Get Your Custom Closet System Prepped for Spring

Jessica Parsons • Mar 15, 2023

As the weather becomes milder and the temperatures begin to rise, you have to start thinking about preparing your closet for the spring. The warm clothing that’s so comfortable in the harsh winter months begins to feel stifling and sweaty as spring comes around. A custom closet system should be something that you can adjust as your needs change, and that means getting it ready for the spring season.

Here are some steps you can take to spring-clean your closet and update your warm-weather wardrobe:

Notice What You Didn't Wear Last Spring
Update Your Clothing Categories
Roll Clothes That Won’t Wrinkle
Use Garment Bags for Hanging Storage

Check out the ways you can work on getting your closet into shape this spring.

Notice What You Didn't Wear Last Spring

As you go through the spring season clothes that you’re getting ready to bring out, take note of anything you never got around to wearing last spring. If you didn’t wear it last year, what are the odds you’re going to wear it this year? Probably low. Purging unwanted or excess clothes one season at a time is easier and faster than doing it all at once, so if you haven’t been doing that, this is the time to start.

Alternatively, you could go through your winter clothes as you’re putting them away until next year and purge what you didn’t wear this season, since you probably won’t want those things next winter, either. Your winter clothing choices will probably be fresher in your mind than last spring’s, so you’ll have a better idea of what to eliminate.

Update Your Clothing Categories

Dividing up your clothes into different categories can help you maintain a space that’s organized and ready for you when you’re ready to pair outfits or get dressed in the morning. When switching from winter to spring closet layouts, your categories will probably have to change.

For instance, the category of pants hanging in your closet will probably shrink, because you’ll have less need for full coverage and heavy pants. You’ll still need some, but because they’ll be lighter and most likely fewer, you’ll want to adjust things to accommodate categories that grow with the changing of the seasons – for example, you may want to wear more skirts or shorts when the weather is warmer.

Roll Clothes That Won’t Wrinkle

Another thing that happens in the switch from winter to spring is that the sweaters get put away and replaced with lighter tops, such as T-shirts. Sweaters are usually best folded and stacked. They shouldn’t be hung, as the hangers can pull the heavy material out of shape. T-shirts and other light clothing items that don’t wrinkle easily could be folded or hung, but there’s another option.

If you have more t-shirts than sweaters but want to use basically the same space your winter sweaters occupied for your spring T-shirts, you may want to try rolling the T-shirts. House Beautiful explains the virtues of rolling over folding: you can fit more in the space, which means that you’re maximizing your drawer space. You can roll and store them horizontally or vertically depending on the space you have available.

Use Garment Bags for Hanging Storage

If you’re wondering what to do with heavy jackets, fur items, and winter-weight suits, you should be thinking about garment bags. Choose cotton garment bags for long-term storage. This keeps sun, dust, and other contaminants away from your clothes and keeps pests out, ensuring that when you open the bags next spring, your clothes will be ready for you.

Once they’re in garment bags, it’s just a matter of finding a good place to hang them. If you have a spare room with a closet, you may want to move your hanging storage there until its season comes around again. Push the garment bags to the back or the sides to leave space for a guest to use the hanging rods if necessary. If that’s not an option, you may be able to move those items to the back of your own closet, or they could be stretched out underneath the bed and stored that way.

Conclusion

When the seasons change, you’ll want to get your winter clothes out of the way so you can easily switch to the items you need for the spring. Prepare your closet by purging unworn clothes, upgrading your clothing categories, rolling clothes that need more space, and choosing garment bags to hang winter storage clothes.