If you wish to dominate the closet the first step is to determine what is the minimum space that your man requires for his clothes to fit comfortably and be easily accessible to him. Once you’ve figured this out it should be considered safe for you to begin mapping out the rest of the closet space for yourself.
Some men are perfectly fine with their women taking over the majority of space within a shared closet. If you’re guy is one of those men then go ahead execute the domination. If however your man wishes to have 50 percent or more of the shared closest space but it’s obvious he doesn’t require that much space for his clothes to fit comfortably and be easily accessible you’ll have to use a variety of creative and cleaver measures to divide the closest space in such a way so that the difference isn’t visually obvious. This can be hard to do if the room is symmetrical and you are dividing one side.
If your man does not have any major objection offer to take on the work of initiating the closet reorganization and set it up so that you establish your preferred spaces while also allocating and customizing the areas to be used by your male closet-mate. Hopefully, your guy will see this act of kindness in a positive light as it saves him the time and the effort from having to do this somewhat tedious work himself. And by setting up the joint closet it side steps the need for negotiation up front. If there is some lack of satisfaction then there can always be a reallocation of drawers, hangers and shelves later.
First utilize as much of the vertical space as possible, even if there are windows in the closet this need prevent that “wall” space or ceiling hanging space from being utilized well. Shelves and rods placed high on the walls or hanging from the ceiling can be allocated to the male partners since more often than not they are taller than their female counterparts.
Maximize your closet space by using decorative boxes or plastic bins to hold hats, scarves, hosiery, etc. This will keep them together and neatly organized and make your day start out beautifully knowing you won’t have to dig through drawers to find the perfect scarf for your outfit. SimpleStencil.com lets you create attractive personalized labels.
Another cleaver idea is to use velcro to affix drawer labels since they can easily be changed as the seasons do. (or you can change a drawer from “his” to “hers” if you need to dominate additional areas after the original closet design is agreed to).
The use of attractive color and supplies can help in so many ways. Select colors that are not too feminine or patterns too girly when a space is to be shared with a man
Once the new closet has been created your guy may actually be pleased both with the outcome as well as the fact that it was done without his required effort.
Denise Caron-Quinn is the Founder and President of In Order to Succeed, a professional organizing firm serving clients in New York and Connecticut. One of the things In Order to Succeed does for our clients is help them organize closet spaces. In addition, Denise and her husband have successfully shared a walk-in closet for several years.
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