When the goal is a noble one, such as organizing the mess in a closet, you should be rewarded for trying—but assembling some of the five systems we tested seemed more like punishment.

There is a new closet opening in January on Cleveland’s west side. It is for kids who don’t have a closet of their own, and the organizers say it’s Cleveland’s first foster care closet.

Over the past two years of leading our home-organization coverage and writing about everything from shoe racks to drawer dividers, I’ve learned there is truly a storage bin — or box, or crate ...