I watched one or two Kondo videos yesterday. I ask you: I have shelves with a depth of 50 cm. If I fold the T-shirts according to Kondo, I would have the back space in the shelf free. At the moment I have stacks, part of which is used at the back because the T-shirt is flat. Wouldn't I get fewer T-shirts in with Kondo folding? With drawers, however, it would work better...
If you place them freely on a shelf board, you need some kind of bookend so that the row doesn't fall over. And of course you can't get to the back properly then, which is why Marie always uses old shoeboxes or other boxes and containers. With 50 cm depth, either drawers are suitable or you look for boxes at Ikea or elsewhere that have this 50 cm depth and ideally are not too tall. Whether you place 1, 2, or xxx side by side doesn't matter. You just have to pull the box out when you want to see everything – but you have to do that with a drawer too.
[ATTACH alt="01.jpg" type="full"]37673[/ATTACH] There are 12 shirts/tanks side by side. It takes up little space I think; if you’re slim, you can certainly fit even more side by side. Stacked on top of each other, I constantly had everything mixed up.
[ATTACH alt="02.jpg" type="full"]37674[/ATTACH]
My T-shirts don’t have crease folds when I wear them. But I’m also not someone who irons shirts. Someone like that probably wouldn’t be happy with the folding.
Just pick a box/an old carton and try out whether you generally like it. I also first thought “what nonsense,” but no, it really is more clear. And the closet immediately looks emptier. If you then declutter what you don’t wear anyway… then you have plenty of space for new things… or something like that. I do this with all clothes except shirts/blouses/blazers; I also hang finer office pants. Oh yes, and I don’t fold bras or such, the rest completely.