Is a Capsule Wardrobe the Right Choice for a Small Custom Closet?

Do you ever find yourself thinking “I have nothing to wear,” even though you’re looking at an overstuffed closet? Usually, that doesn’t mean that you literally have no clothes; it means that you can’t find a way to put together an outfit you like out of the pieces you have. When you have a small custom closet, you may find it difficult to sift through the space to find pieces that can be put together to create an outfit.

Here are some of the advantages of a capsule wardrobe:

• Stress Less About Choosing Outfits
• Reclaim Your Time
• Save Money for Other Things
• Take Advantage of a More Spacious Closet

Take a look at some of the ways that you can benefit from choosing to go with a capsule wardrobe in your small custom closet.

The idea behind a capsule wardrobe is that you pare your clothes and accessories down to only things that can be paired with each other in different combinations. Since everything in the closet could be paired with everything else, you’re never stuck with items that just don't go with anything else you own.

That means you’ll be much less likely to end up frustrated as you try to come up with an appropriate outfit for a particular event. If you’re the type of person who doesn’t enjoy planning ensembles, you won’t have to spend a lot of time on it if you don’t want to. If you are the type of person who enjoys outfit planning and fashion, you’ll still be able to. Either way, you’ll have less outfit stress, which is great!

Choosing clothes takes a lot of time – more than you might think it does. Glamour shares details about a study that polled 2,491 women and found that they spent 287 days spread out over a lifetime just deciding what to wear.

That breaks down to 16 minutes on weekdays and 14 minutes on weekends. Imagine what you could do with that time. Sleep a little later, eat a more leisurely breakfast, give yourself some extra time to read the news or listen to music in the morning. You can do better than spending all your time in front of the closet wondering what to wear. With a capsule wardrobe, choosing your clothes is not just less stressful, it’s less time-consuming.

Switching to a capsule wardrobe often involves paring down your wardrobe to some extent, and it’s easy to feel as if you’re wasting money by getting rid of things that don’t fit with the capsule theme. However, over time, switching to this type of wardrobe actually saves money.

Switching to a capsule wardrobe doesn’t mean that you’ll never need to buy new clothes, but it does encourage you to shop for clothes more intentionally. Those red boots may look cool, but are they going to go with anything in your closet, let alone everything? If not, bypass them.

You’ll find yourself avoiding mindless shopping and buying only when you specifically need something that fits in with the rest of what’s in your closet. If shopping too much is a problem for you, this is a way to help curtail that impulse. Even if it’s not a problem, you’ll find yourself with free money to use on other things that may be more beneficial than a new top.

Switching to a capsule wardrobe saves space in your closet. You’re not trying to find room for every type of clothing in every color anymore, and you’ve whittled your shoes and accessories down to items that go with the clothes you have. Not only do your things fit more neatly in your closet, allowing you to see everything and find pieces and combinations more easily, but you may even find yourself with extra space in your small custom closet.

There could be several ways you could use that extra space to cut down on clutter in other spaces in your house. Store extra blankets and comforters on high shelves. Add some cubbies and use them to store books that don’t fit on your bookcase. Take advantage of that extra closet space to make more space in your bedroom or elsewhere in the house.

If your small custom closet isn’t enough for your wardrobe, even with customizations, you could look for additional space somewhere else – or your could adjust your wardrobe. A capsule wardrobe saves space that you can use for other things, and it also has other advantages. You’ll stress less and save both time and money.

• https://www.glamour.com/story/how-much-time-do-you-spend-dec