I have two girls who make a huge mess choosing clothes for the day. You know the type, they pull almost everything out of their dresser looking for their favorite shirt and after they find it instead of placing the clothes back in the dresser they throw them in the dirty clothes basket. Because of this habit their room was always a mess and they never had clean clothes to wear. So to remedy the problem I took their clothes away. Now the clothes are kept in my bedroom where I can keep an eye on what the girls are doing.
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| There is no way they can get away with their messy habits in my room! |
I hung their dresses in an extra closet I have in my room. They each have four outfits for everyday and four nicer outfits for church.
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| I am so thankful for this extra storage space. |
With six boys I have lots of hand-me-downs for the little boys. My four year old was overwhelmed with too many choices each day and most of his clothes ended up on the floor. So, I paired Isaac and David's clothes down to four play outfits, four nice outfits, and four jammies each. When I put the clean clothes away I stack them in outfits so Isaac can grab an something to wear without digging through piles of pants and shirts. This has kept the mess to a minimum. My older children dress the baby so it is easier for them to find an outfit for David each morning and I don't have to put clothes back on shelves every day.
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| Little clothes don't take up much room! |
I use storage containers to store the clothes we don't need yet. This summer I went through everything and got rid of clothes that were stained, worn, had a hole or wouldn't fit into the storage bin. Now I have one box for each size and they all fit neatly into my closet, my hubby's closet, and the little boys' clothes closet. The girl clothes are kept on shelves in the schoolroom closet. I don't have as many girl clothes to deal with so a shelf system works better for them.
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| I even have room to keep a box in which to collect hand-me-downs to give away. |
Below you can see my sock basket for all those socks which refuse to be matched up right out of the dryer. We pull it out every once in awhile, match them up, and put them away. I also keep a box to collect outgrown clothes for the thrift store in the closet.
Having the girls' clothes downstairs has given me more laundry to do, so they get to help me with the folding. The older boys(8 and up) do their own laundry. Our house has laundry hook ups upstairs and down so my hubby bought the children their own washer and dryer. I have a set of stacking front loaders downstairs which I keep busy every day. Having the extra set has made laundry so much easier! With a large family it is almost a necessity to have two sets.
