Closet Case: An almost organized wardrobe

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about embarking on a journey to organize my closet. At that point I had boxes that needed to be unpacked and the difficult task of combining my college closet and my home closet. Thankfully, after a lot of unpacking, some purging, a trip to Ikea and a couple trips to the Container Store I've gotten a (better) handle on my clothing. My closet is still a little overstuffed; even with the thinner hangers I'm having trouble fitting everything in. But I've given everything space to hang freely - no more dresses scrunched up at the bottom - and in the process prioritized some of my clothing (and sent some off to the Salvation Army). While I'm excited about the closet, though, what I like most is what I did outside the closet. An Ikea bookshelf is now shoe storage, putting all most of my heels on display in a way such that they're not squished and the open shelves give me space to add a few other things to live among the shoes. Of course, now that everything is (almost) organized I'm getting ready to pack up again and move, but for now I'm enjoying it.