*Funki and oh-so-helpful organizing & life-hacking tips by yours truly.

I’m not one to encourage people to be all domestic or anything, but I do like order in my home.  And in most of our homes, even when the rest of the house looks great, our closets are a mess….especially the clothes.  Not so at my house!  I hate clutter of any kind and the closets are no exception.  I have found two wonderful products that have helped me to keep our clothes in order.  Both of these products were invented by women; clearly without Mother Necessity, where would we be?

When my son first started doing his own laundry he had trouble folding his many t-shirts and his closet was becoming a point of contention for us.  Then I found FlipFOLD at The Container Store (I just LOVE that place!) and now he folds his shirts with ease.  His sister enjoys using it so much that she begs to fold her brothers’ shirts. I use it for my shirts and so does my husband.  Here’s a video of my son demonstrating what he does every week after doing his laundry:

And this is what his closet looks like:

Let me be clear, this is not an organized kid.  Last school year he lost a few jackets, several lunch boxes, his yearbook and ONE shoe (that he was wearing).  But his closet is organized!  If FlipFOLD can help him, it can help you too.

The other product, Huggable Hangers by Joy Mangano, is my latest find.  Previously I hung all of my clothes on plastic hangers and while they were fine, sometimes my clothes would slide off and my closet just didn’t look uniform.  I saw these hangers in Target, picked up a pack and now I buy some on each Target trip until my whole closet is converted (they are not inexpensive).  The hangers are so slim that now my clothes take up less space than before (more room for more clothes!) and hang securely without threat of sliding off.  I was excited to see the child-sized hangers and now my daughter’s closet looks so great:

Like McGyver, who could dismantle a bomb with a roll of duct tape, a toothpick and a nail file, I am Ma-Gyver, organizer of everything and life-hacker extraordinaire.  From time to time I will be bringing you my tips and tricks for keeping an orderly house and mind, but if you have something specific that you need help with, just ask and I will try to help.  

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