Toss Or Keep It Party – Organizing The Closet

If you are {still} going to take your spring/summer clothes/shoes out of the closet to get the fall/winter back {or even if you already did} you might as well stop to re-think what is staying, and what isn’t.
This is a great opportunity to SORT: Sort, Offload, Relocate and Toss! These decisions aren’t simple, but they are necessary {specially if your intention is to buy some new ones}. ;)

Do you wanna make it fun? Invite your gals {or dudes!}
to help you while drinking some wine! Have a
“Toss Or Keep It Party” 

She had one - Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) from Sex And The City.

• To start, take everything out of your closet – YES! Everything!

You got everything out? Time to do the ‘SORT’! For that, we are going to separate things in three piles: one to Keep, one to relocate, and one to Toss {for the items you are selling($$$), donating or trashing – you can decide later}. Do you have some spare boxes? Do you mind using some trash bags? You will need it to put the items that won’t be back in your closet. The rest can be on your bed, right?
Also, this is the time to have the party! Make the decluttering fun! You are by yourself?
Put on some music and pour a glass of wine {or juice, or tequila}!
It isn’t an easy task, my dear, but only you can do it!

• When you ready deciding what to keep, it’s time for the second round: organizing!

It doesn’t matter if you have a small {like me} or a walk-in closet, it is possible, it is better, it is good to be organized {and you will love it!}. 

If you have a walk-in closet, you got no excuses!...

Hang clothes by category: night dresses, day dresses, long/short sleeve shirts, skirts, pants. You decide where to start and what goes after what, but separating your clothes {and keeping it this way} will help you finding/deciding what you need faster, and you won’t forget about any pieces.

Hang your scarves: if you don’t have the scarf hanger, you can use a regular one. Just put the lighter ones in the middle to balance, so it doesn’t bend. Use as many hangers as you need. Choose a good spot to hang them {I centralize it}.

Jeans: if you have a dresser, they may fit better there. You can also categorize them by color or model, even put the ones you know you use the most on the top.

Underwear, pjs, under shirts: dresser or drawers/bins. Use dividers to help you keeping them organized inside the drawers. It can get really messy!

Socks and tights: I always keep the pairs of socks together, and I separate them by color/propose. I roll the tights, not only to keep them organized, but to prevent damage.

Shoes: if you don’t have a shoe rack or a system to keep them organized, you might want to get one. You can choose it according to the space you have, either the shoe rack or even some boxes to put up on a shelf. Just don’t let your shoes in a pile. They will last longer and you will know exactly where each pair is when organized. If you kept them on the original boxes, it also works, as long as you know where to find it. I have a shoe rack hanging behind my closet’s door that works for me, and maximizes the space {btw, here is a time lapse video of me assembling it}.

Jewelry: here you have many options… I have a Hanging Organizer where I set silver in one side and gold/old gold on the other, so I can see them all. If you have special/expensive/fancy jewelry, you might want to keep them in a nice box to preserve them.

Bags/purse: I don’t have a hanger for mine, so I leave some {that I use the most} out of the closet hanging on the coats rack. The rest I keep in my stack basket. You can also use boxes or bins, or this large shoe rack.

Did I forget anything? I hope not…
Let’s go back to the Toss pile? OMG NO YESFrom there, you can pick the items you could still sell {yard sales, or eBay, for example}, and the ones you can’t, you could donate {make others happy and even maybe get some tax deduction}. What isn’t good even to donate can go to regular trash.

Do not even think about getting them back from the dead! If you decided to get rid of it, you no longer need it.

OMG! This is going to make your life so mucheasier and you will be so proud of yourself after this! Don’t forget to share your thoughts/results with me here!

Although I provided some links so you can have an idea of what I am talking about, I also uploaded a video showing my closet/dresser. You can check it out {and subscribe} here ;)

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