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Photography by Michael Wiltbank Making long-term adjustments to spending more time at home can feel daunting—but you don’t have to rejigger your apartment’s layout to make your space work. All you need are a few clever pieces that do the heavy lifting for you, and this best-seller from The Container Store is the perfect place to start: a mint-colored three-tier rolling cart. It rings in at $30 and, according to a store rep, has been spiking in popularity these past few months.  We can see why: The multifunctional trolley is the perfect catchall organizer. Use it to corral loose odds...

Fall is the perfect time to reorganize your closet, putting every pair of jeans, every cardigan, and every boot in its rightful place—but don’t run off to buy new plastic bins just yet. While those clear boxes might look nice and streamlined, they’re not so great for the environment. It’s definitely possible to tuck away all your stuff using only sustainable tools instead—just follow professional organizer Shira Gill’s lead. We asked her to explain exactly how she keeps her clients’ closets in tip-top shape without using any plastic at all. Here, she shares her easy-to-adopt secrets. Storage Bins For larger...

Look, we’d all love to organize our closets; nothing would bring us more joy than having a dozen bins for all of our belts, scarves, and miscellaneous odds and ends. But here’s the thing: Domino editors are New Yorkers, largely in possession of tiny apartments with equally small bedrooms, inside which are minuscule wardrobes—no shelves, no drawers, just a handful of inches of empty space. Given that our proclivity for collecting everything from vintage vessels to books to blazers is not likely to dissipate anytime soon, we figured it was time to call for professional backup. Enter: Melanie Fowler.  Fowler...

Fall is the perfect time to reorganize your closet, putting every pair of jeans, every cardigan, and every boot in its rightful place—but don’t run off to buy new plastic bins just yet. While those clear boxes might look nice and streamlined, they’re not so great for the environment. It’s definitely possible to tuck away all your stuff using only sustainable tools instead—just follow professional organizer Shira Gill’s lead. We asked her to explain exactly how she keeps her clients’ closets in tip-top shape without using any plastic at all. Here, she shares her easy-to-adopt secrets. Storage Bins For larger...

Look, we’d all love to organize our closets; nothing would bring us more joy than having a dozen bins for all of our belts, scarves, and miscellaneous odds and ends. But here’s the thing: Domino editors are New Yorkers, largely in possession of tiny apartments with equally small bedrooms, inside which are minuscule wardrobes—no shelves, no drawers, just a handful of inches of empty space. Given that our proclivity for collecting everything from vintage vessels to books to blazers is not likely to dissipate anytime soon, we figured it was time to call for professional backup. Enter: Melanie Fowler.  Fowler...