"To organize your closet, is to see what you have"

I know a very organized woman.  She has her home organized with all the things some of us dream of, like a craft and sewing room that is also a laundry room with an easy to access fold down ironing board, and special drawers just for her grand kids,  just to name a few features. I could fill pages with all the great ways she has her home organized.  When I asked her for her for her best tip in organizing her closet, she said clear containers so I can see what I have. That is the key to organizing.  In my previous post 

 I talked about sorting your clothes by color, and by type.  That is one way to be able to see what you have.  Taking out all the clothes that no longer serve you, leaving enough room to see what you have on the hangers is another way to see what you have.  The baskets pictured here are a good way to see what you have.  I think shallower baskets with clothes folded and stored on end left to right would be a good way to store t-shirts and sweats.  You would be able to see what you have through the front, and when you open the basket, you can access it from the top without removing other items to get to them.  Another tip to see what you have is for your shoes.  It seems like you are a shoe person, or you're not.  I'm a shoe person.  My favorite system was when I paid my daughter a little fee, and she took pictures of all my shoes and printed them out in color (on plain paper, color saver mode) and taped them to all my shoe boxes.  I loved that because I could keep them in their boxes, and be able to see the shoes at the same time.  I read another tip that I tried with my boots because I had too many for the shelf.  Take the shoes out of the box, store them on the shelf with one of each pair facing the wall.  You gain room on the shelf, and you can see the front of the shoe and the height of the heel at the same time.  That is a great tip for someone who feels they don't have time to put shoes back in the boxes after each wearing.  It is much faster to put them on the shelf.  I put the lids under the box for my frequently worn shoes so I can easily put them away.  The scarf and belt holder I showed in a previous post is another example of  "see what you have".  We get much more use out of things when we can find them, and remember we have them.