Ask the Expert

Organization-Makes-Sense: - "Dianne, have you got any organizing tips that can help with keeping t-shirts organized. Everybody seems to have so many and they can create such a mess."

Dianne "Yes, but of all the organizing tips the best one is to simply get rid of some! Most people have far too many t-shirts!"

Organization-Makes-Sense: "Well how many should you have then?"

Dianne "It really depends on how often you do your laundry and how many t-shirts you wear in a day. But for the most part I would say that if you do your laundry once per week and you wear one t-shirt everyday then you should have no more than 10 t-shirts. But of course not everybody wears a t-shirt everyday!"

Organization-Makes-Sense: "OK so if I go through my closet and get rid of the t-shirts that I never wear, or are tattered and stained and I only keep enough to last me for the week how should I be storing them in my closet?"

Dianne: "Definitely do NOT hang t-shirts on hangers. You will just get "shoulder nipples". They should be folded and placed either in a drawer or on a shelf."

Organization-Makes-Sense: "But kids make such a mess when they go into their drawers and get their favourite shirt which is always on the bottom! Nothing stays very neat for very long."

Dianne: "I have a great solution for that. I have a t-shirt folding technique that I call the pocket fold and it keeps the t-shirt in a neat little package. The kids can rummage through their drawers all they want and the shirt will always stay folded. You can even adapt this folding technique for other garments and it is great for packing."