Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all of you rollers, doesn't your DD just unroll them, decide she doesn't want them, and then just throw them back in the box? I just dedicate 1 dresser drawer to leggings, and I make sure it is seasonal (ie, no capris in the winter). As it gets closer to laundry day, there are fewer pairs in there and easier for DD to choose.

In your case with open shelves I'd just try getting some baskets that fit and keep school leggings in one basket, and the rest in another and she can just hunt through the basket and grab what she needs.

No. You should try it. I agree with a poster that you only need about ten pairs of leggings. So, my daughter looks in the shoebox, identifies which pair she wants (this can take some time), then pulls it out.
She used to pull everything out when she had stuff stacked on top of each other in a drawer. She would see something at the bottom of the drawer, or be searching for a particular item, and pull out everything on top of it.

10 pairs of leggings is a ton of leggings if she wears other kinds of pants or tights as well. Just try cutting back.

NP. IMO 10 is not a lot at all. Why cut back if it's neither a budgetary nor clutter problem? My 4 year old wears leggings with either shirts or dresses, shorts, rarely jeans, and rarely tights with dresses. While I've lost count of how many pairs of leggings she has, I know it's far more than 10, and it's not much of an issue. We keep them folded in one drawer of her dresser and they don't really take up much room.

Of course, my willingness to purchase a ton of kids' clothes might have something to do with the fact that I get almost everything for her secondhand, and any article of clothing rarely costs more than $5-$10. She still tends to mess up her clothes during the day at preschool or whatever, so I won't yet buy anything expensive enough that I'd be upset if it were ruined quickly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all of you rollers, doesn't your DD just unroll them, decide she doesn't want them, and then just throw them back in the box? I just dedicate 1 dresser drawer to leggings, and I make sure it is seasonal (ie, no capris in the winter). As it gets closer to laundry day, there are fewer pairs in there and easier for DD to choose.

In your case with open shelves I'd just try getting some baskets that fit and keep school leggings in one basket, and the rest in another and she can just hunt through the basket and grab what she needs.

No. You should try it. I agree with a poster that you only need about ten pairs of leggings. So, my daughter looks in the shoebox, identifies which pair she wants (this can take some time), then pulls it out.
She used to pull everything out when she had stuff stacked on top of each other in a drawer. She would see something at the bottom of the drawer, or be searching for a particular item, and pull out everything on top of it.

10 pairs of leggings is a ton of leggings if she wears other kinds of pants or tights as well. Just try cutting back.

Anonymous wrote:You could do one of those hangers that holds 5-6 pairs of adult pants (folded over) and probably fit twice as many leggings on it. That would take up less closet space than 10-12 hangers. You could fold in the drawer and have the fold facing up, and keep the capris on one side and the full-length on the other. Or you could roll them. With open shelves, find baskets or canvas bins that fit and put them in there.

This is what I'd do. Or something for ties or belts might work?

Anonymous wrote:To all of you rollers, doesn't your DD just unroll them, decide she doesn't want them, and then just throw them back in the box? I just dedicate 1 dresser drawer to leggings, and I make sure it is seasonal (ie, no capris in the winter). As it gets closer to laundry day, there are fewer pairs in there and easier for DD to choose.

In your case with open shelves I'd just try getting some baskets that fit and keep school leggings in one basket, and the rest in another and she can just hunt through the basket and grab what she needs.

No. You should try it. I agree with a poster that you only need about ten pairs of leggings. So, my daughter looks in the shoebox, identifies which pair she wants (this can take some time), then pulls it out.
She used to pull everything out when she had stuff stacked on top of each other in a drawer. She would see something at the bottom of the drawer, or be searching for a particular item, and pull out everything on top of it.

Anonymous wrote:To all of you rollers, doesn't your DD just unroll them, decide she doesn't want them, and then just throw them back in the box? I just dedicate 1 dresser drawer to leggings, and I make sure it is seasonal (ie, no capris in the winter). As it gets closer to laundry day, there are fewer pairs in there and easier for DD to choose.

In your case with open shelves I'd just try getting some baskets that fit and keep school leggings in one basket, and the rest in another and she can just hunt through the basket and grab what she needs.

Yes. That's exactly what she does. We have one dresser drawer dedicated to leggings and casual pants. I frequently fold them but she rummages through deciding what to wear and everything is usually in a heap. She is also working on putting away her own laundry so that doesn't help with the mess. Luckily leggings don't wrinkle. We put everything for the other seasons in a different dresser and hang nicer clothes.

15:12 here - also, with a small closet, are you double hanging things? I have rods that hang from the top rod - I use them my daughter's closet because her clothes are short, and I use them in part of my closet - shirts on top, skirts below. It effectively doubles your hanging space at very little cost.

You could do one of those hangers that holds 5-6 pairs of adult pants (folded over) and probably fit twice as many leggings on it. That would take up less closet space than 10-12 hangers. You could fold in the drawer and have the fold facing up, and keep the capris on one side and the full-length on the other. Or you could roll them. With open shelves, find baskets or canvas bins that fit and put them in there.

Anonymous wrote:5 pairs for school. 5 more for play. That shouldn't take up a lot of room?

+1

Maybe you have too many, OP?

I did buy the IKEA drawer organizers though and they're great. But some drawers too!