I just reorganized all our kids clothes too
: Between buying clothes on sale/second hand and putting them away for DC to grow into, and saving clothes from one child to the next we had baskets everywhere too! I had to ask myself some hard questions though:
--Does a two year old boy ever, EVER, need 11 pairs of pants in the same size?!
--Why does my 4 month old daughter have 33 dresses?! Yes that really says thirty-three (nb-4T)
--Can a 4 yr. old boy, even a very messy one, EVER where 26 t-shirts?!
I found this idea in a 1950's HomeMaker's Magazine:
I have starting stacking clothes (not their current size run) on the top shelf of their cupboards. I put all the pants in one pile, tshirts in another etc. But I lay them "flat" instead of folding them -so the piles are less bulky/take up less room. I also stack them in size run. Eg: all size 8 shirts (laid flat), then put all the size 7's on top of them, size 6's and so on. I was surprised how much less space it takes this way and I can find the right size/season when I need them.