Don’t Treat Your Small Closet Like a Walk-In Wardrobe — 5 Bad-Sense Organization Rules That Don’t Apply When You're Short on Space

A simple bedroom with a large bed and a textured headboard, a set of textured lamps on either side table, a framed painting above, and a small closet to the right.

One of the biggest clutter crimes you could make is treating your small closet like a walk-in wardrobe. It's not to say that you shouldn't admire your compact closet as you would a sprawling wardrobe, but rather that you shouldn't organize them the same way.

But since most mainstream organization rules typically cater to large closets and clothes cupboards, small closets tend to get left behind. But no longer. Being a small closet owner myself, I'm on a mission to get the most out of every square foot of storage real estate.