Here are eight categories of accessories and how to best handle organizing them in your closet. For adults, especially someone who may use more than one set of gloves, hang a shoe organizer in the entryway closet, or, just like the kids, use a labeled storage box. More casual hats like baseball or beach hats can be hung on hooks or in a baseball hat organizer. Storing accessories like beanies or wool hats can be done alongside your mittens and gloves in a storage box in your entryway or hall closet. If you don’t have an entryway, store them in the closet closest to the door where you usually exit your home. Other handbag storage options include a cubby, a catch-all hanging sweater bag, or a bookcase with adjustable shelving. Nicer handbags will often come with a dustbag. Use this to cover and protect your bag. First, organize the scarves you wear less frequently. These can be folded and stored in a labeled plastic or canvas bin. Now that you’ve pared down to the scarves you actively wear, employ one of several organization methods. Get creative with hooks. Buy a set of matching hooks and line them up horizontally or in a pattern, or use mismatched hooks for a more interesting design element. Or, hang them in a closet on a special scarf hanger or accessory organizer. For a more streamlined look, cubbies keep scarves contained, but you run the risk of them becoming a jumbled mess in there. Boot storage can be tricky for two reasons. Boot shapes and sizes vary widely, so storing boots on shelves will be challenging. Also, you often wear boots when it’s rainy, muddy, and cold, so they are likely wet and dirty when you come home. If you have the room, store boots standing up to keep their shape. Keep wet and dirty boots on a drying rack by the door. Once they are dry, clean them and store them away.
