Purse Storage for the Real World
For those readers who might be newer to my personal style of organizing, I am a skeptic of hacks that don’t address the root needs of each person’s wardrobe and life. So many organizing recommendations just don’t function well, hiding things you need to be able to see or grouping them artificially in the name of a Pinterest-ready row of pretty straw boxes with chalk labels. Hm, was that too on the nose? Moving on…
That said, just like any professional organizer I have a few tried and true organizing techniques that check all my boxes: they’re quick and easy to install, aesthetically neutral, and work best when you’ve already done the hard work of organizing (that would be editing your collection, which should always be Step #1!).
I regret to inform you that I am not showing you how I organize my bags today. The closet in the room we are currently using as a master bedroom is very strangely shaped and came with pre-existing shelves and hanging space wedged into nooks and crannies. I moved my things in as best as I could, and I’m living with it until I can move into the closet in our new master suite, but the entire internet does not need access to this situation!
I will tell you, though, that I will be using shelf dividers for my clutches and bags, and there will be hooks for my totes. Hooks are such under-appreciated organizing tools. The one benefit of my current weird closet is that there are hooks everywhere and they are so useful – I put belts on a couple of them, keep spare hangers on one and lay out my next outfit on another, stash the week’s pair of PJ’s here and that sweatshirt that doesn’t need to be laundered yet but isn’t quite clean over there.
I will also say that there’s bag storage strategy that works for me but that I do not often recommend to clients: I keep my purses in their dust bags. It’s easy to see why I do that: the dust bags protect the purses! But why wouldn’t I recommend this to a client? It’s because many people who struggle with organizing have a hard time remembering where they put things and difficulty maintaining the habit of putting each item back in its place when they’re finished with it. In order to help them stay organized, they need everything to be relatively visible. With a lifetime habit of use-it-then-put-it-away firmly in place, I don’t need to see my shelf of purses to know that the one second from the left is the gray Fendi 2jours medium sized tote!
I look forward to being able to share my own closet with you, but in the meantime, these tips can get you started on your purse organization!
LMW
