A child’s wardrobe has one feature no adult wardrobe has: it is wrong within six months. Organising for turnover is the whole job.
Store at their height
Anything a child can reach, they can put away themselves. Anything above their head becomes your job forever.
One drawer per category, labelled with pictures
Pre-readers manage their own clothes surprisingly well when the labels are pictures.
Keep a next-size box
Outgrown clothes and hand-me-downs both need somewhere to go. One box in and one box out keeps the wardrobe current.
The setup
The setup
- Lower the rail to child height
- One drawer per category with picture labels
- A box for outgrown clothes, emptied monthly
- A box for the next size up
- Tomorrow’s outfit set out the night before
- A laundry basket they can reach
- Seasonal items out of reach, to avoid arguments