HGTV's Nate Berkus Shares How A Label Maker Transformed His Closet Organization

Bedroom closets are one of those spaces that seem to get messy within a blink of an eye. One minute you have all of your sweaters file folded, Marie Kondo style, and your accessories perfectly lined up in drawers, and the next everything is on the floor, left out on shelves, or crumpled into drawers. The issue might not be that you're messy. Instead, it might be that you don't have things labeled properly. That's exactly what HGTV's Nate Berkus discovered when he had a professional organizer come sort his house. The tidy folks from Home Sort came to his home in Montauk, New York, and pointed out where he could improve. "I labeled things in the wrong place and the font was too small. They fixed all of that," Berkus told Domino. He now has his labeling game down to a science, and the way he tags his closet can inspire you to do the same to yours.

Rather than labeling the outside of each drawer — which might be convenient but not very design-forward — he puts the label inside of the drawer. Specifically, right on the lip, which you can see when you pull open the compartment. The designer showed fans a peek into the organizational hack on Instagram, opening drawers to reveal their labels. "Short sweats, pajamas. My underwear, Jeremiah's underwear," Berkus pointed out. Here is a closer look into this easy organization hack that Berkus loves.

This is a great way to organize your dresser drawers because it reminds you where everything goes without ruining the sleek design of your closet. While you will need to remember which drawers your pieces are in, the label on the inside of the lip will immediately direct you to the side of the drawer where things are located. This is especially handy when folding items and putting them away. Since you know your nice sweats go on the left side of the drawer and your home sweats go on the right side, you'll be much more inclined to put them away correctly since you're reminded you have that system in place. 

To make the organization a little sleeker, Berkus uses clear labels instead of white ones, allowing the words to float on top of the wooden drawers. While he hasn't revealed which specific label maker he uses, a comparable one would be the Brother P-Touch Label Maker, PTD220, which costs $39.99 on Amazon. It has a larger keyboard, 14 different fonts, and 99 different frames. You can also change your font color and use different label finishes.