you just put them in inside your drawer

and so the whole drawer will smell nice and fresh. Yeah.

And then down here, exercise. There's really nothing special about that drawer. And then

tanks and tees. OK. So down here is where I have all of my tank tops and t-shirts. And

what I do is I roll them so I can immediately see exactly what I'm looking for right when

I open the drawer. So if I open the drawer and I'm like, "OK. I'm looking for my yellow

tube top." Then I just look in the yellow section and I see it right away. So it's easy

to see and find exactly what you're looking for.

Now, if you're going to roll your tank tops and t-shirts, the goal is not to roll them

perfectly like they might look perfectly rolled there but the goal is just to get them in

its place and have everything visible. So if something is - if you get a shirt out of

the laundry and you just quickly roll it like this, maybe that's not perfect but it's visible,

it's still going to keep it from being wrinkled when you wear it, and it's somewhat in a rolled

form. So that's OK too. It's not about making things perfect.

OK. The bottom drawer, the bottom drawer is where I have all of my jeans, my legging-jeans,

whatever they're called, and then my skirts like long, short skirts, and then I have some

shorts there. Really, there's nothing special about this drawer. I have a spring loaded

divider in place to keep everything separated. I roll my jeans. I fold all my legging-jeans

because they don't really roll that nicely, and then I just fold all my skirts and stuff.

So I don't really use - I don't really wear skirts that often and those are kind of longer

skirts so yeah, that's why they're not hanging. They're just folded instead.

So that is everything inside that drawer. And then at the top of the closet here, I

have all of these - they're like sweater containers, sweater baskets, sweater bins, that's what

they're called. And I like the design because I feel like it kind of - it's pretty and then

I added a pop-up color with this label. All I did was take scrapbook paper. I just cut

it into a square that fits this window. Put it inside and then I labeled the section with

what's inside, so sweaters.

And if you have these bins, these are from The Container Store. If you have them, all

of the handles, they come wrinkled which is kind of bizarre but when I was shopping for

them, I was kind of looking for handles that weren't wrinkled but that does not exist.

So all I did was take my flat iron. I put it in on a really low setting and I just ironed

the handles out so now all the wrinkles are out and now it just hangs really nicely and

there are no wrinkles.

OK. So sweaters, purses, beach wear, and then travel. So everything is just kind of tossed

inside. Nothing is really - like the sweaters are folded. Travel, that's just like travel

bags, cosmetic bags and stuff that's just tossed in there, purses, they're just kind

of tossed in there, and then beach wear that's just tossed in there also.

And then I have - this is my little ring holder that I just keep on the shelf. It's a poodle.

You guys know that I love poodles. We have a toy poodle so that's just cute. And then

every day after - before I go to sleep, I always just hang my ring there.

OK. So up here is where I have handbags. So, all my handbags are nestled inside of each

other. Now, I do have some purses down here inside of this sweater bin that I just showed

you guys. These are more like medium size handbags as opposed to these up here. The

larger ones are more like duffel bags or weekend bags and they're all nestled inside of each

other. And then I use these dividers. They're shelf dividers. They clip on to the shelf

and then they just hold - they keep the bag upright. So if the bag is going to fall over,

it's not really going to fall over because there is a shelf divider there. And then I

keep all my wigs up there, which is kind of weird but I don't know why I have a wig. That's

just kind of fun to wear on occasion.

And then my step stool is over here. So if I wanted to grab a bag up there, I won't have

to call Ed inside my closet because he's so tall and he could easily reach that. I just

grab my step stool and get the bag up there.

So that is everything on this side of the closet. Let me show you the other side of

my closet. This is the other side of my closet. So this is where I have all of my hanging

clothes and I have all my shoes at the very top. So I'll just start up here. OK. So all

my every day shoes like my flip flops, my tennis shoes, I guess that's everything. I

wear flip flops and tennis shoes. Those are all in door pockets on the door like the closet

door because it's very easy to access. It's within reach and it's just super accessible.

So all the shoes that I don't really wear that often like heels and shoes for special

occasions and stuff, those go in shoe boxes at the very top of my closet, and what I really

want to do was I really wanted to do the picture of the shoe in front of the shoe box. But

if you've ever done that before, you know it takes so much time. And I was trying to

think of what else can I do that doesn't take up that much time that you can still tell

which shoe is which. So I just took my label maker and I took my pink label tape and I

just labeled everything with whatever I thought made sense. So like orange Ashley heels. Like

I know those are my orange heels that Ashley gave me. So it just makes sense inside my

head.

OK. And so down here is where I have all of my - there are some long skirts, there are

some sundresses, and that's really about it over here in this section. And then over here,

I have all of my fancier shirts like short-sleeve blouses and then I have like my favorite t-shirts

that I wear like on a weekly basis. Those are all hanging here. And then all my sleeveless

tops are all in the front here.

So everything is categorized by what category it is. And then after I categorize it, I put

everything in color-coded order because it just makes sense in my head because when I

come inside my closet, if I know I'm looking for my orange t-shirt, like my orange nicer

t-shirt, I'm just going to go to the t-shirt section and then just go to the orange section

and I immediately find what I'm looking for.

OK. And then up here is where I have all of my long-sleeve tops like long-sleeve t-shirts,

and long-sleeve blouses and stuff. And I do the same thing. I put them in color-coded

order because it's just easier to find and retrieve exactly what you're looking for when

you walk inside the closet.

I switched my hangers. So before, I was using the wooden. They were kind of thick hangers

from IKEA. I think it was like ten to a pack or something. But I swamped them for these

felt-line hangers from Costco. I think were a pack of 36 for $9.99. It was a super incredible

deal. And at first, I didn't really like these hangers because I felt like the clothes just

clings to them too much and then it's hard to just take things off when you're kind of

in a rush getting dressed. But I tried them and I really like them and there were super

affordable and they're space-saving because they're so thin so you can just fit a lot

in the closet. So I think I did that switch maybe last year. I don't really remember when.

So something else I do inside my closet is I make sure that each garment that's hanging

on a rod has enough breathing space. So for example, if - like you can kind of see that

it's pretty easy to take out one of the hangers and put it back in because nothing is like

jammed pack like that. When it's too jammed pack, it's too hard to pull something out

or even put something back. And when something is too hard to put away or too hard to access

then that means it's not probably getting used as much as it could be if it was just

set up a little bit easier. So you want to make sure that everything has enough breathing

space.

OK. So over here, I have a necklace organizer that just pulls out from a side of the closet.

And it's actually made for all kind of accessories. You don't have to just put necklaces. You

can put scarves or you can put bracelets or belts or ties. I just have a lot of necklaces

so it just works really well.

OK. So on this side of the closet I have another accessory organizer that I put all my other

necklaces. So each necklace gets its own little hook. Some of them are doubled up or some

of them are tripled. It depends on the weight of the necklace. But I like how it just slides

out and then slides right back in.

OK. So something else I do is I used these little dividers in each of the sections. So

for all my tube dresses, I have this little divider that just hangs on the rod that keeps

the sections separated so I know what's going to go on this side and what's going to go

on this side. So this just goes in front of the dress section.

OK. And then over here on the closet door, on the inside of the door, I have door pockets