organizing out of control dresser drawers

Here's the scene: you planned your whole outfit around wearing that one grey cami which you just KNOW is in that drawer somewhere. You pull everything out, give up, and then find it right on top of that very same drawer the next day. 

Sound familiar?

Ok, how about this one. Your toddler insists on picking out their own outfit. They dig and dig to find that one red-jake-the-neverland-pirate-shirt-not-the-blue-neverland-pirate-shirt. He finds it. And all of the other previously folded shirts are now in a pile resembling Jabba the Hut (or Pizza The Hut for my fellow Spaceballs fans).

The solution - organize your drawers like you pack a suitcase (or how you should pack your suitcase if your not already). My good friend Dawn is the Dalai Lama of packing. It's an art. She taught me everything I know. I was once able to pack 5 days worth of clothes, coats, shoes, and toiletries into a carry on for a business trip to Chicago. In December. I even had room to bring back goodies from our Lincoln Park shopping extravaganza. It was my masterpiece. 

So the drawers. Here's the secret. 

STOP FOLDING YOUR CLOTHES. 

I'm serious. Ditch the fold and start the roll. Rolling clothes in your drawers does three things:

1. Gets more into your shallower drawers. 

2. Keeps things from getting wrinkled. And most importantly,

3. You can see everything you own all at once.

No more digging for the charcoal grey tights, kiddo sweatpants, striped onesie, the list goes on. 

Go from this:

To this:

In about 10 minutes. And to speed up the bedtime routine, I roll the sleep pants/shorts right in with the shirt. No more searching for the matching pants. Not like it really matters in life if your kid is wearing coordinated pajamas, but it's nice once in a while. 

As a bonus, use this opportunity to purge things that no longer fit, are damaged, or you haven't worn in a year. One organized drawer will give you the amazing zen feeling that because you've conquered this drawer, everything is gonna be fine. 

Another bonus, in my humble opinion, rolling clothes is a lot less tedious and painful than folding. It makes laundry day (which is every day around here) a bit more bearable. 

Cotton candy, sweet as gold, let me see that laundry roll. 

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