How can I make closets easier to use if I have arthritis?

Here are some ways to organize bedroom closets for easy access. Make top shelves and clothing rods the appropriate height to reach without straining. Keep items you wear and use often in the most easily accessible locations.

Store items on shelves in transparent plastic containers to make them easier to find and retrieve. Label shoe boxes with a brief description of the contents (e.g., “brown flats”). Use large letters on the edge of the cover to make locating shoes easier.

Or, cut the end out of the box, keeping the cover intact, to easily see and retrieve shoes you want. Organize your closet floor using boxes with dividers. Plastic organizers from a discount store or cardboard boxes like those that hold liquor bottles will provide easily accessible storage for smaller items such as shoes.

Cover the box with self-adhesive paper for a more finished look. Install a closet light. Battery-powered lights that require no wiring are available at discount stores and mail-order companies.

A little light makes it much easier to find things. Create a lower bar in a closet. Purchase a closet organizer system or “do it yourself” by suspending a second closet rod from two equal lengths of rope hung from both ends of the existing closet bar.

(The length of ropes will depend on how low you want the new rod to hang.) You’ll double the hanging space for shorter items like blouses, shirts and skirts.

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