1. BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT YOU WEAR – AND WHAT YOU DON’T
To be able to honestly assess why a chairdrobe or floordrobe happens, it’s important to consider whether the clothes you have in your closet right now are pieces you actually love to wear – or whether you discard them onto your nearby floor or chair every time you need to put together an outfit.
2. DESIGNATE A BETTER SPOT FOR THE CLOTHES YOU WANT TO WEAR AGAIN
Arguably the most effective way to avoid a chairdrobe is to find a more appropriate and functional place for those ‘in-between’ clothes to live. 'It’s important to designate a place for those "purgatory" clothes (which are not completely clean, but not dirty either) to go,' Lucy Milligan Wahl says.
3. ADJUST YOUR BEDTIME ROUTINE TIMELINE
Sometimes, half the struggle with properly putting clothes away is simply due to not having the energy to think about where they need to go at the end of a long day.
4. CLEAR OUT A SECTION OF YOUR CLOSET FOR 'IN-BETWEEN' CLOTHES
Alternatively, if you’d rather not have hooks or a basket added to your bedroom, or perhaps you don't have space in a small bedroom, it can be helpful to consider assigning a section within your closet (or in a separate chest of drawers) that is specifically for those in-between clothes.
5. DECIDE HOW OFTEN YOUR CLOTHES NEED TO BE WASHED
Often, at least part of the reason for dropping items onto your floor or chair at the end of a busy day is due to decision fatigue. Perhaps the jumper you wore around the house that day isn’t technically dirty or stained, but you simply can’t work out if it’s due a wash, or whether it can stretch to another day of wear?
6. REMINDER YOURSELF OF YOUR BEDROOM’S PRIMARY PURPOSE
One of the biggest ways to motivate yourself to do what you can to avoid a chairdrobe or floordrobe, is to consider just how this pile of clutter might be contributing to any sleep struggles you might be experiencing.