When we moved in last fall, we let Zoe choose her room. She decided on the room with the smallest closet. I tried to talk her out of it and persuade her into taking the office, but she wasn’t having any of it. I think the rooms are the same in terms of size, but the office has a much larger closet.

I foresee her regretting that decision in a few years when she’s a teenager with all the shoes and all the bags and all the clothes.

To maximize her closet space, I decided to pick up a pack of slimline hangers.  I scored these bad boys at HomeGoods for $12.99.

Zoe’s closet currently gives me hives every time I need to hang her clothes up, those godforsaken plastic hangers are too big and bulky.  The shelf is hung quite low (or the bar is hung too high) and I can barely maneuver the hanger off the bar.  It seems like I break one hanger every other day and it makes me angry.  I already hate laundry enough, I don’t need hangers affecting my blood pressure in such a negative manner.

Once I started pulling her clothes out, I noticed some things no longer fit her and I put them aside. I then decided that her tshirts should be folded and put into her dresser and that’s where I noticed more too small clothes.

Forty-five minutes later, I had Zoe’s closet and dresser organized and a large pile of clothes (and one sleeping bag) to bag up and donate.

I’m even donating the hangers, I can’t even with these jokers.

Verdict: Slimline hangers were worth every penny, I’m going back and getting another pack. Not only do they maximize Zoe’s closet space, I don’t say a cuss word when I take one out of the closet, they slide right out.

And it better stay like this.  So help me.

For 31 days, I’m tackling the Hot Mess.  Read all about it here.