I am in the middle of cleaning, I have a mound of kids clothes, one of their dressers broke, and right now, buying a new one doesn't work. What I am going to post, isn't that project, but I really, really feel for you and your situation.
I downsized, to live as a divorced mom of three kids. And in no way, do I want my ocd-ish organization to make you feel bad. I just know what it's like to look at clutter and want to 'freeze up', from overwhelming feelings.

There's way to make use of space and organization, helps, immensely. This isn't something that happened overnight, but I hope, just a glimpse at my own closet, can give you some ideas.

I'm the type of person, that creates space out of nothing. Keeping like -sized items together. Once, I used to have my closet with more order, but hey, life does get that way. If you were to see the other side, you'd see the clothes...long winter coats and some old high school states jackets on the other end. And some more containers.

The paisley bin, I use to put the kids snack drinks and snacks for school in. Out of sight, out of mind, I have more control over their consumption that way, and watch my budget.



I see potential, with your spare room, honestly, I do see a lot of potential. Not so much, heave ho, just line everything up against walls, get rid of broken stuff, keep like items together. I see potential!!