DIY Closet Dividers

Hello, Friends!

I had this post for you all yesterday that I was so excited about... I made my own homemade, gluten free, and additive sugar free Maple syrup for my morning oatmeal and coffee on Sunday! Sounds amazing and too good to be true, right?! Well... unfortunately, it is. After letting it sit for a day, I taste-tested my concoction only to find it tasted like earwax. Yum. I'll be making some changes and trying again, and hopefully getting that to you in the near future.

So for the post of the day, did you guys check out my bedroom update has me so insanely giddy??

In an earlier post I showed you how I made my quick and simple labels without the help of a label machine. The labels are nestled beautifully on the top shelves in my closet, and now also in my linen closet update, full of my daily accessories and tid-bits. Today, I decided to take my closet one step further and introduce my easy peasy closet dividers!

Before my mini update, my closet was a nightmare for trying to find a specific outfit in the morning.

While I do try and decide what I am going to be wearing the next day before I lay down for bed each evening, I have never truly taken the time to organize the layout of things hanging in my closet. Many days I forget all about that dressy top or cute cardigan until I am digging around trying to find a t-shirt. What better way to solve this dilemma than with my very own clothing dividers! The first step in this project was to design my dividers in Microsoft Excel. I decided to go with a pretty yellow floral background to add a bit of flair to my ever so boring rental closet.

Similar to my previous basket labels, the next steps are pretty simple and straight forward. I printed out my dividers on plain white letter paper, laminated the entire sheet, and cut each one out individually.

Once they were cut out, I took an Exacto Knife to the center of the dividers, cutting out the inner white portion completely.

Finally I took the inner side of the dividers (for how mine will be hanging - this would be the right side) and cut a slit all the way to the center portion so that the dividers can slip over my closet bar.

I also took a moment to add in my Ikea shoe rack to the bottom portion of my closet.

Because I am going for a uniform-look for my closet, I changed out the mismatching hangars for solid white. It looks much more clean and organized now!

The size of my dividers each measure 3" by 3", with the center cutout portion being 1.5" by 1.5".

Anyone else hoping to create your own clothing organizers? Would you benefit from having this template to print out on your own? I'd love to share it with anyone else that's looking to start their New Year off right with a little home organization project. Plus, who doesn't love a bit of color to start their day off! I hope you enjoy! Happy Organizing!