I can admit it, and to those of you who know me it doesn't come as a suprise at all, that I am short. If you don't know me, I'm an aproximately 4'10. But this height is a blessing and a curse. I never get called over to get anything off of the top shelf, but of course that's because I can't reach the top shelf. And since I am vertically challenged, I have come up with many solutions to problems I encounter.
First up, reaching that top shelf. I have a step stool in almost every room in the house. I know it sounds childish but it's really helpful! The plastic stool from Ikea is sturdy and give just the right amount of boost.
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| {My favorite stool} |
Next, equipped with my trusty stool we'll tackle the closet. In my closet, I keep all of my long sleeved shirts, blouses, jackets, skirts, and trousers hung. Jeans and T-shirts are folded. My set up is just to accommodate the unusual size of my closet (around 4 1/2 feet wide and 5 feet deep), I took one of the two hanging rods out (the lower one) and put in drawers instead because they're easier to reach and it's easier to store clothes that way. I keep all of the sleeves on my sweatshirts rolled up when they're in my closet as you'll see in the picture below. This is convenient, however make sure you roll them down when they go through the wash because who knows what can get stuck in there? (I do. It's not fun.) The same goes for jeans.
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| {I know I'm not too adventerous when it comes to colors, but neutrals match with everything! Right?} |
Speaking of jeans, I just wanted to show you guys how silly I am. Pants never come ready made for women as short as I. One of my favorite places to buy jeans (I'm a sucker for American Eagle comfort!) has a good short length and I can deal with it, but the OTHER. Don't even get me started. Lucky Brand must this every person in the world is 5'7 or taller! Even their short inseam (30 in) is WAY too long. And because of my perpetual laziness, I don't get my jeans hemmed and I defienatly don't hem them myself. I cheat. That's right, I cheat. Cheat life, lie, it's all the same. Here are three different ways I cheat:
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| The tuck to hide trick, simple fold the length of the pant leg that is too long in, and make the crease straight. I recommend doing this after you put the pants on because it can come undone when you pull them on. Works best for straight leg jeans.
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| For boot leg jeans and jeans that are only an inch or two too long, you can fold up and not under. I reccomend making either half inch or inch wide folds and folding once or twice to suit your needs. |
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| This last fold has to be my least favorite. It's the "boyfriend" look fold. This works well for skinny and straight leg jeans that are just too long to fold under. My only peeve with this is that if the jeans are too long then the roll you made will be bulky and too tight. This should be more of a relaxed, casual look. |
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| I might be exaggerating a little, I will hem nicer jeans like these bad boys here. I don't think I should waste all that money to have ill fitting jeans. I just ordered another pair of LBJ's and I'll take both of them to be professionally hemmed. |
And my last issue I'll solve today, the cubbies that are too high to be useful. My family has the cubby storage/mail sorter/junker collector/shelf thing pictured below. It's really useful, in one side we keep all of our report cards, testing results, and stamps and in the other someone comes home to find new bills. We pretty much use it for everything.
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| What do you call something like this? |
But of course, I can't reach it with ease, so instead I use a nifty chest of drawers we somehow acquired.
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What you see there, my friends, is my wallet, sunglasses, and sunscreen.
I also us other drawers for other things like my bank statements. |
So that's all I have to show you today. If you have any other tips, put them in the comments and I'll get around to making another one of these someday. Thanks for reading!
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