How to Spring Clean Your Closet

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Time to clean out your closets to make room for the new spring and summer fashions.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Discipline
A suitcase
New, slim hangers

Step 1: Empty your closets

One by one, take every single item out of your closet and put it in one of three piles: Yes, No, and Maybe.

Tip: Get rid of anything you haven't worn in two years. Put everything you haven't worn this past season in a suitcase whose contents you'll revisit in six months.

Step 2: Review the Yes pile

Before putting the Yeses away, make sure they are clean, and do any necessary mending.

Step 3: Mull over the Maybes

Take a close look at your Maybes. If you are hesitating to discard something because it was expensive, set it aside to take to a consignment shop. If an old favorite has become too dated to wear, consider if it could be modernized with minor alterations.

Step 4: Sort through your accessories

Sort through your handbags, shoes, scarves, hats, gloves, and costume jewelry, too. The two-year rule applies here as well.

Step 5: Purge, purge, purge

Invite your friends over to pick through your No pile. Donate whatever is left to charity, or see if a local theater group can use your castoffs as costumes.

Step 6: Update your undies

Sort out your underwear drawer. Ladies, throw out panties that have seen better days and bras that are no longer supportive. Guys, get rid of underwear that's starting to look shabby.

Step 7: Inspect your socks

Inspect your winter socks for holes and thin spots, and check your hosiery for snags and pilling. Keep the worn-out socks for dusting.

Step 8: Invest in good hangers

Give your cheap wire hangers to the local dry cleaner and invest in slim, fabric-covered ones; they prevent thin straps from slipping off and won't leave pointy marks at the shoulders. Plus, having a uniform set of hangers may save you some space.

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• homefamily
• style
• fashion
• women
• woman
• wardrobe
• storing
• storage
• closet
• organizing

[cHeLLieGurL6]

Wow, I need to clean out my closet now :(

[AnneFTW]

Haha I'm too busy & lazy to sort through my whole closet XD

[TheeCrystalD]

I'm sorry, but I'm twenty and I don't have a pile of Jerry Beads in my closet, so why the hell do these grown ass women?

[indec1224]

my closet is way past spring cleaning

[yesdog77]

can they make one for guys in which the scenario is: We have a tenth of what women have in their closet? (no offence women)

[amyt066]

Im very well organised. I know how to find everything I need. Where are my tshirts? On the floor. Where are my pants? On the floor. Where are my study notes? On the floor. Perfect :)

[Barbiebratzgal123]

ahhh my closet is up to the top !

[DinosaurxB]

OMG I JUST DID THIS AND IT TOOK ME 4 HOURS I WANT TO KILL MYSELF

it looks nice though

[SourirePoivre]

That's a beautiful dress :)

[ThatVideoGameGirl123]

Just keep it clean...

[Dolljewel]

great vid, apersonal tip , when stations are changing, personally, if i wear something and i see has a hole, rips, doesn't fit right , is not whati really feel comfy etc, as soon i spotte it, i place it in a plastic bag next in my closet in the corner all year long, (yes the uggly sweeters received in the holydays ) that i know are new but ill never use, those too goes there,

[Dolljewel]

when the bag is bugging me in the closet ussually is a sight to take to a charity place or give it away, and the proces of the plastic bag around the closet starts again