Look Up

Once you have decluttered your hall closet and determined what you need to keep, you still may not have enough space to store everything in an organized way.  My advice (gleaned from many advice columns and books) is to look up.  Is there a lot of unused space high up in the closet?

Our hall coat closet is small but has sufficient hanging space for coats.  There was one shelf above the hanging bar.  I installed another wire shelf above that in the vast unused space.   I also got a leveled shoe rack for the floor.  On the sides are hooks for hanging our umbrellas.

I purchased two cheap bins for the first shelf.  In one are mittens and gloves.  The other holds winter scarves.  On the very top shelf I keep extra tote bags, seasonal purses, folded coat liners that aren't needed in summer, and compact rain ponchos.   This simple organizational fix has made this closet able to store more items in a neat and orderly way.  

If you feel a closet doesn't have enough storage, look up and determine if you can make use of wasted space.