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If this is indeed a WALK-IN CLOSET as the pictures and dimensions seem to indicate, then sorry, but you get absolutely NO sympathy.

Now, treat your stuff with respect or throw it out.

4'x 6' x 10' is bigger than my whole apartment. Little sympathy here.

This is a big closet for Manhattan, but it's a very awkwardly shaped one. It's also packed with stuff, so a new closet system isn't going to do you much good -- you're not going to get much better organisation out of new shelving. You need to learn to keep it tidier, and getting rid of things is the first step. I think you would be fine in there is you just take everything out, make some donations to goodwill and reorganise. If you need to do this in baby steps, start with the laundry and move on to the shoes and accesories. Unlike some of our other contestants, that closet should be able to fit everything you need.

I see air there. I just can't vote for a closet that still has air space.

Opps! My measurements are quite off width is 42"and is 57" deep x 109" high, so much for being aprox.

you are a very messy bad closet girl

You do need help

that closet is the size of most studios - wow...

leave the aisle straight in open. on either side install sturdy somewhat adjustable shelving with measurements of what is going in in mind. in the aisle space you can put a cart on wheels that easily rolls out of the closet permitting you access. simple!!!

I know we live in a disposable world, but it's not that easy to throw things out. Clothes you don't wear? Yes. Equipment that doesn't work? Yes. What about family photos and momentos from your life? Or heirlooms passed down? Must we all live sterile, sanitized existences in the name of space? I hope not!

yes geoergia we must live without - if the end result of saving all these valued heirlooms and pictures and momentos is a stressed out apartment dweller with an overflowing closet!

make a scrapbook with pictures (electronic even) of heirlooms that you can't seem to find anyhere else to put but your closet.

distribute them to others who have room and appreciation or sell them off - it will be far more enjoyable to look at the pictures rather than lament and feel anxiety over not being able to find something relevant in the closet.

seriously, take a picture. buy a beautiful photo album, make room in your life. that important an object? - donate to a museum or a charity.

teddy bears? swim team ribbons? football trophies? album covers? all this in boxes! never seen, never shared, dead space. indulge and enjoy those memories.

come out of your closet!

creative options ore endless! emotionality is confining and non-productive.

peace ~ david

Georgia--

If your important memories and family heirlooms are truly that important, you wouldn't leave them mildewing in a box. If something is important to you, show it off -- use it or lose it! Frame that picture of your mother with you as a child or your last vacation with the girls so you have nice memories on your walls. One strong memory is so much better than twenty mediocre ones.

Even heirlooms can drag you down, so pick the ones that are most important. My family has enormous walnut furniture sets that would never fit up the stairs here, so I gave mine to my cousin when she got married. Not only does she keep it in great shape, she loves it and uses it as the furniture in my new niece's room, so it's being passed on to the next generation. In turn, her mother gave me my great-aunt's wedding ring from the 30s, which isn't particularly valuable, but it's a wonderful thing to have and I get to carry around my connection to my family. It would sit in someone else's jewelry drawer, unused.

Could it be any worse? She needs help.

move to the mountains and you could have all the room you want. thats really all the help you'll need

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