After writing about how we handle clothes our babies have outgrown, it's time to cover how we handle how we manage the babies current wardrobe. Here's our guide to managing a closet built for two!
1 - Before we even open the closet doors, we try to keep track of all of the clothing the babies have in current sizes and for the future using our Baby Clothes Inventory. It's great having it all down on paper to see what is hiding in our closet!
2 - Second, we try to stay organized. With two babies, spanning three sizes and two or more seasons at a time, we need awesome closet organizers to manage our closet chaos! For us, it works best to separate from right (Julie) to left (Brayden) and then by size vertically on top with the smaller sizes, and then below with larger sizes. I work from the top down, trying to put the smaller items on the babies first as we can extend their "fitting" life just a little longer. Find a strategy and closet design that works for you!
3 - Prioritize closet space and put the rest elsewhere. While full outfits and coordinates as well as all tops get hung and placed in the closet, onesies, socks, pajamas, and all "non-dedicated" pants and shorts go into the babies' dresser. The top two drawers are shared for socks/onesies/swimwear but each gets a drawer for jammies and one for pants.
4 - Get Creative! We re purposed a second bookshelf for baby linens like towels, blankets and wash cloths. To fit as many clothes in as we need to, closet organizers and storage boxes are an absolute must. We have a second hanging rod in our closet to expand our hanging space. We keep accessories in baskets on the top shelf and always keep an eye out for potential storage solutions to help us manage the babies wardrobe better.
5 - Pack away anything that is not currently in use. We already covered how I manage previous seasons clothing, but our future seasons are packed into stack-able bins with lids with clear labels. When the time comes, we'll be ready to unpack and get dressed, but having clothes for future seasons on the racks is just too much to handle!
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| Our "dream" twin closet by California Closets |
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