Can Folded Clothes Be Stored in a Walk-in Closet?

Chad Maag • November 17, 2022

Walk-in closets provide you with more hanging space and extra places to store all of your things, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t maximize the folding space as well. With some clever tricks in place, you’ll be able to store entire shelves’ worth of extra folded clothes.

Instead of directing you on the steps involved to do a massive overhaul of your whole walk-in closet, we’ll highlight a few simple ways to optimize what you already have in place.

Once you’re ready to rearrange the folded clothes in your walk-in closet, you should:

Clean and store your out-of-season clothes.
Rearrange and categorize by type.
Use the vertical folding method.
File your clothes instead of forgetting them.
Remember to use cubbies whenever possible.

Now that we’ve got an understanding of the simple steps involved, let’s dive into the details and show you how to maximize the folding space in your closet.

Clean and Store Your Out-Of-Season Clothes

The first step in optimizing your folding space has less to do with your folding method and more to do with the clothes you have in your closet in the first place. By sorting through your clothes and weeding out those that are out-of-season, you’ll have more room to work with overall.

Be sure to thoroughly wash all clothes before putting them in long-term storage, as this will avoid any long-setting stains, keep your garments fresh for next season, and keep any would-be pests away from your clothes.

Rearrange and Categorize by Type

One of the biggest contributors when it comes to disorganization in your closet is not having a categorization system in place. If all of your clothes are lumped together, not only will it be harder to find what you’re looking for, but it’ll also be more difficult to keep everything in order.

Consider separating your clothes by type, keeping your sweaters in one spot, shirts and tops in another, and perhaps even using things like color and regularity of use to add even more simplicity to your solution.

Use the Vertical Folding Method

As Better Homes & Gardens notes, the folding method you choose is just as important as the shelving units you make use of. Most people fold their clothes horizontally and stack them in drawers, but this is very inefficient.

When you do this, most of your folding clothes are out of sight and out of mind, and it makes finding what you’re looking for take that much longer. Fold and store your garments vertically instead to have everything in complete view.

File Your Clothes Instead of Forgetting Them

It might seem counterintuitive to “file” your clothes, but this can in fact make it easier to remember them once the time comes to switch up your wardrobe. To help with this, you might group certain garments that could go well together.

Once you’ve grouped them together, you could just pick out the top you want to wear that day, and make any adjustments on the fly, knowing that any of the garments will go well together since you planned them all out ahead of time.

Remember to Use Cubbies Whenever Possible

Your first instinct might not be to turn to cubbies in your walk-in closet, but you can actually get a great deal of use out of these handy little bins. This especially helps for those times when a collection would otherwise spill out of control, like pullovers, sweaters, or even scarves.

As you’ve seen from all of the items on this list, reorganizing your walk-in closet is easiest to do when you make it easier for your future self to find everything they need and keep the organization up over time. Cubbies help with all of the above.

Conclusion

If you’re looking for a way to optimize the folding space in your walk-in closet, give these super simple steps a try. You should soon have extra shelves’ worth of folding space and a new setup in place that will put minutes back in your day and hours back in your year.